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So little time, so much to consider
By Michael Goldman, March 23, 2014
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Close your eyes and tell me what visual your mind's eye produces when I utter the words "inner city," and then tell me you believe former Republican vice-presidential candidate and current U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin when he claims he was shocked anyone would think for a moment he was referring to people of color when he said, "We have got this tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning the value and the culture of work..." Meanwhile ...
Explain the genius of off-again-on-again New Hampshire Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Scott Brown choosing the day a Bloomberg News national poll showed Obamacare is now supported by 64 percent of all Americans to declare it should be completely repealed? Meanwhile ...
Speaking of health-care reform, the Koch brothers-funded anti-Obamacare ads disappeared all across the country after neutral fact checkers labeled them "error-filled." Meanwhile ...
Also disappearing from the Web were some recent sites originally created by the National Republican Campaign Committee. Seems the charmers at the Grand Old Party got caught with their hand in the proverbial cookie jar when a nonpartisan national-ethics watchdog group called "Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington" revealed that not one or two but 18 GOP websites were created to trick Democrats into thinking their online donations were going to Democrats when instead the money was siphoned off and deposited in Republican campaign coffers. Meanwhile ...
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Speaking of facts, a Canadian doctor crushed a poorly prepared and ill-informed U.S. senator when he took shots at her Canadian health-care system. Seems Republican Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina had read his party's talking points, which falsely allege, "Canadian doctors were flooding to the U.S." Dr. Danielle Martin, vice president at the Women's College Hospital in Toronto, gently chided the senator that he had gotten his facts wrong. Martin said: "There are no doctors exiting the public system in Canada. And, in fact, we see a net influx of physicians from the United States into the Canadian system over the last number of years."
The word that comes to mind: Oops. Meanwhile ...
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