Let’s do a little exercise. I am going to provide you with some couplets. They are things Mitt Romney said at different times about the same subject. And I want you to try to explain to me how they do not contradict each...
Read MoreRichard Mourdock has some funny ideas about God and rape: Indiana Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock said Tuesday that pregnancy that results from rape can be “something that God intended to happen.” “I struggled with...
Read MoreMichael Tomasky on Mitt Romney’s ability to lie without shame or even apparent self-awareness. We’re used to a politician who says, “You know, I once thought…” or something like that. Then our minds can kind of buy the...
Read MoreWe can be grateful that intrepid political reporters at ABC News are aggressively fact-checking President Obama’s “horses and bayonets” comment. Fox News, too. These reporters are killing a good joke. Did you...
Read MoreCharles P. Pierce’s reaction to last night’s debate is about the same as mine. The best I can say for Romney is that perhaps he figured that if he could make it look like there isn’t a whiff of difference...
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