Today on the Dish, we previewed Obama's speech, Andrew live-blogged it, and we gathered the web's full reax here. Andrew sized up the Do-Nothing Plan and read in between the lines on Obama's, Ezra Klein wanted to hold future Congresses to any budget plans, and Jonathan Chait wanted Obama to wait. Andrew eyed Ryan's healthcare plan next to Obama's, Paul Ryan's voting record was a pretty glaring fault in his deficit stance, and Allahpundit wasn't sure what Boehner was thinking. Trump undid his own image, a reader called Ann Coulter on her birther whitewashing, Massie spotted another weakness in the Romney attack ads, and we parsed Romneycare's effect on his image. Mark Seddon lauded the UN's intervention in the Ivory Coast crisis, Qaddafi had a thing for hot nurses, and America still hadn't healed its 9-11 trauma.
Andrew remembered Sidney Harman, and readers continued to psychoanalyze The Giving Tree. We oogled other nation's dress codes, Mike Ervin relished his adult sippy cup, and Vanity Fair continued to drool over the Kennedys. Indoor-grown pot hurts the environment, snacks influence how judges rule, and Tina Fey trumped Palin's pregnancy. Bryan Caplan promoted Serenity Parenting, and readers shared hyperlexia stories, stories of parenting or not, connected Ayn Rand to video games, and high-fived their pro-pot doctors.
Creepy ad watch here, time suck of the day here, quotes for the day here and here, map of the day here, VFYW here, MHB here, and FOTD here.
–Z.P.
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