Today on the Dish, Andrew frisked Cheney for continuing to endanger US troops, and rebutted Ross' defense of the Bush-Cheney years. Andrew questioned the Catholic Santorum's embrace of torture, Obama's leadership veered starkly from Bush's, and Les Gelb demanded we get out of Afghanistan asap. We watched Osama enjoy some me time, and Bush traveled through time. Hasids photoshopped Hillary out of history, totalitarian art endured, and Sara B. King psychoanalyzed terrorists. Syria got some help from Iran in cracking down on protesters, Iraq debated whether to ask some US troops stay, and Dagan tried to restrain Barak in Israel. Issandr El Amrani defended Turkey's independent policies, and Christians suffered as the Other in Egypt.
Lawrence J. Korb proposed budget cuts to defense, bloggers settled on muddling through the deficit, and the marriage equality momentum built in New York. Canada's conservatives could teach the US a thing or two, Gay Inc backed Obama's reelection, and Tina Fey brought Sarah Inc back to life. Trump reiterated he isn't a racist, a reader pegged our political zeitgeist, and Weigel cheered up over Obama's bump in swing states. Finland's education system bested ours, cursive writing lured youngsters like sex, and Kevin Outterson placed bets on Vermont's single-payer healthcare system. Dara Lind skewered Shakespeare's birthers, and we admired the extinct thylacine, which is more marsupial than cat or dog. Kevin Fanning contemplated the commute, Mark Post tried to grow sausage in a petri dish, and failure leads to success. Andrew admired Schock's abs and Beckham rocking toilet paper, beardage trended in golf, and Strindberg on drugs made us giggle. Orwell kept great diaries, Hitchens lost his voice, and Eeyore the sad donkey would have made a great blogger.
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–Z.P.
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