Today on the Dish, Andrew clarified his reasons for supporting Obamacare, declared the GOP unserious until it could specify precise spending cuts, zoomed in on the evidence as to whether Christianists would vote for Romney, explained why a Mormon was a less likely theocrat than his Catholic competitor. We compiled reax to both Day 1 (here) and Day 2 (here) of the Obamacare case, examined what would happen if the mandate were struck down, reality check'd health care reform's approval ratings, figured the name we used to refer to the legislation didn't matter much, and guessed the GOP establishment was too afraid to rally 'round the Romney. Ad War Update here.
Andrew also engaged with a strong reader critique of his debate with Goldberg, deepened his explanation of Catholicism to Bill Maher, delved into NOM's divide-and-conquer attempts to split gays and minorities, and scoffed at Romney's silly remarks on Russia. We checked on whether sanctions on Iran could escalate, put ourselves in Netanyahu's headspace about a "bluff" on Iran, flagged an interesting debate that came up in the wake of Peter Beinart's book, read an awesome write-up about playing paintball with Hezbollah (for real), aired ideas about how to get out of Afghanistan with grace, thought about the psychology of drone warfare, imagined war as a virus, and debated Kiwi exceptionalism.
Readers raked Andrew over the coals for his discussion of Hillary Clinton, shared their experiences with catcalling, and developed theories about why women paid more for certain items. Marriage remained the norm, sharing commutes brought couples together, and politicians acted like humans. Neuroscience couldn't explain everything, bionic arms befuddled scientists, NPR weighed in on farting etiquette, and you couldn't get there from here. Quote for the Day here, Yglesias Nominee here, VFYW Contest Winner here, VFYW here, MHB here, and FOTD here.
– Z.B.
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