by Gwynn Guilford
Today on the Dish, while Romney battled back the base on both foreign policy and healthcare, Nate Cohn explained Obama's upper hand in favorability. Meanwhile, the blogosphere mused on what sequestration cuts will mean. Newt admitted to no proof on welfare smears, Patrick eviscerated Dick Morris and things looked good for Colorado's marijuana legalization. As the blogosphere weighed in on the Gu Kailai trial, Barney talked scandals, and Ethiopia's human rights violations posed a dilemma for aid donors. Greenwald condemend Islamophobia, Steve Coll ID'ed the real roots of domestic terror and Kevin B. Lee testified to the quiet courage of turban-wearing.
In Olympics discussion, Afghanistan won its first medal and divers created cavities. And while one reader posited that PC-ness is driving Olympic mascot design, others introduced the Dish to the fairly un-PC trio of Fatso, Klee Wyck and Springy.
David Simon remembered DeAndre McCullough, the maximum income tax idea was terrible and Ed Smith made the case for excelling by slacking. Meanwhile, David Thompson reimagined Marilyn, Ted Scheinman celebrated old-school ADHD lit and spam cost a lot. Also, bloggers debated doping, a reader shared the secret of Olympic tape blogging – in blank verse, no less – and NKOTB proved unexpectedly useful.
A shark historian pondered what turns a great white into a deranged killer, things looked bad for Big Cable and Nabokov's fists informed his pen. Baseball taught patience, Jason Feifer dug into Axe's evolving sex appeal strategy and deo of old sure stung. VFYW here, MHB here and get your pure, creepy grossness right here.
(Photo: Jamaican sweep! Usain Bolt exits the bend ahead of (L-R) Warren Weir of Jamaica, Wallace Spearmon of the United States, Churandy Martina of Netherlands, Yohan Blake of Jamaica, Alex Quinonez of Ecuador and Christophe Lemaitre of France on his way to winning gold in the Men's 200m Final. Blake and Weir took silver and bronze, respectively. By Harry How/Getty Images)
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