Today on the Dish, after summing up the situation in Libya and Egypt, Andrew laid out his case for why Romney is unfit to govern, as Romney continued to lie unflinchingly. Larison then weighed in on Romney's recklessness, Nicholas Burns spoke out and the NYT mused on the possibility that the Libya attack was planned. Then as Fallows called Romney's statement the "3 a.m. test," Buzzfeed rounded up bipartisan reactions and Obama's numbers continued to climb. Kristol, meanwhile, doubled down, Jon Kyl offered up a rape analogy and Reince Priebus earned a Hewitt nomination.
Rosie Gray wondered if the "anti-Muslim movie" was real, while Goldblog defended Obama, found a Sam Bacile wingnut associate and, along with others, tried to nail Bacile down. Daniel McCarthy contextualized free speech, Mohamed El Dashan dreamed of a more reasonable response and Shadi Hamid reminded us of Libya's progress. While Christian Caryl noted the similarities between Libya and Egypt, signs looked bad for a Morsi apology and David Remnick responded to Netanyahu's grotesque meddling. Romney QOTD here, FOTD here and, for keeping track of all this, the handy Libya/Egypt thread here.
In other political news, Political Math kept Obama honest on jobs, the blogosphere speculated on the Fed's action and Obama released new ads. And while readers prevailed upon Andrew to change the Von Hoffman award name and Japan nanny-stated the obese, Orhan Pamuk imagined life after the Bosphorus and the Iranian rial declined. Meanwhile, Andrew was at peace with his bald pate, ASL-fluent readers offered perspective on a recent MHB and John Hodgman discussed the Apocalypse. And as McArdle defended her argument on college degrees, Kafka praised patience. MHB here, VFYW here, and Ask Reihan anything!
– G.G.
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