Today on the Dish, Andrew explained the Romney campaign's Reagan delusion while exposing the GOP's implosion of integrity. He then cast Romney's FP as "Cheneyism on the cheap" and, a bit earlier, likened the candidate to a "Cheney with better hair and even fewer scruples." While calling for a Obama landslide to destroy Rove, Andrew also pointed out that Romney's numbers are in "free-fall."
Joe Klein ripped into Netanyahu, and while attacks roiled Yemen today, Obama said Egypt as neither an ally nor an enemy and Ackerman criticized the media for misrepresenting the Benghazi attack. In Sam Bacile discussion, Noah Schachtman named him a fraud, while John Herman found evidence that he might be a Coptic Christian. Then massively multi-player online roleplayers remembered Benghazi victim Sean Smith.
Then the Fed ponied up, while the blogosphere celebrated. Meanwhile, Andrew noted that Adelson is off-limits due to the anti-Semitism card, Mark Kleiman summed up Romney's brave guy act and Kerry Howley debunked the "apology tour" smear. Tomasky hoped for a return of Dem foreign policy dominance, Abby Rapaport revealed the GOP's secret and readers clarified "introvert." Meanwhile, Romney's welfare attack ads fizzled, John Sides argued that debates matter little and Ambers noticed growing Obama enthusiasm from independents.
The Chinese soon-to-be president disappeared, Iraq proved a risky investment, and while the Chart of the Day plotted the decline of newspapers, Walter Kirn chafed against journalistic groupthink. Then John Hodgman addressed doomsday fear-mongering and readers flagged some liberal pap in the hookup culture debate.
Elizabeth Blair explored the extraordinary origins of "Strange Fruit," Ed Yong marveled at nucleotide mapping and as prison love faced hurdles, Ed Gimson lamented the end of gentlemen. Tech geeks gave the iPhone 5 mixed reviews, Derek Thompson examined the social media business and Navneet Alang pondered our digital self-image. FOTD here, MHB here, VFYW here and don't forget to ask Reihan anything!
– G.G.
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