This is one way columnists, generally supportive of only one view point, get to be "balanced;" they link, point or cite people they don't agree with. Atlantic is quite left of center, and here the author summarizes the latest unflattering stories about Obama. However, I took a look at the "tags." I'm a former cataloger of essentially Soviet propaganda, but I had to learn all the basic rules. None of these 5 writers are members of the Tea Party (even if such an organization or party actually existed), yet the tag is Tea Party. I suppose that's closer than "racism," which used to be the charge for anyone against Obama's policies. But Blow, the first link, is a black writer, and Peggy Noonan was so far out of favor with the Bush crowd and such an admirer of Obama during the 2008 campaign, she's lucky to have any readers at all. And one of the cited authors is British. So just who tagged this beef stew as left-over fried rabbit?
Five Best Saturday Columns: Obama Takedown Edition - Politics - The Atlantic Wire
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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