The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Bottom Stories of the Day
- “Powell Gives Obama His Endorsement for a Second Time”–headline, New York Times website, Oct. 25
- “Presidential Campaigns Will Spend More Money, Time to Gain Votes”–headline, Manitowoc (Wis.) Herald Times Reporter, Oct. 25
Everything Seemingly Is Spinning Out of Control
“Letterman ‘Upset’ and ‘Discouraged’ Obama Lied About Romney Wanting Detroit to Go Bankrupt”–headline, NewsBusters.org, Oct. 24
Can’t the Times Spring for a Thesaurus?
“Sometimes you just run out of words for galling.”–Charles Blow, New York Times website, Oct. 24
Shortest Books Ever Written
‘What the Debates Taught Us”–headline, Victor Davis Hanson syndicated column, Oct. 25
Questions Nobody Is Asking
- “There are two great mysteries about US politics as far as I’m concerned. Why do Europeans love Barack Obama so much? And why do European Obama-supporters think anyone in the United States remotely cares what they think?”–Ed West, Daily Telegraph website (London), Oct. 25
- “What Did the Third-Party Candidates Have to Say About Foreign Policy?”–headline, ForeignPolicy.com, Oct. 24
For more “Best of the Web” click here and look for the “Best of the Web Today” link in the middle column below “Today’s Columnists.”
