The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
News of the Tautological
“Used Vehicle Demand Up, Supply Down; Prices Soar”–headline, Detroit News, Aug. 30
News You Can Use
“3-D Television Is Useless if the Shows Are No Good”–headline, Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, Va.), Aug. 29
Bottom Stories of the Day
“Times Q&A: Bus Fare Hike Surprises One Regular Rider”–headline, El Paso Times, Aug. 30
He Said He Would Have Voted for It Before He Said He Would Have Voted Against It
Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist of Florida “is walking back comments he made in an interview earlier today about the recently enacted healthcare law,” the Hill reported Friday:
Crist told a local TV station Friday that he would have voted in favor of President Obama’s healthcare proposal were he in the Senate. That was a reversal of his previous position against the healthcare law.
“I would have voted for it,” Crist said in the interview. “But I think it can be done better, I really do.”
But now, Crist says he “misspoke” in that interview. His campaign sent out a statement Friday afternoon clarifying Crist’s position on the healthcare law.
“If I misspoke, I want to be abundantly clear: the health care bill was too big, too expensive, and expanded the role of government far too much,” Crist said in a statement. “Had I been in the United States Senate at the time, I would have voted against the bill because of unacceptable provisions like the cuts to the Medicare Advantage program.”
This guy’s such a flip-flopper, he ought to run for the Senate! [NOTE: Gov. Christ really is running for Senate.]
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