The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
He Must’ve Been a Shop Teacher
“Vancouver Schools Superintendent Installs Office Shower”–headline, Associated Press, Sept. 17
The Lonely Lives of Scientists and Engineers
“Where Are the Women Scientists and Engineers?”–headline, Guardian (London), Sept. 16
Because She’s American
“Why Miss America, Nina Davuluri, ‘Would Never Win Pageants In South Asia’ “–headline, Huffington Post, Sept. 16
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Remember that USA Today poll showing that a 53% majority of Americans disapprove of ObamaCare and a 41% plurality strongly disapproves? According to a tweet from Jordan Burke, an assistant communications director at the White House, this proves that Republican ObamaCare opponents are “yielding” to a “fringe viewpoint.”
He justifies this by tweeting his own graphic reinterpretation of the results. According to the White House, what really matters is that a vast majority of Americans, 69%, “Approve or Disapprove, but want to make it work.” Only 23% “Disapprove, want to make it fail.”
Of course, an even vaster majority approve or disapprove, and want to make it work or fail. Only 8% “don’t know.” By Burkean logic then, claims that the public is ignorant about ObamaCare are also false.
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