The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.
Other Than That, the Story Was Accurate
“An earlier version of this article misspelled the singer’s surname in a number of places. He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein.”–New York Times, Nov. 7
“An earlier version of this article misspelled the singer’s surname in a number of places. He is Bruce Springsteen, not Springstein.”–New York Times, Nov. 7
Out on a Limb
“Boehner: ‘As a Political Party, We’ve Got Some Work to Do’ “–headline, Yahoo! News, Nov. 9
“Boehner: ‘As a Political Party, We’ve Got Some Work to Do’ “–headline, Yahoo! News, Nov. 9
Answers to Questions Nobody Is Asking
“[Condoleezza] Rice said she wouldn’t be interested in succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton as Secretary of State, even if asked to do so by President Barack Obama.”–Huffington Post, Nov. 9
“[Condoleezza] Rice said she wouldn’t be interested in succeeding Hillary Rodham Clinton as Secretary of State, even if asked to do so by President Barack Obama.”–Huffington Post, Nov. 9
Famous Last Words
“Newsweek’s post-election cover depicts the president as Napoleon Bonaparte victorious after a battle, with the headline ‘The Obama Conquest,’ ” Mediaite.com reports. We guess the Newsweekers have never heard of Waterloo.
“Newsweek’s post-election cover depicts the president as Napoleon Bonaparte victorious after a battle, with the headline ‘The Obama Conquest,’ ” Mediaite.com reports. We guess the Newsweekers have never heard of Waterloo.
What we found most eye-catching about the cover, though, was a blurb at the top, for a piece by house conservative David Frum: “GOP: YOU’RE OLD, YOU’RE WHITE, YOU’RE HISTORY!”
Tu quoque, baby! Frum is old and white too, and it’s a safe bet Newsweek will be history before the Republican Party is.
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