Eschewing Obfuscation

After the Western GOP Debate on October 18th (part 1, 2, 3, and 4), hosted by CNN and moderated by Anderson Cooper, Mr. Cooper decided to do a “Keeping them Honest” segment on his show the next day (below). Amongst other items fact-checked, he zeroed in on a statement that Rick Perry made to Mitt Romney, [...]

GOP Candidate Rick Perry caused a relative firestorm in recent weeks by referring to Social Security as a Ponzi Scheme.  This has caused a number of rebuttals – one I’m particularly fond of – being a visual person – is this one at MotherJones.  While that graphic makes a number of good points – and [...]

At the CNN/Tea Party Express debate on September 12th, there was a question posed to Ron Paul on healthcare, and it’s ensuing response has taken on a life of it’s own.  President Obama even offered a critique of “conservative values” he derived from the episode at a recent fundraiser: “You’ve got audiences cheering at the prospect of [...]

Let’s start with the episode that inspired me to quit thinking about this site, and to actually “do it”.  Specifically, Elizabeth Warren (2012 Democratic Senate candidate in Massachusetts) giving a seemingly-impromptu speech that has become a favorite of the progressive/left to rally for “fair taxation” as of late – See the section “Elizabeth Warren on Fair [...]