Blog Credo

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

H.L. Mencken

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Who Is Booman...

...And why is he stealing all my blog posts?

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/8/18/9360/57252

This is a much better analysis of Romney's post-truth campaign and the problems it forces on the Romney campaign.  Romney is being incredibly secretive about his plans and his past, but he's accusing Obama of a bunch of stuff that's demonstrably false, all the while saying, "Trust me."

Give it a read.

UPDATE: Meteor Blades, who is a very good blogger over at Kos, links to a study of the effect Ryan's budget will have on unemployment.  Guess what...?  How does 13% unemployment sound?

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