Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Romney Presses Obama on Work in Welfare Law

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/us/politics/romney-accuses-obama-of-taking-work-out-of-welfare-law.html

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From: barry levine 
Date: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Subject: re: Romney Presses Obama on Work in Welfare Law
To: letters@nytimes.com


To the Editor:
    Until our Press finds the spine to skewer a politician caught in a falsehood, our political process will belong to the most skillful liars.  To blandly note that Romney's "claim seemed a stretch even by the low standards of 30-second political ads" is namby-pamby. This newspaper as much as anyone else is the guardian of our historical record. As long as Romney's people are free to savage president Obama for fictive outrages, they will never engage real issues.
Barry Haskell Levine

2 comments:

levinebar said...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/opinion/mr-romney-hits-bottom-on-welfare.html the Editorial Voice of the NYT comes around a day later, call's Romney's charge "false"

levinebar said...

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/opinion/mr-romney-hits-bottom-on-welfare.html the EditorialVoice of the NYT steps it up a day later, calls Romney's claim "false"