Sunday, August 19, 2012

"Utterly Slick in His Projection of Genuineness"

Sun. August 19, 2012:            [Part 2]


Sturdy Readers, wait'll you get a load of Frank Bruni's characterization of 
new GOP veeper Paul Ryan, at the bottom.  Does he have it right?


I.

The TWO best questions of the week come from Mark Bittman, left of Obama,
and from Andrew Ross Sorkin,  left of Ryan:

              A.  Hey, Barack Obama, you're failing your progressive base!
                    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/lets-make-him-do-it/






              B.  Hey, Paul Ryan, does Wall Street really know what you are for & against?
                    "Everything Wall St. Should Know About Ryan: A pro-business veneer, coupled with
                    shifting policies"
                    http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-and-what-wall-street-should-know/





II.

             A.  Earlier tough questions for Obama from Mark Bittman, on "diet, food safety, weapons -- issues that beg for leadership. "
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/bittman-guns-butter-and-then-some/



            B.

Timothy Egan has rough questions for Mitt Romney:
"Romney The Unknowable:  The Republican Candidate Has Too Many Narratives to Hide From"
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/romney-the-unknowable/





                C.

       
Gail Collins has more questions for Romney & Ryan:
"Middle-Age Blues:  Here's the good news about the Paul Ryan Pick"
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/16/opinion/collins-middle-age-blues.html



                D.

So does Frank Bruni:
"The Bold To Mitt's Bland:  What Ryan can give Romney is a tutorial in political myth-making"
"Ryan knows how to handle the curves in the road, because he has fine-tuned the most valuable oxymoron in political life:

HE'S UTTERLY SLICK IN HIS PROJECTION OF GENUINENESS."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/14/opinion/bruni-the-bold-to-mitts-bland.html




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