Month: March 2012

How Rich is Mitt?

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Thinking about how much richer Romney is than anyone we have seen in politics, I decided to play with the portrait as infographic.  The result, in generous collaboration with Mary Parsons and the editors of The American Prospect, is the double page spread in the current issue, dissected below. What we see is a remarkable … Read more

How Dumb is Santorum?

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For the better part of the week Ricky “I hate college” Santorum has been ignoring the revelation appearing on the site Buzzfeed that Romney had written an Op Ed for USA Today http://mittromneycentral.com/op-eds/2009-op-eds/mr-president-whats-the-rush/ in 2009 urging Obama to use his Romneycare as a model for national health care. Notwithstanding the merits of insuring everyone the … Read more

Andrew Breitbart on a roll with a smear

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The recent death of Andrew Breitbart, hard Right polemicist, agent provocateur, reminded me of how I got a call one day from Chris Curry the great designer of the New Yorker. “You know that piece you did on Breitbart?” she asked.  “Well he’s put that up on his Twitter account as photo!”.  I didn’t think … Read more

Fired Up Romney

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Romney’s recent statement that he would not set his hair on fire to be president is largely true.  Last night, however, we discovered that his head is made of particle board.