Saturday, May 19, 2012

Charles Blow is a partisan hack - absurd NYT Editorial

Charles Blow complains about a Republican "super PAC" that would bring up Obama's relationship with Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.  He goes on to disparage Romney:
Romney used to be a pragmatic, right-leaning centrist. That was until he checked his principles and previous positions at the door so that he could cavort with the Tea Party.
Finally, buried around paragraph 15, Blow mentions that "Romney rightly repudiated it."  If you read that article, the plans by the PAC to bring up Wright were published in the Thursday NY Times, and, that same day, Romney clearly stated “I repudiate that effort" and “I think it’s the wrong course for a PAC or a campaign.”


So Romney shows some character by repudiating a partisan attack on Obama.  Yet Blow hides this fact, and instead uses the episode to claim that Romney lacks principles.  What would he want Romney to do?  Blow is a partisan hack.

Many of the comments miss the point that Romney repudiated the effort.  Apparently Blow the hack did a good job of hiding that.

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