Wednesday, November 30, 2011

A Club of Liars, Demagogues, and Fools

A Club of Liars, Demagogues, and Fools—By Scott Horton (Harper's Magazine) "The German newsweekly Spiegel takes the latest disclosures concerning Herman Cain and the rise of Newt Gingrich as an opportunity to offer a foreign bird’s-eye view of the current Republican Party and the American media froth around it."

"The most important observation Spiegel offers is this: At a time of mounting crisis, when much of the world is looking to the United States for leadership and initiative, the celebration of sleaze and ignorance that has marked the Republican primary is damaging the reputation of the nation as a whole. Even those who despise the G.O.P. should be concerned about the depths to which the party has sunk."

Meanwhile, as we set record high temperatures today, Al Gore reminds us that "Every National Academy of Science has confirmed the existence of climate change."

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