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Soft bigotry of low expectations?

April 01, 2009 10:44 am ET by Jamison Foser

Current MSNBC Chyron: "GOP RELEASES DETAILED BUDGET PLAN WITH SPECIFIC NUMBERS"

Prediction: The media will be so impressed that the GOP managed to produce a document that contains "specific numbers" rather than bizarre line-drawings, they won't bother to assess whether those numbers are accurate or reasonable, or whether the "plan" would be good or bad for the country.

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    • Author by wookie (April 01, 2009 10:55 am ET)
         

      They should have listened to their great thinker.

       

      "It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." --George W. Bush, Reuters, May 5, 2000

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    • Author by mk3872 (April 01, 2009 12:09 pm ET)
         

      Of course not. The MSM will not do their homework.

      They will just print the GOP talking points about their "budget".

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