January 3, 2014

The Campaign Begins

By Jim Yardley
All the "Aw, shucks, I really haven't made a decision about running" from the Hillary Clinton stealth campaign had a rude shock on New Year's Day when Michael Moore, the famous (for no particular reason) film director and Jabba-the-Hut impersonator, penned a guest editorial in the Democrat Party's version of the old Soviet era daily Pravda, or as it is more commonly known, the New York Times. In reading this sterling example of "all the news that's fit to print", the so-called "money quote" is most likely the following: "I believe Obamacare's rocky start -- clueless planning, a lousy website, insurance companies raising rates, and the president's telling people they could keep their coverage when, in fact, not all could -- is a result of one fatal flaw: The Affordable Care Act is a pro-insurance-industry plan implemented by a president who knew in his heart that a single-payer, Medicare-for-all model was the true way to go. When right-wing critics "expose" the fact that President...(Read Full Article)