Bill Kristol: still an idiot
Thank you New York Times for continuing to bring us Bill Kristol’s column on a weekly basis. In this week’s column Kristol writes:
On Tuesday night, while the G.O.P. Congressional candidate was losing in a Mississippi district George Bush carried in 2004 by 25 points, Barack Obama was being trounced in the West Virginia Democratic primary — by 41 points. I can’t find a single recent instance of a candidate who ultimately became his party’s nominee losing a primary by this kind of margin.
This would be somewhat interesting….if it were even remotely accurate. As Steve Benen points out:
John McCain, for example, won the Republican nomination this year after losing Kansas by 36 points, Arkansas by 40 points, Colorado by 42 points, and Utah by 83 points. I
Exactly how hard was Kristol looking? And where were the Times’ fact-checkers or editors? How does something this stupid make it on to one of the most valuable pieces of newspaper real estate? Seriously, how?
Think Progress points out that this is Kristol’s third “strike”. Unfortunately for readers of the Times, that doesn’t seem to matter to Kristol’s bosses.
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