BloggeRhythms

Numbers made news yesterday, good or bad depending on which side of the political fence one’s on.

 

According to Dylan Scott, reporter for Talking Points Memo, yesterday in the White House briefing room, the incumbent announced that 8 million Americans had signed up for his new health care tax. He claimed that the results were “blowing past projections.”

 

At the same time, Lauren Ashburn, FoxNews.com reported that “A new Fox News poll, and a new number's making news. It's 61. As in, 61 percent of respondents say the president lies about significant issues “most” or “some” of the time. And guess what Republicans have to say about that? It begins with "broken" and ends with "promises."

 

So, I guess, six out of ten might suspect the results the incumbent presented regarding the success of his health care tax.

 

Charles Krauthammer opined on Special Report with Bret Baier “that the Affordable Care Act is working in that it exists, but is hurting the doctor, hurting the hospital, hurting the patient, it’s hurting the economy, it’s going to cost a fortune.”

 

“He also criticized the president’s comments about the reduction in health care costs, noting, “he makes this stuff up with a brazenness that is almost admirable.”

Mr. Krauthammer’s reference to fabrication leads right into today’s update on the latest regarding Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

Chris Stirewalt of FoxNews.com reports that the New York Times “considers whether Hillary Clinton’s thin record as secretary of State combined with the repeated foreign policy setbacks for the nation since her departure could add up to a negative for the 2016 Democratic frontrunner. “From Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the grinding civil war in Syria to the latest impasse in the Middle East peace process, the turbulent world has frustrated [President Obama] and is now defying Mrs. Clinton’s attempts to articulate a tangible diplomatic legacy.”

 

However, the problem for the Boss’s wife isn’t to “articulate a tangible diplomatic legacy.” Because other than running up a humungous bill for travel cost’s at taxpayer’s expense, she has no legacy to present at all.

That's it for today folks.

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