Chicago - A message from the station manager

News Headline: “Lies, damned lies and Mitt Romney’s tax plan.”
News Headline: “Romney’s ‘Etch A Sketch’ abortion positions.”
News Headline: “Is Romney a habitual liar?”
These attacks are going too far.
The Republican Party is only running a few tests of its new Abe 2.0 software.
The design specs call for fooling some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time.
And enough of the people enough of the time.

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Posted on October 15, 2012

QT: Great Expectations

News Headline: “Low debate expectations a boon for VP.”
News Headline: “Romney lowers debate expectations for Ryan.”
QT expected Vice President Biden to be confident, charming, disjointed and long-winded.
QT expected Paul Ryan to be aggressive, determined, vague and evasive.
Both met expectations.
Should we call it a draw?

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Posted on October 12, 2012

QT: Like A Bad Penny. . . .

News Item: QT resumes writing–now at the Beachwood Reporter.
Son of Svengoolie, a Chicago reader, writes:
“Keep it going, Zay!”
OK. But what does the guy at your front door say?

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Posted on October 10, 2012

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