Live from the Republicans Self-Made Gehenna: ** (2010): The Flimflam Man: "One depressing aspect of American politics is the susceptibility of the political and media establishment to charlatans...
...You might have thought, given past experience, that D.C. insiders would be on their guard against conservatives with grandiose plans. But no: as long as someone on the right claims to have bold new proposals, he’s hailed as an innovative thinker. And nobody checks his arithmetic. Which brings me to the innovative thinker du jour: Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin.
