economist.com - 12/2/2008
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Strange Swing
Matthew Yglesias —
... Joe The Plumber has a list of recommended books and the only non-plumbing volume is written by Ludwig von Mises? How is it, exactly, that we were supposed to believe this guy was a swing voter? ...
Conservative Intelligentsia Watch
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
The American Spectator asks "Joe The Plumber" for his Christmas book recommendations.
Everybody poops
WTF Is It Now?!? —
... Surprisingly, he does not mention Holy Shit!, the story of Jesus's last bowel movement and how it disappeared during the Templars' siege of Jerusalem in 1108. Kidding. The article, from the Economist, closes with: ...
Joe The Reporter?
Stubborn Facts —
... , or his seemingly inflated sense of self-importance. I mean, there are a lot of solid journalists and bloggers who have proven themselves reliable voices on the region. My ...
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