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Controlling the Narrative
The Corner on National Review Online — ... , in the context of Republicans demanding UAW wage cuts: Funny, I don't recall a cry from Senate Republicans for salary caps on the stockbrokers whose jobs were saved in the Wall Street bailout. It simply isn't true that compensation restrictions were not part of bailout demands from the right (loosely defined). Here's Mel Martinez on September 22: Placing conditions on pay for corporate executives who participate in a proposed Wall Street bailout plan enjoys broad support in Congress, a Republican member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee said on Monday. Speaking to ...

I wish that I could say “Funny, I don’t recall Washington Post writers being this sloppy.”
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... of implying that 55% of the population are lunatics, Eugene Robinson takes the time to demonstrate that his grasp of the bailout situation is only “matched” by that of his editors: Funny, I don’t recall a cry from Senate Republicans for salary caps on the stockbrokers whose jobs were saved in the Wall Street bailout… As Iain Murray helpfully notes, Robinson’s conveniently forgetting Senators Martinez, McCain, and McConnell - you have may have heard of that last one, Mr. Robinson? ...