A lot of conservatives are having fun at President Obama’s expense after his latest gaffe. In the midst of testy debt-limit negotiations, Mr. Obama told House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, “Don’t call my bluff.”
The first rule in bluffing is to keep it a secret that you’re bluffing. So, technically speaking, that’s like a con man saying, “Don’t give any weight to the fact that I’m lying.”
And while I do think Mr. Obama is not telling the truth about a great number of things, conservatives should look closer to home if they want to criticize impolitic truth-telling.
Jonah Goldberg is editor-at-large of National Review Online and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Come on Joe,
Republicans show and tell all. What a joke.
Joe, show and tell the American people the truth about the republicans and the tea party members relationship with the MOST powerful dictator of big corporation and the rich;
GROVER NORQUIST.
Then tell the American people why he's giving republicans permission to vote nay on tax bills increases for the rich.
And, why big corporation and the rich do not have to share in the financial burden this country is going through.
Maybe, this will help Americans understand why Congress is dysfunctional.
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