Category Archives: Politics
Currency Manipulators
There’s not much daylight between the candidates when it comes to protectionism either. Romney complained about Chinese currency manipulation in the debate. Obama one upped him by bragging …”Now with respect to what we’ve done with China already, U.S. exports have doubled since I came into office, to China and actually currencies are at their most advantageous point for U.S. exporters since 1993″.
Here is James Grant, of Grants Interest Rate Observer, on Bloomberg last August saying the Fed needs to get out of the central planning business.
Udate: Here’s Mary Anastasia O’Grady in Mondays WSJ on Ben Bernanke: Currency Manipulator.
Daylight
Governor Romney followed President Obama’s lead on foreign policy during much of the presidential debate Monday night. The president seemed dismayed by this, especially when Mitt stepped on his toes on the issue of “daylight between the U.S. and Israel”.
I was dismayed to miss Monday Night Football and game 7 of the NLCS.
Fact Check
Fact checking used to be called reporting. Here’s some from last night’s debate: bayonets, apology tour, sequestration, and everything else.
The Ties that Bind
Women in binders has replaced Big Bird as the campaign theme of the week.
Acts of Terror
After sincerely mentioning “acts of terror” in the rose garden, the president went on “The View” with and sincerely mentioned he was “eye candy”.
