In an attack on Michele Bachmann's religion, while never mentioning its central doctrine, HuffPo runs this paragraph about her alleged reluctance to tell about her charitable donations (most tax collectors like Michelle give zero, of course):
This information blackout is surprising, says Steven Schier, a political science professor at Minnesota's Carleton College. "It's unusual for a prominent candidate for a major party's presidential nomination to try to prevent serious scrutiny of her/his personal and public life as an adult," he explained in an email to The Huffington Post. "Such resistance merely invites more media scrutiny and will raise questions among contributors and voters about the candidate. It's also a certain loser as a general election strategy after the nomination, when the public wants to get to know a candidate." (Emphasis added)
Of course, HuffPo has been one of Obama's key media bodyguards, calling it racist to want to know anything at all about the mystery man's past not in his autobiographies.
Published on August 18, 2011 14:26