The Power of Plain Speaking

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  December 27th at 10:23 PM  | 

Politicians of all stripes go to Washington and lose the ability to relate to people. Part of that is an inability for politicians to speak plainly, even when talking to the base. I have criticized Mitch McConnell repeated for wanting to beat the spread instead of actually beating health care. Being in the good old boys club that is the United States Senate means Senators | Read More »

Jake Tapper, Politifacts, and Barack Obama’s Claim About Inflating Tires

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  August 6th at 06:34 AM  | 

Jake Tapper has up a post quoting Politifact.com’s claim that Barack Obama is right on the inflating your tires thing. Tapper also quotes statements by the government in 1990. They say: overinflate your tires (that saves 50,000 barrels of oil a day). They also say: overinflate your tires, drive more slowly, and join car pools (those measures in total will save 7 million gallons of | Read More »