New York Magazine writer Jonathan Chait recently responded to my extended piece in The American and subsequent suggestion that he and other progressives such as Rachel Maddow and Rick Ungar apologize to Senator Jeff Sessions for ridiculing the Senator?s claims that Obamacare will add $6.2 trillion to the nation?s debt. …read more
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Faithful readers of Rick Ungar–the self-described “token lefty” in Forbes’ stable of contributors–may have read last week his provocative piece titled “GOP Senator Knowingly Distorts GAO Report He Commissioned To Launch Most Dishonest Attack On Obamacare To Date.” So now you know the “rest of the story” as it relates to how I titled today’s post. There appeared to be no holds barred in Mr. Ungar’s astonishing attack on Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, the ranking minority member of the Senate Budget Committee (someone who you might have thought been deserving of a tad more respect than Mr. Ungar saw fit to accord). Indeed, by the time he was done, Mr. Ungar had concluded that Senator Sessions is unfit for public office! …read more
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By Daniel Fisher, Forbes Staff
Our “token lefty” columnist Rick Ungar has worked himself into a tizzy over the U.S. Supreme Court agreeing to hear a challenge to campaign-finance limits. But liberals who are still bemoaning the Citizens United decision — which lifted controls on political speech by all domestic organizations, including labor unions — should take a closer look at the high court’s election cases as well as the decision being appealed. …read more
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