Right now there is a war going on in the opinion sections and comment boards of every major and not-so-major paper in the country. The two positions are the IRS, Benghazi and AP snooping scandals are bad and will damage both Obama and Hillary Clinton, politically, while the other side says this all much ado about nothing. But the complete disconnect on the comment boards is just astounding. I am reminded of a story that Barry Farber, one of my favorite radio hosts told. He was on a tour of Moscow during the height of the cold war. Their official state Russian tour guide was showing them a new modern train station. He was going on and on about all the features and amenities the trains would have. Then Barry Farber raised his hand and asked, "Where are the trains?" The guide was visibly irritated but ignored the question and continued on with his canned presentation. So Farber asked again, "Where are the trains?" Now getting red in the face and sputtering the guide finally spewed, "Well what about blacks in the souithern United States!!?"
That's a little bit of how those "debates" are going.
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