December 08, 2007

But how can you be sure?

Mitt Romney, leader of men, sage of our time:

"I believe, of course, that there are thousands of people who are not of faith who are moral."

[Hat-tip: Mr Larison, who also points out that a) Roger Cohen has a confused view of history and b) sub-editors at the New York Times know no better.]

8 Dec 2007 23:43:08 | 2008, God, GOP, Hackery, Ignorance, Romney

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dearieme

"Stuarts ... came to power over both Scotland and England because there was no heir for the former": ahem, he means the latter.

Posted by: dearieme | December 09, 2007 at 07:47 AM

Daniel Larison

It was awkwardly written. "The former" was supposed to refer to the Tudors.

Posted by: Daniel Larison | December 09, 2007 at 09:47 PM

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