It’s Always in the Last Place You Look

Daily Best of the Web   —   Posted on February 10, 2012

The following is an excerpt from OpinionJournal.com’s “Best of the Web” written by the editor, James Taranto.

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look
“Missing: 5.4 Million Workers”–headline, Boston Globe, Feb. 8

Bottom Stories of the Day
“Virgin Islands Governor Accuses TheDC of Racism for Reporting Bribery Scandal”–headline, DailyCaller.com, Feb. 8

They Must Be Referring to the Kindle iPhone App
“With positive ratings for Congress at an all-time low, it may come as no surprise that a plurality of voters nationwide believes a group of people randomly selected from a telephone book would do a better job than the current legislators,” reports the Rasmussen polling firm:

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows that 43% believe a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree with that assessment, while another 19% are not sure.

For now, count us among the 19%. What’s a “phone book,” anyway?

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