re: #118 darthstar
Nobody’s attacking her illness. She credits the horse with curing her MS. That doesn’t make it a medical or scientific fact. It also doesn’t excuse the 77K deduction. Additionally, she said, “The black president is trying to kill my husband.” That statement makes her fair game as she’s blowing a dog whistle with all the class of your garden variety bigot.
It doesn’t matter. Optics are very important. And Obama is very lucky indeed that Romney has never learned that lesson.