Reply #167: Other than a WH official inventing a non-existent leftwing pro-regulation extremism, you mean?

[DirkGently]

Cass Sunstein, Obama's head of White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, says it's not JUST the false meme of "job-killing regulations" that's "silly and unserious," but an imaginary leftwing view that "job-killing regulations are an oxymoron" that we have to worry about. Two equally ridiculous positions, he says.

Except, of course, that 1) Job-killing regulations ARE an oxymoron, and 2) That's not a meme environmentalists or the left are pounding anywhere. They'd like regulations that protect people. From things like air and water pollution, as well as things like, say, unregulated derivatives markets.

Like any non-silly, serious person would. But apparently the White House isn't comfortable saying the Republicans have it DEAD WRONG, which they do. So instead, it's taking a "fair and balanced approach," and pretending we have equally extreme left and right arguments.

This was definitely careful phrasing. Careful to marginalize and insult the left, while avoiding any confrontation with Republicans.

And it's dishonest bullshit.