“There is absolutely nothing wrong about availing oneself to the tax exemption from interest paid on municipal bonds, even if it is done by a weasel like John Fn’ Kerry.”
Ah, you mean the tax-exempt-municipal-bond loophole?
“Ah, you mean the tax-exempt-municipal-bond loophole?”
That’s the one. But just because he didn’t pay income taxes on tax-exempt interest doesn’t mean that he didn’t pay any taxes at all, which is the way many readers will interpret this article.
It is as bad for conservatives to use misleading argumentation as it is for liberals. Even worse: conservatives are generally on the right side of economic arguments; they don’t have to be misleading to make their case.