The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

I read a lovely letter-to-the-editor via The Columbus Dispatch today. The "piece" was titled "President seems to be protesting a bit too much." The letter read as follows: "It seems obvious that an action that is right needs little explanation; that which is wrong will cause the person taking the action to spend much effort trying to persuade that the action he took was correct. In his first term, President Obama made 699 speeches. In his first term, he also proposed the so-called health-care reform. Need I say more?" Let me answer that question - yes, you do. This man's link is about as solid as the link between water consumption and brain cancer. The author says that which is right needs little explanation, that President Obama made 699 speeches in his first term, and also proposed his healthcare reform plan in his first term. See the connection? Look closer... Closer... Alright, so it's not there. Whether or not the president made...