We have a president who specializes in banal slogans and fatuous clichés, yet his July 8 call for “smarter government” has to rank as one of his most vacuous banalities yet. Adding exquisite irony to the occasion, Barack Obama had Joe Biden stand next to him as he droned on about government needing to be smarter. There is less substance to this lame suggestion than meets the eye.
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