Rosie Ruiz Republicans
Remember Rosie Ruiz? In 1980 she was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon — except it turned out that she hadn’t actually run most of the race, that she sneaked onto the course around a mile from the end. Ever since, she has symbolized a particular kind of fraud, in which people claim credit for achieving things they have not, in fact, achieved. Full Story »
Posted by Pamela Hogle - via Paul Krugman, Joan Walsh, New York Times (Opinion), New York Times (Most Emailed)
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