But it's worth pointing out the brazenness of the Romney campaign's talking point.
And the brazenness of a prime minister who openly proclaims his plans for tax cuts at the expense of maintaining decent levels of public spending could almost come from the dialogue of the recent film Riot Club, which, in somewhat exaggerated form, indicates upper class contempt for the "lower orders".
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 11.20pm BST23 20 Ezra Klein marvels at the brazenness with which Governor Romney continues to cite "six studies" showing his tax plan is revenue neutral: Suzy Khimm, Josh Barro and Dylan Matthews have already done excellent work breaking down the "six studies" that Mitt Romney says prove his tax plan adds up..
I am appalled by the brazenness of this clique and the silence, if not connivance, of the Presidency," he wrote.
("Respec' to the queen; respec' to Mr Eriksson", says the MC .The number and brazenness of drug-dealers in Lambeth is, according to some, the result of a policing experiment that began in the borough last July (and which has survived the departure of its former and flamboyant police commander, who was removed after allegations by a former boyfriend that he dabbled with the weed himself).
ONLY politicians with inspiration, with soaring somersaulting flair, can aspire to stand out from the ordinary cynicism of their trade and achieve true brazenness.
He later declared that "freedom from torture is an inalienable human right" and that the United States "remains steadfastly committed to upholding the Geneva Conventions".It is this brazenness which amazes Mr Hersh, a man who has spent a lifetime exposing the deceptions of politicians.
It followed lobbying by Azerbaijan that one delegate described as "unmatched in its brazenness".Worse was to come.
Yet the brazenness with which employees on various Barclays trading floors colluded, both with one another and with traders from other banks, suggests that this sort of behaviour was, if not widespread, at least widely tolerated.
But the authority of this declaration is dimmed by the record of previous scrapped deadlines, and the brazenness of the decision to switch pressure from republicans to unionists, with its accompanying whiff of desperation.
What distinguishes Chinese cyber-attacks, on anything from governments to Fortune 500 companies, defence contractors, newspapers, think-tanks, NGOs, Chinese human-rights groups and dissidents, is their frequency, ubiquity and sheer brazenness.
