Lots of hoopla about Mitt Romney’s quote in Wednesday Thursday morning’s New York Times:

Mr. Romney said voters should take a closer look at Mr. Gingrich’s history of policy ideas.

“Zany is not what we need in a president,” Mr. Romney said. “Zany is great in a campaign. It’s great on talk radio. It’s great in print, it makes for fun reading, but in terms of a president, we need a leader, and a leader needs to be someone who can bring Americans together.”

That was mother’s milk to the chin-strokerati, who went to town on Romney for his odd choice of words.

But as several Times commenters noted, the paper’s presentation wasn’t exactly kosher. Representative comment:

Check the video here.

The hardworking staff is all for beating these guys up when they deserve it, but make it a fair fight, eh?