by Bill Scher | Aug 31, 2012 | Blog
On Wednesday, Jonathan Cohn asked if Paul Ryan's address was "The Most Dishonest Convention Speech … Ever?" Now that Mitt Romney had his turn, I decided to answer the question. After reviewing presidential and vice-presidential nominee acceptance speeches...
by Bill Scher | Aug 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
MORNING MESSAGE: Romney and the Republican Memory Hole OurFuture.org's Robert Borosage: "'Every small business wanted these to be their best years ever' … Say what? Obama inherited an economy in free fall, losing 750,000 jobs a month, with recession spreading...
by Robert Borosage | Aug 31, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney laid out his case to the American people last night. The speech was long, bloated with the sleep inducing poll tested patriotic treacle and banal pieties that have become inescapable on these occasions. Mitt Romney campaigns in prose, with a mind given to...
by Richard Eskow | Aug 31, 2012 | Blog
When we turned on the TV to watch the Republican Convention this evening we saw what appeared to be a hyperactive GOP advance man gesticulating from the stage. But he wasn't barking out canvassing instructions to local ward heelers or scouting Holiday Inns to find the...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog, Education
[My guest blogger today is Rob Levine. Rob is a Minneapolis-based researcher whose writing focuses on the media, conservative philanthropy and education. His writing can be found at the Cucking Stool blog.] “Odds-beating charter school.” Those words are like an...
