Wednesday, September 19, 2012

A couple of days ago David Brooks wrote a very clear eyed critique of Mitt Romney in the NY Times. Brooks, who normally comes down on the Republican/Conservative side, writes a revealingly titled op-ed piece "Thurston Howell Romney"
Romney's recently exposed video marginalizing large swaths of the American electorate only serves to reinforce his (mis)understanding of "most folks".
Read on Lovey

Saturday, September 1, 2012

The RNC was quite a spectacle. Not unexpected was the amount of false and misleading statements, especially from the under cards at the convention. Paul Ryan stands out as having the most swings-and-a-miss with the facts. Santorum and Christie came off the bench and whiffed at accuracy too.

Again, thank you FactCheck.org for taking the time to square what was said and what is. From its home page FactCheck  you can select the batting averages for Romney, Ryan, Santorum ("profoundly misleading" and Christie on the left side. Clint Eastwood's loopy soliloquy doesn't deserve mention.