Coming right off Ryan’s speech Wolf Blitzer and Erin Burnett seemed unable not to mention that Ryan’s speech had well … contained a lot of pretty huge fibs. So euphemisms to the rescue. The transcript …
Blitzer: So there he is, the republican vice presidential nominee and his beautiful family there. His mom is up there. This is exactly what this crowd of republicans here certainly republicans all across the country were hoping for. He delivered a powerful speech. Erin, a powerful speech. Although I marked at least seven or eight points I’m sure the fact checkers will have some opportunities to dispute if they want to go forward, I’m sure they will. As far as mitt romney’s campaign is concerned, paul ryan on this night delivered.
Burnett: That’s right. Certainly so. We were jotting down points. There will be issues with some of the facts. But it motivated people. He’s a man who says I care deeply about every single word. I want to do a good job. And he delivered on that. Precise, clear, and passionate.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC): “We’re not generating enough angry white guys to stay in business for the long term.”
Ari Fleischer just went on the air and claimed that in fact that auto plant in Janesville, Wisconsin didn’t go under on George Bush’s watch — in contrast to our reporting and that of every other news organization which has looked at this question. Read More
The 5 biggest whoppers from Paul Ryan’s convention speech.
Two things were unquestionably true about Paul Ryan’s speech last night: One, it was unquestionably a well-written and well-presented speech and Two, it was filled with a lot of out and out lies or things that were so hypocritically or comically misleading as almost to amount to the same.
In itself, that’s not a huge surprise. What’s notable is how many pundits and news reporters couldn’t help noting right off the bat that well … he sure lied a lot. Read More
I like Chuck Todd. He’s one of the more knowledgable and sensible people in political journalism. But this has to rank as one of the stupidest things I’ve ever heard anyone say. From this morning on Morning Joe, Todd explains that Democrats wish they had as deep a bench of non-white office-holders as the GOP. “Democrats wish they had the diversity of speakers and deep bench [of the GOP] to show America …”
I mean, just watch. It’s painful. After the jump … Read More
A very bad week for Texas Republicans. On Tuesday a federal court found the state’s GOP-crafted redistricting plan to be purposely discriminatory against Hispanics. Today, a federal court has thrown out the GOP-backed new voter ID law.
The black CNN camerawoman at the center of the harassment incident at the GOP convention has broken her silence, thanks CNN for their support.
Watch as the cable news nets struggle to cover Paul Ryan’s convention speech and abide by the journalistic convention that calling out lies is unseemly. Almost excruciating.