We’re all used to lies from politicians, so much so that we expect it now and are almost shocked to hear one tell the truth. But Paul Ryan’s speech to the Republican National Convention still stands out for its utter dishonesty from beginning to end. Joan Walsh adds up just a few of them:
Monthly Archive: August 2012
Aug 31 2012
Corsi Finds New ‘Mystery’ to Obsess About
The ever-industrious Jerome Corsi has found yet another story related to President Obama to wonder aloud about, using a mishmash of half-truths and distortions to create some vague mystery to leave the wingnuts scratching their collective heads over. This time it’s an interview with Reggie Love, who used to be the president’s personal assistant.
Aug 31 2012
The Practical Path to Clean Energy
I found this picture on Facebook and it got me thinking about all the ways that this country could get serious about cutting down on the use of fossil fuels and speed the transition to clean, renewable energy production. This is a brilliant idea:
Aug 31 2012
Gay Event to Blame for Another Hurricane
Leave it to the Worldnutdaily to point out the “eerie Bible coincidence” — though the article never actually mentions the Bible other than in the headline — of two hurricanes hitting New Orleans around the same time, seven years apart. And of course, it’s all the fault of gay people.
Aug 31 2012
RNC Chair: No Money for Akin
I’ve predicted that both the Republican party and the third party conservative groups will reverse themselves and pour money into the Missouri Senate race on behalf of Todd Akin, but Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Preibus says he won’t get even a penny from the RNC, even if the race is a dead heat.
Aug 31 2012
Miners Forced to Attend Romney Rally
Remember when Mitt Romney appeared in front of a group of coal miners in Eastern Ohio a couple weeks ago? It’s now been revealed that the company that owns the mine required the miners to attend — and that they had to give up their pay for the day to do so.
Aug 31 2012
Gay Republicans Remain Hopeful
Right Wing Watch notes that while Tony Perkins has been bragging to anyone who would listen that the Family Research Council had enormous influence over the Republican party platform, gay Republican groups remain hopeful that the tide is turning in their favor. Peter Montgomery attended an event hosted by two of those groups and got …
Aug 31 2012
Schlafly Lies About Obama and Religious Liberty
At a “Faith and Freedom” rally that preceded the Republican National Convention in Tampa, religious right leader Phyllis Schlafly offered up a pack of lies and half-truths to the crowd about Obama’s record on religious liberty. This is all part of the right’s “ZOMG, Obama is going to destroy Christianity” offensive (a perfect word, in …
Aug 31 2012
Mitt Romney: Tea Party Candidate
In his continuing campaign to be all things to all people simultaneously, Mitt Romney has sent out one of his senior advisers to make the case that he is truly the candidate of the Tea Party. Why? Because, like them, he’s an “outsider” on a crusade to change Washington.
Aug 31 2012
Have the Super Rich Seceded?
Mike Lofgren, a former Republican congressional staffer, has a fascinating essay in The American Conservative about what he calls the psychological and financial secession of the super rich from America (and other nations, for that matter). With offshore bank accounts and armies of tax attorneys, he argues, they have effectively removed themselves from the polity …
Aug 31 2012
Senator Proposes Weak Warranteless Wiretap Safeguards
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Oregon) has submitted a bill that would place a tiny little safeguard on the government’s use of warrantless surveillance. David Kravitz of Wired’s Threat Level blog explains the details of that proposal, the full text of which can be found here.
Aug 30 2012
O’Keefe Prevented From Going to Tampa
James O’Keefe, the demented frat boy who fancies himself a guerilla journalist, has been prevented from traveling to the city hosting the Republican National Convention, where he was scheduled to speak to a conference on citizen journalism. He is on probation for dressing up as a phone repairman to dishonestly get access to Sen. Mary …
Aug 30 2012
Could It Be…Palin?
The Wall Street Journal calls everyone’s attention to a “vague reference to a mystery speaker” in the official schedule for the Republican National Convention — namely, a “to be announced” appearing in the 10 pm slot on Thursday night. Cue the speculation, which begins with the WSJ’s poll of possible names that includes some rather …
Aug 30 2012
An Amusing Review of D’Souza’s Documentary
Dinesh D’Souza’s new film, which documents not the life of President Obama as much as it does his own fantastic delusions about Obama being a radical anti-colonialist Marxist boogey man, has received a very funny review from a newspaper in Florida.
Aug 30 2012
Wingnut Pol Wants to Control University Courses
A Christian right politician from Louisiana is hopping mad — ooh, I garontee — that the University of Louisiana is offering a minor program in LGBT studies. And he’s demanding that the university end the program on the pretext that it doesn’t prepare students for the “workforce.”
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