Fact Checkers Ding Romney On A Few Familiar Points

Fact Checkers Ding Romney On A Few Familiar Points

August 31, 2012; by

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.
Enlarge Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesRepublican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.

Among the things the Republican Party’s presidential candidate is hearing this morning about the address he gave Thursday night is that “in a speech heavy on anecdotal history but short on policy details, Mitt Romney avoided major falsehoods.”

Not exactly a ringing endorsement, but that analysis from the nonpartisan FactCheck.org is cheery compared to what the organization said about the acceptance speech that GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan gave to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday. It contained “several false claims and misleading statements,” FactCheck concluded. (We rounded up the morning-after fact checks of Ryan’s speech here and here.)

Still, as with nearly all speeches given by candidates from both major parties, the fact checkers are finding fault with some of the things Romney said at the close of the GOP convention in Tampa: Continue reading “Fact Checkers Ding Romney On A Few Familiar Points”

GOP’s ‘We Built It’ Refrain Is Both Puzzling and Telling

August 31, 2012; by

Delegates filled the floor Tuesday during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.
Enlarge Win McNamee/Getty ImagesDelegates filled the floor Tuesday during the Republican National Convention at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.

The 2012 Republican National Convention may have been the first gathering of its kind to take its theme from a gaffe.

Some variation of the phrase “We Built That” was the theme of the first night but, in effect, dominated the stage rhetoric throughout the convention. The phrase was the only one heard as often as “Hurricane Isaac.” Continue reading “GOP’s ‘We Built It’ Refrain Is Both Puzzling and Telling”

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