George McGovern, the staunch liberal Democrat who challenged Nixon in 1972 and lost in a landslide, has died. He was a warrior and a champion of peace, a bomber pilot who laid the groundwork for a movement known as Food not Bombs, and a liberal environmentalist who won over conservative farmers to the fight against […]
By David Brin When Bill Clinton left office, every U.S. Army and Marine Corps brigade was rated fully combat ready to defend the lives and interests of Americans. When George W. Bush left office, not one U.S. brigade was so rated. We went from all to none. And the GOP has a reputation for defense? Last year […]
This has got to hurt. The largest newspaper in Salt Lake City – the center of the Mormon world, the place where Romney saved the Olympics – has rejected their state’s favorite son with a stinging rebuke and endorsed Barack Obama for re-election. Under the headline “Too many Mitts – Obama has earned another term”, the […]
This one is going to be tough for the pundits to call. On the one hand, President Obama came out swinging in tonight’s debate, and landed some good shots on Mitt Romney. This allows for a “comeback kid” narrative, always popular with the pundits. On the other hand, not much seemed to land on Romney […]
We’ll try to catch the lies as they go by… (Watch the debate here. Read the full transcript here. See our post-debate analysis here.) Romney laughed as he said “Government does not create jobs”. One reason unemployment is still so high is because of the loss of more than 500,000 public sector jobs, cut by cash-strapped states. […]
It’s time for the second big event of the fall election season, and the big question is: Will Mitt Romney be able to continue to reinvent himself as a modest moderate by lying about everything he’s been saying for the past 5 years, or will Obama come out swinging? Don’t expect a knockout tonight… but […]
The centerpiece of Mitt Romney’s campaign: Obama hasn’t created enough jobs, but Romney will create 12 million in his first term. There’s just one small problem with that: The claim is utterly and completely fraudulent. There is no actually Romney plan. (Watch the debate here. Read the full transcript here. See our modest attempt to debunk as […]
Well, that was a nice comeback. After a disappointing debate last week that left Obama on the ropes and Romney with a bit of a surge, the Vice Presidential debate featured strong performances by both candidates. Just as he did in his speech to the Republican Convention, Paul Ryan strayed rather far from the truth. […]
California’s right-to-know ballot initiative, Prop 37, continues to lead in the polls. For some reason, consumers think it’s a good idea to require manufacturers to label which foods contain Genetically Modified (GMO) ingredients, so they can decide for themselves what they want to put into their bodies. So why would healthy organic brands like Odwalla, […]
Documenting the atrocities…. a comprehensive take-down video. http://youtu.be/9r6TA1PNG_M
By David Brin Could the traits of a good president — unflappable calm, sober deliberation and dedication to facts — prove lethal to presidential candidate Barack Obama? Last night’s first presidential debate showed us “no drama Obama” at his most wonkish, and the world called it a good night for Mitt Romney… …whose agility onstage was stunning in […]
Of all the lies in last night’s debate, I think the one that annoyed me the most was Mitt Romney’s massive, overbearing lie about green jobs. He claimed that Obama had put $90 billion in one year into loan guarantees for green energy companies like Solyndra, and that half of them had failed. Leaving debate […]
Well, could have seen this coming. The media appear to be anointing Romney as the winner of debate #1, just as they anointed Ronald Reagan the winner of his first debate, and Bush II the winner of his first debate. Not based on saying things that were true. Not based on actually landing successful and valid critiques […]
The Romney campaign has been busy leaking strategy to the media as we head into tonight’s debate. In a classic of low-expectations-setting, they say the goal is to “humanize” Romney (certainly not go into detail on his actual policy positions – an area they’ve been avoiding like the plague, since Romney’s actual policies are about […]
By David Brin Who among us doesn’t yearn to ask questions at the presidential fora? Poking at both candidates, shaking the routine of canned talking points and practiced answers? Sure, I have a firm preference. But separately, How I wish that I could ask the following: 1) Mr. President and Governor Romney. There is a crime afoot that’s been […]