When Paul Ryan stepped out on the stage with his rousing convention speech, progressives tore him a new one for all the lies and spin.
We shut that con down before his garbage took root!!
What happened this time???
Mitt Romney did the exact same thing with lies on top of lies that were coming so fast, no one could keep up. And obviously, the fact-checkers are destroying his arguments this morning but what happened last night?
What we lost more than anything was the spin war.
I flipped to CNN to find James Carville and Vann Jones talking about how "presidential" Romney looked. I kept waiting for them to call out the 5-trillion dollar lies or amplify the "voucherization" of Medicare.
It didn't happen.
Chris Matthews was yelling about Obama's style, the process and Romney's aggressiveness while ignoring the content of what he said.
What happened to progressives lat night!!
Why were they trippin' on style while ignoring the substance of what Romney was saying? The Kos thread was the only community I found that was actually dealing with the content of that debate.
I went over to the con sites and they were doing back-flips about how Romney "took it to" Obama but none of them had a clue what he actually said!!!
Let me stay true to my politics and tell you what really happened last night:
Romney showed us clearly that the 99% loses if he's elected!!
But, he’s not get elected because his lies are already falling apart. Underneath all of that bluster, we got the clear message of what he really wants to do:
1. Cut the tax rates for the richest Americans and make you and I pay for it in reduced deductions and yes, it does cost 5-trillion dollars.
2. Completely destroy Medicare and send future retirees a voucher.
3. Take billions from public education to give the wealthy subsidies to send their kids to private schools.
4. Reduce Head Start, Pell Grants and many other popular programs by 30%.
In closing, here's my takeaway:
Sure I would have like to have seen more Obama theatrics but it didn't happen.
But it would have been nice for his media supporters to "spin" in a more effective way.