The Rachel Maddow Show has a segment they headline Bain attacks from within the GOP.  This segment nicely encapsulates all that is wrong with Mitt Romney’s business experience.

This segment makes it obvious that Republicans from Newt Gingrich to Rick Perry know what is wrong with the way Mitt Romney stole his fortune. What has changed about the last few decades of Mitt Romney’s history from the time they were running against him to now when they tell us what a wonderful business person he is?

Were they lying then, or are they lying now?

If these Republicans know so much about what is wrong with how Mitt Romney stole his money, then why are they so anxious to promote the rules, regulations, and tax structure that encourages people to do what Romney has done?

Do bald faced lies matter anymore in politics?

Does the electorate still possess the capacity to ask themselves these simple questions?

The Friday before Labor Day, some Sturbridge volunteers decided to show some holiday travellers that Sturbridge supports Elizabeth Warren.

In my fair and balanced way, I present to you the Raw Story review of the Republican convention The Republican National Convention week in review: A GIF-guide.

If I had watched the convention, the following image from the above story would have captured my reaction:

The New York Times comments on the Republican acceptance speeches in Facts Take a Beating in Acceptance Speeches.

Representative Paul D. Ryan used his convention speech on Wednesday to fault President Obama for failing to act on a deficit-reduction plan that he himself had helped kill. He chided Democrats for seeking $716 billion in Medicare cuts that he too had sought. And he lamented the nation’s credit rating — which was downgraded after a debt-ceiling standoff that he and other House Republicans helped instigate.

And Mitt Romney, in his acceptance speech on Thursday night, asserted that President Obama’s policies had “not helped create jobs” and that Mr. Obama had gone on an “apology tour” for America. He also warned that the president’s Medicare cuts would “hurt today’s seniors,” claims that have already been labeled false or misleading.

The two speeches — peppered with statements that were incorrect or incomplete — seemed to signal the arrival of a new kind of presidential campaign, one in which concerns about fact-checking have been largely set aside.

If The New York Times had a reputation for honesty, this might mean more. Sadly, once you throw your credibility away, you cannot use it to cast aspersions on others.  This is one reason why President Obama should not follow the Romney/Ryan campaign down the same dishonest path.