What Does Romney's Campaign of Lies Say About Our Country?
Wednesday, 31 October 2012 11:33 By Dave Johnson, Campaign for America's Future | News Analysis
Republican
presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a campaign event in Avon,
Ohio, October 29, 2012. (Photo: Stephen Crowley / The New York Times) Last week Mitt Romney delivered possibly the most dishonest presidential campaign speech
in American history. It contains lie after lie, distortion after
distortion, and trick after trick. The fact that a person capable of
giving such a speech has reached this level suggests that it may be too
late to salvage the country. Our institutions may be corrupted beyond
repair.
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3 comments:
Well, it seems what we have here is an ill-informed, perhaps misinformed public. So much of the population would seem to be lazy and reliant on network news, rather than being more scholarly and searching out perspectives (It's called the internet, people!) What is missing is a willingness to think.
I might have quoted this before but it bears repeating. During the republican debates 65% of respondents getting medicare, social security, and/or unemployment benefits, claimed they participated in no government programs. I think that says it all...
There are several things this election is making clear. For one, the two party system is looking more and more like a sinister carnival sideshow. The amount of money spent by the candidates is staggering, and that doesn't even the huge amount of dough thrown into state campaigns for reps to the Senate or House. I think if you added up all of it, it would clearly be mind-blowing. Nor is there much transparency as to where all this campaign funding is coming from. I think in terms of public response to all these candidates, it seems quite uneducated and rather knee-jerk. We need increased funding for education and especially earmarked to promote critical thinking. Political Science should be required curricula that is continuous throughout a person's education. Lastly, the independent parties have been largely ignored through most of the process. These voices need to be heard and taken seriously.
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