I am all but speechless. According to Wash Post Fact Checker lying at the convention is AOK

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/the-truth-cmon-this-is-a-political-convention/2012/08/31/88550120-f3c0-11e1-892d-bc92fee603a7_blog.html

For all the outrage (on the left) about misrepresentations and misinformation in Rep. Paul Ryan’s speech accepting the Republican nomination for vice president, my reaction was: par for the course.

We are, of course, talking about a political convention. The whole point is for the party to put its best foot forward to the American people. By its very nature, that means downplaying unpleasant facts, highlighting the positive and knocking down the opposing team.

In fact, until Ryan showed up, in the traditional role of a vice president attack dog, my impression was that, given the nasty, brutish attacks by both sides in this campaign, the Republicans were generally on good behavior.

The first night was a bit odd, since it was devoted to the political exploitation of a single Obama gaffe — “You didn’t build that” — the Republicans blatantly misrepresent. The theme was so overdone, with virtually every speaker making reference to it, that it may have actually diluted the impact of the attack.

Ryan was so quickly labeled a fibber by the Obama campaign that one suspects it was a deliberate effort to tear down his reputation as a policy expert, similar to using attacks on Romney’s Bain Capital record to undermine his reputation as a skilled business executive.

end of quote a lot more at link

I just don't know what to say. I am glad Mr. Kessler doesn't build bridges as I like to use them from time to time. I mean the man is hired to check facts for pete's sake. It is his job. This would be like a doctor who decided he didn't like sick people. Just pathetic.

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1. kick

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2. You Said That --- Use that against the republicans

remind them everytime they open their mouths