Month: August 2012
Sarah Spins Her Convention Absence
This year is a good opportunity for other voices to speak at the convention and I’m excited to hear them.
— Sarah Palin, issuing a statement to Greta Van Susteren announcing she will not be speaking at the Republican National Convention.
Inside a Mitt Romney Rally, or At Least Near It
I hope you faithful Pensito Reviewers appreciate my sacrifice in bringing you these crowd shots from Mitt Romney’s appearance in St. Augustine, Fla. on Monday, Aug. 13. I had to get up at 6 a.m. — that’s 6 in the morning, people! — to start my day with a bunch of rabid Republicans and tea partiers.
I wanted to stick around for the speechifying by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, Gov. Rick Scott, Sen. Marco Rubio, and of course, Willard himself but the speakers started late (you’d think Republicans would be on time and Democrats would run late), and going on three hours in, I wanted to flee the scene. The vibe was decidedly “We’re taking our country back,” and since I’m the one they’re trying to take it back from, it wasn’t pleasant.
But do enjoy these shots. I made them just for you.
Paul Ryan Has Never Released His Tax Returns
We’ll probably learn later that this was a key factor in Romney’s decision to choose Ryan as his running mate:
As a candidate for Congress, Paul Ryan has released financial disclosure forms for years, but he has never released his tax returns.
We know that Ryan turned over “several years” of tax returns to the Romney campaign during the vice presidential vetting process. We have asked the Romney campaign if any of those returns will be made public. No answer yet.
The Religious Chimera
So Mitt went and picked young Paul Ryan,
Who’s known for budgets most Draconian.
But the trick for Mitt Romney
Is selling a hybrid philosophy —
Can you really meld a Mormon with a Catholic Ayn Randian?
If Tweets Were Votes
35,460
Number of new followers on Twitter that Pres. Obama picked up in the 24 hours after Rep. Paul Ryan joined the Mitt Romney ticket. Romney picked up 10,157, or about a third as many, in the same period. During the same time, the president had 30,898 retweets, while Romney had 2,144 — even with his big announcement.
Paul Ryan’s Private Sector Experience: Driving the Weinermobile in College
True story: Paul Ryan’s only real for-profit, private-sector job was in college as a salesman for Oscar Meyer, for whom he drove Wienermobile at least once:
