another 100 years. that s what he said in 2008. well, as it turned out, that plant didn t last another year. it is locked up and empty to this day. and that s how it is in so many towns. where the recovery that was promised is nowhere in sight. that sad countenance looks unhappy because obama let him down in december of 2008 when the plant closed. what ability did the president have to prevent that plant from closing? probably none. was that not an openly deceptive claim? it s something that is checkable and known to be untrue by the candidate. those facts i know and you re right, the obama campaign s priority is to turn that guy and his baby blues into a lying face. by the time we get off the
[ applause ] my fellow broadcaster, mike huckabee. we have a real good republican right here. what did you like at the convention tonight? you watched it here i think. i did. i thought paul ryan was fantastic. he talked about the economy and how to get the economy back on track and how old ideas that once were new are no longer working. did you know that that plant closing in his hometown closed before obama became president. i did not know that. now you do. where do you get a hat like that? i bought it at the tampa airport. i thought condoleeza rice did a great job. how many liked her? how many are democrats? no party affiliation.
he misspoke as governor walker did about when the plant closed. i think condoleezza rice was good. i would like to see her talk about civil rights today like voting right in alabama where th she comes from. i think the reality doesn t bear some of the poetry of tonight, but at least the poetry was better than ralph kramden was last night. steve, i know you liked paul ryan s speech and condoleeza rice s speech. what do you think politically had the most impact? i think paul ryan did a great speech that i think connected to the middle class in this country that s hurting economically. very effective politically. the other people who had a big night tonight, another republican star is zoborn, suzaa martinez. republicans have to get over 30% of the his ppanic vote in the country. major league debut.
it s what they always tell. when you go behind, three impressive speeches, they were much better than last night. in fairness to ryan, it was better than i thought he was. i thought condoleezza rice was all chris said. the problem is none of them told the truth. the fact is that ryan very eloquently misled people. he walked out of the debt commission. he lied about the plant in his hometown. it was closed in the end of 08 when bush was president, not under obama. if you want to have an eloquent person that does not tell the truth, this was a great performance. if you re going to match facts with the performance, they have a big problem. condoleezza rice stands on a platform where they preached all night states rights and talked about how she grew up in segregation. if the state s right isn t won, you still wouldn t get a hamburger at that lunch counter.
presidency adrift surviving on slogans that already seem tired. grasping at a moment that is already past, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday s wind. there is a heavy helping of deceptive language in the speech from medicare cuts and a closing of a gm plant. the plant shut down under george w. bush. he said the ticket would take responsibility. well, really? we will not duck the tough issues. we will lead. we will not spend the next four years blaming others we will take responsibility. we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding principles. but not for the closing of that plant in his hometown, apparently. the other big speech was from former secretary of state