depressing statistics. this introduction will start on a low but it will end on a high. the stats that i ran into were all about who s reading books these days and how often. some of the numbers concern me. don t hold me to them because my source was the internet but they are revealing and if close they are tough to swallow. what they say. one third of high school graduates never read another book for the rest of their lives. 42% of college graduates never read another book after college. and 80% of u.s. families did not buy or read a book last year. i have to presume that to the extent these people read they their reading habits are confined to 140 character tweeds, bloggers, web lodz the gazillions the message e-mails and the occasional traffic sign. i think they are missing a lot. i say that because everyone s in a while a team of truly talented writers get together and write a gift for all of us, informs ended the kids and entertains. the presidents club is a great bo
plan. and devicive and we re getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obama s pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that i didn t see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared? well, he s hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know, george stephanopoulos, andrea mitchell, on and on forever, but it began in the miami herald within hours of ryan being selected the headline was, ryan could be a drag on romney in florida, that s all you need to know how the mainstream media thinks we can put news stories out there, and get away with it. and then there s this guy, tour a, he likes to go by one
plan. and devicive and we re getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obama s pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that i didn t see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared? well, he s hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know, george stephanopoulos, andrea mitchell, on and on forever, but it began in the miami herald within hours of ryan being selected the headline was, ryan could be a drag on romney in florida, that s all you need to know how the mainstream media thinks we can put news stories out there, and get away with it. and then there s this guy, tour a, he likes to go by one
plan. and devicive and we re getting back into the killing off the little old lady things with the rerunning of the democratic commercial with the wheelchair and the granny going over the cliff. well, one interesting thing, the rasmussen poll found by a margin of 5-is, the american media are in obama s pocket, according to those surveyed. and everything that i didn t see it, but chris mathews is quoted as saying of ryan, this guy could be worse than quail, more trouble than tom eagleton, is chris mathews scared? well, he s hostile for sure. i mean, look, the list of reporters, you know, george stephanopoulos, andrea mitchell, on and on forever, but it began in the miami herald within hours of ryan being selected the headline was, ryan could be a drag on romney in florida, that s all you need to know how the mainstream media thinks we can put news stories out there, and get away with it. and then there s this guy, tour a, he likes to go by one
governor romney yesterday in virginia. the numbers are on your screen. you can also reach out to us on social media. @cspanwj. facebook.com/cspan. and email journal@c-span.org. it is the lead story in the major newspapers across north america. here is the oshkosh north western. the leader telegram in wisconsin the leader- telelgram. the baltimore sun. a strong voice for fiscal restraint. have other hand lens to look at as well from the new york times, the washington post. getting your comments and thoughts about the choice and the announcement made yesterday morning that representative paul ryan from wisconsin would be his running mate. our first call is coming from sioux falls, s.d., on our line for democrats. tom, your honor washington journal. what did you think about governor romney s choice of paul ryan? asler: i m tickled to death a democrat. he could not have picked a better democrat. as soon as the older people and upnorities and stuff study o be for.