Today on the Dish, Andrew live-blogged Ryan's acceptance speech, followed by reader reax here. Earlier in the day, he called Romney-Ryan's foreign policy Dickish and highlighted a piece by Mike Lofgren on materialism's eclipse of conservatism. Crowley pondered how Ryan could credibly address Medicare in his speech, and while Leon Wieseltier unloaded on him, the veep candidate's numbers slid.
Reviewing yesterday's convention news, Andrew condemned CNN for its dismissal of a racist RNC incident, while readers pushed back. Andy McCarthy slammed Christie, and as Douthat praised Ann Romney's speech, Noonan noted how it perpetuated Romney's hollowness. Alex Altman called last night a "diversity pageant" and Andrew made the conservative case for Obama on The Colbert Report here.
Looking ahead, Andrew flagged a fascinating LDS discussion about Romney, and while some readers clarified Romney's LDS standing, others pinpointed relgious authorities in US political history. Drum remarked on Romney's brazen lying, John Sides reframed his challenge and Romney feted top donors aboard the Cracker Bay.
While Andrew reflected on humor and politics, Douthat advised the Paulites and Hanna Rosin fielded readers' abortion question. Yglesias then parsed the GOP platform, Team Obama thronged Florida and TNC observed Romney's double standard on affirmative action. Suzy Khimm investigated the party-switching penalty as Noam Scheiber reported on Joe's presidential designs. And while Sarah Palin jumped the shark (yet again), journalists ceded control at conventions and Patrick Gavin's Twitter meta-ed.
In assorted commentary, Paul Rozin rehabilitated recycled water, Maria Bustillos praised Lester Bangs' literary tastes and Teju Cole told of a near-blindness bout. Bill Nye dressed down creationists, Emily Landau examined Rakoff's and Hitchens' contributions to the dying debate, and Oliver Morton potrayed flowing power.
@ then baffled, Frank Jacobs lamented a Disney ride and Sonic blotted out Texas. The Swedish chef spoke a dialect of Norwegian sing-song, FOTD here, VFYW here and MHB here.
– G.G.
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