PBS Blasts Romney's Snide Threat To Defund Public Broadcasting, Eliminate Big Bird and Fire Jim Lehrer
by Gregg Chadwick Graphic by Txvoodoo Last night's Presidential Debate revealed a new Romney style to the public: a smirking, manipulative and untruthful Mitt whose only strategy seemed to be lying baldfacedly about his policy ideas. Already, Romney has had to admit that he pushed misinformation in the debate to Mike Grunwald , the author of the brilliant new book - The New New Deal . I agree with Paul Krugman and Tyler Green: Most of the commentary about last night's debate seems to be " theater criticism. " MSNBC even pulled James Lipton on-screen, host of Inside The Actors Studio , to critique the debate as if it were simply a theatrical romp. Romney, admittedly. delivered his lines forcefully and often condescendingly, but his words were full of evasion, hesitation, mis-truth, and outright lies. Romney came across as an infomercial huckster. In contrast President Obama was calm, empathetic, often bemused, professorial, a bit ...