CNN Panel Stumps Tea Party Rep, Matt Lauer Grills Paul Ryan, Political Journos In Despair

Tuesday, September 4, 2012 WATCH: CNN Panel Stumps Tea Party Rep Soledad O'Brien and the panelists on Tuesday's "Starting Point" got into a testy exchange with Tea Party activist Amy Kremer over her allegation that President Obama doesn't "love America the way we do." Last week, Kremer — the chairperson of the Tea Party Express group — tweeted that the difference between Obama and Mitt Romney was that Mitt loves America. When asked to explain what she meant, Kremer had some trouble expressing herself. GETTING IT RIGHT Matt Lauer Grills Paul Ryan U.S. Freelance Journalist Missing In Syria It Just Keeps Getting Worse Journalists In Despair Over 2012 BLOG POSTS Menachem Rosensaft: The Rejection of Nazi Analogies Must Be Bipartisan Politicians and pundits of all persuasions should get it into their heads that making analogies to the Holocaust or Nazi Germany in the context of 21st century U.S. politics is not just unseemly but borders on, if not crosses over into, the obscene. Daniel Simon: RNC Shows How Useless Conventions Have Become in Addressing Real Issues The word is in and the people have spoken. Campaign coverage has been abysmal. Michael Sigman: Whither Alt Weeklies? A Reality Check Now, with many more papers and far less revenue, VVM faces a mountain of debt with no discernible exit strategy. Warren Adler: Spanked by an Insider I have been a consistent reader of the print edition of the New York Times since I was 13 years old. That is why I am gratified to see the Times ombudsman, Arthur S. Brisbane, in his swan song column finally state the obvious. Jesse Kornbluth: A Jury Said Jeffrey MacDonald Killed His Wife and Kids. So Did '60 Minutes' and a Bestseller. 40 Years Later, Errol Morris Counters With 500 Pages of Awkward Questions. Because on the basis of the evidence presented at trial and the evidence that was not allowed to be presented at trial, Errol Morris does not believe that Jeffrey MacDonald is guilty. If you followed this case, you know different.

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