August 26 – Shutting Out Ron Paul Will Not Shut Him Up; Will Money Buy the White House?; Rather Than Debate Facts Romney Invents Them

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Part 1	We begin with Bruce Fein who was a Deputy Attorney General in the Reagan administration and wrote the articles of impeachment for President Nixon and President Clinton. He was a Senior Policy Advisor to the Ron Paul 2012 campaign and we discuss the bitter power struggles over the seating of Ron Paul’s delegates and how Ron Paul has been shunned by the Republican National Committee and will not appear on stage at the convention in Tampa.
Part 2	Then we examine whether the White House can be bought and compare the record amount of spending so far where monthly totals exceed the entire spending totals of previous races. Sheila Krumholz, who is the Executive Director of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan organization that tracks money, politics and influence in Washington, joins us. She has an article at CNN “Will Money Buy the White House?”
Part 3	Then, following Mitt Romney’s “birther” quip that got an enthusiastic response from a Republican audience, we look into the “big lies” that are the basis of the Romney and Republican attacks on Obama, almost all of which have been completely manufactured, but are rarely challenged by the press. Mark Feldstein, an award-winning Investigative Correspondent for CNN, ABC, NBC and a two-time winner of the George Foster Peabody Award joins us to discuss a campaign that does not debate the facts but rather invents them.
	MUSIC: The Raconteurs – You Don't Understand Me; The Beatles – Can't Buy Me Love; DJ Shadow – Why Hip Hop Sucks in 96'; The Eagles – Lyin' Eyes