The Presidential debates are over but that doesn’t mean what was said is now old news. In fact, something Mitt Romney said in the first debate on October 3rd is back in the news. In my blog after that debate I said this Romney statement that should be getting more…
Debate fact-checking long overdue – Hooray for Candy!
The Hill’s Congressional BlogOctober 17, 2012 By Frank Knapp, Jr., president and CEO, South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce One of the highlights of last night’s presidential debate was moderator Candy Crowley’s real-time fact-checking about when President Barrack Obama first used the word “terror” in reference to the murders…
Business Leaders Say Stop Using Bogus Definition of Small Business to Mislead Voters and Policy Makers
Washington, DC, October 10, 2012 – The American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), which represents small- and medium-sized companies, calls on candidates for office to stop misleading voters with bogus data based on inaccurate definitions of small business. Specifically, a report commissioned by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and…
Romney: Big Bird you’re fired
Candidate Mitt Romney has been criticized for his past statement that he likes to fire people. Apparently the same holds true for large yellow birds. But as much as Romney’s comment of defunding PBS resulted in the biggest twitter explosion of last night’s debate, it was the GOP candidate’s denial…