It was a day late, but the Republicansâ parade of truth-twisting, distortions and plain falsehoods arrived on the podium of their national convention on Tuesday. Following in the footsteps of Mitt Romneyâs campaign, rarely have so many convention speeches been based on such shaky foundations. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/opinion/how-the-republicans-built-it.html/?_r=2&hp