John Stoehr

John Stoehr is managing editor of The Washington Spectator. He teaches writing at Yale. His essays and journalism have appeared in The American Prospect, Reuters Opinion, the Guardian, and Dissent, among other publications. He blogs about politics for the New Statesman and The Washington Spectator, and he's a frequent contributor to Al Jazeera English. Follow him on twitter @johnastoehr.

Will The Media Devour Mitt Romney This election As They Did in 1968 To His Dad George?

(CONNECTICUT) – The truth hurts, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may feel the pain more than most. He watched his dad’s 1968 presidential bid flame out after George Romney told the truth about the Vietnam War: “I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anyone could get when you go over to Vietnam,” he said. […]

John Stoehr
By John Stoehr
Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, campaigns at the University of South Carolina Aiken, in Aiken, S.C., Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

(CONNECTICUT) - The truth hurts, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney may feel the pain more than most. He watched his dad's 1968 presidential bid flame out after George Romney told the truth about the Vietnam War: "I had just had the greatest brainwashing that anyone could get when you go over to Vietnam," he said. The senior

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