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Friday, October 26, 2012

2012 Mitt Romney Warning Americans That Barack Obama Is Personally Out to Kill Their Job Now

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 10:23 AM

Mitt Romney's lies are getting worse. Now he's just repeating a lie that's circulating on right-wing blogs that Chrysler is looking to move their plants to China. In Ohio, this is serious business. And it's not true:

Romney told Ohioans that a major manufacturer is on the verge of moving all its jobs to China — but it isn’t true. Chrysler is looking to build Jeeps in China for the Chinese market, not to move American jobs there. In fairness to Romney, the news story that gave rise to this tale seems to have been sloppily written. But all the relevant facts were in the original article. And in any case, there are no indications the Romney campaign bothered to check out its preferred story before working it into his stump speech.

I know that people just generally assume that politicians lie. And it's true that there are lots of lies in every presidential campaign. But I want to assure you that Mitt Romney lies much more than your average presidential candidate. This is not business as usual; Romney is desperate, and he's willing to say anything to become president. And lies like this, if they're not properly fact-checked, can cause a lot of damage in a state like Ohio.

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Classic Karl Rove—accuse your opponent of the very thing that is your own greatest weakness.

Posted by rob!

on October 26, 2012 at 10:49 AM

Speaking of whopping big LIES:

Vice President Joe Biden claims at a campaign event in Wisconsin that Republicans voted for a "$500 Trillion Tax Cut"

"But you can't erase what you've already done, they've voted to extend tax cuts for the very wealthy, giving a $500 trillion dollar tax-cut to 120,000 families."

http://youtu.be/aMKuQ1NVvsg

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on October 26, 2012 at 11:08 AM

Looks like Obama's "bump" from the third debate is ending...

Election 2012 Likely Voters Trial Heat: Obama vs. Romney
Among likely voters
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Date Obama Romney
10/1-7/2012 48 48
10/2-8/2012 47 49
10/3-9/2012 48 48
10/4-10/2012 47 48
10/5-11/2012 47 49
10/6-12/2012 47 49
10/7-13/2012 47 49
10/8-14/2012 47 49
10/9-15/2012 46 50
10/10-16/2012 45 51
10/11-17/2012 45 52
10/12-18/2012 45 51
10/13-19/2012 45 51
10/14-20/2012 45 52
10/15-21/2012 45 51
10/16-22/2012 46 51
10/17-23/2012 47 50
10/18-24/2012 47 50
10/19-25/2012 46 51
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SOURCE: http://www.gallup.com/
Copyright (c) 2012 Gallup Inc. All rights reserved.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on October 26, 2012 at 11:10 AM

This will hurt even IF it's properly fact-checked. The lie will penetrate the idiot-sphere, the correction will not.

Two Low Information Voters meet in a bar. The first one says "Hey, did you hear Al Gore claimed he invented the Internet." The second says "Hahahahaha...like the government could make that!"

Please, think up some good low information voter jokes, 'cause I obviously can't.

Posted by ScrawnyKayaker on October 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM

Even if they ARE properly fact-checked lies like these can cause a lot of damage, because one of the right-wing machine's new meme's is that fact-checking is stupid and partisan.

Look at Romney's oft-repeated "Syria is Iran's route to the sea" remark. Doesn't matter that Iran and Syria aren't neighbors. Doesn't matter that Iran has 1,500 miles of coastline including far superior deep-water ports to Syria's already. He's been corrected on it over and over -- he's used it not just in debates but in at least five major speeches -- but nobody gives a shit. Reagan was right: facts are stupid things.

Sometimes I think Obama should start spreading ludicrous lies about those secret Mormon rituals or something. "They eat Christian babies!"

Posted by Fnarf

on October 26, 2012 at 12:02 PM

Whoa, that was totally the Paul Rudd plot line from Parks & Rec.

Posted by Dougsf on October 26, 2012 at 12:14 PM

So, when was the last time an incumbent Democrat held on to the presidency through a negative campaign?

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on October 26, 2012 at 12:27 PM

@7 so...you're trying to convince us that Obama is going to lose?

This election is up for grabs, yes (it's sad that it even has a chance to swing that way, considering what a colossal clusterfuck Romney's campaign has been) but with fairly tied polling this close to the election, calling it for one side or the other is stupid.

But you've never been afraid of looking stupid now have you?

Posted by Pick1 on October 26, 2012 at 1:21 PM

Of course Romney's desperate, he doesn't lead in a single Ohio poll.

Posted by DOUG.

on October 26, 2012 at 1:29 PM

@8
Not calling it either way. Just asking a question.

@9
If Romney burns through Obama's firewall in Wisconsin (where they're tied today) he may not need Ohio.

I'm still hoping for change.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on October 26, 2012 at 1:51 PM

@7: bill clinton. the last democratic president. but you wanted us to say jimmy carter so you'd have a point.

and gallup national LV means shit.

Posted by Max Solomon on October 26, 2012 at 2:19 PM

@10: yeah, "may not", which means he needs Navada, which ain't happening.

Posted by DOUG.

on October 26, 2012 at 3:39 PM

@11
I don't remember Clinton's second run as having gone particularly negative. Lots of triangulation and fighting for the middle ground, but not a lot of character assassination.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me on October 26, 2012 at 5:49 PM