Romney gets caught lying about Obama, military voters

[jaxx]

Romney gets caught lying about Obama, military voters
By Steve Benen
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Mon Aug 6, 2012 10:34 AM EDT

After spending the last several months paying attention to Mitt Romney's habitual dishonesty at a granular level, I've become largely inured to his more routine, casual lies. Some of the deliberate falsehoods are just too common to get upset about.

But once in a while, Romney tells a lie so blatant and offensive that it raises questions anew about the candidate's character and what standards of decency he's prepared to abandon to advance his ambitions.

<..> This is as loathsome a lie as Romney has told all year -- and given his record, that's not an easy threshold to meet.

<..> After the campaign's dishonesty was exposed, Romney put a twist on his lie, saying Obama now opposes giving the troops special treatment. But even by Republican standards, this is insane -- by this reasoning, Romney supports a policy that discriminates against military veterans in Ohio who would be legally prohibited from the same early-voting rights as active-duty servicemen and women.

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This is where Willard gets in trouble for his lying. He then has to lie about the lie and gets tripped up. We can expect this to be pushed under the rug by the Romney camp as they go on to the next lie.

[pappy]

I think it is safe to assume that this will get considerable attention from Rachel tonight.

[Myra]

Mitt Romney will not join in to do what is right for every voter, including veterans because he has sworn his ideological fidelity to the Reince Priebus wing of conservatism: why do the right thing when you can whip up some outrage from the knuckle-draggers who Mitt is depending on to put him in the White House.

Romney “Why won’t you join the Obama lawsuit in Ohio, and protect our veterans’ right to vote?”

[There Is No Spoon]

Romney is a compulsive liar - it can't be comforting for Republicans to have a guy who will just repeat things on the internet without verifying if it's true. Or does he not care? Or is he even worse than this and is just lying for political gain no matter the consequences?

What an unethical person he is.

[PoliticalTiger]

Everything that comes out of Rmoney's mouth is a lie! I don't think there's ever been a documented instance of him telling the truth. I actually think right-winger really admire liars, which is why they fell in love with Sarah Palin and watch Fox "News" 24/7.

[OptimistesMaddie]

campaign. The are twisting themselves into pretzels with all of the lies they are telling, they are incapable of keeping up.

[SeattleGirl]

(08-06-2012 08:07 PM)OptimistesMaddie Wrote:  campaign. The are twisting themselves into pretzels with all of the lies they are telling, they are incapable of keeping up.

That's not a problem for Romney. Remember, he stands by what he said, whatever it was.

[pappy]

(08-06-2012 08:38 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  

(08-06-2012 08:07 PM)OptimistesMaddie Wrote:  campaign. The are twisting themselves into pretzels with all of the lies they are telling, they are incapable of keeping up.

That's not a problem for Romney. Remember, he stands by what he said, whatever it was.

Unless he quoted himself out of context. Don't laugh, it's a line I can hear Romney using.

[SeattleGirl]

(08-06-2012 08:44 PM)pappy Wrote:  

(08-06-2012 08:38 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  That's not a problem for Romney. Remember, he stands by what he said, whatever it was.

Unless he quoted himself out of context. Don't laugh, it's a line I can hear Romney using.

Not surprisingly, so can I.

[OptimistesMaddie]

(08-06-2012 08:44 PM)pappy Wrote:  

(08-06-2012 08:38 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  That's not a problem for Romney. Remember, he stands by what he said, whatever it was.

Unless he quoted himself out of context. Don't laugh, it's a line I can hear Romney using.

I think we will see Romney collapse as a candidate because of his lies...

[OptimistesMaddie]

(08-06-2012 08:38 PM)SeattleGirl Wrote:  

(08-06-2012 08:07 PM)OptimistesMaddie Wrote:  campaign. The are twisting themselves into pretzels with all of the lies they are telling, they are incapable of keeping up.

That's not a problem for Romney. Remember, he stands by what he said, whatever it was.

ha...ha.

[Brewman_Jax]

One of his more egregious lies, and the infomercial media is all quiet about it. No shock since their silence is likely bought and paid for.

[Brainwreck]

What's new? Romney is obviously a compulsive lier. He should be forced to tattoo that across his cheeks so no one would be taken in. He has a sort of strange confused look all the time which makes me wonder if he even understands why it upsets anyone. When I was in Marrakech I was told that the children were praised if they could pick a pocket without being caught. I have no idea if that was true but it made me hold onto my purse a bit tighter. Since Romney seems to be rewarded for his lies I would suggest that we hold on to our votes and voting rights a little tighter and guard them well before and after they go into the ballot box.