Obama responding to Republican lies

[Black]

So, it's no surprise to anyone that the Republican strategy for trying to retake the white house is to pick a lie/distortion/misquote and keep hammering it home as long as it seems to have legs . . . personally I think Obama's responding and clarifying immediately, as evidenced here, is the right approach, although some may think doing so may drag him down into the same mud his attackers are wallowing in.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama...16879.html

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Didn't it used to be the process where you said something that turned out to be wrong/outright-lie, that you apologized and pulled the ad? Mittens is having none of that. I don't know if he is counting on IOIYAR, he does not care because he has no morals, or if he is so out of touch that he has not heard how bad it has gotten.

[decay]

they have learned from what worked against Kerry (Swift Boat lies).

[Dennis S]

Here's a list of some of Romney's lies:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/27...-YET-AGAIN

I hear clips of him on the radio just slinging total BS out there like it was nothing. I never hear of him correcting or apologizing for his lies.

[Black]

I didn't notice it as much the last election cycle, but Romney lies happily and easily, and prolifically. He's a slimy disgusting POS without any conscience whatsoever.

We need to swift-boat his lying ass back to whatever rock he crawled out from under. Will "LIAR" have any effect, or will his potential supporters feel that the ends justify the means?

[Ca Bob]

It's been reported again and again that Romney goes beyond exaggeration to outright lying. This was clear during the primaries and it continues to be clear.

[Black]

Dennis S wrote:
Here's a list of some of Romney's lies:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/04/27...-YET-AGAIN

I hear clips of him on the radio just slinging total BS out there like it was nothing. I never hear of him correcting or apologizing for his lies.

Unfortunately the target audience doesn't seem to have the patience to follow links most of the time.

[hal]

this thread seems to have nothing to do with the article in the OP

Yes, republicans lie - not like we haven't talked about that before...

But with regard to the article posted... Frankly, this makes Obama look rather Romneyesque to me.... Saying that the private sector is fine (when it isn't) isn't a statement that anyone should vigorously defend.

The Private Sector is simply the area of the economy not controlled by the government and it ain't fine. Sure, things are improving, but that is not the same as fine. That's a long, long way from fine.

In a few years, we'll have a 'who said what' list of stupid gaffs and I bet most would attribute this loser to Romney - because it was a stupid thing to say. It's right up there with "I'm not concerned about the very poor".

[Black]

hal wrote:
this thread seems to have nothing to do with the article in the OP

Yes, republicans lie - not like we haven't talked about that before...

But with regard to the article posted... Frankly, this makes Obama look rather Romneyesque to me.... Saying that the private sector is fine (when it isn't) isn't a statement that anyone should vigorously defend.

The Private Sector is simply the area of the economy not controlled by the government and it ain't fine. Sure, things are improving, but that is not the same as fine. That's a long, long way from fine.

In a few years, we'll have a 'who said what' list of stupid gaffs and I bet most would attribute this loser to Romney - because it was a stupid thing to say. It's right up there with "I'm not concerned about the very poor".

"The economy is not doing fine. There are too many people out of work. The housing market is still weak and too many homes underwater. And that's precisely why I asked Congress to start taking some steps that can make a difference," Obama said. But he also insisted that "we've actually seen some good momentum in the private sector."

OK, so have we not seen "good momentum" in the private sector, or are we back to square one on this one?

I have stated before and I'll state again that it was not fair to take "I'm not concerned about the very poor" as a stand-alone statement . . . would prefer to see neither side sink that low.

[Avenger]

I don't know what the controversy is. He has already retracted what he said(or did he?). Do you have an issue with him now?