Chronicling Mitt Romey's Lies

[Officer of Engineers]

Data can be manipulated, I'm the first to admit that. But, adding 10 million to the number of unemployed? Nah.

So Obama did not call Romney out on it.

[bonehead]

But CPI w/o energy and food prices is a lie, the cost of living in the US is up because of energy and food prices. No matter how it is sliced, it costs more today than it did last year or the year before etc...

You can't do much about the drought. Nor was that politically motivated. If we stop the exportation of our national resources i.e. coal, NG, and oil, add a couple of new refineries closer to the oil fields vs pushing a pipeline to the gulf we can go a long way to lowering our energy costs. However, theres not a chance in hell those energy companies would do such a thing.

[McFire]

Mac, do you have a credible source for that?

In any case, would you agree that a BLS manager can support Obama and still do his job honestly?

Credible? It was mentioned on a few news shows, and it's on the following web site: http://freebeacon.com/meet-the-obama-donors-at-the-bls/ While one only contributed $270, but the other contributed $2000 to Obama and $9000 to the DNC over the last three election cycles.

Can a BLS manager support a campaign and do his job honestly? My personal viewpoint is that a supporter should not be involved in an official capacity if it even appears if it can be seen as an impropriety. In this case, Harley Frazis should have been recused from the process.

[JAD_333]

Can a BLS manager support a campaign and do his job honestly? My personal viewpoint is that a supporter should not be involved in an official capacity if it even appears if it can be seen as an impropriety. In this case, Harley Frazis should have been recused from the process.

I respect your view. However, keep in mind that the BLS is not choosing between candidates. It is merely reporting statistics derived from polling information. It is not deciding a court case between two individual claims. And in the case of the BLS, controls are so strict that no one person can doctor the results. To carry it further, USG employees have the right to donate money to candidates and many, many do so. Other political activities may be restricted. If you're interested in what is allowed and not allowed, check out the Hatch Act. Hatch Act Frequently Asked Questions

[dmwnc1959]

So Romney speaks in front of VMI and lies.

He said Obama has signed not one trade agreement when Obama has signed three.

He said 'hope' is not a foreign policy agenda but when secretly taped in front of his donors said: "So what you do is, you say, you move things along the best way you can. You hope for some degree of stability, but you recognize that this is going to remain an unsolved problem…and we kick the ball down the field and hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it."

He said that in the 2008 campaign between Obama and McCain that terrorism was never mentioned. It was. Repeatedly in debates, town halls, and rallies.

He won't increase the deficit but will build 14 new ships and two subs every year. Where is that money coming from?

Romney said he would fight to see tow separate and peaceful states of Palestine and Israel. In his secretly taped speech he said 'he just doesn't see it' and 'and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.'

[Genosaurer]

He won't increase the deficit but will build 14 new ships and two subs every year. Where is that money coming from?

The Department of the Navy is, what, 8% of the budget? If he cuts back a bit on the expansion of entitlement programs that already make up more than half of yearly Federal spending, I think that those two goals could easily be achieved simultaneously.

(And defense spending is one of the few Federal stimulus programs I've seen that actually works at keeping manufacturing jobs in the country...)

[bigross86]

Romney said he would fight to see tow separate and peaceful states of Palestine and Israel. In his secretly taped speech he said 'he just doesn't see it' and 'and that the pathway to peace is almost unthinkable to accomplish.'

What's the problem here? He doesn't see it, it's almost unthinkable to accomplish, but still he's gonna fight for it. I see determination to get a nearly impossible job done. What do you see?

[Doktor]

I see a lot of Romney's secretly taped speeches and none of Obama :red:

[zraver]

I see a lot of Romney's secretly taped speeches and none of Obama :red:

Obama has the power of the secret service to make sure....

[Parihaka]

Obama has the power of the secret service to make sure....

Plus of course the American MSM actively suppresses them
McCain campaign accuses L.A. Times of 'suppressing' Obama video - latimes.com

[Gun Grape]

Obama has the power of the secret service to make sure....

Romney also has Secret Service.

Obama runs a tighter ship. All video devices, to include cell phones are taken up before the Guest can enter the event.

Obama campaign nixes cell phones at some fundraisers - ABC News

[zraver]

You can't do much about the drought. Nor was that politically motivated. If we stop the exportation of our national resources i.e. coal, NG, and oil, add a couple of new refineries closer to the oil fields vs pushing a pipeline to the gulf we can go a long way to lowering our energy costs. However, theres not a chance in hell those energy companies would do such a thing.

Drought prices won't hit till next year for the most part.

overall since Obama took office food prices are up about 5% on average, 2010 saw some deflation in prices, but 09, 11, and so far in 12 have all seen food price inflation that exceeded the official inflation rate.

[antimony]

I see a lot of Romney's secretly taped speeches and none of Obama :red:

Here is one that was taped before he got all high and mighty