As noted by White House adviser Jim Messina in a letter to Obama supporters this morning, "He lied about Medicare. He lied about the Recovery Act. He lied about the deficit and debt. He even dishonestly attacked Barack Obama for the closing of a GM plant in his hometown of Janesville, Wisconsin -- a plant that closed in December 2008 under George W. Bush. He also failed to offer one constructive idea about what he would do to move the country forward."
We saw the blueprint for Ryan's fact-free presentation Tuesday night, when Sen. Rick Santorum, the failed GOP presidential candidate from Pennsylvania, falsely declared that Obama had abolished the work requirements for welfare.
He echoed a controversial ad the Romney campaign is running that aims to anger white working class voters in swing states by suggesting "welfare recipients" (GOP code for African-Americans) are getting free hand-outs from a black president in exchange for their votes. The spot has been denounced as a blatant lie by every independent fact checker.
To that, Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said, “We’re not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers.”
Messina offers an explanation as to why the Romney campaign is making the truth irrelevant this fall:
"The fact that this speech, on this huge stage, is this blatantly false represents a huge bet by the Romney campaign -- they've decided that facts, truth and reality will not be a brake on their campaign message. And they just signaled to the extremist billionaires and corporate interests that support them that they should go ahead and spend their hundreds of millions of dollars attacking Barack Obama with whatever lies can work."
The lies tell us all we need to know about the kind of president Mitt Romney would be if he's elected.
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First Lady Michelle Obama nailed it, who President Obama is, was and what he will become. Lilly Ledbetter nailed her address about equal pay for women. Tammy Duckworth also nailed her speech about what President Obama means to the military. Deval Patrick had them standing in the aisles with his speech about the good President Obama has done for MA and the very not so good things Romney did to MA. Patrick's speech was a very clear look at why Romney does not discuss his years as governor in MA. Julian Castro, brought the house down about what can be accomplished if WE work together and the American dream. I will bet, Julian Castro will be the first Latino President of the United States.
The very obvious difference in the diversity of the audience between the RNC and the DNC was heart warming. There were more people of color and different ethnic origins and religions in one small section of the DNC compared to the entire Tampa arena at the RNC.
Failed policies. Failed presidency.
Vote Romney.
The Democrats have no plan to fix this. You people lala kumbaya your way into disaster, while the Republicans like Paul Ryan DO have a plan to put things back on track. You are blinded by hatred of those who are more successful than you, which you wrongly believe are conservative Republicans. Wake up and realize that the party you choose to defend is taking us down the road to chaos, divisiveness and destitution.
Success is good, Kev. Responsibility is good, Kev. Spending without end is evil, Kev. Smell the coffee.
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Talking to a chair, weeeeee!
Dinesh D’Souza interviewing one of Obama’s relatives in Africa - As someone who was born there: GO SEE THIS MOVIE!