Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/14/romney-president-will-lie-in-debates/?iref=obinsite" target="_blank">http://politicalticker.blogs.c...obinsite</a> Well, he ought to know about lying, I suppose. However, what a tool for saying something like this.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Romney is one of the most blatant liars on the political stage. How many times have we seen video of him saying one thing (in 2006,07,08 etc.) juxtaposed against him saying the opposite now? And then he'll look someone straight in the eye and deny it all. I sure hope that Romney is pressed on that in the debates, framed around a question like "If even Republicans are confused about your ever-shifting positions, how in the world can voters know what you'll actually do if elected?"
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 I think after this election we need to get rid of the debates, too antiquated. Some suggestions. Get in the Octagon UFC style A game of HORSE A dance off A grilling competition Yo Mama jokes
Originally Posted By utahjosh He pretty much was saying that Obama will spin the data to match his message. Romney will be doing the same thing. Poor choice of words by Romney, though. Campaigning isn't his strongest suit. He'll be a much better on-the-job man.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer I just wish we knew what his on-the-job plans were, but he refuses to tell us.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder I don't need the debates for me to decide who to vote for in November. I wouldn't vote for Romney if he was running unopposed. He is thoroughly ill-prepared to be President of the United States. He could be a disaster of unmitigated proportions, given his complete inability to grasp foreign relations, just to name one area he knows absolutely nothing about. A wholly unqualified candidate.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<I don't need the debates for me to decide who to vote for in November. >> Does really anyone at this point?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>He'll be a much better on-the-job man.<< As a Fox News Channel analyst in January. ; )
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Campaigning isn't his strongest suit.<< LOL! He's been campaigning since 2006. You'd think he'd be a little quicker on the uptake learning the ropes of campaigning by now, right?
Originally Posted By wahooskipper If by lying he means "distort the truth" then it is safe to say they will both be doing that.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost We have no one to blame for this other then ourselves. If a politician comes out and tells the full truth, doesn't attempt to spin it, just tells it like it is, we crucify them. We are, sometimes, a nation of very foolish people. We only want to hear sunshine..if it's the truth fine, if it isn't, well we don't want to hear anything bad do we!?!? We are only focused on single agenda items, are incapable of seeing the whole picture and refuse to accept any responsibility or ownership for our actions and how they might affect things. It's the republicans, democrats or independents fault...not us. If you dare imply that some of it is our fault, we will not vote for you. Catering to the rich has been one of this nations most popular pastimes, the ones that can afford the most, almost never have to pay for it. It's almost like a hero worship. Oh, we can't upset them...they are rich! It's all getting very tedious.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost <<<Does not anyone rember Marie Antionette and the French Revolution!>>> I don't remember it personally, but, I am familiar with the outcome. I believe she ended up with no place to wear her crown. That said...I am kinda at a loss to make the connection between that and what we have been talking about. Perhaps, you could enlighten me. I might be missing something.
Originally Posted By dshyates "the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren’t true," said the man who declared that “We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,”
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Goofy, the reference is to the fact that the "peasants" revolted over pay and living conditions. Now does it sound a bit familiar?
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost OK, gotcha, but the peasants seem a long way away from revolution, unless they surprise us all by actually voting.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>"the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren’t true," said the man who declared that “We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact checkers,”<< LOL! You can't make this stuff up.
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes The OP said 'Obama would lie'. What Romney said was Obama would "...say things that aren't true". Obama said of Romney's campaign (if not Romney himself) that they "fibbed" Neither has come out and used the words "Lies, Lied or Liar". I wish they would. C'mon Man! Take the gloves off! There's too much at stake to be so polite. Have you ever read the campaign speaches of our Founding Fathers in the very late 1700's or early 1800's? Those guys didn't pull a punch!
