Soflasnapper
10-08-2012, 01:28 PM
Back in Reagan's day, the fact checkers as they existed then (not so much as now) repeatedly found that various remarks he made were not true. Trees cause most of the air pollution, for example
Reporters raised these question to the spokespersons, who admitted the stories from the Gipper were not true.
Then he'd repeat them anyway. Eventually, the reporters would stop complaining about the falsehoods, because it appeared to make no difference.
It's unclear when exactly Reagan began to lose his mind, but certainly nearly dying and having something like 10 units of blood for transfusion from nearly bleeding out didn't help his mental fitness.
Anyway, we now have a very alert Romney saying repeatedly that his repeal and replace Obamacare plan covers pre-existing conditions. He said it again in a very high profile venue, seen by 60 million Americans.
Once again, as before, his campaign 'corrected the record' and repeated their denial that his plan covers pre-existing conditions.
Surely Romney knows what his campaign does and says. They do so with his approval and permission, as they serve at his pleasure.
So he chose to blatantly lie about this AGAIN, for the nth time, but this time not to a small assemblage on the campaign trail, but to a majority of the interested American electorate.
He knows this lie will stick in their minds, and only a tiny fraction by comparison will ever hear of his own campaign explaining their boss told a lie.
Why? Because it is a good thing to cover pre-existing conditions, and a bad thing if his repeal idea doesn't cover them. Maybe there's a good reason we shouldn't and maybe Romney's plan is really better (not), but he should make that case and not lie about his plan.
Instead, he just puts that lie out there to confuse and mislead those viewing the debate.
Shameful, and disqualifying. There's your Myth Romney for you.
What ELSE is he lying about? That his unicorn tax plan (rumored, but never proven) is revenue neutral would be an excellent guess.
Reporters raised these question to the spokespersons, who admitted the stories from the Gipper were not true.
Then he'd repeat them anyway. Eventually, the reporters would stop complaining about the falsehoods, because it appeared to make no difference.
It's unclear when exactly Reagan began to lose his mind, but certainly nearly dying and having something like 10 units of blood for transfusion from nearly bleeding out didn't help his mental fitness.
Anyway, we now have a very alert Romney saying repeatedly that his repeal and replace Obamacare plan covers pre-existing conditions. He said it again in a very high profile venue, seen by 60 million Americans.
Once again, as before, his campaign 'corrected the record' and repeated their denial that his plan covers pre-existing conditions.
Surely Romney knows what his campaign does and says. They do so with his approval and permission, as they serve at his pleasure.
So he chose to blatantly lie about this AGAIN, for the nth time, but this time not to a small assemblage on the campaign trail, but to a majority of the interested American electorate.
He knows this lie will stick in their minds, and only a tiny fraction by comparison will ever hear of his own campaign explaining their boss told a lie.
Why? Because it is a good thing to cover pre-existing conditions, and a bad thing if his repeal idea doesn't cover them. Maybe there's a good reason we shouldn't and maybe Romney's plan is really better (not), but he should make that case and not lie about his plan.
Instead, he just puts that lie out there to confuse and mislead those viewing the debate.
Shameful, and disqualifying. There's your Myth Romney for you.
What ELSE is he lying about? That his unicorn tax plan (rumored, but never proven) is revenue neutral would be an excellent guess.