Did Romney lie: "I was in Salt Lake City for three straight years."

[ProSense]

Romney interview with CBS News: Full transcript (July 13)

GOV. ROMNEY: Well I'm not sure which ones you're talking about, but I can tell you the people who have looked at the charges that the Obama campaign comes out with, which is that somehow we outsourced jobs, they've said that those were false and misleading. That the ads are inaccurate. Some have given it multiple Pinocchios. The president keeps on trying to divert any attention he can from his failure to turn around the American economy, and that's what this campaign's about. But the president keeps on trying to find something about Bain which is simply not true. And I left Bain in February of 1999. People can point out how - I was in Salt Lake City for three straight years. I don't recall even coming back once to go to a Bain or management meeting. We were, I was out there running the Olympics and it was a full time job, I can tell you that.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57472298/romney-interview-with-cbs-news-full-transcript/

FACT CHECK: Romney-Bain contacts outlasted exit (AP)

Those familiar with Romney's discussions with his Bain partners said the contacts included several meetings in Boston, the company's home base, but were limited to matters that did not affect the firm's investments or other management decisions. Yet Romney continued to oversee his partnership stakes even as he disengaged from the firm, personally signing or approving a series of corporate and legal documents through the spring of 2001, according to financial reports reviewed by The Associated Press.

http://news.yahoo.com/fact-check-romney-bain-contacts-outlasted-exit-064707748.html

Romney Interview Directly Contradicts His Previous Statements About Bain Tenure
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/07/13/516951/romney-interview-directly-contradicts-his-previous-statements-about-bain-tenure

[d_r]

1. when he ran for gov. of Mass.

didn't he, to qualify, argue that he wasn't in SLC all the time, but that he made frequent trips back to Boston?

[RockaFowler]

2. I was just gonna write that too

It is amazing - he's not even aware that there is this thing called the internets.

[rfranklin]

4. Yup, one way or the other he is a proven liar and perjurer...

Romney has consistently insisted that he was too busy organizing the 2002 Winter Olympics to take part in Bain business between 1999 and that event. But in the testimony, which was provided to The Huffington Post, Romney noted that he regularly traveled back to Massachusetts. "[T]here were a number of social trips and business trips that brought me back to Massachusetts, board meetings, Thanksgiving and so forth," he said.

Romney's sworn testimony was given as part of a hearing to determine whether he had sufficient residency status in Massachusetts to run for governor.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/mitt-romney-bain-departure_n_1669006.html

[ProSense]

6. Romney has

taken lying to a new level. He lies about everything, and when he doesn't know what he talking about, he makes it up.

Some in the media are unwilling to connect the dots, and all in the media are afraid to connect all the dots. The OP point for example.

FactCheck.org hasn't touched it. Them media largely ignores this in-your-face lie.

Who is going to push Romney to reconcile these claims?

[MH1]

3. Did Romney lie? Does the sun rise in the east?

Of course he lied. It's what he does.

[rustydog]

5. If he opened his mouth and spoke, he more thanlikely lied big time.

[malaise]

7. Did Rmoney lie?

Is water wet?
Is the pope Catholic?

[emulatorloo]

8. Were his lips moving? If so, he was lying.