The most glaring lie of the night

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January 17, 2012 8:30 AM
The most glaring lie of the night

By Steve Benen


It’s hard not to marvel at just how dishonest Mitt Romney is prepared to be in order to win. The notion of politicians misleading the public to advance their ambitions isn’t exactly a new phenomenon, but Romney acts as if he doesn’t even care about getting caught, leading to blatant and obvious falsehoods.

This one, from last night’s debate, was just shameless.

“We’ve got a president in office three years, and he does not have a jobs plan yet. I’ve got one out there already and I’m not even president, yet.”

Look, I realize Romney’s busy, and keeping up on current events may be difficult, but Obama delivered a speech to a joint session of Congress just four months ago, and at the time, presented a jobs plan. The whole thing has been online ever since. It’s been scrutinized, analyzed, and subjected to CBO scoring. It’s been debated; it’s been the subject of advertising; and it’s been voted on in the Senate.

Did Romney miss all of this?

Hell, Romney has even endorsed several of the provisions within the president’s jobs plan.

And now Romney would have voters believe Obama “does not have a jobs plan yet”?

In all likelihood, of course, Romney knows full well that the president has presented a detailed and credible jobs plan, but prefers to say otherwise because he (a) assumes voters are easily fooled; and (b) expects the media to give him a pass. He may well be right.

But that doesn’t make Romney’s dishonesty any less brazen.

Postscript: Incidentally, the former governor with an abysmal jobs record added, as part of his comment, that he’s “got {a jobs plan} out there already.” He really doesn’t. Romney has a plan for cutting taxes on the wealthy and giving Wall Street free rein to do as it pleases, but this does not a jobs plan make.

[99Forever]

1. Romney is the quintessential Republican.

Though he doesn't quite do the crazy nearly enough for the radical right, he really is exactly a Rethuglican, thru and thru, with the sole exception of his brand religion.

[lpbk2713]

2. Romney announced his job plan recently.

And his fellow rethuglicans were ecstatic.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. I wish somebody would start a thread when Mitt ever says anything that isn't a lie!

[gratuitous]

4. And all the other debate participants pounced on Mitt's lie, right?

Wow, the moderator(s) surely had a field day, right? I mean, a big fat juicy whopper like that, plopped on the podium like a week old fish, and smelling every bit as odoriferous, that's debate gold. Was there anything more than a puddle of Mitt on the stage after they got through with him for saying that?

Oooh listen: Crickets!

[barbtries]

5. and that is a fucking travesty.

just pisses me off.