There IS a way to derail the Romney lie machine

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4. That's the point... they can be forced to

They don't want to ask the question. It is toxic to them.

But if an official premise of the Obama campaign was that Romney lacks the character to be president because he lies constantly then the MSM has no choice but examine that premise.

They can call it anything they want, as long as they are talking about whether somebody who does it (whatever "it" is called) is disqualified for high office.

It's win-win. When they split the difference is Mitt only halfway morally disqualified to be President?

But the MSM will never take up the question on their own. They will note every day, in passing, that nothing Mitt says is true but they will not consider the implications of that unless the Obama campaign makes a claim.

Then that claim of the decisive significance of lying all the time must be examined.

And that's a great discussion to have. Do Romney's lies rise to the level of moral dysfunction, or is he an okay guy who merely happens to never tell the truth about anything?

Win-win.

The MSM has painted themselves into a corner, if we push the issue. They have all said that Romney lies all the time, but think they can get away with playing that off as no big deal. So make it a big deal.