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kpete

(71,997 posts)
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:34 PM Sep 2012

Mitt Romney to 'fact check' Obama in debate

Source: Politico

Mitt Romney plans to turn himself into a one-man truth squad during the first presidential debate next week, casting President Barack Obama as someone who can’t be trusted to stick to the facts or keep his promises. ...
Romney himself was the first to signal the strategy.

“I think he’s going to say a lot of things that aren’t accurate,” Romney said on ABC’s “Good Morning America” earlier this month, adding he would have to choose between correcting Obama and delivering his own message.

“I’d be tempted to go back to that wonderful line by Ronald Reagan, ‘There you go again,’” Romney said.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81741.html?hp=t2_3

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Mitt Romney to 'fact check' Obama in debate (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
Oh please let him try this.... Blue Belle Sep 2012 #1
I'd like to see Romney wear a lie detector myself. Fearless Sep 2012 #2
Won't work. RC Sep 2012 #21
So... He's not going to provide his 'solutions,' but just attack. onehandle Sep 2012 #3
o.m.g. UpInArms Sep 2012 #4
this heaven05 Sep 2012 #5
of course Buzz505 Sep 2012 #18
Mitt wouldnt know the truth if it bit him in the ass. emulatorloo Sep 2012 #6
I do hope Obama takes this to heart and gets him on the ropes early. nolabear Sep 2012 #7
What an annoying little man C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #8
he's either in a self denial and RW bubble the thickness of planet Kolob or he's just plain dumb BREMPRO Sep 2012 #9
...Mittens SoapBox Sep 2012 #10
Romney better worry about Romney reflection Sep 2012 #11
a guy who has little connection with the truth rurallib Sep 2012 #12
Whatever Romney, but its just like him to steal from others, or pounce on things first that he knows jonesgirl Sep 2012 #13
Think Romney has a short fuse. CindyinIndy Sep 2012 #14
how about they hold this debate in a courtroom, under oath. olddad56 Sep 2012 #15
In the debates I want to see Obama RoccoR5955 Sep 2012 #16
Good luck with that, asshole! Liberal_Stalwart71 Sep 2012 #17
The debates will be the final nail in the coffin of Mitt's campaign. McCamy Taylor Sep 2012 #19
Let's See How That Might Work DallasNE Sep 2012 #20
By the way Mitt, not a good idea to broadcast your strategy ahead of time. sarge43 Sep 2012 #22
Ok Flatpicker Sep 2012 #23
Yikes-- Romney as Fact Checker andym Sep 2012 #24
It's like being fact checked by Pinocchio nt. andym Sep 2012 #25
Romney must first know what a fact is. nt avebury Sep 2012 #26
This should be good. Ash_F Sep 2012 #27
i`ll bring the..... madrchsod Sep 2012 #33
OK, so Mitt brings his IPad w/Internet to the podium and frantically Googles while Obama CTyankee Sep 2012 #28
OK, so now we know how he's going to approach Pres. Obama woodsprite Sep 2012 #29
Truth, you Can't Handle the Truth!! PuppyBismark Sep 2012 #30
Suspicious Quotation Marks ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #31
mittens might want to go there because.... madrchsod Sep 2012 #32
y'all, MITTNOCCHIO's campaign said underthematrix Sep 2012 #34
 

RC

(25,592 posts)
21. Won't work.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:15 PM
Sep 2012

To lie, you first have to at least have a passing acquiescence with reality. When you make up your own reality as you go, you can't lie.

onehandle

(51,122 posts)
3. So... He's not going to provide his 'solutions,' but just attack.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:39 PM
Sep 2012

Yeah. That's a winning strategy.

Suuuuurrrrrre.....

 

heaven05

(18,124 posts)
5. this
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:55 PM
Sep 2012

this disaster calling himself a truth squad 'factchecker'? He, as a person is a true commentary on how self-deluded one rich individual blinded by their being omniscient, he does have a planet waiting for him to govern, can be. God this is a sick, sick indivdual with no moral or integral center to his being. Money is his god.

nolabear

(41,987 posts)
7. I do hope Obama takes this to heart and gets him on the ropes early.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:00 PM
Sep 2012

Imo he can't attack too much or too often.

BREMPRO

(2,331 posts)
9. he's either in a self denial and RW bubble the thickness of planet Kolob or he's just plain dumb
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:03 PM
Sep 2012

maybe both...

reflection

(6,286 posts)
11. Romney better worry about Romney
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:17 PM
Sep 2012

or Obama will deliver a surgical beatdown worthy of Dempsey/Willard.

See, the problem with Romney is that no one thinks there's any "there" there. And if he continues to focus on Obama, people will still only see Romney out of their peripheral vision. And that's not good for a candidate trailing by a healthy margin.

Obama will be speaking TO the people and Romney will be talking ABOUT Obama.

rurallib

(62,431 posts)
12. a guy who has little connection with the truth
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:20 PM
Sep 2012

is now a truth squad.

how ironically ironic on a super scale.

jonesgirl

(157 posts)
13. Whatever Romney, but its just like him to steal from others, or pounce on things first that he knows
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:32 PM
Sep 2012

the other person is going to talk about. That way he can claim the credit or he can say he forced the other person to talk about it. For instance, look how he said he made President Obama take a stand to China. Truth is Romney had inside info that President Obama was going to address the issues about China. As soon as he found this out, he started raising hell and criticizing President Obama for not doing anything about China. Thereby, making it appear he had forced President Obama to take a stand against China.
Romney is the kind of "boss man" that takes credit for other people's work.
Romney is poison

Romney

olddad56

(5,732 posts)
15. how about they hold this debate in a courtroom, under oath.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 02:39 PM
Sep 2012

I'd like to hear what Robme has to say about his 2009 income tax and whether or not he was part of the group that received amnesty for income tax evasion.

 

RoccoR5955

(12,471 posts)
16. In the debates I want to see Obama
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:00 PM
Sep 2012

Ask Willard for his taxes.
Then we might see the exploding rat!

McCamy Taylor

(19,240 posts)
19. The debates will be the final nail in the coffin of Mitt's campaign.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:06 PM
Sep 2012

Re; "Fact checking" does that mean he will be wearing a wire?

DallasNE

(7,403 posts)
20. Let's See How That Might Work
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:07 PM
Sep 2012

Obama charges Romney with not providing the details that would allow a new round of tax cuts while also bringing down the national deficit. Romney then shows how Obama has his facts wrong by repeating what Romney spokeswoman Tara Wall said: "the campaign has laid out a number of specifics relative to the principles that will guide the policies of a Romney-Ryan ticket".

So, there you have it. Romney just showed Obama how wrong he is and in front of a national audience. Obama is seen shaking in his boots as he senses that Romney is connecting with the American people. Yeah, right.

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/09/10/820061/romney-loophole-energy-independence/

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
22. By the way Mitt, not a good idea to broadcast your strategy ahead of time.
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:38 PM
Sep 2012

However, given how well your campaign has gone so far, probably doesn't matter. SNAFU turning into FUBAR.

Flatpicker

(894 posts)
23. Ok
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:49 PM
Sep 2012

Here's my thinking.

Car battery, electrodes attached to testicles for both candidates, and fact checkers in house controlling the current.

We will see at the end of the debate who is telling the truth. My guess is that Mitt would be able to power light bulbs like Uncle Fester.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
28. OK, so Mitt brings his IPad w/Internet to the podium and frantically Googles while Obama
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 04:03 PM
Sep 2012

is speaking and has a sound device to emit a loud noise if he "finds" something, sort of like the buzzer on Family Feud.

Mitt has such wonderful ideas...

woodsprite

(11,916 posts)
29. OK, so now we know how he's going to approach Pres. Obama
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 04:04 PM
Sep 2012

Romney's going to keep Pres. Obama from getting his message across by lying and forcing the Pres to counter.

I figured as much several weeks ago. Now it's supported by the jerk himself. since they ALWAYS project.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
32. mittens might want to go there because....
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:08 PM
Sep 2012

obama has debated someone far tougher and smarter than him...who would that be?

michelle obama.



underthematrix

(5,811 posts)
34. y'all, MITTNOCCHIO's campaign said
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:33 PM
Sep 2012

"they will not be dictated by FACT CHECKERS." MITTNOCCHIO is delusional and truly batshit crazy!!

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