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TroyD

(4,551 posts)
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:45 AM Sep 2012

Romney: Obama may lie in debates

Talk about projection!!!

9/14/12 8:12 AM

Mitt Romney says in an interview that his campaign will “come into focus” with the debates and that he’s preparing for President Barack Obama to “say things that aren’t true” during the three upcoming faceoffs next month.

“This is a campaign which I think will come into focus as the debates occur,” Romney said, according to a transcript released by ABC of Romney’s sitdown with Good Morning America’s George Stephanopoulos. “The president got a bit of a bump after his convention. I got a bit of a bump after ours. It’s going to go back and forth.”

The debates, including the vice presidential debate, he said, could “well be a decisive point in the campaign,” and he added that while he wouldn’t try to predict the outcome, he thought they would be “revealing one way or another.”

Romney also suggested that Obama might be untruthful during the debates.

“But I think the challenge that I’ll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren’t true,” Romney said, adding, “I’ve looked at prior debates. And in that kind of case, it’s difficult to say, “Well, am I going to spend my time correcting things that aren’t quite accurate? Or am I going to spend my time talking about the things I want to talk about?”


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Romney: Obama may lie in debates (Original Post) TroyD Sep 2012 OP
Romney's tapping into his inner Freudian projection. no_hypocrisy Sep 2012 #1
rovian tactic mucifer Sep 2012 #2
Yup TroyD Sep 2012 #11
He's going to need one of these. tanyev Sep 2012 #3
Remind me again which campaign has declared it won't be defined by fact-checkers... n/t gkhouston Sep 2012 #4
Yep. Good recall. pinto Sep 2012 #6
Obama may lie, but I'm guaranteed to lie, says Romney nt Fresh_Start Sep 2012 #5
The media will rip him a new one for this comment. warrior1 Sep 2012 #7
Really? TroyD Sep 2012 #9
Romney pathetically trying to set up a "There you go again" moment alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #8
Oh how I miss Seinfeld! That was funny! CTyankee Sep 2012 #13
Shades of Sarah Palin Progressive dog Sep 2012 #10
That was my first thought. mainstreetonce Sep 2012 #21
This from Mittens. The person who would rather woodsprite Sep 2012 #12
Nothing can be done about it other than defeating him TroyD Sep 2012 #16
This is what is called in sports "trash talk," trying to throw your opponent off his CTyankee Sep 2012 #18
Telegraphing his strategy, I guess fugop Sep 2012 #14
Hype creon Sep 2012 #15
You got to like this guy BrainMann1 Sep 2012 #17
Maybe. But we can be pretty sure Romney & Ryan WILL lie during debates. Iris Sep 2012 #19
Is there a stage that goes beyond ROFLMMAO? Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #20
I just watched the interview online, he kept repeating the same thing over and over again davidpdx Sep 2012 #22
Sure! He Might, But with Him He Guarantees It! Xyzse Sep 2012 #23
Pot, meet kettle!! center rising Sep 2012 #24
I wish there was a way to fact-check the debates in real time Lucy Goosey Sep 2012 #25
Maybe one day in the future! TroyD Sep 2012 #26
That would be so helpful! PollyPeptide555 Sep 2012 #28
This is Mitt Romney trying to muddy the water UCmeNdc Sep 2012 #27
IOW Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2012 #29
That's hilarious considering Mitt's entire campaign NCLefty Oct 2012 #30
If anyone is going to lie, it will be Mormon Mitt davidpdx Oct 2012 #31
Obama may lie in debates ... This from the man who wouldn't know the truth chemenger Oct 2012 #32
Oh yeah, Nitt, right ailsagirl Oct 2012 #33

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
9. Really?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:58 AM
Sep 2012

You think the media will rip Romney for saying this?

I'll believe it when I see it.

They have yet to acknowledge that he is a pathological liar.

 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
8. Romney pathetically trying to set up a "There you go again" moment
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:58 AM
Sep 2012

Here's a clue, Mitt: you can't program or plan witty remarks. It is contrary to the nature of wit, which is in essence spontaneous and keyed to a moment. You can't plan it out in advance and execute it.

Another reason Romney fails miserably.

Romney:

Progressive dog

(6,904 posts)
10. Shades of Sarah Palin
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:59 AM
Sep 2012

He's afraid to debate, so when he's called out on his lies, he'll just continue with segments from his stump speech.

mainstreetonce

(4,178 posts)
21. That was my first thought.
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:33 AM
Sep 2012

He won't answer the questions. He will talk about what he wants to talk about. Worked well for Palin,didn't it?

woodsprite

(11,916 posts)
12. This from Mittens. The person who would rather
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:04 AM
Sep 2012

climb a flagpole to tell a lie than stand on the ground to tell the truth.

This has enraged me. What can be done to combat this?

TroyD

(4,551 posts)
16. Nothing can be done about it other than defeating him
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:25 AM
Sep 2012

He won't stop lying.

He is a pathological liar.

He CAN'T stop lying, and he WON'T stop lying.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
18. This is what is called in sports "trash talk," trying to throw your opponent off his
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:26 AM
Sep 2012

stride before a big game. Obama surely recognizes it as such, since he knows sports better than Romney ever could, particularly basketball where lots of trash talk goes on. I can just see Obama chuckling right now.

Don't worry about this. Obama knows how to handle this sort of thing. In fact, Romney couldn't trash talk his way out of a paper bag...

fugop

(1,828 posts)
14. Telegraphing his strategy, I guess
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:23 AM
Sep 2012

Mitt plans to lie, so he's excusing his own lies with the "everybody does it" defense.

Won't work. I hope Obama calls Mitt on every single lie he utters at the debates. And every single lie he's uttered throughout the campaign.

Oh wait. If he does that, there will be no time for any debate.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
20. Is there a stage that goes beyond ROFLMMAO?
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:32 AM
Sep 2012

That's like Godzilla warning the the Japanese Army might do some property damage...

davidpdx

(22,000 posts)
22. I just watched the interview online, he kept repeating the same thing over and over again
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 09:38 AM
Sep 2012

regarding his criticism of President Obama and the attacks on the embassy in Libya. He is a disgrace to this nation.

Lucy Goosey

(2,940 posts)
25. I wish there was a way to fact-check the debates in real time
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 10:21 AM
Sep 2012

I'm envisioning a big red 'X' appearing on the screen accompanied by a loud buzzer every time one of the candidates lies. He would then be required to read a statement from the fact checkers that explains the truth.

It's obviously never going to be a possibility, but it's fun to imagine.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
27. This is Mitt Romney trying to muddy the water
Fri Sep 14, 2012, 10:26 AM
Sep 2012

Mitt lies so of coarse he lays out the ground work to say that President Obama will lie. Mitt is just trying to clear a path for the lies he plans to tell during the debate.

chemenger

(1,593 posts)
32. Obama may lie in debates ... This from the man who wouldn't know the truth
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 08:27 AM
Oct 2012

if it bit him right on his ass ... ... (assbiter)

ailsagirl

(22,897 posts)
33. Oh yeah, Nitt, right
Mon Oct 1, 2012, 10:40 AM
Oct 2012

Yet another dumb-ass bunch of rubbish from 'the man who lies too much'
Someone needs to cover that prattling mouth with duct tape. Geez, what an idiot.

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