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City Lights

(25,171 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:30 AM Oct 2012

At Last Night’s Debate: Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes

By Igor Volsky on Oct 17, 2012 at 9:12 am

During the first presidential debate in Denver, Colorado Romney managed to tell 27 myths in his 38 minutes of speaking time. But at his second encounter with Obama in New York, the GOP presidential candidate — who has run a post-truth campaign from day one — outdid himself and crammed 31 myths in 41 minutes:

1) “I want to make sure we keep our Pell grant program growing. We’re also going to have our loan program, so that people are able to afford school.” Paul Ryan’s budget could cut Pell Grants for nearly 1 million college students and even Romney’s white paper on education, “A Chance for Every Child,” suggests that he “would reverse the growth in Pell Grant funding.” It says: “A Romney Administration will refocus Pell Grant dollars on the students that need them most and place the program on a responsible long-term path that avoids future funding cliffs and last-minute funding patches.”

2) “I put out a five-point plan that gets America 12 million new jobs in four years and rising take-home pay.” The Washington Post’s in-house fact checker tore Romney’s claim that he will create 12 million jobs to shreds. The Post wrote that the “‘new math’” in Romney’s plan “doesn’t add up.” In awarding the claim four Pinocchios — the most untrue possible rating, the Post expressed incredulity at the fact Romney would personally stand behind such a flawed, baseless claim.

3) “And the president’s right in terms of the additional oil production, but none of it came on federal land. As a matter of fact, oil production is down 14 percent this year on federal land, and gas production was down 9 percent.” 14 percent is a one-year number. “Overall, oil production on federal land under Obama is up from 566 million barrels in 2008 to 626 million barrels in 2011, a 10.6 percent increase.” Compared to the last three years of President Bush, there have been 241 million more barrels of oil produced from public lands in the first three years of Obama.

4) “Because the president cut in half the number of licenses and permits for drilling on federal lands, and in federal waters.” There are slightly fewer permits in 2009 and 2010, from between 8,000-9,000 permits to over 5,000, and they have not been cut by half. The oil and gas industry is sitting on 7,000 approved permits to drill, where it hasn’t begun exploring or developing. Two-thirds of “acreage leased by [oil] industry lies idle” on public lands, according to the Department of the Interior.

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At Last Night’s Debate: Romney Told 31 Myths In 41 Minutes (Original Post) City Lights Oct 2012 OP
Kick! n/t ProSense Oct 2012 #1
That is the way Romney wants it. AnnaLee Oct 2012 #2
Kick, Recommend, Bookmark. Sinistrous Oct 2012 #3
Wish the headline used the correct term: LIES! beac Oct 2012 #4
K&R! ceile Oct 2012 #5
Thank you avaistheone1 Oct 2012 #6

AnnaLee

(1,138 posts)
2. That is the way Romney wants it.
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:43 AM
Oct 2012

Life has taught him that rich little boys don't get punished for their lies.

He has been under attack for policies that are clearly nonfunctional. He has been under attack for etch-a-sketch/flip-flops. He has been under attack for women's issues....

Since everyone expects his lies, there is no consequence for the lies in comparison to the truths.

So he lies and no one talks about anything he would need to rush in an cover with lies anyway.

Many times when he lies before the fact, the fact never even comes up in discusssions.

beac

(9,992 posts)
4. Wish the headline used the correct term: LIES!
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 10:59 AM
Oct 2012

31 LIES.

The whole list is worth reading. Mittens is one astoundingly bold LIAR.

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