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Related: About this forumObama's Romney Bain Capital Attack Right Or Wrong?
Obama's Bain Capital attack, Lawrence O'Donnell's "oh-face" and Mexico. If you're not disturbed by the end of this episode, then there's something seriously wrong with one of us.
Question: Do you think Obama is exaggerating Romney's connection to Bain Capital?
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Obama's Romney Bain Capital Attack Right Or Wrong? (Original Post)
joebaur42
Jul 2012
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dtom67
(634 posts)1. Fire at Will...
As long as there is solid fact checking, any attack is ok.
Will not be subscribing to the show.
Sorry.
joebaur42
(521 posts)2. Trying to understand your statement better...
Are you saying any attack is okay, regardless of its veracity, so long as an independent fact checking source can report whether the attack is true or not?
If so, don't you then run into the problem of politicians saying whatever they want and counting on voters believing them over the fact checkers, which don't get nearly as much media play as their ads?
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)4. Just because the name
is "Fact Checker" doesn't mean it always spews out facts. Romney tried to tout the fact checkers, didn't quite work
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)3. Hmm guess he wasn't exaggerating
and neither was WaPo.