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Romney’s New Radio Ad Reaches Surreal Level of Desperation and Fail
Instead of killing his Jeep ad lie, Romney expanded it to a radio ad. Buckle up, because this ad is much, much worse than the TV ad. It’s so bad that it pains me to have to report that a candidate for president stooped this low. Mind you, I had the Palin beat for 3 years. I’ve seen low.
The new Romney ad claims that Obama saved the auto industry for China, not for America. Then he claims that Chrysler will be moving Jeep production to China, a charge he danced around in his TV ad by implying it rather than saying it as he did at a rally in Defiance. Then he claims that when the Detroit News endorsed him they did it because they approved his “understanding” of the auto industry, followed by a claim that Romney would stand up for the auto industry. In reality the Detroit News praised Obama’s leadership for the auto bailout and I suspect they are currently trying to find a way to remove the Romney egg from their editorial board.
Here we go. Listen here:
Scary, scary transcript of lies from Greg Sargent:
Barack Obama says he saved the auto industry. But for who? Ohio, or China? Under President Obama, GM cut 15,000 American jobs. But they are planning to double the number of cars built in China — which means 15,000 more jobs for China.
And now comes word that Chrysler plans to start making Jeeps in — you guessed it — China. What happened to the promises made to autoworkers in Toledo and throughout Ohio — the same hard-working men and women who were told that Obama’s auto bailout would help them?
Mitt Romney grew up in the Auto Industry. Maybe that’s why the Detroit News endorsed him, saying: “Romney understands the industry and will shield it from regulators who never tire of churning out new layers of mandates.” Mitt Romney. He’ll stand up for the auto industry. In Ohio, not China.
It’s hard not to laugh. Mitt Romney, who sends jobs to China as a course of business, is telling folks he will stand up for the auto industry here, not in China — as Sensata workers at Bainport beg him to meet with them about the jobs Bain is moving to China. Deception? This is the big bad wolf disguising himself as grandma to Little Red Riding Hood.
Yes, the radio ad is worse than the TV ad that the The Cleveland Plain Dealer slammed as a ‘masterpiece of misdirection.’ PolitFact was even compelled to label Romney’s TV ad “Pants on Fire” (sadly leaving no room for this new level of fail):
“The Romney campaign ad says Obama ‘sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China’ at the cost of American jobs. The ad leaves the clear impression that Jeeps built in China come at the expense of American workers. The ad miscasts the government’s role in Fiat’s acquisition of Chrysler, and it misrepresents the outcome. Chrysler’s owners had been trying to sell to Italy-based Fiat before Obama took office. The ad ignores the return of American jobs to Chrysler Jeep plants in the United States, and it presents the manufacture of Jeeps in China as a threat, rather than an opportunity to sell cars made in China to Chinese consumers. It strings together facts in a way that presents an wholly inaccurate picture. We rate the statement Pants on Fire!”
Wholly inaccurate and pants on fire, you say? Well, by gosh, Romney figured he better turn that into a radio ad and build on the Ro-mentum, ‘cuz nothing says Mitt Romney like plumbing the depths of deception and trickery.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer says, “It won’t work. Ohio voters know who stepped up when the auto industry was at the abyss — and it wasn’t Romney.”
Romney keeps campaigning in Ohio even as Obama is off dealing with the Superstorm. Sure, Romney said he wasn’t going to, and he’s calling his rally a relief rally, but according to reporters who were there, it is the same campaign rally complete with same video and songs as he always does. Also, the press badges read, “Victory Rally.” They didn’t have time to get the whole new show on apparently, but they can’t stop campaigning because Romney is losing Ohio in early voting.
Also, 1 in 8 Ohio jobs are tied to the auto industry. Let Detroit Go Bankrupt….
Obama campaign spokesman Danny Kanner responded by calling out Romney’s desperation, “Mitt Romney is losing Ohio and he knows it. There’s no other excuse for why he’d run a radio ad that’s even worse than the false TV ad that the Cleveland Plain Dealer slammed as a ‘masterpiece of misdirection.’ These are the facts: Mitt Romney turned his back on the American auto industry and its workers when they were on their knees, led investments in companies that were pioneers in outsourcing to low-wage countries like China, and proposed a tax plan that could create 800,000 jobs overseas, including in China. Ohioans know the truth – President Obama saved an industry that supports one in eight jobs in the state – and they won’t be fooled by these desperate tactics. We’ve always known Mitt Romney would say absolutely anything to win this election, but as he sees it slipping away in the final week, the American people simply cannot trust a word he says.”
The wolf hiding in the Jeep lies is not your friend. He’s just looking for something to harvest, “The better to eat you with!”
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Churchlady
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
The reason Romney disliked the loan to the auto industry was that it saved union jobs.
GOP – support American corporate interests no matter WHERE they produce.
Dems – support American workers no matter who owns the company.
Romney cannot win with the American working people’s disdain for him, so all he has is lies. Anyone remotely attached to the auto industry or businesses that thrive from its employees’ patronage have no good reason to vote for Romney.
Bob Phillips
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
Can you say PATHOLOGICAL LIAR, boys and girls?
Father R. Joseph Owles
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 5:45 pm
“now comes word” from whom? Romney. This ad is disgusting and if he’ll lie like this to be President, what lies will he speak if he becomes President?
Joy
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
I have to think this will blowback in his face big time. The people of Ohio already know Romney’s record and I doubt that this is going to sway very many people there. The bigger picture, I think, is the rest of the country watching the biggest liar in the history of American politics play games with people’s fears. Unless you are hiding under a rock, a rabid Fox viewer (in which case you are already probably voting for Romney) or terminally stupid, this ad will verify that Romney will say anything to get elected. It’s balls to walls desperation time and this ad reeks of it.
nancy cunningham
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
mittens, stop lying! Stop it! Go home!
1voice1vote
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Romney Halloween: Trick or Cheat.
Big Bad Bain Wolf is going to get a goose egg (0) from Ohio.
$10,000 on Little Red Riding Hood.
Ted in Orange County CA
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 7:06 pm
This is an old Republican tactic. Say your opponents strength is your strength, say your weakness is your opponents weakness. Throw a lot of money at these ads and unfortunatly low info voters OR your own base will start parroting the same thing as a fact. I hate, HATE, H.A.T.E. the tactic, but sadly it works… So facts no longer matter. Besides, who’s truth do you want to believe?
Reynardine
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 10:31 pm
The technique is called DARVO-Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender. Every bully, abuser, and oppressor has employed it, from Hitler on down to the pettiest family tyrant. That’s why it sounds so famiLiar.
Colleen
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Mitt, give up and take your family and go to Kolob or wherever that planet of your Mormon cult believes in. We are tired of your disgusting lies. Someone who will lie about everything is not fit to be president You are a poor excuse for a human being.
labman57
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
Team Romney has been employing standard Rove-Atwater tactics: it matters little whether his campaign rhetoric has any basis in reality. All that matters is that he can sell it to the voting populace.
The assumption is that If you keep repeating the lie over and over, eventually some people will conclude that it must be true, simply because they continually heard it being uttered.
Furthermore, Mitt routinely makes crap up because he cannot be bothered with doing his homework so that his comments are drawn from verifiable facts and empirical data so that they reflect reality. If actual recent historical events do not support his argument, he simply rewrites the historical record to one more aligned with his point of view.
Lately, he has been channeling his inner Bachmann — taking distorted or misinterpreted news reports, unsubstantiated, isolated anecdotal accounts, and wild rumors spawned from the right wing blogosphere, and using them as stump speech talking points … or worse … as the basis for formulating public policy positions.
dusty
Oct. 30th, 2012 at 11:09 pm
it is surreal. on many levels. at least we know a great section of this country is beyond ignorant, and carries a disconnect from reality in many ways…. we are own worst enemy.
Benny Belloes
Oct. 31st, 2012 at 9:51 am
Why is it that people on the left keep coming up with this narrative that Romney is disparate yet do nothing about it. The people hearing that message are not those on the right, they like their liar, it is people work in these plants who hear fear these messages and fear the loss of their jobs. It is time to bring these lies to the for hold Romney’s feet to the fire then dispel said lies.
Shiva (Moderator)
Oct. 31st, 2012 at 10:20 am
I think thats being done, partially by companys like GM who have told their employees that Romney is lying. Jeep/Chrysler has went out of its way to let people know he is lying. Obama’s ads are telling everyone. Newspapers in Ohio are telling people
Karen Brown
Oct. 31st, 2012 at 2:09 pm
You know this is bad when the best that even paid trolls can come up with in defense is ‘Obama lies too’ and ‘Benghazi’. Can’t even deny it is an outright lie.
Linda from Vermont
Nov. 1st, 2012 at 10:55 pm
Definately voting for Obama. But here’s the more important votes….vote more democrats/independents in the House, Senate, & Congress so that there’s more support for the President to make the changes needed in the next 4 years.
Joshua Crum
Nov. 1st, 2012 at 11:02 pm
jeep, made in america since WWII. i dont think they’ll be changing that slogan willard.