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What do you do when an entire speech is based on a lie?

POSTED: Wednesday, August 29, 2012, 10:11 AM

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THE RECENT CLAIMS by Mitt Romney's campaign about President Obama's welfare-to-work program have been awarded the top dishonesty rating of "four Pinocchios" from the Washington Post and called "wrong" by CNN, a "pants on fire" lie by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Politifact and "simply not true" by Factcheck.org.

But Tuesday night at the Republican National Committee in Tampa, Rick Santorum called those false claims something else: a main talking point.

The former Pennsylvania senator - who came the closest to derailing Romney during the 2012 GOP primaries - picked up a key Romney attack line when he told delegates that "this summer [Obama] showed us once again he believes in government handouts and dependency by waiving the work requirement for welfare.

Summing up:

In addition, media critics have wondered why more news outlets aren't more aggressive in calling out a presidential campaign that keeps repeating a called-out lie. Fair enough: When Santorum alleged that Obama is getting rid of welfare-work requirements, he simply wasn't telling the truth.

Will Bunch @ 10:11 AM Permalink | 2 comments

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0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:24 AM, 08/29/2012

Wait til the democrats have their convention..then compare notes--they all lie.

— Shemp Howard

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:24 AM, 08/29/2012

"What do you do when an entire speech is based on a lie?"

Take the teleprompter away from Obama?

— bp*philly

0 like this / 0 don't • Posted 10:25 AM, 08/29/2012

If you're looking for the truth, political conventions are not the right place. It's like looking for a virgin in the maternity ward.

— DonQ

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