Ah, I so like plain talk in politics.
Lie is a wonderful word that usually gets disguised by "falsehood," "untruth," or some other polite term that may be appropriate for mild lies, but are too weak for whopper lies.
Like Mitt Romney's claim that Chrysler and Obama are working together to ship American jobs to China, since Jeeps supposedly will be made there instead of the United States.
That's a lie. The Romney campaign must have known this. Or they could have learned the truth with a short phone call to Chrysler headquarters. But liars like to lie, and Romney is a habitual liar.
Obama does some truth-telling in this ad. Take it to heart, voters in Ohio and other auto-manufacturing states.
Voiceover:
"When the auto industry faced collapse, Mitt Romney turned his back. Even the conservative Detroit News criticized Romney for his 'wrong-headedness' on the bailout. And now, after Romney's false claim of Jeep outsourcing to China, Chrysler ITSELF has refuted Romney's lie. The truth? Jeep is ADDING jobs in Ohio."
Voiceover:
"Mitt Romney on Ohio jobs? Wrong Then. "
Mitt Romney:
"Let Detroit go bankrupt."
Voiceover:
"Dishonest Now."
[Update: Chrysler CEO pushes back on Romney. PolitiFact gives Romney's lie a Pants on Fire rating.]
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