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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney Proudly Explains How He's Turned Campaign Around 'I'm Lying More,' He Says (onion)
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For weeks many Beltway insiders had written off the Romney campaign as dead, saying the candidate had dug himself into too deep a hole with too little time to recover. However, with a month to go before ballots are cast, Romney has pulled even with President Obama, and the former Massachusetts governor credits his rejuvenated campaign to one, singular tactic: lying a lot.
Im lying a lot more, and my lies are far more egregious than theyve ever been, a smiling Romney told reporters while sitting in the back of his campaign bus, adding that when faced with a choice to either lie or tell the truth, he will more than likely lie. Its a strategy that works because when I lie, Im essentially telling people what they want to hear, and people really like hearing things they want to hear. Even if they sort of know that nothing Im saying is true.
Its a freeing strategy, really, because I dont have to worry about facts or being accurate or having any concrete positions of any kind, Romney added.
Romney said he is telling at least 80 percent more lies now than he was two months ago. Buoyed by his strong debate performance, which by his own admission included 40 or 50 instances of lying in one 90-minute period, the candidate said he will continue to just openly lie [his] ass off until the Nov. 6 election.
Whether its a senior citizen, military family, working mother, businessman, or middle-class American, Romney said, he will lie to every single one of them as often as he can if thats what it takes to win the presidency.
The best part is, its really easy to lie, said Romney, who added that voicing whatever untruths come into his mind at any given moment is an easy thing to do because all it requires is opening his mouth and talking. For example, if someone accuses me of having a tax plan that makes no discernable sense, I just lie and say that I do have a tax plan that makes sense. I also say there is a study that backs up my plan. See that? Simple. None of it is remotely true, of course, but now were moving on to the next topic because people are usually too afraid to ask me straight up if Im lying, because that is apparently not something you ask someone who is running for president.
More: http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-proudly-explains-how-hes-turned-campaign-ar%2C29845
Im lying a lot more, and my lies are far more egregious than theyve ever been, a smiling Romney told reporters while sitting in the back of his campaign bus, adding that when faced with a choice to either lie or tell the truth, he will more than likely lie. Its a strategy that works because when I lie, Im essentially telling people what they want to hear, and people really like hearing things they want to hear. Even if they sort of know that nothing Im saying is true.
Its a freeing strategy, really, because I dont have to worry about facts or being accurate or having any concrete positions of any kind, Romney added.
Romney said he is telling at least 80 percent more lies now than he was two months ago. Buoyed by his strong debate performance, which by his own admission included 40 or 50 instances of lying in one 90-minute period, the candidate said he will continue to just openly lie [his] ass off until the Nov. 6 election.
Whether its a senior citizen, military family, working mother, businessman, or middle-class American, Romney said, he will lie to every single one of them as often as he can if thats what it takes to win the presidency.
The best part is, its really easy to lie, said Romney, who added that voicing whatever untruths come into his mind at any given moment is an easy thing to do because all it requires is opening his mouth and talking. For example, if someone accuses me of having a tax plan that makes no discernable sense, I just lie and say that I do have a tax plan that makes sense. I also say there is a study that backs up my plan. See that? Simple. None of it is remotely true, of course, but now were moving on to the next topic because people are usually too afraid to ask me straight up if Im lying, because that is apparently not something you ask someone who is running for president.
More: http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-proudly-explains-how-hes-turned-campaign-ar%2C29845
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Romney Proudly Explains How He's Turned Campaign Around 'I'm Lying More,' He Says (onion) (Original Post)
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Oct 2012
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(62,683 posts)1. "The Onion is starting to become the only reliable news source."
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(1,112 posts)2. THE best analysis nt