Obama campaign omits key facts on Romney's Massachusetts record

[Herlong]

Source: Los Angeles Times

As President Obama’s reelection campaign opened a new offensive Thursday against Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts, it took key facts out of context, leaving a distorted picture of how Romney handled taxes, spending and debt.

The attack came mainly from David Axelrod, the president’s chief campaign strategist, and Deval Patrick, Romney’s Democratic successor as governor of Massachusetts. Both criticized Romney’s fiscal record in national television appearances.

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Patrick, who succeeded Romney in January 2007, told CNN that Romney left office with a $1.1-billion deficit, an allegation repeated by Axelrod.

But Romney actually left Patrick with a balanced budget, thanks to $384 million in spending cuts that Romney made in his final weeks in office, along with a newly replenished $2-billion rainy-day fund.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-campaign-omits-key-facts-on-romneys-massachusetts-record-20120531,0,4381526.story

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This was article four on the Google News website. My problem with the media is, Romney is never corrected on his attacks in any substantive way,
but this "inaccuracy" is supposedly a major Google news story. Palease!

[BeyondGeography]

1. He's down 25 points in his "home" state

Maybe the MSM can dig into the reasons why.

Won't be holding my breath.

[zbdent]

4. Is that the average of his multiple "home states"?

So far, Utah, Massachusetts, and Michigan, right?

[wcollar]

2. Balanced budget

So what? The Massachusetts state constitution requires a balanced budget.

[zbdent]

3. So, it's "news" when a Democrat omits facts or takes things out of context, if it hurts a Repub ...

It's news when Republicans' state facts and put things in context when talking about a Democrat ... because it happens so rarely ...

[frylock]

11. if the roles were reversed we'd be reading about this on media matters..

and not the LAT. huge double standard to be sure.

[Squinch]

12. This is true, but WE should be better than this. n/t

[wwytchwood]

5. meh

This is part of politics, always has been - let's hope Romorama is a has been soon?

[liberal N proud]

6. Only Republicans are allowed to lie and skew the facts.

Where is the article covering the misinformation in the Romney campaign?

[DallasNE]

7. Huge Double Standard

Also, the fact checkers often use bias in their analysis so there is the problem of who checks the fact checkers. An example of the double standard is Romney's claim that he added more jobs as Governor of Massachusettes than Obama has as President of the United States or that Massachusettes went from 36th to 47th in job creation under Romney and this is treated as a non-story.

[BumRushDaShow]

8. Just like the "Is Romney a Unicorn" campaign

suddenly the media wakes up and starts dissecting allegations made by the left in great detail yet they continue shilling for the repukes and spouting their most wild talking points as fact without correction or condemnation, literally 24/7.

[BlueIris]

10. But he IS! And he hangs around slutty Pegasuses, too.

Romeny must never become president. I can't stand the thought of promiscuous winged horses strutting around the Oval whenever they please.

[bahrbearian]

9. He also saved the Auto Industry.