Romney Approves Ads Without Watching or Hearing Them

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Romney Approves Ads Without Watching or Hearing Them

By Josh Israel

In last night’s GOP debate, Newt Gingrich slammed Mitt Romney for a Romney campaign ad which accuses the former Speaker of calling Spanish “the language of the ghetto.” Romney, whose voice appears in that radio spot taking responsibility for its content, responded that he does not review his own ads before they air.

Gingrich was referring to a Spanish-language Romney ad called “Hechos.”

Romney told Gingrich, “I haven’t seen the ad, so I’m sorry. I don’t get to see all the TV ads.” Later, Romney said, “I doubt that’s my ad. But we’ll take a look and find out.”

Watch it:

But Romney’s voice appears at the end of “Hechos,” saying, “Soy Mitt Romney” and “apruebo este mensaje.” In the language both candidates want to make the sole language of the U.S government, this translates to, “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.”

But apparently, Romney wasn’t even being truthful when he said that.

Listen to the radio ad:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/01/27/413085/romney-approves-ads-without-watching-or-hearing-them/

It's like a train wreck.

[DrDan]

1. I am sure this is true of all candidates - they are pressing flesh, not reviewing film

[RZM]

2. Probably standard stuff, especially the more ads you have

If you spend the money on it, you're probably not going to want to just shelve it. These politicians aren't directors or video editors. They have to delegate this kind of thing to others and hope for the best.

[DrDan]

4. agree 100% - too much going on - and can differ from state-to-state - has to be delegated

[JHB]

3. Well, hell, Ron Paul claims he spent years not even looking at his own newsletters...

I still regard the "I defrauded my subscribers for years on end" defense the gold standard for "I didn't do it"-ism.

And with Paul, it really is a gold standard. He insists on it.