Sunday, October 07, 2012

Quote of the Day: Debate Victory Validates Romney Strategy of Nonstop Lying

I will concede that I am still seething over Mitt Romney's open and blatant lies during the presidential debate last week.  What makes it all worse is that polling suggests that some voters - i.e., those who I suspect are the least informed - seem to be falling for Romney's lies.  As I noted after the debates, Romney stated 27 lies in 38 minutes.  Yet he seems to be receiving a reward for his dishonesty.  Andy Borowitz sums it up well in The New Yorker:

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Taking a victory lap after their candidate’s win in the first Presidential debate Wednesday night, Romney campaign insiders today attributed his success to his strategic use of relentless lying.

“We worked for hours on this during the practice debates,” said the campaign manager Matt Rhoades. “We were, like, ‘Mitt, if you find yourself on the verge of saying something true, bite your tongue.’ ”

Mr. Rhoades said that the nominee was allowed to say his real name and acknowledge that he used to be a Governor, “but other than that, he was on a very short leash, truth-wise.”

While Mr. Romney’s talent for lying was in evidence during the Republican primary debates, it was nothing like the “mad skills” he displayed Wednesday night, the campaign manager said.

“All the hard work and practice lying really paid off,” Mr. Rhoades said. “Plus hanging out with Paul Ryan.”

Part of me cannot say that I was surprised by Romney's lies and dishonesty.  He will do and say anything to get elected and, frankly, if he thought that selling Ann Romney into prostitution would put him over the 50.1% mark, I'd be worried if I were Ms. Romney.  The man is amoral.

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