30 Oct '12 01:27>
Both sides have ads that stretch the truth or provide a distorted perception, but the Romney Chrysler Jeep ad is just blatantly false, and may actually backfire on Romney in Ohio. Chrysler is booming in the US and they are not moving any Chrysler Jeep jobs or existing production to China. Chrysler has publicly refuted the Romney ad. Instead, what Chrysler is contemplating is adding a Jeep production line in China to satisfy the predicted upcoming demand for Jeeps in China. US jobs and production are not cut or affected. No jobs or production are shifted to China, as alleged in the Romney ad, and obviously blatantly false.
The story is that this lie began when a right-wing blogger mischaracteized a Bloomberg article on the subject, and the devious and lying Romney campaign went with it.
While both left groups and non-partisan groups have slammed the ad as blatantly false, some right-wingers are defending the ad as true without any reasoned argument. Hopefully, that will come back to haunt those right-wingers.
Interestingly, the Fox News web site including any of their opinion articles has not taken a stance or really even acknowledged the ad. A search of their website regarding the ad turned up a single article (on campaigning during the storm) that merely states:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/29/romney-obama-campaigns-cancel-events-through-tuesday-over-sandy/
The story is that this lie began when a right-wing blogger mischaracteized a Bloomberg article on the subject, and the devious and lying Romney campaign went with it.
While both left groups and non-partisan groups have slammed the ad as blatantly false, some right-wingers are defending the ad as true without any reasoned argument. Hopefully, that will come back to haunt those right-wingers.
Interestingly, the Fox News web site including any of their opinion articles has not taken a stance or really even acknowledged the ad. A search of their website regarding the ad turned up a single article (on campaigning during the storm) that merely states:
Vice President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton criticized Romney for saying that Chrysler is shifting production of its Jeep brand autos from Ohio to China.
Campaigning in Youngstown, Ohio, Clinton called Romney's claim "the biggest load of bull in the world."
Biden said it was "bizarre."
Clinton, who had been scheduled to appear with Obama, said the president was personally offended by Romney's claim.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/29/romney-obama-campaigns-cancel-events-through-tuesday-over-sandy/