Posted on 12/21/2007 5:14:32 AM PST by JRochelle
Romney says that it depends on what the definition of "saw" is.
A defensive Romney was peppered with questions today on exactly what he meant when he said -- most recently on Meet the Press -- that he "saw" his father march with Martin Luther King Jr. Recent articles have indicated that his father, the late Michigan Gov. George Romney, didn't march with the civil-rights leader.
Admitting that he didn't see the march with his own eyes, he said, "I 'saw' him in the figurative sense."
"The reference of seeing my father lead in civil rights," he said, "and seeing my father march with Martin Luther King is in the sense of this figurative awareness of and recognition of his leadership."
"I've tried to be as accurate as I can be," he continued, smiling firmly. "If you look at the literature or look at the dictionary, the term 'saw' includes being aware of -- in the sense I've described."
The questioning did not relent. "I'm an English literature major," he insisted at one point. "When we say I saw the Patriots win the World Series, it doesn't necessarily mean you were there." (He meant the Super Bowl, of course.)
The back-and-forth continued to go south for Romney, who had intended for the story of the day to be about his slams on Mike Huckabee for easing penalties for meth users. Romney had to correct an earlier statement that he had himself "gotten tough on methamphetamine" (His proposed legislation as governor never made it through the Massachusetts House.)
"I'm making sure that that's correct as quickly as I possibly can," he said. "If there's any confusion there I'm sorry for any confusion."
Romney was increasingly exasperated with the questioning, especially when a reporter tied in these instances of word-parsing
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So when I say “I SAW my Father march to war with (the famous) Audie Murphy”, in your world I would be a liar, eh?
Sheese, it is called ENGLISH and it sure seems like we are getting a lot of blatently undercover trolls here.
My first thoughts exactly. It is what he deserves for “pandering” for the black vote.
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The little lies matter because they tear the veil obscuring the one big lie that is Romney’s campaign. Posing as a conservative after a career as a liberal politician in a socialist state uses up all Romney’s reserves of credibility. He’s got nothing left to protect him when he stretches the truth along the campaign trail.
The latest little white lie will hurt. They will all hurt, and eventually one of them will kill his candidacy.
Don’t try to make this something it is not. No one is criticizing George Romney. He was a fine man. His son is not.
“So when I say I SAW my Father march to war with (the famous) Audie Murphy, in your world I would be a liar, eh?”
If he didn’t march with Audie Murphy then yes you would be a liar.
LOL!
She is kinda old though?
His kids can speak for themselves, can’t they?
Did anyone ever challenge Clinton when he said he saw church burnings in Arkansas while he was a child? Research showed there were no church burnings there at that time.
So when I say I SAW my Father march to war with (the famous) Audie Murphy, in your world I would be a liar, eh?
“If he didnt march with Audie Murphy then yes you would be a liar.”
Lordy, I cannot believe you don’t understand simple English.
I guess then when we say “We saw our children raised as liberals”, WE were all watching it first hand.......sheese.
Wow, is there anything that team can't do? The Stanley Cup is next!
Mitt forgot the first rule of holes.
Missionary work is better than being lobbyist for the old man as Harry Reids four sons & son in law are..and making millions doing it.
I have no problem with young doing missionary work in leiu of military service. I think it is nearly just as noble.
as in “I saw my Father march with the patriots to a world series win”.
Some people don’t understand English do they.
The way they are going this year, I would not bet against them if they did!
Yep.
The problem with this lie is that it was made to cover one of his vulnerabilities, which his refusal to repudiate Mormon teaching on the inferiority of blacks. That is why he was talking up some imaginary connection to Dr. King in the first place.
Now this lie has exacerbated his original problem, and shredded his credibility in this area, where he can least afford it. You cant’ mess with certain things in this country, and Dr. King is one of those things.
Only democrats get away with stuff like this.
No. She was the early '70s version. We're both squeeky clean.
I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus.
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