Posted on 02/29/2012 11:13:55 AM PST by Red Steel
Mitt Romney resorts to lying every time he is cornered, two former congressmen who support his rival, Newt Gingrich, claim in a letter sent to influential newspapers in Super Tuesday states.
Former Reps. Bob Walker and J.C. Watts asked the papers to bear in mind 18 instances in which either Romney or his super PAC, Restore Our Future, have spouted what they call “falsehoods.”
“Governor Romney’s negative attack mentality, unfortunately, is a reflection of his own persona,” Watts and Walker say in the letter sent to leading newspapers in Georgia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Washington state. All have primaries next Tuesday except Washington, which holds caucuses on Saturday.
“If you closely examine the record you will see that we are not discussing here lapses of memory. We are saying that the evidence is clear that Governor Romney has a near-Pavlovian reflex of lapsing into falsehoods in order to rearrange reality to his liking.
“The record shows that when publicly challenged or at a loss for an answer, Governor Romney shows a deeply engrained habit of mendacity.”
Walker, a 10-term congressman from Pennsylvania, is Gingrich’s national campaign chairman. Watts, who served four terms from Oklahoma, is a senior adviser. Both were in the House while Gingrich was speaker.
Walker told Newsmax that voters should be wary of voting for Romney because “how you campaign tends to be how you govern.”
“The public should be concerned about a candidate who is willing to engage in a sustained and systemic campaign of mendacity.”
Walker said the amount of money spent and lies told by the Romney campaign “undermines the entire electoral process.”
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But Walker said that bodes ill for the fall campaign against President Barack Obama if Romney is successful, because he feels Romney cannot sustain such negativity.
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Santorum did a great job of denying Romney delegates in Michigan last night.
LOL!!!
That too!
“The problem is the Santorum camp isn’t going to be able to understand words this big.”
Funniest line I’ve read in a quite a while!
I wish I had saved it or knew how to find it, but I recall several months back reading an article on Freerepublic where Romneys wife said something almost like that. Something to the effect that Mitt tells tales to the point where he believes them himself.
Does anyone else remember that article?
Read my post here at #24 and tell me if you recall having read that article?
Now I wish I read more Romney articles! DJ reads a lot and she has such an excellent memory for facts and references exactly like that. If she read it, she will definitely remember! trisham and hoosiermama, too.
OH my goodness!
ROTFLMYmccainOFF!!!
That was my one and only state and night for Santorum. Short lived.
Let’s hope that Newt isn’t holding his breath.
It’s over. On to Super Newtsday!
I’ve been searching for the article, but I can’t find anything. I hope that DJ has a better outcome.
Yes they are.
The Romney Economy
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Yes, the last few paragraphs are chilling. What does Romney care about? Money and power.
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