LIE OF THE WEEK: 01-04-2008
Former Governor Mitt Romney on his second place finish in the Iowa presidential caucuses:
"Well, well, we won the silver, but just as Dan Jansen pointed out - you win the silver in one event, it doesn't mean you're not going to come back and win the gold in the final event."
THE TRUTH: Romney is flawed candidate and he thinks he can make up for that by using his vast fortune to buy the election. However, his flaws are so deep (especially his significant flip-flops on so many issues when you compare his run for governor in very liberal Massachusetts and his run for president in the very conservative Republican primary process) that he will not be able to whitewash them and convince many of our fellow citizens. His early lead in the polls across multiple states were due purely to name recognition (after spending a lot of money to achieve that) and should never have been publicized by a responsible news media. As elections get closer and many more Americans pay close attention to the candidates, he will never actually get the percentages shown in the early polls. His only victories will likely be those where other factors play a major role, such as Utah and Nevada with a large number of Mormons or Michigan where his father was a popular governor for many years.
"Well, well, we won the silver, but just as Dan Jansen pointed out - you win the silver in one event, it doesn't mean you're not going to come back and win the gold in the final event."
THE TRUTH: Romney is flawed candidate and he thinks he can make up for that by using his vast fortune to buy the election. However, his flaws are so deep (especially his significant flip-flops on so many issues when you compare his run for governor in very liberal Massachusetts and his run for president in the very conservative Republican primary process) that he will not be able to whitewash them and convince many of our fellow citizens. His early lead in the polls across multiple states were due purely to name recognition (after spending a lot of money to achieve that) and should never have been publicized by a responsible news media. As elections get closer and many more Americans pay close attention to the candidates, he will never actually get the percentages shown in the early polls. His only victories will likely be those where other factors play a major role, such as Utah and Nevada with a large number of Mormons or Michigan where his father was a popular governor for many years.
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