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Romney Tells Blatant Lie Re: Obama Welfare Waivers to States

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PolitiFact | Mitt Romney says Barack Obama

Super-pacs supporting Obama has distorted reality to tell a narrative about what happens when Bain comes to town, sure, you'll get no argument from me.

But here is Mitt going full on Sarah Palin in an ad, saying something that is a blatant lie. Like Palin, this is why he will lose.


Here's the lie: "Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."


Rated PANTS ON FIRE by Politifact.

Here's the fact check.

Our ruling

Romney’s ad says, "Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."

That's a drastic distortion of the planned changes to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. By granting waivers to states, the Obama administration is seeking to make welfare-to-work efforts more successful, not end them. What’s more, the waivers would apply to individually evaluated pilot programs -- HHS is not proposing a blanket, national change to welfare law.
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but will the waivers to the states allow them to send checks to those who do not look for work and those who do not seek training?
and if so, why is that a good thing to allow?
 
Romney is scum. He has no credibility. He will say anything to get elected. He will take things out of context, spin them to sickening levels, and use any little scrap to hyperbolize a mole hill into a mountain. He truly sickens me. The Republican Party can do better than that or we will be losers for many generations to come. If we cant recover in 2016 with a true Conservative candidate of integrity, then this party is OVER!
 
justabubba said:
but will the waivers to the states allow them to send checks to those who do not look for work and those who do not seek training?
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No, they won't, and that is rather the point.
 
hazlnut said:
Like Palin, this is why he will lose.
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So Romney tells a lie, and it's 'like palin' and for that reason he will lose. If that's the case, then when Obama tells a lie, is that also 'like palin'? And if so, does that mean he will lose as well?

I wonder who will be president if both lie and then lose due to lying. What a strange situation.
 
hazlnut said:
PolitiFact | Mitt Romney says Barack Obama

Super-pacs supporting Obama has distorted reality to tell a narrative about what happens when Bain comes to town, sure, you'll get no argument from me.

But here is Mitt going full on Sarah Palin in an ad, saying something that is a blatant lie. Like Palin, this is why he will lose.


Here's the lie: "Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."


Rated PANTS ON FIRE by Politifact.

Here's the fact check.
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Good going, got to drag facts back into the public discussions. There's no reason for lies
 
hazlnut said:
PolitiFact | Mitt Romney says Barack Obama

Super-pacs supporting Obama has distorted reality to tell a narrative about what happens when Bain comes to town, sure, you'll get no argument from me.

But here is Mitt going full on Sarah Palin in an ad, saying something that is a blatant lie. Like Palin, this is why he will lose.


Here's the lie: "Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check."


Rated PANTS ON FIRE by Politifact.

Here's the fact check.
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Politifact exposes it's own bias badly

Romney assertions were confirmed 100% true by the NYT
 
AdamT said:
No, they won't, and that is rather the point.
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i agree that this appears to be the crux of the matter

what causes the states not to be able to waiver the job search/training requirement such that those who do not expend that effort can still receive a welfare check?
not saying you are wrong, just that i do not see a barrier to such state waivers
 
Bronson said:
Politifact exposes it's own bias badly

Romney assertions were confirmed 100% true by the NYT
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When any assertion you dont like can simply be dismissed as "biased" it is very easy to create an echo-chamber where only opinions you agree with reach you.

Its also a dangerous place to be. :)
 
hazlnut said:
PolitiFact | Mitt Romney says Barack Obama

Here's the lie: "Under Obama’s plan (for welfare), you wouldn’t have to work and wouldn’t have to train for a job. They just send you your welfare check." PANTS ON FIRE by Politifact.
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Since you agree that RINO is going to loose, can I assume that you will not waste your vote on someone who you acknowledge is a liar???
 
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