A Romney pollster told ABC News, "We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers." Does truth matter?

by Diane Posted 2012/08/30 00:58:11

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Mitt Romney's campaign said on Tuesday that its ads attacking President Obama's waiver policy on welfare have been its most effective to date. And while the spots have been roundly criticized as lacking any factual basis, the campaign said it didn't really care.

"We're not going to let our campaign be dictated by fact-checkers," Romney pollster Neil Newhouse said at a panel organized by ABC News.

So, basically, what they're saying is they don't care if they are lying, as long as it's effective. As long as most people get their information from television commercials, they don't have to be concerned.

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/08/30 01:05:13 (edited)

Yes, truth matters

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Stoner 2012/09/02 06:47:38

No, truth doesn't matter

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truth doesnt matter to a liar

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**StarzAbove** 2012/09/01 21:46:11

Yes, truth matters

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Truth matters but not to the Romney campaign. All they ever do is tell lies about the President every day. Wonder when they are going to tell HOW they plan to do what they keep saying they are going to do.

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Nameless 2012/08/31 07:32:11

Yes, truth matters

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G-d forbid the truth cloud the issues at hand...

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boss hawg 2012/08/31 03:22:51

No, truth doesn't matter

not in politics.

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James 2012/08/31 01:48:03
elijahin24 2012/08/31 00:26:18

Yes, truth matters

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Mitt has made the classic political error of saying what he thinks.

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Q 2012/08/30 23:54:27

Yes, truth matters

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Of course it matters...only to the angry bitter losers of the last presidential election it comes in second behind a sense of desperation as their candidates continue to fail gaining any ground in the polls. Paul Ryan's speech last night clearly demonstrated that they're making a case to support the Romney/Ryan ticket based on half-truths, misrepresentations and flat out lies.

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Cleaver62 2012/08/30 20:40:40

Yes, truth matters

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The truth does matter to everyone except Republicans. They have always had the mindset that if you say a lie often enough, people will believe it is the truth.

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Diane to Cleaver62 2012/08/31 03:26:59

And the scary thing is, they might be right. A lot of people don't take the time to fact check.

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Idiot repubs 2012/08/30 20:15:19

Yes, truth matters

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If the GOP didn't have lies, they could have held their convention in an afternoon.

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Daedalus 2012/08/30 14:50:06 (edited)

Yes, truth matters

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It matters to the 99%, but for the 1% it is pretty inconvenient at this point.

No matter, they invested plenty in the news media and fact checkers are about as much help as spelling checkers at this point. Spell checking does not change the narrative.

Now on to privatize all governments around the world.

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Jane 2012/08/30 14:25:04

No, truth doesn't matter

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Not to the party leaders in the republican party but I think the average republican cares, just don't do the research.

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Diane to Jane 2012/08/30 14:34:13

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I think most of the far right don't want to believe the fact checkers. But moderates probably do.

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Jane to Diane 2012/08/30 18:06:09

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I hope so and I hope they vote.

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Joe Shwingding BN-ZERO 2012/08/30 12:42:26

Yes, truth matters

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for the regular people but in politics, unimportant. Its who gets left holding the bag.... facts are only mere illusions when you have recent administrations "creating" their own facts and reality.

Facts are inconvenient to these sociopaths.

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bryguy 2012/08/30 08:51:40

Yes, truth matters

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Come on guys...you're not being fair. How is Romney supposed to win using facts?

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dallasjoe 2012/08/30 05:52:51

Yes, truth matters

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Willard is remaking the Classic Blazing Saddles, this time he is the Sherriff on a Dressage pony, and in the Recuriting Shot will be at the Convention in Tampa and a Re Write, of "Badges we don't need no Stinking badges" to "Truth, we don't need no Stinking Truth."

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SW 2012/08/30 03:03:30

Yes, truth matters

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Not to Robme supporters. They live in a fact free zone!

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Singerar 2012/08/30 02:58:25

Yes, truth matters

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Hell yes the truth matters!

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Proggy 2012/08/30 02:43:48

Yes, truth matters

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Of course it does, but just not to republicans.

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NPC 2012/08/30 01:19:05

Yes, truth matters

Barack has lied to all the taxpayers for the past 4 years. Nobody believes any Democrat anymore.

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SW to NPC 2012/08/30 03:04:48

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Been lied about you mean. Lied to... Not so much.

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debra.f... to NPC 2012/08/30 06:35:33

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Facts and sources, please. Not just the standard hyperbole, it's so dull and lifeless being retold over and over and over like that in order to convert it to the truth.....aww but it's still not working..

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Diane to NPC 2012/08/30 14:13:51

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How has he lied to the taxpayers? Be specific.

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Jane to NPC 2012/08/30 14:26:24

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If the truth matters to you, why do you lie?????

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lurx: the soda jerk 2012/08/30 01:05:13 (edited)

Yes, truth matters

+9

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