romney accuses President Obama of losing our triple A credit rating

[spanone]

republicans refusing to raise the debt limit caused the loss of triple A rating. period.

lying. mo. fo.

[bullwinkle428]

1. One of at least a dozen things he said last night that made me want to throw a brick through the TV.

[madokie]

4. Local news and thats it for me

For me the cable network is there for the games and thats pretty much all. I've watched them all from Tweety to Al Sharpton to familiarize myself with who many here talk about but other than that my tee vee stays off

I realize I shouldn't put Tweety in the same boat with Al so my apolozies for that. Al is a much better person I believe than tweety IMO

Politics isn't my forte anyway. Creating is where my love lies

[PragmaticLiberal]

7. Tweety's not that bad...

Though he does seem all over the map sometimes with his politics.

[Scuba]

2. No Mittens, that was YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rurallib]

3. the only time they don't lie anymore

is when they sling the truth about each other.

[newspeak]

17. yeah, well he's been on the telly

slamming obamacare. My first thought is, "doesn't it look familiar mittens?" doesn't it look like your "romneycare?" He better watch the mud he's slinging, it could come back in his face.

[TomClash]

5. Because that's SOOOOOO important

when the long bond yield is under 2% and t-bills pay less than .1%.

Dope.

[malaise]

6. WIllard is pathologically mendacious

He can't help himself - remember he's born rich and therefore 'entitled' to lie.

[spanone]

8. republicans run on the short memories of the american people

aided by the media that cares little for truth

[karynnj]

10. Here is one honest Reuters account that quotes from the S&P statement - countering that it was both

- or as Romney said just Obama's. http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/2011/08/10/tea-party-downgrade-heres-what-sp-actually-said/

[newspeak]

14. yeah, the repugs are counting on plebe's short term memory

counting on not remembering little boot's meeting before the presidential election-"oh, guys, I screwed up now you got to bail me out-I let all my friends have a raid on the treasury and people free for all-come bail me out." And, they did.

But, I still contend that what little boots did was intentional. By bringing down the economy of this country, he opened the door to get that SS privatization and allowed corporations even more power over us.

[karynnj]

9. The credit agency itself blamed the tea party Republicnans' willingness to play games with

raising the debt ceiling.

Here is a Reuters article that quotes directly from the S&P downgrade:

http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-money/2011/08/10/tea-party-downgrade-heres-what-sp-actually-said/

This is a GREAT link to use in neutral places to show that Romney is wrong. It was actually pretty amazing that the credit agency was so direct. (I have been using this as some Republicans went after John Kerry (and later David Axelrod) who called it the tea party downgrade. )

[spanone]

11. thanks...

We have changed our assumption on this because the majority of Republicans in Congress continue to resist any measure that would raise revenues, a position we believe Congress reinforced by passing the act.

[BadgerKid]

12. R's more than D's have increased the national debt

http://jimcgreevy.com/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html

Romney's got quite the manipulation going on.

[Bragi]

13. It doesn't matter that it's false

In reconstructing memories of reality, what matters is how often you get to push your narrative into people's brains, not whether the meme is factually true.

In this case, right-wing politicians, lobbyists and media will make sure the Blame Obama narrative gets pushed. It is also their only antidote to the reality that their presumptive candidate is a member of the predatory, vulture capitalist class that was actually responsible for the rating down grade.

I used to think that Romney would be the worst candidate against Obama because of his apparent moderate policy stance. I am delighted to now see him vilified as just another oligarch lining his pocket at the expense of middle class Americans.

Yee haw!

[newspeak]

15. well, he's also another great fabricator

Right now, the truth, even if some americans don't want to hear it; would be refreshing. Of course, santorium beats mittens-when you can fabricate about saying "black" in public for all to hear, and fabricate-stating you said "blah." Now that's some fabricator.

[Mr Dixon]

16. IMO

He is lying to get votes, nothing more and as long as nobody calls him on it he will continue to lie.