Fact check: Distortions in GOP debate

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January 17, 2012 2:21 AM
Fact check: Distortions in GOP debate


WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney ignored the most significant expansion of trade ties in nearly two decades when he accused the Obama administration Monday night of doing nothing to open new markets. Rick Santorum claimed to be taking purely the high road in campaign ads even as a new one from him veered from that path.

Newt Gingrich mischaracterized the Chilean retirement system that he favors as a partial model for the United States, declaring that the system of private accounts is voluntary when it's not.

GOP debate: Romney takes heat, but avoids disaster

So it went in the latest Republican presidential debate as the candidates took shortcuts with complex realities and committed some outright distortions. A look at some of the claims and how they compare with the facts:

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http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57359928/fact-check-distortions-in-gop-debate/

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1. i.e. they lie