Romney doubles down on misleading Jeep claim Chrysler called ‘fantasies’

[UCmeNdc]

Speaking to voters in Ohio recently, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that President Barack Obama’s auto bailout has been such a failure that auto-maker Jeep is “thinking of moving all production to China.”

Although journalists, and even Chrysler itself, quickly pointed out that claim has absolutely no basis in reality, the campaign did not immediately offer any clarification or correction. On Sunday, it became clear why they didn’t bother.

Romney’s misleading claim about Jeep is now a television ad


Raw Story (http://s.tt/1rdJd)

[JRLeft]

1. It is called desperation.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Jeezus. Chrysler ought to sue the Romney campaign

for trade libel and product disparagement.

[nc4bo]

4. And Crystler should come out with their own ad to stop the lies. They have the $$

to make it so.

[LP2K12]

3. Good reply...

I sent this to all my family and friends in Toledo and Detroit.

Let’s set the record straight: Jeep has no intention of shifting production of its Jeep models out of North America to China. It’s simply reviewing the opportunities to return Jeep output to China for the world’s largest auto market. U.S. Jeep assembly lines will continue to stay in operation. A careful and unbiased reading of the Bloomberg take would have saved unnecessary fantasies and extravagant comments.

http://blog.chryslerllc.com/blog.do?p=entry&id=1932

[Submariner]

5. Mormonism is one f*cked up cult

Lying is the mormons means to an end. It's amazing to see a cult Bishop lie without any guilt or remorse. It's just natural way of life for mormons to lie. Truly pathetic.

[krawhitham]

6. Milk before Meat

[SoapBox]

9. Well said...

[progressivebydesign]

7. OMG. Romney is the filthiest liar, and the most corrupt candidate in History.

SOMEONE, hopefully the MSM, is going to ask themselves WHY Mitt is so forcused on winning that he's taking Adelson's money, lying his ass off.

[WeekendWarrior]

8. I can't wait until this thing is over and everybody stops using the phrase "double down." nt

[progressivebydesign]

10. Chrysler should spend the $$ on ads NOW, BOLDLY refuting this!

They have the money and power to do this right now. They could run National ads that say "we are NOT sending American jobs to China" Frankly ROmney is HURTING Chrysler's PR right now. He truly is an enemy of the auto industry.

[AtomicKitten]

11. He's such a dick.