2 HUGE lies Romney got away with last night.

[louis-t]

No one has said anything about these anywhere, last night or this morning.

Lie #1
Romney: "The president has doubled the deficit."
Fact: Deficit was $1.4 trillion when Obama took office. It's $1.1 trillion now.
http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/federal_deficit_chart.html

Lie #2
Romney: "The unemployment rate is higher now than when Obama took office."
Fact: Unemployment rate was trending up in 2009. It took 8 or nine months to start reversing the trend. It is now exactly the same as when Obama took office.
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000?data_tool=XGtable

[mnhtnbb]

1. I remember him saying both things. I was screaming at the TV a string of 4 letter words.

None of which was love.

[Justkd1]

2. Lie #3 - the Tax plan works

Anyone can see it doesn't and yet polling after the debate indicates that Romney is trusted to handle the economy more than Obama (which shows that he got away with his malarkey).

[Blue Owl]

3. The lies that bind

n/t

[oldhippydude]

4. the problem in dealing with numbers from fantasyland..

is that one can only catch so many lies.. Obama did very well last night.. when the perpetrator is revealed as a serial liar, it becomes a character issue for the perp.. thus bringing everything they say into dispute....

[tk2kewl]

5. Another whopper "I balanced budgets in my business career"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021565067