Denver Post Editorial- Romney outsourcing the truth on Jeeps
Nothing smells like desperation more than the falsehoods and half-truths coming out of the Romney campaign about Chrysler purportedly moving Jeep manufacturing jobs to China.
The episode has been shameful.
During a rally in Ohio, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said he had read that Jeep "is thinking of moving all production to China."
The truth is that Jeep executives are considering a plant in China to make Jeeps to sell in China. Local jobs will remain local.
But why let the facts get in the way when you can exploit a poorly written news story for political gain in a must-win state? After all, such a claim could be a potent rejoinder to President Obama, who has been making inroads with Ohioans on the strength of his move to bail out the auto industry during the depths of the economic downturn.
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