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aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
Thu May 17, 2012, 03:08 PM May 2012

Romney smacking his lips again on the teevee

and saying the cornerstone of the Obama campaign is "character assassination". Obama is bringing up facts about what Romney did at Bain. It's Romney who chose to assassinate his own character through his acts.

And what's with the lip smacking?

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truebrit71

(20,805 posts)
2. Maybe that's his 'tell' that he's lying his magic undergarments off....
Thu May 17, 2012, 03:14 PM
May 2012

...oh no, wait, that's everytime his mouth is open..

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
4. Considering that the only way Romney won the nomination was through character assassination
Thu May 17, 2012, 03:24 PM
May 2012

by going after every one of his serious opponents with negative ads involving character assassination as their ONLY substance, it's rich for him to lecture Obama on the subject.

jenmito

(37,326 posts)
5. I started a thread on his lip-smacking last week, (as you know since you commented on it) and I
Thu May 17, 2012, 03:31 PM
May 2012

noticed it again today. And he KEPT repeating his line about "character assassination," but what got me was when he said, "I'm not familiar precisely with exactly what I said but I stand by what I said- whatever it was."

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
6. mitt is saying that telling the truth about such things as Bain is character assassination. Facts do
Thu May 17, 2012, 03:43 PM
May 2012

not count in his world.

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
8. Have I recently just noticed the lip-smacking,
Thu May 17, 2012, 04:12 PM
May 2012

or is he smacking his lips a lot more frequently now?

Can you imagine having to listen to that, during state of the union addresses?!

 

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)
11. We could talk about the facts if he wants.
Thu May 17, 2012, 04:25 PM
May 2012

"Character assassination" is half truths and slander. I;m sure Romney wants to talk the facts. We can wait for the debates, but right now Romney is slandering Obama saying he is slandering Romney. And let the media ratings begin.

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