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caraher

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6. Good point, but...

Reply to grasswire (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 4, 2012, 01:28 AM

Oct 2012

for a Romney it's only when the lies get uttered in the guise of purported facts that fact checkers will count them as lies. So there's a pretty direct link there

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uh....maybe Romney's getting dinged because he LIED more. grasswire Oct 2012 #2

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I hate this "They Both Do it" steaming pile of bullshit 99th_Monkey Oct 2012 #12

It's extremely irresponsible, yes. CabCurious Oct 2012 #13