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\u201cYou\u2019re going to vote for the liar. Because he shares your moral values<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe respectable Republicans want to believe that he\u2019ll betray the wingnut haters<\/a>, and the wingnut haters are sure that he\u2019s going to double-cross the respectable folks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHave we ever had a commander-in-chief who could not distinguish between truth and fiction<\/a>, as appears to be the case with Romney?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\u201cTop Romney Adviser: If you own a microwave, you aren\u2019t really poor\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve clearly entered some parallel universe \u2026 campaign politics at its cynical worst<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re looking at Hubble telescope-length distances between [Romney\u2019s] campaign ads and reality<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out of the White House has nothing to do with the content of his character, nothing to do with his competence as commander-in-chief and president, and everything to do with the color of his skin<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen a reporter asked him if he considered waterboarding to be torture, Romney responded \u2018I don\u2019t.\u2019<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Romney, any hint of concern that America might make mistakes, overextend itself or submit to virtually any constraint projects an image of weakness<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a matter of morality or patriotism<\/a>, the Republican strategy has been a disaster because it has demonstrated more clearly than at any time since the secession crisis that a political faction can put their ideological aims ahead of the basic well-being of the country and not necessarily be punished for it by voters.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you want to get rid of a legal right in a democratic society<\/a>, you should level with your fellow citizens about where you want to go from there. Especially if you\u2019re running for president.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t really care what you tell your adopted daughter<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome gays are actually having children born to them<\/a>. \u2026 It\u2019s not right on paper. It\u2019s not right in fact.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRomney and Ryan believe that I am less than you. They believe I am a second class citizen and don\u2019t deserve the same rights<\/a> that you had the privilege of being born into simply by being straight.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLook me in the eye, speak with a level clear voice, and say, \u2018My taxes and take-home pay mean more than your fundamental civil rights<\/a>, the sanctity of your marriage, your right to visit an ailing spouse in the hospital, your dignity as a citizen of this country, your healthcare, your right to inherit, the mental welfare and emotional well-being of your youth, and your very personhood.'\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut is that what our Founders really intended<\/a> to be the pursuit of our country and its people \u2014 to be happy?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can make stuff up. You can lie. You can throw away any conviction you once may have had and just libel people and ignore some of the most basic teachings of the faith you claim to hold<\/a>. You can proudly publish books and movies that are contemptuous of truth. For all of this, the Christian Right will pat you on the back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cWhat\u2019s going to go to charity is probably close to nothing<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI am voting for Obama because I am a Mormon<\/a>, not in spite of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t claim that dinosaurs and humans walked side by side, do you?\u201d \u201cOf course I do<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRomney can\u2019t answer the question<\/a>, so he just lets the ravenous, angry crowd answer for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I recall a line in a fictional football team show<\/a>. \u2026 It was called Friday Night Lights,<\/em> you probably didn\u2019t see it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe night before the event, campaign aides went to a local Wal-Mart and spent $5,000 on granola bars, canned food, and diapers to put on display<\/a> while they waited for donations to come in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me in. Let me in the White House<\/a>. I won\u2019t hurt anyone, honest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cChronicling Mitt\u2019s Mendacity, Vol. XL<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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