SNOPES Fact Check Romney Claim "Obama Restricting Military Voting in Ohio" FALSE

[SunsetDreams]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/military.asp

This story has been developing over the last few days, with the Right really trying to push it today on the Internet, as well as Mitt Romney himself making the claim.


Here is a link to my other OP on this:

Beware: Romney and The Right's New Lie: Obama Suing to Keep Soldiers from Voting (Update)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021073202


WE ALL NEED TO FIGHT THESE LIES!

[RedStateLiberal]

1. Fight the lies on Romney's FB page where his campaign posted this BS today.

http://www.facebook.com/mittromney/posts/10150981967501121

Over 100,000 people have "liked" Romney's lying post. Many are fighting back by posting links to the truth like the one from Snopes.

Of course, many of his sheeple are trying to change the subject and attack Obama. None of them can defend this lie because it is so obviously false.

Keep posting the truth and maybe more and more will lose faith with their Pinocchio candidate.

[SunsetDreams]

3. A Right Winger tried this claim on DU

They were PPR'd with the 1st post. That's what turned me on to this BS.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1073150

[2ndAmForComputers]

6. Right-wingers at DU are like the baobabs in "The Little Prince."

If you know what I mean.

[juajen]

9. I just received an email from a conservative "friend". I am always

suggesting she check Snopes before posting some of the stuff she sends me. Well, today she posted that another "truth" site was informing everyone that Snopes was biased towards Obama. You can't hit these people with the truth as they will believe anything they are told to.

[RedStateLiberal]

11. Yep, most are a lost cause.

But sometimes the truth filters through.

Found on Romney's lying FB post:

Today Romney insulted the intelligence of each and every one of our brave service members by deliberately lying to them about a public record that anyone can read. He spit on the graves of all of our veterans, including my late grandfather who fought in the Pacific during World War II. I've already reported Romney's insult to the main newspaper in Cleveland. I hope this lie does not go unnoticed by the undecided voters in Ohio.

Not sure if this was a Romney supporter before or not but...OUCH!

[Canuckistanian]

14. I perused that post

And the discussion quickly devolved to screeds against Obama in general.

The original subject was quickly dismissed.

[Curtland1015]

2. Thanks for the link!

Passing it along!

[SunsetDreams]

5. No problem :)

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Thank you.

I just had a chance to forward that Snopes link to a misguided Facebook friend.

[SunsetDreams]

8. You're welcome!

This is ridiculous. It's one thing to let your minions do the distortion for you, but it's quite another to do it yourself. Romney is a pathological liar.

[dogknob]

7. Let's all spam Romney's FB with some classic Goebbels!

http://thinkexist.com/quotation/-if_you_tell_a_lie_big_enough_and_keep_repeating/345877.html

[Liberal_Dog]

10. K & R

I've seen this on a couple of websites.

I figured that the story was total horse shit.

[DLine]

12. Ive been on facebook calling him a liar.

Ive stopped by his page to post my $.02 on that status update a few time already. Im hoping it will catch on until at least half of the posts are calling him a liar.

[Canuckistanian]

13. Wingnuts have long since discredited Snopes

They claim it's "liberally biased".

Mind you, they'll use it themselves in discussions of Obama and Bill Ayers.

[SunsetDreams]

15. No kidding

They use it when it fits their agenda.

[drm604]

16. An old family friend of my mothers recently friended me on FaceBook.

One of the first things she posted after I accepted was a link to some Tea Party site echoing this nonsense. I felt that I had to post a correction.

She friended me because she wanted to send some old pics of her and my deceased older brother when they were little. I hope she doesn't defriend me, but I couldn't let this nonsense stand unchallenged.

[SunsetDreams]

17. The truth needs to get out there

If she would defriend you over this, I would question her friendship to begin with. I'm so sorry about the loss of your brother.

[drm604]

18. He passed away in the 80s. There was never any actual friendship between her and I.

I'm pretty sure that I've never even met her. My parents moved out of that neighborhood before I was born. She used to walk to school with my brother and play with him when they were little kids. He was physically and mentally handicapped. You'd think she'd support the party that actually cares about people like him.