For Romney "lying isn't a sin, it's a business plan"

[cali]

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But where Romney is different is that he is not honest about himself. He could, as he did just recently, stand before the National Rifle Association as if he were, in spirit as well as membership, one of them. In body language, in the blinking of the eyes, in the nonexistent pounding pulse, there was not the tiniest suggestion that here was a man who just as confidently once embodied the anti-gun ethic of Massachusetts, the distant land he once governed. Instead, he tore into Obama for the (nonexistent) threat the president posed to Second Amendment rights — a false accusation from a false champion.

A marathon of debates and an eon of campaigning have toughened and honed Romney. He commands the heights of great assurance, and he knows, as some of us learn too late in life, that the truth is not always a moral obligation but sometimes merely what works. He often cites his business background as commending him for the presidency. That’s his forgivable absurdity. Instead, what his career has given him is the businessman’s concept of self — that what he does is not who he is. This is what enables the slumlord to be a charitable man. This is what enables the corporate raider to endow his university. Business is business. It’s what you do. It is not who you are. Lying isn’t a sin. It’s a business plan.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mitt-romneys-enviable-ability-to-ignore-the-truth/2012/04/16/gIQACwTUMT_story.html

[liberal N proud]

1. Only when his lips are moving

[gordianot]

2. If Mitt Rmoney were elected he would be the jello pResident.

Just put him in a mold add some flavoring and color.

[siligut]

3. Anyone who has lived in Utah would have a real idea of what Rmoney is about

The LDS church rules Utah. It takes time to see the skewed hierarchy that exists and the psycho-social manipulation that is in place to maintain the unnatural balance. You can't see it while just waiting for a flight at the airport. I saw it throughout the state and it has spread to neighboring states, I can only imagine the worst if Rmoney gets into the White House.

[DesertDiamond]

4. I once dated a man who belonged to an extremist "Christian" church, and he believed in lying

as just a means to an end - he even said so. Needless to say, this relationship didn't last. But I must say, I was shocked when he told me that he could do anything he wanted and it wouldn't be a sin, because Jesus had already forgiven his sins. Seriously.

[coldbeer]

5. Romney is not a liar.

He speaks to a portion of his audience. He follows the rule, "Either you are
for me or you are against me". He is speaking the "Truth". You need to
understand his/their definition of the "Truth". When you see the light
you will realize what the truth is. If you do not believe him he is not
speaking to You.

[cali]

6. He's a liar.

a pathological one.

[coldbeer]

7. He's was not speaking to you.

It's about gamesmanship. He tells the billionaires what they want to hear
and they do not care about the 99%. Millionaires wives do not care
that working women need to work 16 months to equal yearly mens pay on
the same job. He did not make that speech to you? unless you are
the 1%. It's their "gotcha" moment.