Romney's attacks on Obama and welfare deemed false by fact checkers

[IDemo]

Source: csmonitor.com

Republican Mitt Romney is renewing his criticism of President Barack Obama's welfare policy, accusing him in a new ad of "gutting welfare reform." The ad says Romney would "put work back in welfare."

Romney says Obama lifted a provision that required people receiving welfare to work. Independent fact checkers have found the premise of the ad to be false.

Last month, Obama moved to allow states to seek waivers from some welfare rules. To get a waiver, states must show their plans would move at least 20 percent more people to work.

Conservatives say waivers will lead to an end of the work requirement. Romney was among several Republican governors who signed a letter in 2005 asking for more flexibility.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0820/Romney-s-attacks-on-Obama-and-welfare-deemed-false-by-fact-checkers

[bushisanidiot]

1. Another day, another lie from Brother Mitt Romney

nt

[heaven05]

2. i despise

election season only because so much scum crawls out from the sewers and from under the rocks. Disgusting

[Berlum]

3. No one has ever lied as much as the Republicans this year

Don't Mormons believe in honesty?

[Andy823]

4. It won't stop

As long as they can get away with lying, and they can with their brain dead base, they just won't stop. I think that the vast majority of americans are getting wise to all the lies, but it seems like Romney and Ryan just can't stop lying, it's become habitual with them. They know they can't win if they actually stand on their "real" record, so they lie. They just don't care.

[valerief]

5. Facts don't make rich people richer. nt

[Vietnameravet]

6. Time to shake the Etch-a-Sketch..

again..

[erpowers]

7. Put Out the Memo

President Obama and his team should put out the memo regarding the changes to TANF. The memo clearly shows that President Obama only gave states more flexibility and is not ending the work requirement. It was mentioned numerous times, in the memo, that the purpose of the waivers was to give states the ability to come up with better plans to get more people jobs.

[oldsarge54]

8. Confused

Why do I get the impression that the Republicans are trying to lose this one? Is it that their followers are so easily fooled, or that they are such true believers they don't bother to evaluate what they are fed?