{"id":30259,"date":"2012-09-14T10:02:56","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/14\/romney-pre-emptively-accuses-obama-of-lying-in-debates.html"},"modified":"2012-09-14T10:02:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T16:02:56","slug":"romney-pre-emptively-accuses-obama-of-lying-in-debates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/14\/romney-pre-emptively-accuses-obama-of-lying-in-debates.html","title":{"rendered":"Romney pre-emptively accuses Obama of lying in debates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>&#39;\u201cBut I think the challenge that I\u2019ll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren\u2019t true,\u201d Romney said, adding, \u201cI\u2019ve looked at prior debates. And in that kind of case, it\u2019s difficult to say, \u201cWell, am I going to spend my time correcting things that aren\u2019t quite accurate? Or am I going to spend my time talking about the things I want to talk about?\u201d&#39;<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Desperation time, or just plain ol&#39; projection? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;resize_h=100&#038;url=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.politico.com%2Fglobal%2F2012%2F09%2F120914_obama_romney_debate_reuters_328.jpg' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/stories\/0912\/81212.html?hp=l5'>Mitt Romney: Barack Obama may lie in debates &#8211; Katie Glueck<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMitt Romney said in an interview that his campaign will \u201ccome into focus\u201d with the debates and that he\u2019s preparing for President Barack Obama to \u201csay things that aren\u2019t true\u201d during the three upcoming&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/FWZMo5cZUaB' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#39;\u201cBut I think the challenge that I\u2019ll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren\u2019t true,\u201d Romney said, adding, \u201cI\u2019ve looked at prior debates. 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