TPMtv: Fact Check: Romney vs. Obama

Mitt Romney recently attacked Barack Obama over his comments regarding the war in Afghanistan and the need for more troops on the ground, so as to reduce the reliance on air raids that have often resulted in Afghan civilian casualties. Romney called Obama's comments "outrageous" and "a suggestion that somehow our troops are not noble and dignified." But even a quick glance at the realities of the situation in Afghanistan shows that Romney has remarkably little understanding of the facts.

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[bklynsam]

Great video! Oh, and about that joke that Kerry told, and the republicans tried to say were against the troops? Well, Hillary Clinton joined that chorus. It was disgusting enough to have repubs spin such garbage about one of the fiercest supporters of the troops, but to have Hillary do it--unforgiveable!

[Veracifier]

just wait till we get closer to the primary... it's kind of disgusting. but the debates yesterday (see the video if you didn't catch them on george s's sunday morning show yesterday) were a little bit cleaner. at least edwards is encouraging that they all play nice - maybe he's just sick of getting ragged on about his haircut though. i'm tired of hearing of it, at least.

[sterling757njva]

Great report....if more of the American public would actually research....they would understand that the media ALWAYS spins for agenda. Romney is pathetic and useless...just a suit and a tie.

Obama 08!!!!!

[Veracifier]

Thanks Sterling.

[DevBlazed]

Media choses our candidates.

Keep it up Veracif!er. TPM does it again.

It feels good to hear truth. I dont think any mainstream media picked up on this.

[Veracifier]

Thanks DevBlazed. The hope is our work trickles up the mainstream media, which it seems to do..

[sokoboo]

ROFL you are a ignorant baffoon. Look at Mitt's record. He is more liberal than Bill Clinton....

[asonjdj]

That Romney, he's such an intellectual. I mean, anyone who doesnt belive that a guy named Joseph Smith found divine golden tablets in his back yard in up state NY about 100 years ago, which subsequently revealed the mormon religion and Smith as a prophet, is probably a moron right?

[maniac7553]

How about we don't take either of the War Mongering sides and pull all our troops out of everywhere so they can COME HOME!!! Realize we CAN'T afford this, we are only stirring up trouble, and losing lives and money, for what? What is America benefitting? Safety!? Fuck that, Americans are losing their umph that our founding fathers encouraged, protecting freedom, not spreading democracy. Both the major parties are irrellevant. It's the people that have to CHANGE not our government!

[Angellicationify]

Governor Mitt Romney is a RINO. He supports stringent gun laws. His Health care overhaul pales in comparison to the atrocity of Obamacare, but it was similar. He has never expressed public regret for this. He told Michigan residents at an event there that the financial services bailout was absolutely necessary. He stated you said that the Republican Party needs to pass "immigration reform" (amnesty) in order to attract new voters. He’d vote for Obama! watch?v=jPGnJmbDq08

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Allen West 2012

[morrieg]

Wow Josh Marshall has a face made for radio... I'm no media expert, but you should probably take a shower sometime in the upcoming weeks before you make a youtube video. People can't listen to your incoherent gibberish when they're too busy vomiting on their keyboards...

[i10azns]

Karzai is a former Unocal employee. Google Unocal Afghanistan and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about.

We shouldn't be dropping bombs. We shouldn't be sending troops. We shouldn't be there. And that's it.

[specialops2000]

I'm so thankful someone is finally airing the truth. It's sad republicans smear comments made by Obama using sound bites. They would rather deceive the people, then tell the truth to gain the trust of the people. By the way aren't Republicans supposed to be a party of Christian values? I thought God hates a liar. You must be a naive Christian to think that Christ is important in a party that based their campaign off spreading hatred and lies...WWJD?

[specialops2000]

thank God Mitt was booted out of this race.

[packetscan]

Hannity is a Right Wing smear machine .

PERIOD..

Hello FCC.. what are you doing about all these lies... Oh never mind martin was assigned by bush.

[oncedarkness]

josh

what you seem to be overlooking is that commenting on those who have made the sacrifice our soldiers have made requires much more respect than this clip appears to convey. It simply sounds like he is speaking of our troops as a group of misbehaving children whose deeds would change if he was in charge. Rather than those who's mission puts at risk their very lives. Regardless of it being factual or not it has a very condescending inappropriate tone

[convicsik]

Bottom line, its political spin because the GOP has nothing going for them. Their party ran this country into the ground for the last 8 years, and their only hope is that the ignorant bible bangers will vote for them based off of the abortion issue, which shouldn't even be an issue. The LAW states its legal, and no one can change that. Bush was against abortion too, but is it illegal ? No because no political figure will ever have the power to change it. This country needs Obama.