Obama allowed Romney to get away with lies on pre-existing conditions, welfare, tax cuts (really, Romney? a 20% tax cut is not a tax cut?), and Medicaid. Romney’s campaign had to come on afterwards and re-assert all of the policies he denied in the debate. It was a cynical attempt to lie when people are paying attention, take it all back afterwards when fewer people are paying attention. I’m disappointed in Obama for not calling him on such blatant lies, but it hardly makes me like Romney more.
Obama allowed Romney to get away with lies on pre-existing conditions, welfare, tax cuts (really, Romney? a 20% tax cut is not a tax cut?), and Medicaid. Romney’s campaign had to come on afterwards and re-assert all of the policies he denied in the debate. It was a cynical attempt to lie when people are paying attention, take it all back afterwards when fewer people are paying attention. I’m disappointed in Obama for not calling him on such blatant lies, but it hardly makes me like Romney more.