Lie of the Year: the Romney campaign's ad on jeeps made in China
Mitt Romney's claim about Jeep moving production to China at the expense of American jobs was last-ditch effort to win the election, but it hit a roadblock: the facts. People often say that politicians don’t pay a price for deception, but this time was different: A flood of negative press coverage rained down on the Romney campaign, and he failed to turn the tide in Ohio, the most important state in the presidential election.
By Angie Drobnic Holan :: Published on Thursday, December 13th, 2012 at 1:48 p.m.
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