Awww Obama's feelings are hurt because Romney called him on outsourcing Jeep jobs to China. Do you feel sorry for Obama :( ?

Lies, lies, Romney's trademark

From Bloomburg Businessweek: The implication in Romney television and radio ads that Chrysler wants to shift Jeep production out of North America to China has been contradicted by the company. Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne assured employees in a letter today that “Jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the United States and will constitute the backbone of the brand. It is inaccurate to suggest anything different.” Two of Ohio’s major newspapers also have taken the Romney campaign to task for the ad. Polls show the White House candidates in a tight race in Ohio for its 18 electoral votes. Second only to Michigan in automotive industry jobs, Ohio benefited from the government- backed bankruptcy of General Motors Co. (GM) and Chrysler under Obama. Romney opposed that bailout. Romney has argued at campaign events in the state, and in his Ohio TV ad, that he would be better for the auto industry than Obama, whom he said hasn’t prevented jobs from leaving the country. His advertisement highlights what it calls Chrysler’s desire to “return” Jeeps to China, without saying the company is expanding its North America Jeep operations. Jeep has a production facility in Toledo, Ohio. Radio Ad Even as Ohio newspapers including the Cleveland Plain- Dealer and Columbus Dispatch panned Romney’s TV ad on Jeep’s China plans as misleading, his campaign began airing a minute- long radio spot making similar claims. “And now comes word that Chrysler plans to start making Jeeps in -- you guessed it -- China,” a narrator says in the radio spot. “What happened to the promises made to autoworkers in Toledo and throughout Ohio -- the same hard-working men and women who were told that Obama’s auto bailout would help them?” The Cleveland Plain Dealer in an editorial yesterday called the ads a “ploy,” showing that Romney is “flailing in Ohio.” In a fact-check of the TV ad, the Columbus Dispatch begins its analysis by writing, “Oh boy.” Oh Boy is right want to try some more spin???

It was simply, flat out, false. Jeep is expanding production in the US. It is also setting up production in China to support sales to China. This is exactly the same reason as WV, Toyota, Mercedes set up production lines in the US for the US market. It is actually a sign of Jeep's success: American designed vehicles are being bought by foreigners, returning the profits to an American manufacturer. It is like claiming that the fact that troops care returning from Iraq shows that the war was lost. Romney is a businessman. If he had read the report, he would have understood it. But somebody fed him a headline which suited his needs, so he didn't check it out. I think this shows Romney reacting badly under pressure: accepting things that he wants to hear, not things that are true. Suppose this false news had been about terrorists, or North Korean troop movements?

Romney and reality...

I don't much care for hurt feelings in a politcal capacity...it rather comes with the territory. But of course, you are no doubt aware that Romney's claim about Jeep jobs being outsourced to China is false. He didn't "call" Obama on anything, he made a false statement. Not the first mind you.

Another whacko righty agenda question. You should crawl back into your hole. Idiot.

Romney is a liar, that's well known FACT. Who can trust a liar?

I think his feelings are hurt because he's being blamed for something he didn't do, or indeed is capable of doing. Well, not capable of doing unless he becomes the president of Jeep.

I'll never feel sorry for him. He has a lot of repenting to do.