Romney's Latest Pathetic Distortion

You've got to be kidding. 

Now Mitt Romney has taken a little, harmless off-the-cuff remark made by President Obama Friday and tried to turn it into a big negative deal on the campaign trail. 

President Obama, at a campaign appearance in Ohio on Friday, Nov. 2, heard some people boo-ing at the mention of Romney.  Obama responded by saying:  "Don't boo, vote....voting's the best revenge.."

Now, Romney is running a campaign commercial focusing solely on this "nothing" moment.  Except Romney has attempted to transform it into a very serious matter. 
In the TV ad, Romney is seen asking an audience of his supporters, "Did you see what President Obama said today? He asked his supporters to vote for revenge -- for revenge..."
The ad then shows an excerpt of Obama's remark, with just his words about "revenge" so that it's taken completely out of context.  (with nothing showing Obama's response to the people supporters booing Romney's name,etc.)
Then, the camera focuses back on Romney, who says, "Instead, I ask the American people to vote for love of their country."

So, Romney uses this pitiful ad to portray himself as the "good" person with only the most noble, patriotic intentions while trying to make Obama look like a "bad man" motivated by revenge.  Romney had to know that Obama was NOT really urging his supporters to vote out of revenge, but that didn't stop him.  He's got no moral compass.  Anything to win.  He's much more of a sleazy huckster than members of the media or the public seems to think.  Do you think Romney's campaign decisions and moves are motivated by his "love of country"?  He'd probably try to sell you on that.

You can't tell how desparate Romney felt when he made this ad because he distorts, lies and misleads every single day. 
In my view, while some might view this ad as irrelevant, I see it as a metaphor for Romney's entire campaign.  He's got the media covering this lame, little negative ad as a "campaign development" without, instead, explaining how misleading and base-less the ad is or questioning how Romney could even run such an ad.  Shame on the news media, including those political reporters assigned to the campaign fulltime for failing to draw attention to the mendacity of Romney's campaign remarks.

If Romney wins this election blatantly twisting events and facts like this, he surely will not deserve the victory.  Win or lose, Romney has displayed "new lows" in terms of the bull he slings on the campaign trail.