MItt Romney's own words, taken out of context because turnabout is fun

By Richard K. Barry

You may recall the Mitt Romney campaign ad in which he takes a quote by President Obama out of context to make it look like Obama is saying, "if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose." Those words were in fact spoken by a strategist for Sen. John McCain during the 2008 campaign, and Obama was simply citing something his opponent's team had said.

To make matters worse, a Romney aid defended the ad, claiming that this is standard practice in politics. It's only standard practice if you're a liar, of course. What Romney's campaign did was to lie by misattribution. A lie is a lie.

Just for fun, the folks at ThinkProgress strung together a bunch of quotes by Romney taken out of context in much the same way. It's a silly little exercise, but it makes a point. How do you like it, Mitt? Is this okay with you?

(Cross-posted at Lippmann's Ghost.)