http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/collection/politics/sort/latest-pops/http://rss.clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/collection/politics/sort/latest-pops/15Clip, tag and save information that's important to you. Bookmarks save entire pages...Clipmarks save the specific content that matters to you!en-ushttp://clipmarks.com/clipmark/9E3043F7-D77F-44EB-95D5-3BA47136A020/<b>clipped by:</b> <a href="http://clipmarks.com/clipper/CrazyRedHead/">CrazyRedHead</a><br><div border="2" style="margin-top: 10px; border:#000000 1px solid;" width="90%"><div style="background-color:"><div align="center" width="100%" style="padding:4px;margin-bottom:4px;background-color:#666666;overflow:hidden;"><span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-weight:bold;">Clip Source: <a style="color:#FFFFFF;" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3082350.ece" title="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3082350.ece">www.timesonline.co.uk</a></span></div><div style="padding: 10px;"><img src="http://clipmarks.com/image_cache/CrazyRedHead/512/8E651F5F-F43F-418B-BBD4-E9F9CE6D0662.jpg" alt="Senator of Massachesetts, Mitt Romney, at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference in Memphis" /><br /></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Politicians hate the word lie. When caught dissembling, they will concede that they misspoke, or misremembered</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> Now Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential candidate, has added another entry to the lexicon of political euphemisms for the blatant fib. </P></div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> When he said that as a boy he “saw” his father march with the civil rights leader Martin Luther King — a claim debunked yesterday — Mr Romney now says that he used the word “saw” as a figure of speech. </div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Romney conceded that he had only heard of his father marching</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"> Mr Romney’s Clintonesque explanations have so far not badly damaged his standing, although he recently lost his lead in Iowa</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">his father’s explanation for why he supported the Vietnam War</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">destroyed his campaign</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;">Mr Romney Sr said that he had been subjected to a “brainwashing” by US generals during a visit to Vietnam.</div></div><hr size="2" color="#666666" /><div style="padding: 10px;"><div style="text-align:left;"><P> He was ridiculed for the statement and his presidential bid collapsed. </P></div></div></div></div><br><div style="margin-bottom: 40px;">Tags: <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/politics/" rel="tag">politics</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/romney/" rel="tag">romney</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/president/" rel="tag">president</a>, <a href="http://clipmarks.com/tags/idiots/" rel="tag">idiots</a></div>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3082350.eceSat, 22 Dec 2007 04:51:41 GMT