The lies just keep flying.
Mitt Romney claimed “I saw my father march with Martin Luther King”. Except it isn’t true. It never happened. George Romney never marched with Martin Luther King Jr. Mitt Romney, like with almost everything else in his campaign, apparently made it up. Romney’s campaign cited various historical articles, as well as a 1967 book written by Stephen Hess and Washington Post political columnist David Broder, as confirmation that George Romney marched with King in Grosse Pointe in 1963. “He has [...]
UPDATE: See the comment below. This one just may be bogus. My apologies for jumping on board.
Tags: 2008 Election, Romney
2 responses so far ↓
Joshua // December 21, 2007 at 7:05 pm |
there is no lie…I can’t believe how much of an issue this is. It’s clear if you look at the entire quote in context instead of that one sentence then you would undoubtedly determine that it was a figurative recolection. It did happen, Mitt’s father told Mitt and his brother about it. There is also as you stated toward the end of this very unfair excerpt that a non fiction book was written, that documented this happened. Also there are independent eye wittness accounts. See this link.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1207/7524.html
john // December 22, 2007 at 1:41 am |
It amazes me how fast people judge before learning if the facts are true. Please take a look at the information backing up Mitt Romney’s claim that his dad DID march with Martin Luther King.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NmEyOTMzNWQzOTNmZDhlNThjMjUyOWZkODZlNGE5NTM=