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August 29, 2012 at 8:08 am

Reality Check: FOX News Catches Mitt Romney in a Lie

Ben Swann Reality Check was given a few minutes with Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan. Ben asked Romney about the RNC stripping Maine delegates of their credentials. Did Romney answer honestly?

 
 
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  • Conservadiva

    Sorry to hear this. Sounds more like the DNC than the RNC. Dick Armey is correct, this should not happen. It would actually be better for Romney if he allows dissent. It is false to think that unilateral agreement is better. It might be easier for the candidates’ image, but not for the political process. Grass roots must know that they have a voice. Without grass roots support, a candidates might as well crown themselves, and skip the election all together. But then where is their mandate? It evaporates. And the resentment that this brings about from legitimate delegates being barred is nasty and wrong. How does the state of Maine feel now? Will Maine vote for Obama?

  • LocalYokel35

    Perhaps all the “party above patriotism” freaks can now attempt to explain the obvious pattern in their version of “the end justifies the means” and the democrat party actions in both railroaded and blocked legislative process. All echos from proud members of either party convict both themselves and their sources of the same treasonous actions committed by the elect refusing to up hold their sworn oaths of office. This contagious practice of rule changing is exactly what has frozen the Senate and the executive branch in their mode of treasonous atrocity.
    Can the Supreme Court be far behind?

  • http://www.facebook.com/treii28 Scott Webster Wood

    you mean a lie like “I’m going to repeal Obamacare my first day in office” – presidents do repeals now? since when?

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Pete-Callaro/1553690362 Pete Callaro

      Since Obama reapealed and replaced Work for Welfare!

    • BigGeezer

      congress will be in session before and they will have the legislation in place to repeal obamacare on Romney’s first day in office. That is how our country works.

    • Jim

      He can do it by Executive Order…to let people know he means it…then wait for the Congress to act on it before signing it off.

  • http://www.facebook.com/bruce.jacobs.376 Bruce Jacobs

    One of many reasons why Romney has never been my choice. It’s a real shame that Ryan has now been taken out of action in the House and pushed to the background. His leadership is now lost.

    • Tiger802

      No its not. He’ll still be in politics and pushing as he has always done. Just because he’s not going to be the president does not mean that he will not still accomplish great things. He’s the one who got Congress to look at the Fed. Res. and I doubt he’ll give up fighting. Though he wasn’t my presidential choice, I do like Ron Paul. I REALLY like his son. That man will go far.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Pete-Callaro/1553690362 Pete Callaro

    It’s their club. If people don’t like it they can start their own club.

    • tryingtomakeit

      Sounds good to me…A We the People party…which Strictly follows the Constitution….believes in term limits for all in Congress and the supreme court. One that will see to it that the laws are enforced…not ignored.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Rhonda-Reichel/1339255666 Rhonda Reichel

    You really want this lying weasel? He doesn’t know anything about it???? INCREDIBLE the big balls this idiot has.

    Really? We should vote for you when you stack the deck and deny us representation?

    The RNC —on Romney’s campaign urging —-threw out THE WHOLE STATE OF MAINE nullifying their delegates….do you understand the implications of this? Can you give me ONE GOOD REASON why this should be happening?

    If you think this is right then you must think communism is great.

  • Zulu

    I can’t thing of a thing that would keep me from voting for Mitt. No one could ever top the misdeeds of Obama. I hope the American people will get together and give Romney a landslide victory.

    • Hula’s Market Place

      How about if you pull your head out of the sand and go see 2012 and then you will RUN to vote for Mitt. Listen to Obama’s own words, his family and his fathers friends and you will know exactly what this man’s plan is and it is NOT good.

  • holdyourhorses

    Oh brother, this is old news, and blown out of portion. This issue has been settled, and everyone is happy except the Paul supporters who wouldn’t be happy about anything unless Ron Paul won, and sorry he didn’t. This had to do with delegates who excepted the appointment as Romney and Santorum votes, but once they got in they changed their vote to Paul. There was no rule on the books that specifically said they couldn’t, but in my opinion there shouldn’t need to be, it’s common sense. They lied to get more delegates for Paul. You just don’t do that. What this little trick has done, is give libertarians a bad name, especially the Ron Paul libertarians. This is something an OWS’er would do, something an Obama koolaid drinker would do, not a principled adult conservative. Not good.

    • Tom in Orlando

      Thanks for clarifying this. typical non-news story. I did not vote for Romney in the Florida Primary but I knew that he would likley be the nominee and knew that I would be fully and happily supporting him or the ultimate GOP nominee. The Ron Paul supporters need to grow up. Ron is a Republican and he did not come close to winning. As Republicans we need to support our nominee or we will have Obama for four more tragic years.

    • jahsoul

      Really? That’s not really what happen. Most people didn’t hide their support for Ron Paul and were voted in as delegates. Most of these situations came because of “establishment” (I use that word with a grain of salt) republicans didn’t like how the conventions were going and they didn’t follow the rules that are in the books. This split a lot of conventions. Now seeing that the RNC officially began supporting Romney as the candidate months before the convention, who did you think was going to win that battle? Your whole post is disinformation.

      I’m not rabid like some of Ron Paul supporters (which I admit, some are..lol) but I place truth and facts over a party any day.

      And can you tell me what make Mitt Romney a principled adult conservative? If you can, tell me what made him a moderate 4 years earlier?

  • Stealth

    I DON’T BELIEVE THE LIBERAL ( CONTROLLED ) MEDIA-PERIOD!!! ALL you SOB’s will go down in the end..

  • Dot

    Documents relating to this? Obama interview? Are you kidding me? Fat chance!

  • rich_47

    I can not believe how stupid this is!!! Where do they keep getting these MORONS!!!

    • Tiger802

      Uuhhhhh….people keep voting them in? Who are the morons? I mean no insult, but really…most people don’t even know who they’re voting for, what the performance records are of these people. Nothing. Its too much work for most people to bother. But, oh boy! Ask them about who’s winning on “The Voice” or American Idol and they’ll tell you.

  • DJ

    It has truly become a two party dictatorship.

  • Jim

    Even the so called Fair Fox can’t let a day go by without dissing Romney? This reporter (commentator) says all this BS about Romney, calling him a liar…maybe the commentator is ‘spinning ‘things a bit and he is lying. Mitt says he was not aware of something…maybe that is the truth…If we go to Hell, the entrance will be the front door of a branch of media.
    Ron Paul people should be the ones with bowed heads…They lost but do not have the guts to now support the man who was chosen BY THE VOTERS!! Ron Paul is just full of Ron Paul…Get over it and be a man!!!

    • BigGeezer

      this so called reporter is a ron paul stooge… dishonest attempt to question the process.

    • jahsoul

      Actually, if you have been keeping up with the Primary process and even the convention, you would have a little insight into what’s going on.

      Whether you like Ron Paul or not, the thing that he brought to the table was people having a mind for themselves in the political area. Party loyalty is a sham, especially when you have someone such as Mitt Romney who, in essence, follows the popular stance wherever he is. But you would only know this if you chose to get the information yourself and not be spoonfed by whoever.

      Also, back t the original point of Romney lying; he is..
      1. The Romney administration (along with the RNC) had a hand in the compromises and Maine reversal of delegates.

      2. Romney’s lawyer is the one who came up with the rules to have the grassroots squashed out.

      So, before insults fly, look more into the situation. Also, if you are voting for Romney just because he is a republican and not on his policies, maybe you should be the one with head bowed. This is the same mentality that got President Obama elected.

      • Jim

        Actually, it is people like you who got Obama elected…and may try again,-I don’t know. To assume I do not follow this political contest is a bit foolish,-remember,-assmue…
        I follow Mitt Romney’s history and actions, as well as Paul, Obama and the rest. I have no idea what your reference to me about following the convention.
        “…such as Mitt Romney who, in essence, follows the popular stance wherever he is…”
        And this is bad? Romney is trying to be the leader of this Nation…He should ignore the “Popular stance?” He is a man who knows how to find out what is needed and then to do what is needed. In this case, he needed to be a conservative Republican,-and that is what he has become. He is an astute businessman, knows how to get things done in a positive manner.
        Your attitude is really weird,-as of it is only what I say that’s important or not. This is not about me,-It is about the leader of this nation. You seem to share with Ron Paul the desire to be the center of things with your opinion and disregard who is most qualified to lead this nation.
        I’ll say it again…Mitt Romney is an honorable man who knows how to get things done. Ron Paul is a selfish man who has only himself on his mind and refuses to do what is necessary to keep Obama out of the office of the Presidency. He lost. Now he (AND YOU?) get behind the man who won. The voters made it happen.
        Oh…Ronald Reagan was a Democrat until he ran for public office.

        • jahsoul

          “Your attitude is really weird,-as of it is only what I say that’s
          important or not. This is not about me,-It is about the leader of this
          nation. You seem to share with Ron Paul the desire to be the center of
          things with your opinion and disregard who is most qualified to lead
          this nation”

          Where did you get this from? How can you say that I want to be center of things with my opinion then proceed to give me sentence after sentence of opinion?

          I supported Ron Paul because he stands behind the CONSTITUTION. You know, the rule of law that set the United States apart from every country in this world. I don’t see myself as a republican, democrat, libertarian…..I am a Constitutionalist. I believe in the liberties that the founders of this country fought for.

          And if you followed Mitt Romney’s history, you would know his record as a public official. If you want to talk about who is qualified to lead, Gary Johnson did more for the state of New Mexico than Romney could have ever hoped to accomplish. What is Romney’s most important achievement as a governor? Yeah, Romneycard (which he work with Ted Kennedy to accomplish).

          I don’t have to get behind anyone because he won the nomination. I vote policies over party. Just because he has a (R) attached to his name doesn’t make him the right candidate.

          And I’m not the biggest Ronald Reagan fan. He made government bigger.

          • tryingtomakeit

            Hoo rah on your stance about the Constitution!

        • tryingtomakeit

          Ron Paul is not a selfish man. Until you have walked in his shoes..do not judge.

  • http://www.facebook.com/richard.gregory.90226 Richard Gregory

    Dr Paul should be the nominee

    • BigGeezer

      no he should not… ron paul did not win a single caucus. That’s a fact and in our great country… we rely on rules and laws.

      • jahsoul

        Actually if you kept up, Paul did follow the rules. Most caucuses are beauty pageants; nothing more, nothing less. Supporters followed the rules set forth by the RNC. Ron Paul had more grassroots support than any other candidate.

        • BigGeezer

          you’ve
          got to be kidding. You’ve got no clue what you’re talking about.
          paul didn’t even get the required 20% of delegates to get on the ballet.
          Grassroots… Santorum, Gingrich and Romney had the huge grassroots vote and
          support thats why they got all the votes. Get a clue… Romney is the
          nominee… paul needs to go home and retire. A couple of months ago I
          would have supported him for Treasury… but now that he’s shown his lack of
          integrity and courage by not telling his cult to get behind Romney and win this
          election… he’s done… and needs to go home.

          • jahsoul

            Actually, before the Convention, the rules stated that he must get the petition of 5 states in order to be on the ballot. He got 6 and then the RNC changed the rules on the spot to 8 states.

            And I find it funny and ironic that you say a man lacks integrity and courage while displaying integrity and courage by going with his conscious instead of getting behind a man he doesn’t believe in.

            Another funny thing, George Romney and Barry Goldwater. Look it up…

  • puff puff

    Neither Ben Swann nor I have any idea what Gov Romney knew and when and he accuses Romney of lying. He forgot that he used deception himself when he agreed to an interview on a certain topic and he insisted on bringing up another! Swann has no room to talk about “catching Romney in a lie. He’s apparently as much as liar as he considers Romney to be!

  • Russ

    Wow, I would love to see Obama gone, but Romney and his lawyers basically made voting in the Primaries an entire waste of time. Seems like I remember hearing about Obama fixing votes and everyone being sooooo disgusted about it. But way to go Mitt, it’s only wrong when the other guy does it. No one will convience me that voting for the same old corrupt two party crap is some how good, but voting for someone that has shown honesty and integrity is a wasted vote. As I see it, you are the person wasting the vote. Romney’s power grab should inferiate you.

  • NO2OBAMA

    How about a reality check on Ben Swan? Romney didn’t say he wasn’t worried about the delegates, he said he wasn’t worried about receiving the nomination. This election for President is very important. One of 2 candidates will win. All of the Ron Paul supporters might as well be voting for Obama if they either fail to vote or vote for someone other than Romney. Remember Ross Perot??

    • jahsoul

      Considering that Mitt Romney and Barack Obama’s policies are somewhat similar, what is the difference. It’s crazy how people tell me that I should vote for Romney because I’m a republican but can’t tell me anything that Romney stands for. Thankfully, my dad indirectly showed me that you vote your conscious.

      • Jim

        You, obviously are not well informed. Or you just do not care what happens to this nation. If you ever listen to what happens, things shown on TV, at the convention and on road speeches, you would know what Romney stands for. He tells it at every opportunity. I think you just like to argue, devil take any truth or facts. Winning, even an argument, means nothing if it is only for the sake of ‘winning.’
        Oh, and tell your dad that voting means nothing if it for a losing cause. We vote for winners, not losers. My man was Newt Gingrich. He lost. Now it’s Romney. A good man does what is necessary to improve a bad situation. In this case, the bad situation is Obama. Now what are you going to do about it? Win an argument or… help save a Nation?

        • jahsoul

          Again Jim (lol), you seem so quickly to vote for a man who has changed his stance on every important issue in this race. We all know that the media has a tilt so I chose to educate myself on candidates before I support them. What I saw in Romney was he didn’t know what he supported. He changed his opinion so much, I don’t know what to believe with him. Do you want gun control or not? Are you pro-life or pro-choice? Why are you so against Obamacare when you created the blueprint? I don’t want Obama in office for another 4 years but Romney is promising us the moon but hasn’t provided any means to get there, the same way Obama screamed “Change” from the mountain top but what was he going to change?

          How many people in the GOP primary serve in the military yet, most believe in offensive wars and intervention?

          We aren’t that different Jim. I want to help save the Nation but I don’t believe in voting against someone; I believe in voting for someone.

          • Jim

            Again, jahsoul, you need to listen to yourself.
            LOL All you need to do is listen to any Romney speech to understand
            what he intends to do to save this nation. Both he and Ryan have spelled it out
            many times.

            Romney is a proven businessman and knows how to balance a budget, cut spending
            and return a profit…reduce the debt.

            Paul Ryan has already proven he is capable of doing what is necessary to have a
            budget for this country.

            What Romney did as Governor has little to do with what he intends to do now. A
            capable man can adjust to whatever situation comes up. That is a talent. Ronald
            Reagan did it. Even Bill Clinton did it with help from Newt Gingrich.

            Romney is anti-gun control…pro life…pro- balanced budget. He is pro oil,
            natural gas and coal development. Anti unfair trade conditions with
            China…wants to extend our world wide trade partners…bring manufacturing
            back to the US…Strengthen our military…

            Hey, guy…read and listen up a little. It is all out there. Ron Paul has some
            good ideas but he can’t accept that this is a world community now. FDR did what
            Ron Paul advocates and it helped create the situation that encouraged Japan’s
            attack on Pearl Harbor. And we neglected our allies in
            the late thirties to the point that Hitler decided he wouldn’t worry about us.
            Same thing with the Gulf war. So Hitler attacked and Hussein attacked. We
            cannot isolate ourselves from the world. We need our allies and they need us. E
            Pluribus Unum…

            Now, study some and pay attention before you respond to this. If you don’t make
            some really valid points, I won’t come back…Jim

          • jahsoul

            Jim, listen to yourself. You telling me to listen to a Romney speech but his speeches contradict his positions from years earlier.

            And why won’t we use what he did as governor, seeing that he ran a state. Running a company and state are 2 completely different types of experiences. And his experience in business apparently didn’t translate to running a state. Massachusetts under Romney was 47th in job growth, economic growth was slow, and ranked second in debt as a percentage of personal income. So why should I be so confident in what he can do for a country when he did very little for his state as governor. And again, I’m not very keen on Reagan; he made government bigger than what it already was.

            Paul Ryan’s budget (if you want to call it that) has serious flaws. First, his plan takes 30 years to balance the budget. And even during that time, his “cuts” come from projected growth. In layman’s terms, nothing is really getting cut from the deficit. I mean really, you raise the budget each year and cut from what’s getting raised is ludicrous.

            See, you say all of these thing about Romney but he said the opposite about himself years ago, so again, what am I really supposed to believe. It’s enough video evidence from the horse’s mouth to prove this point.

            And now you bring up the United States interventionism. FDR did nothing that the founders of this country (all of them believed in non-interventionism) advocate. If you don’t believe me, read the transcript from his “Four Freedoms” State of the Union. He was an interventionist from the get go. Tension between the US and Japan came about because Japan was expanding in China and we decided that it was best that they shouldn’t and started sending aid to China . Matter of fact, the fleet was in Pearl Harbor because FDR moved them from San Diego as an intimidation move. If we would have stayed true to our non interventionist ideals, we wouldn’t had a stake in the matter. The only good thing about us entering WWII was it got us out of the Depression (because the Roosevelt administration’s New Deal Come to think of it, I find it pretty funny that the GOP’s interventionist ways came from the most liberal Democrat to ever run this country.

            Why do we need our allies? What have they done for us? What aid has any country sent for our crumbling economy? What troops has any country sent for our national defense? To believe that we need our allies is fallacy. But you did speak one truth. They need us and it shows by government sending billions to these countries on the tax payer’s dime. Nothing we are doing is for this country’s defense.

            I’ve done enough studying before our encounter to know that even if you don’t come back, what I’ve written are documented facts that can’t really be disputed. I’m not trying to win an argument or debate. What I’m trying to get you to see is that I know everyone with a (R) or claims to be conservative is not always the best candidate. For me to blindly support a candidate is irresponsible. I’ve researched Romney and decided he is not the candidate for me. But it’s me exercising my right to vote for whomever I want and not being forced or coerced into voting a party. Like I stated earlier, I believe in voting for someone, not voting against them.

  • emjay98

    This man is not someone who should be throwing stones at anybody. In other words he agreed not to ask questions about delegates to get the interview, and lied by asking what was his gotcha question. Ben Swan you lied and you should be ashamed of yourself. Anything to try to cast aspersions on a Republican nominee any way you can manage it.

  • emjay98

    This action reminded me of something the Democrats would do, and it shouldn’t have been allowed. The no votes were obviously more that the yea votes. This however is not an endorsement of Ben Swan for misrepresenting what he intended to ask and agreed not to do so. We need to have honest representation from all, including the media. I do not pretend to know what was in Romney’s mind and if he had prior knowledge of this action so I cannot say he lied. This rule change might better have been changed at another time, with the agreement of a majority of Republicans.

  • 65bubbles

    Since you brought it up, have you caught any of Obama’s lies in the past 4 years?

  • major dad

    As a Evangelical Born Again Christian, I know Romney is a cult member, but he is better that Obmama

  • tryingtomakeit

    Even though I backed the Constitution loving Paul..I will vote for Romney. Why? Because he is the better of the two evils. With Romney, we can gradually get back our freedom. With Obama we will lose the REST of our Freedoms. So it is better to vote for a man who actually believes in God, and the Bible,even though it is not as most see it, than to vote for a Muslim, Marxist, Narcissist.

  • tryingtomakeit

    Tell me..does this sound like the Democrats today?

    Romans 1:21-32

    New International Version (NIV)

    21 For although they knew God, they
    neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became
    futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although
    they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23 and
    exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal
    human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

    24 Therefore God gave them over in
    the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of
    their bodies with one another. 25 They
    exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created
    things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

    26 Because of this, God gave them
    over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for
    unnatural ones. 27 In the same
    way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with
    lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received
    in themselves the due penalty for their error.

    28 Furthermore, just as they did
    not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over
    to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind
    of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder,
    strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers,
    God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil;
    they disobey their parents; 31 they
    have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree
    that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these
    very things but also approve of those who practice them.

 
 

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