The Washington Post fact checker is out with an analysis of what White House senior adviser David Plouffe had to say about Mitt Romney's record and the "obstruction" of congressional Republicans. Last Sunday on multiple shows Plouffe spoke of "an amazing article ...where Republicans in Congress are openly saying, ‘we’re not going to do anything until the election with the economy, because we want to help Mitt Romney.’" Then plouffe followed up by saying that when Romney was governor of Massachusetts, there were six government jobs created for every private sector job that was created. In other words, Plouffe spoke for the Obamacrats to accuse the GOP of intentionally tanking the economy for political purposes and to accuse Romney of being just a government jobs guy. According to the Washington Post, Plouffe's statement is a total lie; they gave it four Pinocchios, the worst possible ranking for the truth of a statement. The Post points out that the article to which Plouffe refers talks of Democrats who are refusing to compromise in order to help Obama by letting him campaign against GOP inaction. According to the article there is no hint of opposition from the GOP for the reason Plouffe suggests. Then the Post looks at the actual figures and finds that when Romney was governor, there were eleven private sector jobs created for each new public sector job, quite a different story from Plouffe's claim that it was six to one the other way.
When the Washington Post is pointing out lies by the Obama campaign, it may be time to say that the Obama penchant for lying is now common knowledge.
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