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Clinton slams Romney: Jeep ad the ‘biggest load of bull in the world’

Former President Bill Clinton on Monday blasted Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney over a misleading advertisement his campaign recently released. “Now it turns out that Jeep is reopening in China because they made so much money here they can afford to do it and they are going on with their…

Maddow: ‘There’s been a truthfulness problem with the Romney campaign’

Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, MSNBC host Rachel Maddow highlighted a recent claim by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney that she said hallmarks the serious “truthfulness problem” his campaign has exhibited. Romney told voters in Defiance, Ohio recently that he read an article which claimed that auto-maker…

Romney doubles down on misleading Jeep claim Chrysler called ‘fantasies’

Speaking to voters in Ohio recently, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that President Barack Obama’s auto bailout has been such a failure that auto-maker Jeep is “thinking of moving all production to China.” Although journalists, and even Chrysler itself, quickly pointed out that claim has absolutely no basis in…

Rev. Jesse Jackson arrested over ‘Bainport’ protest against ‘economic terrorism’

Rev. Jesse Jackson and 13 other employees of Sensata Technologies in Freeport, Maine were arrested Wednesday evening after stepping onto company property, in an act of civil disobedience Jackson said he hopes will get Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, to rethink its…

Texas church faces complaint over ‘Vote for the Mormon, not the Muslim’ sign

A small non-denominational church in Texas violated federal tax law by urging passers-by to vote for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Ray Miller, pastor of the Church in the Valley in Leakey, last week posted a message on the church’s…

SNL: Romney vows to legalize mass bird killing at presidential debate

Continuing his anti-bird policies, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney vowed to allow the mass killing of birds to lower gas prices in Saturday Night Live‘s version of the second presidential debate. During the debate, Romney and Obama nearly came to blows on multiple occasions — and Romney’s oldest son, Tagg,…

Watch: Romney and Ryan campaign stop with John Rich of ‘Big & Rich’

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) hold a campaign rally in Daytona Beach, Florida, Friday with country singer John Rich of the popular duo Big & Rich. Watch the rally, courtesy of NBC News, below. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and…

‘Binders full of women’ musical parodies pop up on YouTube

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spontaneously gave birth to an Internet meme on Tuesday night after saying he had “binders full of women” as governor of Massachusetts. Along with the predictable photo captions and images, Romney’s comment has also inspired some musical parodies. Watch video, uploaded to YouTube by DumasDED,…

Report: Romney’s ‘binders full of women’ story not true

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s story about having “binders full of women” brought to him while assembling his Massachusetts state cabinet years ago is not true, according to a Boston Phoenix report Wednesday morning. While Romney did get a binder listing qualified female candidates after being elected governor in 2003,…

Romney: Two parents, not gun control, will change ‘culture of violence’

During the second presidential debate on Tuesday night, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said the United States needed to “change the culture of violence we have” by promoting marriage. The GOP candidate said he didn’t support any new legislation to restrict access to guns. Romney agreed with President Barack Obama…