ROMNEY: LIAR, OR MORON? Maybe it's just me, but the fact that the leading fundraiser among Republican Presidential candidates is either ignorant of the most basic facts about the Iraq War or is a shameless liar strikes me as significant. But hey, that lie worked for the last Republican campaign, so why not? What's more, if you recall from the 2000 campaign, even according to some of our liberal columnists, whether you repeatedly tell bald-faced lies about your policies and your opponent's policies is less important than whether you sigh too much; and pointing out someone else's lies makes you seem like a "know-it-all." So Romney is just playing by the established rules. And it's not like his competition has a better grasp on reality... UPDATE: Needless to say, the fact that Romney is unfamiliar with even the most rudimentary facts about the most important issue of the day doesn't stop him from being declared the winner by the internet's premier source for political haircut news...
--Scott Lemieux
