Sometimes you can only spin so much. When asked on Thursday's Hardball whether Mitt Romney's latest anti-Obama ad was "accurate," Republican strategist John Feehery said it was "accurate enough" and then tried to change the subject.
Earlier that day, the Romney campaign premiered a web video elaborating on what has become a popular conservative line of attack: the claim that Barack Obama told small business owners they could not take credit for their own success, saying, "You didn't build that." In fact, as the Washington Post's Greg Sargent pointed out, Obama was pointing out that small business owners "didn't build" the roads, bridges and other infrastructure that were key to their success.
On Hardball, host Chris Matthews asked Feehery about his thoughts on the ad.
"Well, my thoughts are that the president made a lot of those comments— all those comments that were quoted in the ad," Feehery said. "But the big thing is, it's not about the ads, Chris."
"Well, is the ad accurate?" Matthews asked, cutting him off.
"It's about— Yeah, the ad is accurate enough."
Both Matthews and his other guest, Salon's Joan Walsh, were visibly amused.
"This is pathetic," Matthews said. "This is flakery."
After a heated exchange, Feehery attempted to pivot from discussing the accuracy of the ad. "The ads don't matter," he said. "The economy's what matters, and the president has done nothing for the economy."
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I saw that, and it was amusing,Feehery knows it is a lie, and so does anyone who heard or watched that speech. This is not the first time Romney has done this, but this new Republican party doesn't care, they just keep promoting the lie. Paul Ryan in my state wrote a whole article on it, and lied even more. Where is the old GOP? They would never have let this stand. I was encouraged with McCain coming forth on Bachmann's lies, I wish the old party members would stand up and be counted. They have let the Tea Party control them, time they found a backbone.
a very, very Nazi way to go, Mitt.
how could anyone with a brain vote for romney?
President Obama need to really explain to the american people why the economy is bad. The economy is bad because of the rep party, they block any job bill that the president tries to pass to put the american people back to work. They want it to look bad because they want to take control of the white house. What I don't understand is whether dem or rep why in heavens name people don't see this or is it because he is black and they don't want to see him succeed. What happens this election will affect all of us and whether black, white or hispanic we should want whats best for america. Mitt Romney is not the answer, not because he will not release his tax returns I could care less but because he has no direction. He will be a puppet for the rep party, grover and the 2 percent. The President has had a rough 4 years, but he has done a lot just imagine what he could do if he is re-elected and control the house and congress. The so call speaker of the house has no back bone, he cries more than a woman and is afraid to stand up for what he no is right because of the tea party and Mitch McConnell. I think the senators should be limited to a 8 year term just like the president, they get there on promises they make to their state and stay there on protecting different companies. We need to do whatever it takes to get people register to vote and let the big money donor's no that it does not matter how much money they spend, we will not allow them to buy this election. If there was a rep running for office that I thought could do a better job I would have no problem voting for him. WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!!