From the Boston Phoenix: (H/T The Page)
Two women contacted the Mitt Romney campaign this week, offering their memories of seeing Romney’s father march with Martin Luther King Jr., in Grosse Point Michigan in 1963. Campaign officials were well aware that the women were mistaken. Yet, they directed those women to tell their stories to a Politico reporter. …
Then-governor George Romney did indeed march in Grosse Pointe, on Saturday, June 29, 1963, but Martin Luther King Jr. was not there; he was in New Brunswick, New Jersey, addressing the closing session of the annual New Jersey AFL-CIO labor institute at Rutgers University.
Those facts are indisputable, and quite frankly, the campaign must have known the women’s story would eventually be debunked — few people’s every daily movement has been as closely tracked and documented as King’s. As I write this, I am looking at an article from page E8 of the June 30, 1963 Chicago Tribune, which discusses both events (among other civil-rights actions of the previous day), clearly placing the two men hundreds of miles apart. I also have here the June 30, 1963 San Antonio News, which carries a photo and article about Romney at the Grosse Pointe march; and an AP story about King’s speech in New Jersey.
The Politico story is here. This echoes previous unprofessional and unethical behavior by the Romney campaign:
Deepening the mystery surrounding the anti-Mormon polling calls, the Romney campaign is confirming that it referred reporters to two recipients of the calls without disclosing that the two were also on the Romney campaign payroll, TPM Election Central has learned.
In response to questions from TPM Election Central, Romney spokesman Kevin Madden confirmed that the campaign had failed to disclose this info to reporters. Madden suggested that the campaign had identified them as "supporters," which is a far cry from being directly paid by the campaign, as the two call recipients were.
Of course, this is par for the course for a campaign whose staff and volunteer officials seem to resign regularly under criminal investigations.
3 Comments
Rachel · December 23, 2007 at 8:51 PM
The Romney campaign has known that George Romney did not march with MLK, yet they still are pushing the idea that he did.
Here is another Romney lie.
And yesterday, after being called on the issue, he offered more specifics. He told reporters in Iowa that he recalled his father changing his mind, and deciding to march even though it was Sunday.
http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid53414.aspx
Mitt Romney: A Smooth, Fast-Talking Politician « Fundamentally Reformed · December 23, 2007 at 9:37 AM
[…] Other instances could be given, but many of those could properly be credited to legitimate growing and changing his mind. But all in all, when you add all of this up, the picture becomes fairly convincing that Romney is all talk. Especially when you consider his underhanded (our outright dishonest) campaigning. […]
BizzyBlog » Romney, Grosse Pointe, and the Push Poll · December 28, 2007 at 10:45 AM
[…] EyeOn08 hears an echo from the past in the “I saw” story, citing a TPM Election Central post from November 21: ….. the Romney campaign is confirming that it referred reporters to two recipients of the calls without disclosing that the two were also on the Romney campaign payroll, TPM Election Central has learned. […]
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