As Nov. 6 is approaching fast, Rolling Stone contributing editor Matt Taibbi confronted and revealed Republican candidate Mitt Romney's continuous change in stance in his Oct. 9 blog post.
Before his presidential nomination, Romney flirted with both pro and anti-choice views as well as reneged on his pro-gay rhetoric during the race for Massachusetts governor.
Fast forward to the present; Romney is still contorting his standpoints according to Taibbi. During the second debate held at Hofstra University, Romney stated that his job plan would create 12 million jobs based on three studies. However, one study stated 2 million jobs would be created if China stop infringing on U.S. patents, the second suggested that growth in the energy sector might create three more million jobs, while the last argued the Romney tax plan would cause more people to want to work. The study is meaningless considering that there are already more people who want to work than there are jobs available.
Where did Romney pull the 12 million figure from anyway? Romney has a tendency to use fabricated statistics with no mathematical significance to them whatsoever. He argued, for example, that 583,000 women lost their jobs under Obama. Following the debate, FactCheck.org stated:
"Romney claimed 580,000 women have lost jobs under Obama. The true figure is closer to 93,000."The Republican primary forced Mitt Romney to maintain a strong Right approach to assuring his victory. Now, however, the quickness of his answers and way in which he presents himself have pushed him to a statistical tie with Obama according to the Gallup polls.
Matt Taibbi is the political voice of reason for the politically unconscious and is fulfilling a journalistic duty to inform his readers of the truth especially during a vital and pivotal moment of the year; Election Day.
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