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Mitt Romney: Gold Medal in Dishonesty

Tuesday, 07 August 2012 13:02 By Dr Brian Moench, Truthout | News Analysis

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the presumed Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a campaign event at the Bowling Green Community Center in Bowling Green, Ohio, July 18, 2012. (Photo: Madalyn Ruggiero / The New York Times) Even as Mitt and Ann Romney were going for a gold medal with their dressage horse, Rafalca, in the London Summer Olympics, Mitt already - in my opinion - had a gold medal wrapped up. Maybe not for horse dancing, but for mental gymnastics, and by that I mean lying. And not just for lying about his Bain Capital tenure, or being deliberately deceitful about Obama. I think a serious fundamental defect in Mitt has been on display for a long time.

In 1969, at age 19, I went on a Mormon mission just like Mitt. I eventually supervised about 200 other missionaries. A few years later, while living in Boston during my medical residency, I also attended the same church as Mitt and Ann Romney. Mitt had several high callings from the Mormon Church hierarchy during his time in Boston, eventually supervising the ecclesiastic affairs of about 4,000 Boston Mormons, much like a shepherd watching over his flock. Ann and my wife shared positions of responsibility in our local "ward," and in that capacity, Ann was in our home several times.

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