President Obama in Hilliard, Ohio, earlier Friday, slamming Mitt Romney's for falsely claiming that Chrysler plans to move their jobs to China in an effort to scare Jeep workers—and contrasting Romney's calculated dishonesty with his own record of pushing through his auto industry rescue package even when it was politically risky:



Transcript below the fold.

President Obama made the case that Romney's dishonest Jeep-to-China claim was a character issue. "You don't scare hardworking Americans just to scare up some votes," he said. "That's not what being President is all about. That's not leadership."

The president said that he pushed through his plan to save the auto industry even though it was deeply unpopular because "betting on American ingenuity and know how was right thing to do." Obama asked voters to reward him for taking the political risk that came with his plan, pointing out that while he was working to save the auto industry, Mitt Romney was trying to play it safe by opposing the bailout plan.

President Obama said that unlike Mitt Romney—who he said keeps on trying to to change the facts in order to close his sales pitch—voters know that he can be trusted. "Do you want a president who is actually to tell you what he believes and what he thinks?" Obama asked. "Or somebody who is going to—no—ya know, change the facts?" (That last line, if you watch the video is particularly stellar—he pauses, allowing the crowd to complete his sentence by shouting out Romney is a liar—but avoids using the word himself. It's vintage Obama—nobody is better than he is at getting other people to complete his sentences for him.)

The bottom-line, Obama said, is that he can be trusted. "You know where I stand," he said. "You know I tell the truth." And if voters reelect him: "I’ll fight for you and your families every single day, as hard as I know how."

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