COMMENTARY | During the GOP presidential debate in Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Monday night, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney deemed a super PAC attack ad put together by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich's supporters as "the biggest hoax since Bigfoot," as reported by Fox Nation.
Romney "walked into that one" bringing up Bigfoot because the charges that he flip-flops by Democrats, Republicans and pundits seem about as commonplace as Bigfoot sightings in this country.
According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization's webpage regarding "comprehensive database of credible sightings and related reports," as of Monday, there have been 525 sightings/reports of Bigfoot/Sasquatch in Washington, followed by California with 425. Romney's Massachusetts has 18.
Granted, just because people claim someone does this or that doesn't make it so any more than when someone claims to see a UFO or Bigfoot. But when charges or sightings come from many different places, they need to be looked at.
In December, The Washington Post's The Fact Checker ran a column investigating 10 charges made in a Democratic National Committee ad accusing Romney of flip-flopping on the issues, ranging from his positions on global warming to the TARP bailout. Only three charges actually stuck per the article, including his flip-flop about not signing one no-new-taxes pledge before later signing another. Six other charges got one to four "Pinocchios." One was deemed uncertain.
Imagine if 10 people claimed to see Bigfoot running around their area, and three really did and could prove it so convincingly beyond footage and reports shown during the TV show "In Search Of ..." from 1977, seen at YouTube. That would be national news just like Romney being caught in actual flip-flops is national news.
It's not just Democrats that accuse Romney of flip-flopping, but Republicans, too. For instance, Texas Gov. Rick Perry accused Romney of flip-flopping on health care and gun owners' rights during a debate in September in Orlando, Fla., according to the Associated Press.
Romney is constantly deemed a flip-flopper because he does do it. Not always, but enough to where the label sticks. The real question for voters is whether they can trust him to actually keep his current positions if he's elected president or if his campaign promises will turn out to be "the biggest hoax since Bigfoot" in the minds of skeptics.
Which is more credible, Romney's convictions or Bigfoot sightings?
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