Claim: Rick Perry's campaign claims Mitt Romney's 2010 book "praises Obama's $800 billion stimulus, while  2011 edition calls it a 'failure.' " Not so. It's true that Romney revised his words in the paperback edition, but his original version said the stimulus was "far less than successful," and that "it will impose a heavy burden on the economy." Those words were edited out of a Perry Web video to make it appear that Romney made a 180-degree turn,
Fact-check: Revising Romney's Revision - FactCheck.org
Verdict: rick perry's campaign claims mitt romney's 2010 book "praises obama's $800 billion stimulus, while  2011 edition calls it a 'failure.' " not so. it's true that romney revised his words in the paperback edition, but his original version said the stimulus was "far less than successful," and that "it will impose a heavy burden on the economy." those words were edited out of a perry web video to make it appear that romney made a 180-degree turn,
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Robert Farley
Date published: 2011-09-30T21:05:56