Original sentence: "  It did not disclose that Obama, speaking in the 2008 campaign, had been quoting an email from an aide to his opponent, John McCain, which concerned McCain's campaign strategy, not Obama's.In his previous campaign, Romney had begun television advertising in March 2007.In the 2012 cycle, however, his first advertisement did not air until November 2011.It included a clip of Obama apparently saying, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose
Edited sentence: "  A number of articles were published questioning if this incident, in conjunction with the dog incident, reflected badly on Romney's character...(Several of these issues were rehashes of allegations made about Romney during previous campaigns that were brought up again in 2012.According Matthew Friedemann, a friend of Romney's during that time time (as reported by the Washington Post, "Friedemann entered Stevens Hall off the school’s collegiate quad to find Romney marching out of his own room ahead of a prep school posse shouting about their plan to cut Lauber’s hair.As Lauber, his eyes filling with tears, screamed for help, Romney repeatedly clipped his hair with a pair of scissors.Friedemann followed them to a nearby room where they came upon Lauber, tackled him and pinned him to the ground.In May of 2012, information came out that Mitt Romney had allegedly been one of the main perpetrators in an attack on a then-closeted homosexual classmate at the [Cranbrook_Schools|Cranbrook] prep school.It included a clip of Obama apparently saying, "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose," clearly implying that Obama himself did not want to discuss the economy during the 2012 campaign.Romeny's first major television spot In the 2012 cycle has also been called out as an example of Romney's misleading or inaccurate public statements.The ad did not disclose that clip was actually taken of Obama, speaking in the 2008 campaign, who was quoting an email written by an aide of  his then-opponent, John McCain, which concerned McCain's campaign strategy, not Obama's.Various criticisms were made during the campaign about Romney's character, consistency on issues, and honesty by his primary opponents and the media