welcome back to the ed show. the republicans favorite attack dog is having a tough time defending mitt romney s latest lie. it took less than nine hours, pretty comical here, less than nine hours and two interviews for newt gingrich to break down and admit that romney s new welfare ad is simply not true. the romney camp started running this ad on monday, almost every major news outlet debunked it. here s why. president obama quietly announced a plan to gut welfare reform by dropping work requirements. totally untrue. in fact, we won t even show the rest of the ad, because it s so packed with lies. but here s the truth. states now do have the power to award temporary assistance. republican governors, they asked for this policy change. romney himself when he was governor asked for this change. states still have to fulfill welfare for work requirements. there is no welfare handout. newt gingrich admits he s just
build it, and completely not to mention the welfare ad, which bill clinton himself was wrong. i m just saying the standards seem to have shifted, don t even tell the truth anymore. i hey, they did this, so we re going to how is that a rationalization. i m not saying, but the bar has changed. why go lower? i think they all should be held to a higher bar, frankly. i ve heard this explanation, and the white house will say when responding on the david plouffe thing, colin powell did it, but you promised you were going to do things differently. he invited the higher level of scrutiny. but at we saw during the clinton years, which i remember clearly, was another time when it seems it was as bad as it s ever gotten, the horrible things, that hillary clinton murdered vince foster, and all this craziness, unfortunately
it s no laughing matter but will anyone take her seriously? plus, how can anyone walk away from this? two survivors tell their incredible life and death story. within three or four seconds, you re on the ground. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. president obama and governor romney proving to all of us tonight unfortunately how low they will go. new attack ads from both sides, ads that twist the truth that are, frankly, shocking and unacceptable. including the latest that holds bain capital or mitt romney responsible for causing a woman s death. a new romney ad blames obama for a war on religion. when religious freedom is threatened. we say this, for those of you who say these super pacs are to blame and not the candidates, i say to president obama and governor romney, step up and disavow any connection or live with the fact both of you are part of the problem and not the solution. with me now is former pennsylvania governor and former dnc chairman ed ren
all of our government. it s no laughing matter but will anyone take her seriously? plus, how can anyone walk away from this? two survivors tell their incredible life and death story. within three or four seconds, you re on the ground. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. president obama and governor romney proving to all of us tonight unfortunately how low they will go. new attack ads from both sides, ads that twist the truth that are, frankly, shocking and unacceptable. including the latest that holds bain capital or mitt romney responsible for causing a woman s death. a new romney ad blames obama for a war on religion. when religious freedom is threatened. we say this, for those of you who say these super pacs are to blame and not the candidates, i say to president obama and governor romney, step up and disavow any connection or live with the fact both of you are part of the problem and not the solution. with me now is former pennsylvania governor and for
health care. former pennsylvania governor ed rendell and tom romney adviser john sununu. also, guess who else is running for president? i do think that i m a leader and, you know, i think i ve proven that. yes, it s roseanne and the comic isn t joking. just everything s for sale, all of our government. it s no laughing matter but will anyone take her seriously? plus, how can anyone walk away from this? two survivors tell their incredible life and death story. within three or four seconds, you re on the ground. this is piers morgan tonight. good evening. president obama and governor romney proving to all of us tonight unfortunately how low they will go. new attack ads from both sides, ads that twist the truth that are, frankly, shocking and unacceptable. including the latest that holds bain capital or mitt romney responsible for causing a woman s death. a new romney ad blames obama for a war on religion. when religious freedom is threatened. we say this, fo