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telling it like it isn't  October 31, 2012|By Karin Klein   •
General Motors, maker of Chevrolet cars, told Mitt Romney to
back off from misstatements about job creation. General Motors,
maker of Chevrolet cars, told Mitt Romney to back off from…
(Daniel Acker / Bloomberg )  Mitt Romney earned four Pinocchios
-- the Washington Post ranking indicating the worst of the
misleading campaign statements -- and a "Pants on Fire" label
from Politifact for his comment on how he'd be a bigger hero to
the nation's car industry than President Obama has been.
Specifically, the GOP hopeful contended that Obama's successful
bailout of GM and Chrysler had led to jobs being shifted from
the United States to overseas. In fact, any overseas jobs are
additional jobs created, not jobs taken from this country, and
are an indication of the companies' success in selling
internationally, which can only be good for this country.  OK,
another day, another less-than-accur