Mitt Romney is on the offensive about jobs, which makes a lot of political sense, given the ongoing unemployment crisis.
But, according to the Wall Street Journal, one of his web ads on this issue features a Republican activist who has a job.
The headline of the WSJ post by Jonathan Weisman is "A Baloney Sandwich From Romney Campaign?"
Ryan King's tale of woe in Midland, MI, clearly implies that he is unemployed:
Anything that I’m qualified for, you know, that people are looking for, they also want experience. And I mean because of the economy and the way it is, there are so many people that are looking for jobs, at the same time my hands are tied, how can I get experience if no one is going to hire me?
As Weisman found out, by checking King's Facebook and MySpace pages, King has been employed since his graduation from college last month.
More lying details, below.
On May 6, King exulted on Facebook that he had gotten a job after graduating from Northwoods University in Midland that month.
On June 10, he cut the woe-is-me ad for the Romney campaign.
Here's where the baloney in the WSJ headline comes from -- while the camera shows King driving a late-model SUV, he complains:
I buy baloney and bread because it's cheap. It's what I eat.
Well, it certainly looks like he eats high-calorie, low-nutrition factory food.
It gets worse than that -- he admits he has a job with a paycheck, then bemoans not having a job.
Right now, I probably have $3 to my name, before I cash my paycheck tomorrow.
So it does get rough.
What is wrong with me? Is it my fault that I can't get a job?
What can I do differently? To a certain point, you just lose faith in yourself.
Where did Romney find such a clumsy liar?
Where else, in the local Republican Party -- King is vice chairman of the Midland County Young Republicans.