Post proof that this was "calculated". After all, you REFUTE YOUR OWN claim in your same paragraph, as you note that such a lie would be "pointless" and would obviously NOT do what you claim it was "calculated" to do.
It wasn't an off-the-cuff statement, but put into a speech, and intentionally placed to try to maximize effect.
you REFUTE YOUR OWN claim in your same paragraph, as you note that such a lie would be "pointless" and would obviously NOT do what you claim it was "calculated" to do.
Just because I recognize the truth doesn't mean that a serial, congenital liar like Romney would have figured that into his calculations. His first instinct, much like Bill Clinton's, is to tell the lie, even if the truth would serve him better.