I always enjoy watching a political candidate criticize another when he believes he's been characterized inaccurately.
Somehow it's fine to call that other candidate out for his "misstatements" — but don't you dare say what normal people would say in that situation — that somebody is lying about them.
A reporter might question said candidate: "Are you saying he's a liar?" But generally the candidate backs away from that term, because somehow it's too incendiary.
Which is why it's hilarious to see the Huffington Post have a huge banner headline reading, "NEWT UNLOADS: ROMNEY'S A LIAR."
Then again, CBS News' Norah O'Donnell did a double-take when Newt Gingrich said Mitt Romney was lying about his record on CBS' Morning Show on Tuesday:
This article appears in Dec 22-28, 2011.