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Fact check. People of color have always been allowed to be members of the LDS church. It wasn't until the 70s that they were allowed to hold the priesthood. Don't ask me to explain the reasoning there- I don't understand the logic there. But I'd hate for people to think Mitt (or other Mormons for that matter) were racist. As much as I would hate to think Obama was a indonesian born Muslim. ;-)
I'm actually aware of the difference. I was talking about the tactic in campaigns that's become known as "Swift Boating", whereby you repeat something that isn't true--but could be--and anyway has nothing to do with the issues at hand in order to cultivate a negative view of your opponent. Such as in 2000 (before the term was invented, but great example) when W had robocalls in SC asking voters if it would change their opinion of McCain if they knew he had a black baby. He doesn't; he has a Vietnamese child, not that it should matter what race his children are. But the point is that if you're a Machiavellian, what are the consequences? None. I'm not advocating that philosophy, but I'm just trying to point out the difference between running commercials bringing up a legit point (i.e. did Romney lie on an SEC filing?), and what a hypothetical one might look like that could actually be called something like "Swift Boating".