I nearly did a spit take at work today when I glanced at the Richmond Times Dispatch at lunch. I had to wait until I got home to write about what I'd read.
Mitt Romney has an internet ad up claiming that Barack Obama is somehow responsible for the closure of the Bill's Barbecue chain in Richmond, Virginia in September of this year.
Before heading to Caroline County Romney stopped by Bill's Barbecue, a longtime Richmond business that has closed. This morning Romney's campaign released a web video in which it tied the closure of the business to the economy under the president.Funny thing is, back September, that's not at all what the owners of Bill's Barbecue said."They used to have quite a few restaurants as many as 200 employees," Romney said in Caroline.
"The owner of Bill's told me she would close her doors" because of taxes, regulations and "Obamacare" he said.