Politics | Marc Thiessen Obama Is the 'Bullsh***er' on the Auto Bailout Romney wanted to save Detroit too: Marc Thiessen By Neal Colgrass Posted Oct 29, 2012 4:47 PM CDT Copied President Barack Obama pauses in the White House Briefing Room in Washington, Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) President Obama called Mitt Romney a "bullsh***er" the other day, but it's "Obama who is peddling the BS when it comes to Romney and automobile-company bankruptcy," writes Marc Thiessen at the Washington Post. An Obama campaign ad claims that Romney would have let the auto industry collapse, but in fact both men advocated managed bankruptcy. The difference: Obama offered government loans, while Romney would have guaranteed private-sector loans. But Obama has won the message war by hammering Romney for months with bankruptcy attacks. Finally, this weekend, Romney's team released an ad saying that the president guided GM and Chrysler through managed bankruptcy "and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China," says the ad's narrator. Will Romney's "counterassault" be enough to "turn the tide," asks Thiessen, particularly in the key swing state of Ohio? "We’ll know the answer in eight days." Read These Next A Texas man's disappearance is fodder for true-crime mania. Kerr County considered a flood warning system years ago. Cancer claims the life of an MLB champ at 44. It's an epic farewell to the gods of metal. Report an error