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Subscribe to RSSAs it typically does when President Obama goes on the road, the Romney campaign is bracketing the president's visit to New Hampshire today. But this time, it's doing it with its first TV advertisement of the race -- and it’s negative.
The ad begins -- featuring grainy video and ominous music -- with Obama campaigning in New Hampshire back in October 2008. "If we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose," Obama is captured saying in the spot.
But, as the New York Times points out, “[T]he line, which is perhaps the spot’s most devastating moment, is also the one that seems to be the most taken out of context. In fact, at the time, Mr. Obama was referring to something that an aide to his then opponent, Senator John McCain of Arizona, had said in reference to the McCain campaign — not Mr. Obama, then or now.”
In fact, the Romney campaign pretty much admits this with its documentation of the ad's assertions.
OBAMA: “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.”
Obama: “Senator McCain’s campaign actually said, and I quote, if we keep talking about the economy, we're going to lose.” (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks, Londonderry, NH, 10/16/08)
The Obama campaign pounced on Romney's advertisement, calling it "deceitful" and "dishonest." And the Democratic National Committee has accused Romney of being a "serial deceiver."
"Mitt Romney is a serial deceiver -- and his deceptions know no bounds," the DNC said in a release. "Romney will deceive about his own record, the record of his opponents and his positions on the issues. And when Mitt Romney is caught deceiving – he doubles down and deceives even more."
The Romney campaign defended its use, saying the “tables have turned” on the president. “President Obama and his campaign are doing exactly what candidate Obama criticized,” Romney Communications Director Gail Gitcho said. “President Obama and his team don’t want to talk about the economy and have tried to distract voters from President Obama’s abysmal economic record.”
After hitting Obama, the Romney ad pivots -- with soaring string music -- to what he wants to do. He hits on Tea Party talking points: “getting rid of programs, turning programs back to states”; “get rid of ‘ObamaCare’; “moral responsibility not to spend more than we take in”; “high time to bring those principles of fiscal responsibility to Washington, D.C.” And, with a shot of a manufacturing worker, he says, he’ll “make America a job-creating machine like it has been in the past.”
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Of course Willard has to distort the truth, his record on job creation while he was governor of Mass was ranked 48th of 50 (and would have been 49th if not for the Hurricane Katrina disaster in Louisiana)! Also, as a corporate executive, he was responsible for destroying far more jobs than he ever created.
Perhaps what is even more scary is that Willard "Mitt" Romney will do or say absolutely anything to become President. "We are living in a time of deception when many are compromising the truth. In an attempt to mollify those who just want to hear what tickles the ear, false teachers have watered down the gospel (Book of Morman?) to the extent that even the devil isn’t offended!" - Marianne Lordi
"Romulian Romney" is not only alien to the American People! He is also alien to the truth. This "Romulian Romney" commercial is a lie! There is not a single line of truth to this "Romulian Commercial!" Here is a Campaign Slogan for the GOP. "Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! The Party Of NO has got to GO!!"
WRONG, Man who sells JUST AWFUL PIZZA AT A INFLATED PRICE..
Republicans want lower taxes, a larger income gap; abolishment of the minimum wage, worker's rights, social safety nets, and government regulations; tort reform, arbitrary agreements, and corporate personhood.
In other words, they want the middleclass to merge with the poor, have no rights in the workplace, to a livable wage, protection from an unsafe work environment, the ability to sue their employer if they are harmed in an unsafe workplace, or protection if disabled or laid-off.
The Republicans want the American Dream to only be available to the wealthy (the new aristocrisy) while the middleclass (the new poor) are left to toil as wage-slaves and serfs.
Don't forget repealing child labor laws!
You do realize that 3 out of the top 5 wealthiest members of Congress are Democrats, right? LOL!!!!
roanoke: no contradiction between having money and wanting all of the items mentioned above.
And "3 out of 5" is a nice statistic that means..nothing.
LOL!!!
Now, if you can show that wealthy dem congressment vote against standard democratic party policies, then you'd have something to post. like when republicans who vote for "family values" get caught in, oh, sex scandals. :)
vernmont guy: LOL!!! You mean, like, hmm...sex scandals involving BILL Clinton??? How about the man you Dems ALMOST elected in 2008, John Edwards, until he had a 'sex scandal' and a child out of wedlock while his wife was dying of cancer. LOL!!! Good stuff.
Or, do you mean, John Kerry, one of the wealthiest men in Congress, who...hmmm...what did he do recently....Oh yeah, he docked his yacht in Rhode Island instead of MA in trying to cheat the state out of paying massive taxes on the yacht. He has since admitted to this and paid over $400,000 in back taxes, WHILE VOTING TO RAISE TAXES ON EVERYONE ELSE!! Try harder next time, big guy.
LOL!!!!!
ALMOST elected in 2008? Not even close. Edwards didn't even win the primary. How can you ALMOST elect someone who isn't a candidate? You really are grasping huh roanoke? And I see you are still having Clinton penis envy. Little man! LMAO
Sally,
I see that you struggle with memory retention and facts (which is a normal liberal deficiency). Edwards was orginially the Democrat FRONTRUNNER as most Dems did not want Hillary, and Obama was little-known (since he had only been a senator for less than one full term and had NO experience). Maybe you forget the NY Times holding onto the Edwards scandal in hopes that it wouldnt get out because they knew it would destroy his hopes of winning. Yeah, so nice try there, but, as usual, you fail.
And I LOVE to see a woman, like yourself, stick up for Slick Willy, a man that had mulitple affairs and cheated on his wife both BEFORE and DURING his presidency...AND THEN LIED ABOUT IT!!!! So, a man uses the most powerful office in the world to lure an impressionable young 23 year old woman into lewd sex acts in the OVAL OFFICE (cigars where they dont go and saving soiled dresses), lies about it, and then women like you stick up for him! YOU ARE TRULY PATHETIC and you do a disservice to women all over the country. Again, as usual, YOU FAIL. Please, try reading a book every now and then actually LEARNING something before you spew out the liberal drivel MSNBC spoon feeds you. LOL!!!
"Obama has made it worse."
" Well, I never said he made it worse."
Can I prevail upon a member of the media to ask Romney about his allusion to the New American Century in the debate a couple weekends ago? Will someone ask him in detail if that he means that he supports an increase in military spending, not as a measure of the facts on the ground, but as an ideology? Why have we not heard anything about this very significant issue since the debate? Was this an oops moment or does he really believe in it? Did he share the belief that with a Pearl Harbor like attack on America would be good for the cause of neo-conservatism. Is he supporting the neo-conservative think tank because he really believes in its philosophy, or is this just another "I'll say I believe in anything if you'll only vote for me." These are rather important questions.
There once was a man named Mitty
Who's family was always on top
but that darn little Mitty,his politics $hitty
he always would flip,and then flop
Let the "Tricks" begin.
It's a shame this is the only way the GOP knows to "try and win". The GOP is so transparent with their tricks, these type of people "never" win.
And, they call themselves Christians. What does the word Christian really mean?
45% of the Population actually believe the Propagana their GOP/TEABAGGER leaders spew.The dumbing down of America is in full bloom. WAAAAAAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUP FOOOOOOOLS!!!
reality ????
I hope Obama punches him right in that mitty little mouth of his,and he bleeds all over his hush puppies.....
Mitt is like a slinky...he ain't fun unless you push him down the stairs....
What the hell kinda name is mitt anyway...I would like to see his birth certificate !!!!
Mitt promises miracles for the economy, since he's a man of God. Most dumb Americans don't know that government has only a couple of tools to influence the economy - fiscal and monetary policies which no longer work in a new economy structure where globalization is the problem. Companies are flush with cash but prefer to hire overseas or bringing in foreign nationals to compete in the domestic labor pool, thus forcing down wages and demand for man power. Don't hold your breath for Mitt's miracles - he's a preacher and in the same category as snake-oil salesmen.
in some sense I hope the GOP wins so we can see how they will convince companies to hire americans at 10x the cost of overseas labor. I haven't seen great policies from them to address these kinds of issues. You can reduce regulations all you want, and cut taxes all you want, but if americans are uncompetitive in terms of skills and costs, that won't change a thing.
I'm with you vermont guys. Only I must admit my reasons are very different. I want the likes of roanoke to get EXACTLY what he is asking for. Can you imagine the volume of the incessant whining that will commence?
You mean like the incessant amount of verbal pseudo-intellectual garbage that is spewing from your word-hole, Sally? LOL!!!
This is the guy the GOP wants to lead us into attacking Iran?
Mitt became neo-conservative
His policies were oh so disturbative
his lies were so garrulous
It got quite hilarious
But to voters it got quite perturbative
touche !!!
The political orientation of the author is showing like the bloomers of a cow girl at a square dance. Cut the Sh*t. Great ad. Message is exactly correct. You are in another world if you can't see, hear, or understand this message.
We are in bigger trouble in this country than you think if your view is at all even a small minority view. If your view is a prevalent view there will be a revolution shortly.
I'm betting you know quite a lot about bloomers on cowgirls worn at square dances. I'm certain you are also quite familiar with being from another world.
Honestly i hope the best man or woman gets to be OUR president... I don't care if he or she is dem or rep or ind as long as he or she does the very best for OUR country not just talk a good talk.. I voted for President Obama (rethinking that now)I haven't found anyone yet that is good enough to take his place but he really isn't doing as good a job as i think he should be... the blame game doesn't work for me... if your congress and house isn't doing there job vote them out please don't vote for party.. wasting my time on here.... have a very safe and happy thanksgiving to all...
Hell he can't win over his own party, let alone win over the people of the united states.
Cain and Newt for president/vice-president candidates for the GOP field.
HaHaHa!!
Hay Murray and Montanaro:
Get used to it. Romney's a pretty slimy fella. He's gonna say a lot of things that arent true, mostly to distract people from HIS record in MA where if you wanted to know that his political principles were, you need only stick a wet finger into the political winds that happen to be blowing that day. I had a pretty good view of this guy since Boston TV routinely comes into NH's cable outlets! He's been a loberal, a moderate and lately a conservative and if nominated, he'll turn into a moderate conservative so he can have a chance to beat Obama!
BTW, where IS that investigative report on the doings of Clarence Thomas, Scalia and more recently ( if you havent noticed) Alito! Doesnt violation of judicial ethics interest you? How about perjury on financial discloisure statements. I mean, how does one "overlook" $700K of income, $2M in real estate holdings/acquisitions over a period of 13 years?? Dont you CARE that these obviously bought and paid for Justsices are readying themselves to rule on the healthcare law while having received money, figts and perks from those who oppose it??? Or are you in some kind of collusion to keep American uninformed on this and MANY OTHER issues?
Ummm....how interesting to see that you left out ELENA KAGAN, who worked on the DEFENSE of Obamacare while she was Obama's solicitor general! Hmm.... so a justice who defended Obamacare is now going to be ruling on Obamacare, and you conveniently left this out. Talk about a conflict of interest. How objective of you (I'm not surprised).
"Romulian Romney" is not only out of context! He is out of what is left of his overly medicated mind. He loves hanging out with "Nutty Newt" the man who loves to polticially puke. "Nutty Newt is a "Closet Socialist" with a Freddie Mac Sign hanging in his very poltically crowded closet. America! Are you seeing and hearing why the "Party Of NO has got to go??? I hope so!
Mitt'n'Newt in 2012 ?? has a ring to it huh.. Their platform would be to do away with child labor laws,have the poor kids do the cleaning at school,get rid of cops and teachers....sheesh.sounds more like they are running on the NAMBLA platform....crazy damn child abusers...
Ron Paul has raised more money from military families than all GOP candidates combined, while Mitt Romney relies on money from multinational corporate lobbyists, many of them pro-war.
My mom taught me that a half truth is still a lie, changing certain facts to improve your position is a lie, and refusing to even consider opposing opinions only leads to ignorance and is lying to oneself. All things I did as a child and got the belt for.
How did we get to the point where we accept and even defend politicians (on both sides) who lie and deceive?
How do we teach our children and grandchildren that it is wrong, when they see that is how you become President of the United States?
Our children and grandchildren will see it when the GOP lose. They will see this is not how you become President of the United States.
GOP----We need to sabotage Obama in all aspects. Let us not do anything that
can make voters like Obama.
You must understand now that whatever is good for America is really bad for
us Republicans . Let us not accept anything that Obama wants. Obama is out to
do things that will make Americans like him and the Democrats for along time. We
must stop this. You must also understand that good economy is very bad for us
GOP if we really want to be elected.
If you really want to win election, sabotage Obama's policies and you will win or
else his policies may become very popular with Americans that it will take many
years for the GOP to turn Americans away from the Democrats. Supporting his
policies will make him more popular than us because many Americans seem to like
his policies right now. We must make sure that his policies are never given any
chance to gain popularity or else we are finished.
We must ask farmers to raise the prices of food products even without them
raising labor cost per hour so that those who go to buy food from the stores can
blame high prices on the Obama Administration. This will also help in rendering
food stamps that they are giving people ineffective because those with food
stamps can therefore use them only once to buy just a few products and then it is
finished. Let the huge profits due to overpricing benefit the farmers.
that would be the BEAT OBAMA WITH EVERYTHING LEFT movement...or the BOWEL movement.....
Alright,really,this is the first day in a while that Mitty came out to play,and he does it with a BIG LIE !!! That's a good Mormon mitty. But my point is,I am already so sick,literally,in my stomach,when I watch him swish across the stage like he has to much starch in his pants and his hush puppies are to tight. Then he flashes that NO LIPPED smile,looking like he is passing a pineapple...I swear,I can't look. A YEAR....WE GOTTA LOOK AT THIS WISHY WASHY WIMPY WHINY WEAKLING FOR A YEAR!!!! DOH !!!!! Maybe if he gave himself a flashy nick name or something....like...Ricochet Romney ...I just can't do this.....
for once I have to agree with the republicans...I can't stand this guy either...
Brace yourselves, Americans. The Romney vitriole and lies have just begun. Will there be a point at which his campaign will ever be able to tell fact from fiction? Lies from truth? Distortion from clarity? I very much doubt it.
We are a rudderless ship (leaderless country) and we need to get Obama out of the White House so we can get this country back on track. This is a President who clearly hates capitalism and this is not the American way. Get off the backs of the job creators so we can find good sustainable jobs and make this country grow again.
The job creators, as you call them, are sitting on billions in cash in offshore bank accounts. A new report says they have ELIMINATED 800,000-plus jobs in the last ten years, while offshoring jobs and hiring 2 million Asians / Latin Americans for their OFFSHORE operations. Let's get government ON their backs (cuz it isn't now) and tax the offshore holdings - unless they bring back the lost jobs.
OBAMA 2012
We're not taxed much at all....
But tea-baggers are taxed beyond their mental abilities!!!
Serendiphany,
"We're not taxed much at all..."
REALLY?!?!? You do live in the U.S. right? We aren't taxed much at all?? Too much Kool-aid for you, you should get that checked out. Wow. Just wow.
So roanoake, you are admitting that you are aspiring to become a freeloader? You don't want to pay any taxes but you want all the stuff correct? The guilty dogs typically do bark the loudest!
Sally,
again, you are devoid of facts, just liberal talking points. So, you are perfectly comfortable with the taxes you pay? I imagine this is because you DONT PAY any taxes, you probably get a tax refund back EVERY year right?? Maybe you haven't read a book or studied in many years, but the average tax rate on TAXPAYING citizens is, on average, 30%. Then, add in real estate taxes, property taxes, and state taxes etc, and this brings the total amount of taxes that I pay to nearly 50% of my income EVERY YEAR. So, I would call YOU a freeloader, since you want me to PAY MORE TAXES to people like you, who can sit around, pop out a bunch of kids, whine about your life and the things you dont have, and live off hardworking Americans' taxdollars. Good argument, Sally. Have any more brain-busters for me? Yeah, didnt think so. Woof-woof!