E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSS
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Speaking to a boisterous crowd at a retirement community here, President Obama played the seasoned campaign veteran, unbowed by his opponent Mitt Romney’s negative ads even as the two trade barbs over each other's records and rhetoric.
“Frankly, I'd be worried if this were my first campaign. But I've been to this rodeo before,” Obama told a crowd of 675 at the Century Village retirement community on Thursday.
He joked that the crowd should just mute the negative TV ads inundating this crucial swing state, and acknowledged that their visual impact wouldn’t be too appealing either.
“Some of the pictures of me will be unflattering. Now, my face is all distorted, one eye's all droopy,” he said, imitating what some of the images in the ads would look like. “Right? I'm looking all grim,” he continued as the crowd roared with laughter.
The group of seniors and their family members, packed into a low-ceilinged clubhouse, was particularly rowdy, frequently shouting words of encouragement over the president and breaking into chants of “four more years!” whenever he paused.
The president seemed to feed off the crowd, especially after he made his way to the podium having waded through a crowd of senior women who were particularly excited to see him.
“That’s the most kisses I’ve gotten at any campaign event!” he said as he reached the stage.
Later, as an audience member’s phone rang, the president joked that it was his wife Michelle calling because she heard he was getting so much affection at the event.
Obama tailored his speech to fit this crowd, hitting similar notes as he did earlier at an event in Jacksonville - criticizing Romney’s plans for Medicare (he says Romney’s changes would cost seniors up to $6,400 more) but also appealing to the group’s strong support for Israel.
He condemned the “barbaric” terrorist attack in Bulgaria that killed five Israelis.
“I know a lot of people in this community care about the state of Israel. And we are heartbroken,” he said of the bombing.
He added that the rapid changes in the Middle East and the bloodshed in Syria meant that “now's the time to make sure we're doing everything we can to protect Israel's security.”
The president continues his campaign swing through Florida Friday with stops in Fort Myers and Orlando.
Leave a Comment:
All these retirees must of had jobs in the main stream media.
stclaire do you actually know the reason why our rating was downgraded? If you had a clue you'd be pointing that finger to the right, not the left. Do a little reading and get back to me.
Eddy really, I'm going to lean with the tea party, indoctrinated right wing posters who can't provide facts to back up their accusations, who sling racist remarks with abandon, who run and hide when requested for examples to back up their claims, who can't run a string of three words together without murdering the King's English or make a dyslexic look like an Oxford English professor?
Are those the folks you're referring to?
It it obvious from the majority of the "I Love Obama" posts that many of you folks have no grasp on reality. Does anyone really believe this guy could supervise a schoolyard fist-fight--much less effectively run our country? Those of you who actually believe this guy has accomplished anything need to check yourselves into a mental facility before you become a danger to yourself and others! Wake up Sheeple!
Ducky, the list of his accomplishments have been posted in here several times in different stories. It is you and your ilk that choose to ignore the record. You don't see Mr. Romney running on his Massachusetts Governor's record though, do you?
And you talk about reality? You guys need a twelve step program to nudge you out of the denial phase.
You really, really believe that the Republican leadership cares one bit for the average guy? If you actually believe this, provide us a list of the legislation pushed by them to benefit the lower and middle class. The list please...
LOL love the righteous indignation from the left concerning the Romney tax returns. For the love of God. Obama's own treasury secretary did not pay his taxes until it was announced he was to be nominated for the cabinet position.
Really really laughable.
Myth=Obama cares about the poor
Truth=Obama ONLY cares about the poor. To hell with the rest of us.
Maobama... Why would Mr. Romney release a couple of decades to McCain's folks and not (at a minimum) release at least what daddy did when he ran?
Just a few examples why The President does not only care about the poor; a) his driving energy behind keeping school loan interes rates down (something the Republicans repeatedly hold hostage) b) Credit Card consumer protection legislation c) home mortgage assistancec (another one the right fought) d) well over a dozen small business tax breaks for various initiatives.
Those are just some... Your post reaaly doesn't stand the test of veracity, now does it?