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Subscribe to RSSMENTOR, OH - A day after President Obama’s “voting is the best revenge” comment became the latest object of GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s ire, Obama campaign press secretary Jen Psaki sought to explain the context of the remark.
“The message he was sending,” she said, answering a question about it while traveling to Mentor, Ohio, with reporters on Air Force One, “is if you don’t like the policies, if you don’t like the plan that Gov. Romney is putting forward, if you think that’s a bad deal for the middle class, then you can go to the voting booth and cast your ballot. It’s nothing more complicated than that.”
President Obama continued his tour through Ohio with a campaign stop in Springfield, Oh., where he continued to criticize Governor Romney for running deceptive Jeep ads saying "This is not a game, these are people's jobs."
Obama’s offhand comment came Friday during a campaign rally in Springfield, Ohio, as supporters booed the mention of Romney’s name.
“Don't boo. Vote,” Obama said first, using a line that has become standard for him on the stump. “Voting's the best revenge,” he continued.
Earlier Saturday, Romney condemned the comment as overly negative, telling a crowd in Newington, N.H., that he thought it “surprised a lot of people.”
“Vote for revenge? Let me tell you what I’d like to tell you: Vote for love of country,” Romney said to cheers.
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How about revenge for all of the blatant lies directed at Obama by the Romney campaign?
Or revenge for the treatment of women, minorities, veterans, teachers, firefighters, police, all other government workers, the elderly, auto workers and other union members, people who need social security and medicare/medicaid, the poor, and anyone else Mitt wouldn't be caught dead with?
Revenge suits me just fine, but B.O. needs to watch his words.
How about revenge for the 47% that Romney so despised also? Wait, forget that. Romney did then say that he cared about the 100%!
I cannot name even one thing Obama has done to improve my families' life. Not one.
Still have a job, a place to live, food on the table? It is still tough but not as tough as it would have been!
:) You're kidding, right? Romney came out and said THAT? Did he then try to get the crowd to sing "America The Beautiful" with him, like he so painfully and embarrassingly did at a rally a few months ago? What a freakin' dork. I'm not surprised by this, now I think about it some more. He's still trying to make the grade-school-level argument about who "loves America" and who doesn't. Wake up, Mitt. We ALL love America. We all passed that milepost a long time ago. The President is rightfully urging his supporters to vote. Vote FOR HIM, and AGAINST YOU, Paul "Policy Wonk" Ryan, and all your absurd, stupid statements and claims. He's doing it in language they UNDERSTAND... in contrast to you, who tries to connect with a rally audience by making the move, "C'mon! Everybody sing with me now! O beautiful, for spacious skies..." and your audience glancing at one another with shocked and surprised looks on their faces.
It's all Obama knows is keep preaching his hate for America & American's.
American's will show their revenge at the polls on Nov 6, 2012 when voting Romney/Ryan.
Ohio make cure you check you vote goes to Romney. Obama has his trained acorn thugs out working to cheat at the polls in Ohio, Fl, WV.
Please, cite your source of this information.
Tensions mount as victims of super storm Sandy lash out at Obama.
Where is Obama.. who knows... he'll lie if you ask him anyway.
What exactly is he getting revenge against? Is it now considered vengeance to vote against a candidate you disagree with?
What a stupid thing to say. Maybe he didn't mean it the way it came out, i don't know.
I voted for Bush and regretted it as soon as he came out and said he believed the voters had given him a mandate to continue with his policies of the day. I have voted against republicans ever since. Obama now wants revenge against Romney. I hope i don't have to regret my vote again. I voted for Obama eagerly the first time, the second time was a lot harder for me.
I hold no respect for the comment and as a person who voted for Obama twice now I am offended that he believes this is an appropriate comment. That a disagreement in policies warrants a discussion about revenge.
What would he say next? Citizen supporters!! You have rightfully taken vengeance against our enemy!! Now is the time to find the enemy supporters hiding in the weeds and exact revenge yet again!! We shall now deny the enemy the right to espouse any opinion other than those with which we agree!! Vengeance shall be ours!!
The first time was a mistake. The second time your a fool.
The writing is on the wall.
Me too. Voted for him last time. What a disappointment!
Disappointment? I have always wondered what a person meant by " I voted for Obama but, I'm disappointed". My question is, what were their expectations?
Obama playing up trust doesn't mean much after you leave 4 American's to die in a terrorist attack and then you try to cover it up till after the election by lying to America & the World.
Obama knows nothing about trust.
America knows the only ones we can trust is Romney/Ryan to lead this country in the right direction.
Not the Racist liar in the WH.
America is sick of the liar in the WH.
It's Romney time in America.
This is to funny Obama the biggest liar & Fraud in American history to ever sit in the WH talking about Trust.
Bye, Bye Obama.. the lie is up on Nov. 6, 2012.
I know that we all agree that of the two candidates, Romney is the only "adult" . We all agree that he looks more "presidential" , and the only one who has a plan to fix the economy, ** to create new jobs, and to get our declining foreign policy, "back on track"* Obama has nothing to run on so he has been on the defense since he was in office! OBAMA IS DESPERATE, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND HE CONTINUES HIS LYING , TRYING TO BRING DOWN THE MORAL CHARACTER OF HIS OPPONENT! ** HIS LYING IS CHILDISH, AND HE IS A DISGRACE TO ALL AMERICANS!
The media can't save Obama.
America knows Romney is a leader and will vote for him On Nov. 6, 2012.
Leader in what, job destruction. 12 million jobs he promises, yet when he was Mass governor that state ranked 47th in job creation. 47th of 50. Yeah, he'll create 12 million jobs,but not here.Romney's a fraud and informed Americans know it and will vote for Obama.
Romney says vote for love of country. Then he should not vote because he hates this country He loves making money from it, but he really does not like the people. How else would you explain his flip flops and outright lies. He holds us incontempt because he needs votes. Billions incontributions mean nothing if they don't turn into votes. Romeny doesn;t really want to be president. As with the governorship,he just wants to the title, to be able to sy he got there In other words, to do his father one better. Unfortunately, his father's class never fell to him. Money does not make one classy, just rich.
You really do not understand what is happening. The person who hates America is BO and his free spending wife. Remember MO commented about the first time she was proud of her country. He is driving us further into debt and remember, he said he would have "more flexibility" after the election when he was caught on mic talking to Putin.
It is a SWEET REVENGE for the 47% that ROBNEY thinks are Lazy and who doesn't wants to take care of them selves.
It is a SWEET REVENGE for the Women's that GOP want's to remove the rights.
It is a SWEET REVENGE for the people that BAIN Capital makes their life miserable by closing the company they are working for!!!
It is a SWEET REVENGE for all the people that Republicans want's to suppressed their rights to VOTE.
It is a SWEET REVENGE for all the American People to GOP for making so hard for the President to move this country Forward because of GOP's own Agenda.
LET'S VOTE OUT THE REPUBLICANS........
Try English.
Hood talk...
This is no wish lish. It's facts.
America is voting straight ticket - Republicans
This will really get the looney liberals licking each other.
I read the President's economic plan for the next four years. The Plan is devoid of detail to include budget. It appears to be primarily a wish list. It seems that the President wants the federal government to spend a lot of money that it does not have to train math and science teacher's to teach vocational classes at the JC level for jobs that do not really exist in this country. Foreign manufacturers are paying their workers roughly a tenth of the minimum that our workers require and that is why they can always beat domestic manufactures on price. Neither candidate seems to have a solution for this problem. It is our huge trade deficit that is degrading efforts to revive the economy by injecting more money.
In many states, state colleges and universities are having to raise tuition to make ends meet because of tighter state budgets. The President wants to withdrew federal funding from these schools so that they either have to raise tuition even more or close down facilities. The President thinks that this effort will help improve the quality of education in America.
The President is expecting to pass his increased taxes on the "Rich". He has been trying to do that for the past four years but he somehow thinks the can prevail in the next 4 years. This tax will at best take 100 billion dollars per year from the private sector and put it into the public sector. The President promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars yet the actual deficit exceeded 1.1 trillion dollars so his efforts to date to cut the deficit have been less than successful. He is proposing more spending and unspecified cuts and which has been provided it is impossible that any actually deficit reduction will take place. So I am looking at a nominal annual deficit of 1 trillion dollars assuming the increased taxes on the "rich" passes.
At the heart of the President's plan is the idea of bringing the troops home in 2014 and with the savings use half of it to start paying down our debt and use the other half for infrastructure improvements. To start paying down the debt the federal government has to run a surplus. To run a surplus with half of the piece dividend, the federal government will have to realize a savings of more than 2 trillion dollars per year from bringing the troops home. That amount is more than twice a s much as we are paying for defense including all overseas operations. The President's plan is mathematically impossible. Mathematically impossible plans are at the least less than viable. The President's plan is an example of fantasy economics.
My biggest concern is all the debt that our federal government has been accumulating. With a debt or more than 16 trillion dollars and huge deficits predicted for at least another decade, I estimate that the money that the federal government is borrowing today will end up costing the tax payers more than 10 times the amount borrowed to repay over the next 180 years. Paying 10 times the going rate for goods and services is not good management. The President has yet to present a detailed plan for repaying the debt. The tax payers have a right to know how much all of this federal borrowing to going to end up costing them.
"Vote for revenge" I couldn't believe what I had heard and had to rewind and listen to it again in context. Yep that was what I heard. What a despicable act of desperation.
Obama has proven once again he is not a leader he is not a unifier he is not a man of character and is not fit to be the president of the United States.
Obama has squandered the opportunity to lead the greatest country on the planet. So much could have been accomplished in the last 4 years to move this country forward instead we are more divided and farther away from fixing the problems this country faces
Exactly.
Obama has come to the end of his FAILED presidency... What a complete hoax -- he played the American people for 4 years and now the jig is UP... He is the most un-presidential president ever, EVER! Everyone but TARDS are abandoning him and with good reason.. he's a loon... THe UGLY ... Kenyan...
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This is what happens when liberals gain power.. America will think twice before they elect another TARD to high office....HAHAHAHA
All that comes out of O's mouth is lies, lies, and bigger lies... what a complete loser... TIME TO GO O!
The explanation is simple. Obama hates America and wants to destroy it. He is the most divisive and partisan president in modern history.
The economy, Benghazi, and now Sandy are Obama's doom... What a fraud for 4 years... This will be a complete referendum on Obama's Administration..
Watch the economy turn around right away.. and a Hugh hiring boom to follow.. The nasty economic cloud will be gone..
Liberal ignorance is the gift that keeps on giving to America.
America has already made it's decision. Just waiting for Nov. 6, 2012.
Romney/Ryan Anmerica's leaders.
Obama as promoted his hate for America & American's for 4 years.
He is a Racist Muslim in the WH.
Vote Romney/Ryan if yo want change and to move on..
OBOMBER SAY'S THIS IS ABOUT TRUST:
He has failed liKe no other President before.
He has lied like no other President Before.
He has led America down a path of distruction like no other President
before.
He has promoted hate, race,class warfare like no other President before.
He has devided America like no other President Before.
He has stolen more tax payer money than any other President before.
He has added 6 trillion more to the deficit in just 3 years like no other President
before.
He is responsible for highest poverty level since 1960’s like no other President
before.
He has sent 79 percent of the stimulus dollars to out sourced jobs like no
other President before.
He has promoted a War on Women like no other President before.
He has put 23 million people out of work in less than 3 years like no other President before.
He is a Racist like no other President before.
He is a liar like no other President before.
He is the biggest threat to America like no other President
before.
He lied to America & the World about the US Ambassador and 3 others killed in
Libya like no other President before.
He wants another 4 years to run American further into the ground with no
jobs, no homes and no future.
If Obama say's it's about Trust then Obama is finished on Nov, 6, 2012.
America has seen enough of Scheme Obama.
Vote Romney/Ryan on Nov. 6, 2012
Someone American's can trust.
Congratulations that was one of the most dishonest posts I have ever read in my life - Are you Mitt (Jeep is moving to China) Romney?
I can't believe so many people have been duped by Mitt....the guy who shelters his money in tax-free off-shore accounts....who acts like a pompous CEO and has a history of dismantling companies and sending jobs overseas....who lied to Ohioans about Jeep....who wants to continue to favor the wealthy....who has changed all of his positions, including (especially) pre-exisiting conditions. Does anyone really know who he is or what he would do as president?
The conservatives keep screaming about jobs. Isn't it even more important to consider the social issues? Romney is so right-wing that the damage he would do to minorities, women, gays, the poor, would be substantial. Obama led us out of the two Bush wars, and the economy is slowly recovering...so I am still a believer. Forward.
If we are debt slaves to China, you can thank people like Mitt Romney, who made a living dismantling companies, selling them off, and sending jobs overseas.
is mitt proud to be an American when he dodges taxes by keeping bank accounts off shore?
Want to see his tax returns? This is a multi-millionaire you want in office, who doesn't care a thing for average middle-class people.
Romney making a big deal out the " Vote for Revenge " comment ? Seriously ? God forbid if Obama shouts " THIS IS SPARTA !!!
Obama/Biden 2012
Republicans are all total morons!
The knuckle heads still extolling the virtues of trickle down. The only thing that will trickle down for you idiots is the IQ of the whole lot of you.
Get a life and quite your stupid posting. I can't stand listening to Romney and his lies for 1 minute... and I sure can't stand the crap you lemming idiots put in these posts.
Romney may win... but it is because half the population has dummy-ed down that would elect such a waffling moron. Fu^% you Repugnants.