Exclusive: Obama to include Republicans in hard-hitting convention

Politico ^ | 8/10/12 | Mike Allen

[SoFloFreeper]

Advisers to President Barack Obama are scripting a Democratic National Convention featuring several Republicans in a prime-time appeal to independents — and plan a blistering portrayal of Mitt Romney as a heartless aristocrat who “would devastate the American middle class,” Democratic sources tell POLITICO.

[who knows what evil?]

Woo-hoo! Jim Jeffords is BACK!

[JCBreckenridge]

“I cannot understand how any Republican can support Obama in 2012.”

There’s a difference between not supporting Romney and supporting Obama.

The reason? Mitt Romney supports abortion and gay marriage, just like Obama. I’m not going to support anyone who supports abortion and I don’t care whether they have the D or R by their name.

No more RINOs!

[Beagle8U]

It will likely be one of the Maine sisters, the one that isn't running again.

Bloomberg is another.

Luger is also an option after the drubbing he got in the primary.

[Williams]

Well done.

[dinodino]

Maybe...and maybe Romney can find some pretend conservatives here on FR who will sing his praises while pretending that he’s somehow different from Obama. Who knows?

[lwd]

ARLEN SPECTER (even though he switched parties)

[RipSawyer]

“Of course it’s all about race. When 95% of any group vote for the person who looks like them, and who they think is going to treat them better because of they way they look, what else do you call it?”
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In this downside up bass ackwards country it is called “progressive”. Reverse the race of the characters and it would be called extreme right wing Fascist racism.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Who’s Zero gonna get?

Lindsey Graham? John McCain?

[jmaroneps37]

In 2008 20% of self identified “conservatives” stabbed us in the back and voted for Obama - they wanted to send someone a message. They did. They sent it to me and my family and I don't want to hear from these ash holes about sending another message.

[listenhillary]

And the RNC will still fund their next election attempt

[doc11355]

In 2008 20% of self identified “conservatives” stabbed us in the back and voted for Obama...

Interesting statistic; could we have a source, please?

[txrefugee]

Any RINO that shows up to speak must have some felony in his/her background and is subject to blackmail, Chicago style.

They should be publicly thrown out of the Republican Party.

[Emperor Palpatine]

So you’re willing to risk letting 0bama destroy what’s left of America and create a fiscal disaster we may never recover from because of a single issue, albeit well-intentioned?

I’m as pro-life as you are, but at this point the survival of the United States of America is just a little more crucial.

When will you myopic socons learn pragmatism?

[ScottinVA]

I agree. Yesterday’s Fox poll that showed 0bama +9 showed 17% of Tea Partiers support him. A good number of those might come from right here in FR.

[Emperor Palpatine]

Nah...PA can send one of its genuine Vichy Republicans.......

Tim Murphy

[Lockbar]

"I cannot understand how any Republican can support Obama in 2012"

[texican01]

“There’s a difference between not supporting Romney and supporting Obama.”

In the context of November 2012, that statement is insanity!

[ilgipper]

The Fox poll showed 17% of Tea Party members supporting Obama? That number is zero in real life. The tea party movement is a direct response against Obama. Anyone saying they are a tea party member and voting for Obama is lying.

[BusterBear]

Charlie Crist

Chuck Hagel

Jon Huntsman

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Mitt Romney as a heartless aristocrat who “would devastate the American middle class,”

There's no need for the future tense...Obamao has already done the job.