Posted on 08/21/2012 7:02:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via Andrew Kaczynski of BuzzFeed, who reminds us that O's attempt to disclaim responsibility for the ad under ye olde "I don't control my Super PAC" dodge is perhaps undermined by the fact that his own campaign used the story of the steelworker's wife too. Remember? Joe Soptic did a conference call with Stephanie Cutter and everything.
The whole Hopenchange operation owns this smear, and regretlessly so. In fact, even Obama's gesture towards civility here in exculpating Romney for Soptic’s wife’s death is a feint: Bill Burton, who runs the Super PAC, ludicrously said that he too doesn’t think Romney is to blame for what happened even though the whole point of the ad is to suggest that he is. It’s pure Orwellian “up = down” doublespeak, driven by their need to manage a key contradiction — that they’re fully prepared to slime Romney in the interests of winning but also desperate to hold on to the sunny Hopenchange brand that won them the election four years ago. The solution is to fight dirty while insisting to everyone who’ll listen that, no matter what your eyes and ears are telling you, they’re not fighting dirty. They wouldn’t do that; they’re nice guys. Unlike Mitt Romney, who enjoys giving cancer to blue-collar families.
Obama’s team are such dunces. There is a way to do things, you have your attack dogs go say mean things and they when people come to you for comments you remain above the fray and disavow them, and yet the mean things are still out there, mission accomplished. Except stupid white house refused to disavow the things, making them at least appear to agree with them. Now they look like they are in the mud and playing dirty pool. So Obama must be getting bad feedback and he tries now to walk it back: “What? No, I never said that, don’t beleive it either.” Must be hitting his one big advantage, his likeability number.
Thanks to McCain and his idiotic campaign “reform” a candidate CANNOT discuss anything with the PACs. It is illegal.
Thanks to McCain and his idiotic campaign “reform” a candidate CANNOT discuss anything with the PACs. It is illegal.
Thanks to McCain and his idiotic campaign “reform” a candidate CANNOT discuss anything with the PACs. It is illegal.
But I want to make sure it stays in the news.
As if Obama could care about the death of anyone’s wife or children. I’m surprised he didn’t forgive Romney. As sovereign of Government’s godhead, forgiveness is Obama’s convenience.
Triple posted....
Well doggone Bammy, that’s mighty white of you.
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