Posted on 09/20/2012 5:16:01 PM PDT by Evil Slayer
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney pounced Thursday on President Obama's remark that “you can’t change Washington from the inside," saying the president had "thrown the white flag of surrender."
"I couldn't believe it when the president of the United States said he couldn't get change from the inside," Romney said, adding that Obama's slogan has gone from “Yes we can” to “No I can’t.”
Romney riffed repeatedly on the line during the speech in Sarasota, Fla., often using Obama's own campaign slogans to drive home the criticism.
"He went from the president of change to the president who can't get change," Romney said.
The Republican hopeful said that he, unlike Obama, sees a path to fixing the economy and the discord in Washington.
"He says he can't change it from the inside. He has no plan to get our economy working again. Well, I do," said Romney.
President Obama made the comment at a University of Miami forum earlier Thursday hosted by Univision, while responding to a question about his biggest failures in his first term.
“I’ve learned some lessons,” Obama said. “Most important is you can’t change Washington from inside, only from the outside. That’s how some of our biggest accomplishments like healthcare got done — mobilizing the American people.”
Obama added that in a second term, “I want to concentrate having a much more constant conversation with the American people so they can put pressure on Congress to move issues forward.”
Republicans quickly seized on the remark on social media, urging supporters to share the comment and arguing that the president had undermined his argument for a second term.
The Obama campaign punched back, saying Romney is "trying to take the heat off himself by taking the president’s words wildly out of context."
"That’s twice in 48 hours
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Call in the Obama Clarify Team
Well, at least Romney is fighting back. Of course the rats will NOW whine about words out of context. Funny that.
When you can define the terms and make the enemy go on defense, you are controlling the discourse.
Keep at it Romney! And don’t you DARE retract the 40+% statement about dependency on the gummint.
Truth should NEVER be redacted nor retracted.
That is complete crap! The American people were mobilized against this and "the change" was forced on us from the "inside."
Wonder if this the first result of booting Pawlenty off the team.
you can’t change Washington from the inside,
so is he asking for a Revolution
Yeah. He’s talking about breaking the law.
Paging Adrea Mitchell --- time to claim that these remarks could not be confirmed so they won't be broadcast.
Time for Bill Kristol, David Brooks and Laura Ingram to claim that Rommey is being too weak and too aggressive with the remarks made by Obummer.
“I’ve learned some lessons,” Obama said. “Most important is you can’t change Washington from inside, only from the outside. That’s how some of our biggest accomplishments like healthcare got done — mobilizing the American people.”
Mobilizing the American People? Obamacare was passed through hook and crook by elected officials...
DING Ding ding ... we have a winner....
Obama added that in a second term, “I want to concentrate having a much more constant conversation with the American people so they can put pressure on Congress to move issues forward.”
So his "peoples army as big as our armed forces" can get to work
Obama's "public allies" for a start....www.publicallies.org
I'm so inspired! He'll TALK US TO DEATH even more than he has already. /s
Exactly! And, if/when he’s out of office, I’m afraid that George Soros and others will fund the continued “Change” agenda. The media will cover Obama and his army and ignore the president and Congress. I hope Romney has a plan to shut them up and quell any attempt at Revolution while righting the economy and stopping the debt bleed.
Yep. That, or he is useless. It does sound like what those occupy morons would advocate.
Obama gaffe! Obama gaffe!
Oh, wait. No MSM folks will think of that.
Yet more proof that Barry is simply not that bright. Excellent exploitation of this idiocy by the Romney team. Attack ad to follow tomorrow, I expect.
” - - - “I’ve learned some lessons,” Obama said. “Most important is you can’t change Washington from inside, only from the outside. That’s how some of our biggest accomplishments like healthcare got done - - - “
Yup, and that “outside” money came from Soros directly to Traitor John Roberts, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid.
Payback
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