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Obama camp tips hand on debate, hints president will attack Romney on Bain
foxnews ^ | 10/14/12 | Ed Henry

Posted on 10/14/2012 8:17:56 PM PDT by cdchik123

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – As President Obama began to hunker down at a plush resort here for three full days of debate prep, his campaign team signaled the incumbent may steal a page from Vice President Joe Biden and show a more aggressive tone in Tuesday's second face-to-face showdown with Republican Mitt Romney.

"Gov. Romney has been making pitches all of his life and he knows how to say what people want to hear whether that was during his time at Bain or during the dozens of town halls he did during the primary," Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Saturday. "His running mate also left him vulnerable on a number of issues -- admitting there was a $5 trillion tax cut, after he denied it, but again failing to explain how they would pay for it, leaving women worried about their ability to make choices about their own health care and failing to articulate their plan for winding down our presence in Afghanistan."

It's significant that Psaki previewed the president's next clash with Romney with an immediate mention of his time at Bain, a word Obama never mentioned during the first presidential debate, in Denver.

Senior campaign adviser David Axelrod said on "Fox News Sunday" that Obama is making “adjustments” before the debate and plans to be more aggressive.

Axelrod also referred to Romney's investment capital career before entering politics.

“We expect Governor Romney will have a great debate too," he said. "He is a great salesman. That is what he did as a professional, he is very good at it.”

Later Sunday, Psaki noted women's health-care issues were left out of the first debate, which appeared to suggest Obama would raise the topic this time.

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To: mouser

Agreed. But Romney is the kind of guy who goes into these things with every base covered, I think.


41 posted on 10/14/2012 9:41:57 PM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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To: tsowellfan

Huh.

I’ve never been tweeted...or twittered or whatever, before.

;D

[GO MITT!]


42 posted on 10/14/2012 9:47:56 PM PDT by Salamander (Can't sleep. Clowns will eat me.)
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To: cdchik123
I have every expectation of Obozo performing as bad, or worse, in this 2nd debate.

WHY? He has NO teleprompter and will be FORCED to think on his feet.

It'll be equivilent to Jethro Bodine ( Beverly Hillbillies ) debating Steven Hawking.

43 posted on 10/14/2012 9:52:58 PM PDT by VideoDoctor
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To: Just mythoughts
no need to needlessly inflame.

I think it would serve a purpose if Romney were able to draw out the jihadist from Obama.

Besides, They declared war on us, opening themselves up to counter attack, including derision and mockery. Inflame on.

44 posted on 10/14/2012 9:59:25 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
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To: stilloftyhenight

This is a no-brainer.. Romney counters with Solyndra. That in and of itself would’ve landed Nixon not only impeached, but prosecuted and imprisoned. The details of Solyndra ALONE would shut 0bama down.. If Crowley would let Romney finish explaining it, that is.


45 posted on 10/14/2012 10:07:35 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: Bellflower; All

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Yes, there are mountains of dirt of Omuslim.

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Just the tip of the iceberg:

Obama’s books:

In a sane world, having the following comments out in print via Obama’s racist books would have knocked him out of the running for president of the United States.(they would have crucified a white candidate for far less)

From Dreams from My Father,“ I FOUND A SOLACE IN NURSING A PERVASIVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST MY MOTHER’S RACE”. Barack Hussein Obama

From ‘Dreams from my Father’,“The emotion between the races could never be pure, even love was tarnished by the desire to find in the other some element that was missing in ourselves. Whether we sought out our demons or salvation, THE OTHER RACE (WHITE) WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN JUST THAT: MENACING, ALIEN, AND APART.” Barack Hussein Obama

From Dreams from My Father:“THAT HATE HADN’T GONE” he wrote, BLAMING “WHITE PEOPLE — some CRUEL, some IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.” Barack Hussein Obama

From ‘Dreams from My Father’,“There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs,” he wrote.“It remained necessary to prove which side you were on,to show your LOYALTY TO THE BLACK MASSES, TO STRIKE OUT and name names” Barack Hussein Obama

“Dreams From My Father,” page 101 (paperback, ISBN 978-1-4000-8277-3)
Dreams From My Father: To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists“Dreams From My Father,” pages 99-100

Then there is his love of Islam:

Quote from Barack Obama’s book, Dreams Of My Father:
“THE PERSON WHO MADE ME PROUDEST OF ALL, THOUGH, WAS MY [half brother], ROY..HE CONVERTED TO ISLAM”.

From ‘Dreams of my Father’,“IN INDONESIA, I SPEND TWO YEARS AT A MUSLIM SCHOOL”“..I STUDIED THE KORAN..”

From ‘Audacity of Hope:“LOLO (Obama’s step father) FOLLOWED ISLAM....”I LOOKED TO LOLO FOR GUIDANCE”.

From ‘The Audacity Of Hope,“I WILL STAND WITH THEM (MUSLIMS) SHOULD THE POLITICAL WINDS OF WAR SHIFT IN AN UGLY DIRECTION..”
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From The Audacity Of Hope,“WE ARE NO LONGER JUST A CHRISTIAN NATION, we are also a Jewish nation, a MUSLIM NATION, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”
__________
Don’t believe it? Think these comments taken ‘out of context’? Here it all here in his own works;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6zM5ldO35A
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Still need convincing?
Race: http://theobamafile.com/obamarace.htm
Islam — early years: http://www.theobamafile.com/_Islam/ObamaIslamEarlyYears.htm
Islam — candidate: http://theobamafile.com/_Islam/ObamaIslamCandidate.htm

The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes while he plans to slash the military, STOLE 716 BILLION FROM MEDICARE and threatened towithold senior’s social security checks!

BILLIONS FOR JIHAD!

Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee.
It gives billions http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1 ...
of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies.

Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.

$3.6 BILLION, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces
$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces

AFGHANISTAN:$1.52 BILLION,$86 MILLION above the request

WEST BANK AND GAZA:$665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

JORDAN:$250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance

EGYPT:$360 MILLION,$310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance

PAKISTAN:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request

IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request
Oversight:$20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq

Lebanon:$74 million

International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza. Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)

Disaster Assistance:$200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia

Peacekeeping:$837 MILLION FOR UNITED NATIONS peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic

Department of Justice:$17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system

Obama gives your tax dollars to rebuild Muslim mosques around the world

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/ ...#
ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here.

http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office -...
And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.
THIS will blow your mind!!
http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/
They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.
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http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.asp...
charts:
http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-fac...
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The best Obama exposure site on the net:
The Obama File ...

http://www.theobamafile.com/index_next_politics.html
The United States Library of Congress has selectedTheObamaFile.com for inclusion in its historic collectionof Internet materials
http://theobamafile.com/LibraryOfCongress.html


46 posted on 10/14/2012 10:08:39 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

P.S. GM’s shareholders getting SCREWED is another stand-alone counter punch. Or dealership shutdowns, too.


47 posted on 10/14/2012 10:08:44 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
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To: ROCKLOBSTER
http://www.shoebat.com/2012/09/27/innocence-of-muslims-film-was-made-by-terrorists-2/

Have you read this? Now I can give this no credibility, but someone posted this on FR last week. IF this is true, then it tells a story about this unknown video and why Obama advertised it like he did. Doesn't the world think the film maker is a Coptic Christian... well what if he is NOT?

48 posted on 10/14/2012 10:16:57 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Please help Todd Akin defeat Claire and the GOP-e send money!!!!!)
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To: cdchik123
Remember when Algore and Bush were debating, and Lurch, no doubt at the bidding of his owners, walked out into the middle of the stage, trying to look all "alpha male" while Bush was talking?

Bush was supposed be thrown off or rendered mute or something. Bush simply glanced at him, nodded, and finished his thought. Suddenly Gore was stuck out there, like a guy peeing in an empty parking lot, who had been hit by headlights with his schvanzstucker in his hand.

I will be looking for a similar moment on Tuesday. Obama isn't intelligent enough to reject some goofing theater by his "Masters." Dims aren't nearly as bright as they think they are.

Word has it, though, that Candy Crowley sees this as her chance to join the Pulitzer Pantheon with her "hard hitting" monopoly of the Townhall forum. She figures, apparently, if she can skewer Romney and pitch softballs to her God, she can get a million an episode from whatever network is smart enough to hire her.

49 posted on 10/14/2012 11:02:56 PM PDT by jonascord (Democrats are the people on the Left Side of the IQ Bell Curve.)
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To: cdchik123

Two Words for Romney for his Defense: Fredrico Pena

DONE!

He is Obammy’s Campaign manager and he is a “Vulture capitalist” too..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federico_Pe%C3%B1a

http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/11/libertarians-fundraise-to-run-ad-about-obama-co-chairs-venture-capitalism-success/

http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/honor-planned-for-vulture-capitalist/

Sauce for the Goose!


50 posted on 10/14/2012 11:24:57 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Just mythoughts

The fact that the “producer” made a point of telling anyone he ran across that the film was financed by Jews makes it clear it was a false flag operation.

The fact that the film was posted on YouTube in the first week of June makes it clear there was nothing spontaneous about the widespread rioting.

As far as Bain goes, I really hope Obama tries to score points with Bain. Bain’s a success story, and proof that Romney is capable of managing a profitable enterprise that produces jobs. He should finish his answer by inviting Obama to tell the viewers about the profitable companies he’s managed.


51 posted on 10/15/2012 12:14:29 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: cdchik123

Mitt openly embarrassed a narcissist.

He’d better be ready for anything.


52 posted on 10/15/2012 12:21:19 AM PDT by Tzimisce (THIS SUCKS)
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To: ArmstedFragg
The fact that the “producer” made a point of telling anyone he ran across that the film was financed by Jews makes it clear it was a false flag operation.

Ah first reports said he was an Israeli film maker in California. So he did more than just advertise the film was financed by Jews. Then along the way he some how gets called a Coptic Christian.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/12/us-libya-usa-attack-idUSBRE88B0EI20120912 "......Bacile, who described himself to AP as an Israeli Jew, spoke to the agency from hiding on Tuesday. He said that the film, which cost $5 million to make, was intended as a political statement and was financed by more than 100 Jewish donors......"

The fact that the film was posted on YouTube in the first week of June makes it clear there was nothing spontaneous about the widespread rioting.

I actually do not know when the re-dubbed 14 minute video was placed on YouTube. Obama sure knew about it right off the bat.

As far as Bain goes, I really hope Obama tries to score points with Bain. Bain’s a success story, and proof that Romney is capable of managing a profitable enterprise that produces jobs. He should finish his answer by inviting Obama to tell the viewers about the profitable companies he’s managed.

I have not liked Romney's description regarding Bain, so personally I not going to hold my breath on what he might say now. I would not compare BainCapital to Obama bailing out the auto industry. Personally, I would be satisfied IF Obama brings up wealth creation, for Romney to tell him that he (Romney) does not covet other peoples success. And no poor person ever created a job unless it was a government hire to redistribute wealth.

53 posted on 10/15/2012 12:33:50 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Please help Todd Akin defeat Claire and the GOP-e send money!!!!!)
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To: cdchik123

Pull out a picture of Bill Clinton and play a recording of him saying Romney did a great job at Bain.

Then say, “Candy, it’s time to move to another topic.”


54 posted on 10/15/2012 2:52:32 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: mouser
I would not be surprised if this is put out so Romney will spend time preparing...

I would imagine that he has already done all the preparation needed and had finished it before the first debate. I would imagine that he is spending his time gathering and sorting out every Benghazi fact that he can get his hands on.

55 posted on 10/15/2012 3:49:22 AM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: cdchik123

Obama was created and funded by the alliance of the Communist Party USA and the Muslim Brotherhood.

And nobody calls it what it really is, Obamas Islamofascism ideology.


56 posted on 10/15/2012 3:55:57 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (OPSEC)
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To: cdchik123

Wow. They are this stupid? Romney was itching for this one in the first debate.


57 posted on 10/15/2012 4:07:03 AM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: cdchik123

Romeny needs to capitalize on O’Bummer’s statement that it was easier to change things from the outside.

O’Bummer is like a teenager rebelling against his parents. He has no idea what reality of life is like, but just continues to oppose what ever the parents say. When he finally gained the power of the parent, he had no idea how to lead, no idea what to do. He could no longer find an identity by rebelling against anyone, as to do so would mean he must rebel against himself.

In the debate, O’Bummer is trying to get Romney to present his plan details so he can rebel against it. This way he can treat Romney as the parent and run against him. O’Bummer cannot stand on his own. He must run against someone in order to find his own identity. Facades who need to talk from a teleprompter are like that as they have no core identity of their own as a point of reference to speak from.

The best defense is to outline how he has been the anti-establishment candidate all through his life.

You know O’Bummer will challenge Romney to release more of his tax returns. Romney needs to fire back with specific questions about all the missing documents in O’Bummer’s life and ask him why he claimed to be born in Kenya throughout his college days and in his book bio prior to running for office. The question must be “WERE YOU DISHONEST THEN OR ARE YOU DISHONEST NOW?” This is how you stop someone who is on the attack. Put them in a double bind where they cannot answer. Use this on all of O’Bamma’s offenses. Don’t challenge the authenticity of his birth certificate, merely ask why a sane person would spend millions to defend something that can just be provided at no cost.

As a hypnotist, years ago I learned that in dealing with aggressive dominant people who say that they can never be hypnotized, you must first turn their agression from being between the two of you to being entirely within them. Their internal turmoil will cause them to lower their shield and become very vulnerable.

For example, as they are thinking, “This guy can’t hypnotize me.” I merely watch what they are doing and point out to them that whatever they are already doing is a sign that they are being hypnotized. If they are tightening their jaw (the way O’Bummer often does, or tilting their head back slightly, I will tell them that that movement or tension is a sign that they are being hypnotized. They are then so busy guarding within themselves they are wide open and vulnerable. The harder their shell, the easier they collapse their defenses.

The best offense Paul Ryan could have used would have been to point out to aggressive Joe that he smiles to cover his nervousness and that he learned long ago that people often smile like that due to the tension in their body when they stretch the truth (tell a lie). This would have caused Joe to be so focused on his own behavior of smiling that he would not have been able to think clearly and would have been vulnerable to Ryan.

You do not confront a person’s aggression toward you, merely swing it around so they aim it at themselves. The more aggressive they are, the quicker they destroy themselves.


58 posted on 10/15/2012 5:04:58 AM PDT by tired&retired
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To: Right Wing Assault
Pull out a picture of Bill Clinton and play a recording of him saying Romney did a great job at Bain....Then say, “Candy, it’s time to move to another topic.”

Romney could use it as a ring-tone on his cell phone, just hold it up to the mic.

59 posted on 10/15/2012 6:35:51 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves" Month)
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To: VideoDoctor

How can Steven Hawking, EVER, think on his feet?


60 posted on 10/15/2012 7:58:29 AM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (The world continues to be stuck in a "all leftist, all of the time" funk. BUNK THE FUNK!)
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