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Politico: Obama cedes the future to Romney
Politico ^ | October 19, 2012 | Rich Lowry

Posted on 10/18/2012 2:21:39 AM PDT by Zakeet

President Barack Obama has been onstage with Mitt Romney now for a collective three hours and has yet to enunciate anything within hailing distance of a second-term agenda.

He wants to “win the future,” he just doesn’t have a very clear idea about how to do it. His slogan is “forward,” but his campaign is unmistakably backward-looking. His case for reelection has about as much to do with the past four years of the Bush administration as the next four years of the prospective second Obama administration.

All of his campaign’s energy has been devoted to tearing down Romney. If a fraction of its effort had been spent on coming up with a few new proposals around which Obama could wrap a fresh-feeling policy platform, he wouldn’t be forced to run such a remorselessly negative campaign. He could do more — at least as much as is possible for an incumbent president — to keep the mantle of hope and change.

The irony is that Obama aides always said that it would be a choice election. They were right. But they have been running as if the election were a referendum on the challenger. The only real choice that the Obama campaign has offered is one between believing Romney is a heartless right-wing extremist and believing Romney is a soulless opportunist.

This has allowed Romney, pricelessly, free running to present himself as the man with the plan.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election; obama; president; romney
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To: Zakeet

Obama still looking sickly awful with black sunken eyes. This photo is from debate #2. What an awful look on his face. I heard that doing split screens (by the camera crew) was suppressed during debate #2. Meaning we didn't get to see Bamster's face while Romney was speaking

21 posted on 10/18/2012 5:17:29 AM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: mindburglar

Obama probably chugged down some black coffee right before the debate. A few ciggies too to stimulate his dim mental processes


22 posted on 10/18/2012 5:22:12 AM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: ETL; Larry Lucido; F15Eagle
New Obama slogan has long ties to Marxism, socialism

Just remember, there are no delicatessens under Communism

23 posted on 10/18/2012 5:47:17 AM PDT by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
I figured that might be a line from a TV show or movie. So I looked it up:

Seinfeld:
Episode: “THE RACE”

Mickey: “There are no delicatessens under communism.”

Kramer: “Woah, why not?”

Mickey: “Well, because the meats are divided into a class system. You’ve got pastrami and corned beef in one class and salami and bologna in another. That’s not right.”

Kramer: “So you can’t get corned beef?”

Mickey: “Well, you know, if you’re in the Politburo, maybe.”

http://www.pkmeco.com/seinfeld/race.htm
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"The Race" is the 96th episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld, the tenth episode of the sixth season. The episode first aired on December 15, 1994. The story follows Jerry as he meets an old rival, who suspects that he cheated in a high school race and wishes to re-run it. Elaine is put on a "blacklist" and finds out her boyfriend is a communist, which sees George respond to a personal ad in the Daily Worker and Kramer, who is working as a department store Santa Claus, is eventually convinced to become a communist by Elaine's boyfriend.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Race_%28Seinfeld%29

24 posted on 10/18/2012 7:21:23 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Zakeet

Lowry is no Libtard and I am shocked Politico lets him write for them.
Are they trying to show some balance? The whole piece is strange for them to print.


25 posted on 10/18/2012 7:31:24 AM PDT by JerseyDvl (Cogito Ergo Doleo Soetoro, ABO and of course FUBO!)
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To: Gamecock

YouTube search results for “seinfeld” “communist”...

Lots of good clips from the episode. I couldn’t find the complete episode.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=seinfeld+communist&oq=seinfeld+communist&gs_l=youtube.12..0l2.33164.35346.0.38037.9.7.0.2.2.0.183.872.1j6.7.0...0.0...1ac.1.x2TIKROKYdc


26 posted on 10/18/2012 7:32:25 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: dennisw
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27 posted on 10/18/2012 7:40:00 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: dennisw

He’s a cokehead - BIGTIME.


28 posted on 10/18/2012 7:48:43 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: ETL

Looks like he’s having a choom gang flash back...When he and his buddies would suck the last marijuana smoke from the sealed VW bus

Once a choomer always a choomer


29 posted on 10/18/2012 7:50:32 AM PDT by dennisw (Government be yo mamma - Re-elect Barack Obama)
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To: Portcall24
Major goal of the o during his second term? Get into high 70’s with his golf game.

I like my golf game in the high 70's too. Any higher than that and it is just too hot to play.

30 posted on 10/18/2012 7:51:01 AM PDT by commish (After Four Years of Obama, America needs a little R & R.)
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To: dennisw
Or,

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31 posted on 10/18/2012 8:23:41 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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