Obama campaign pulls attack ads after Colorado shooting

Yahoo! News ^ | July 20, 2012 | Olivier Knox

[Free ThinkerNY]

President Barack Obama's reelection campaign is pulling down its attacks ads against Mitt Romney in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, a spokeswoman says.

"We have asked affiliates to pull down our contrast advertising for the time being," Jen Psaki told reporters, according to a pool report from the Washington Post's David Nakamura, traveling with Obama on a campaign swing through Florida. "It takes time for stations to be able to do this, but we are making every effort."

[freedommom]

bingo.
IMHO obama pulled the ads because he wants the media to talk about bad bad guns and guncontrol 24/7

[freedommom]

also

5 hours after the shooting The FBI said approximately 100 of its agents are on the scene assisting with the ongoing investigation.

I guess it's possible to get 100 agents there that fast but
hmmmm...

and the moms reaction

A California woman who identified herself as the mother of James Holmes, the 24-year-old man federal authorities said is the suspect in a mass shooting in an Aurora, Colorado movie theater, told ABC News her son was likely the culprit, saying, “You have the right person.”

The woman, contacted at her home in San Diego, spoke briefly with ABC News and immediately expressed concern her son may be involved in the shooting death of at least 12 people overnight.

“You have the right person,” she said, apparently speaking on gut instinct. “I need to call the police... I need to fly out to Colorado.”

[DennisR]

Doublespeak.

[D-fendr]

>>”I haven’t seen much in the way of Romney ads..”

Ads for both campaigns are in selected states, may be that you’re not in one these. Here’s a page that is quite complete on the ads:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/politics/track-presidential-campaign-ads-2012/

Also on ‘keeping their powder dry’ here’s an interesting article: “July Panic for Obama”:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/july-panic-for-obama—for-good-reason/2012/07/15/gJQARQFXmW_blog.html

[D-fendr]

Good post, obviously the attack ads - and Obama is running a ton of them in Colorado - inspired the shooter.

Or...

“There is plenty of evidence that Obama’s negative onslaught has not damaged Romney and instead may have backfired. In the CBS/NYT poll Obama’s (36/48) favorable/unfavorable split is worse than Romney’s (32/36). In Fox’s poll, Obama’s unfavorables (46 percent) are also higher than Romney’s (40 percent).”

from:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/polling-insight-ignore-pundits-follow-the-economy/2012/07/18/gJQAHa2duW_blog.html