Posted on 08/28/2012 4:49:39 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Tampa is ‘pretty entertaining show,’ says dismissive Obama on the stump By Amie Parnes - 08/28/12 03:40 PM ET
President Obama on Tuesday dismissed the GOP convention as “a pretty entertaining show” during a campaign appearance in Iowa in which he lambasted Mitt Romney.
Obama said the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and other Republicans won't provide “a path forward” for the country.
“It should be a pretty entertaining show,” Obama told a crowd at Iowa State University. “And I'm sure they'll have some wonderful things to say about me. But what you won't hear from them is a path forward that meets the challenges of our time.”
After a one-day weather delay, Republican speakers hit the stage in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday afternoon and immediately began hammering Obama. Republican National Committee Co-Chairwoman Sharon Day said Republicans “need to defeat a president whose actions threaten our liberty.”
Obama’s appearance in Iowa was intended to offer some counter-programming, and the president tailored his message for young voters.
During the speech, which lasted just over 25 minutes, Obama went full-throttle on his opponent, telling the students that Romney has written off young people as a "lost generation" and doesn't have their best interests in mind. He also lambasted the GOP standard-bearer for threatening to repeal his healthcare reform plan upon taking office.
"Maybe we should call his plan 'Romney doesn't care,' because I do care," Obama said, trying to come up with a new catchphrase to counter "ObamaCare," a derisive term coined by Republicans for the Affordable Care Act.
The president said the election in November offers Americans "the chance to prove the cynics wrong" and warned of an "avalanche of attack ads and insults and distractions."
And sometimes, he added of the other side, "they will fib."
While the GOP convention takes place this week, Obama will head to swing states Colorado and Virginia, where he plans to target the youth vote.
It remained unclear on Tuesday if Obama would catch any part of the GOP convention. An Obama campaign aide told reporters that she would have to check.
Because it pisses off the “Independent” vote. The reason O is 15-20 points behind with Independent voters is because he has engaged in that sort of personal attack politics.
In this case, its the truth, and I think people can handle the truth.
BO's low approvals are because of 15% real unemployment and 1-2% growth in GDP.
I’m just praying that Anne Romney says that she is proud of her country in her speech tonight.
So do I. I have never hated a president before. Clinton was way too left for me but I didn’t hate him and still don’t. I am appalled at some things (okay, many things) he did but still don’t feel the visceral hate for him that I do for Obama. Carter was a disaster and has become a disgrace but I don’t hate him.
I really, really, really hate Obama with every fiber of my being.
“a path”
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He really is an amateur and a bench warmer!
No, Romney-Ryan are offering “SOLUTIONS” not a “path forward” into MORE weeds and freeloaders!
“But what you won’t hear from them is a path forward that meets the challenges of our time.”
HE is the “challenges of our time”.
More likely, he’ll come riding in on the colt of an ass, as befits a true false messiah.
I know what you mean...Obama makes the Clinton years look like a picnic...I did not like Clinton, at all - believe me....BUT, I do believe he loved his country, unlike the current occupant of the WH. Obama makes me absolutely sick to my stomach...I, too, have never felt this way about any President.
“where he plans to target the youth vote.”
what is he going to tell the youth?
that he plans to leave them and their grandchildren a debt that will cripple their lives, and they won’t be able to repay?
blessings, bobo
Obama is as likeable as a battery-acid enema.
Obama go back to whatever third-world muslim craphole you are from and stop stinking up the USA.
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