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Republicans Are Pouncing On A Startling Admission From The Governor Of Maryland
Business Insider ^ | 09/02/2012 | Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 09/02/2012 5:31:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O'Malley said Sunday that Americans are not better off under President Obama than they were four years ago, a somewhat startling admission that Republicans and Mitt Romney immediately pounced on.

On CBS's "Face the Nation" Sunday morning, host Bob Schieffer asked O'Malley if he can "honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago."

"No," O'Malley said, "but that's not the question of this election."

"The question," he continued, "without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before George Bush brought us the Bush job losses, the Bush recession, the Bush deficits, the series of desert wars, charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit card..." "George Bush is not on the ballots," Schieffer quipped.

The first sentence was good enough for the Romney campaign. It's a somewhat baffling admission because the Obama campaign has explicitly avoided giving a "Yes" or "No" answer to the question during the campaign in hopes of avoiding a bad soundbite.

That was the case on both ABC's "This Week" and "Fox News Sunday," where advisers David Plouffe and David Axelrod both avoided a direct answer.

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


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Maryland
KEYWORDS: 2012dncconvention; economy; gopobama; martinomalley; marylandgovernor; omalley
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1 posted on 09/02/2012 5:31:39 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
"No," O'Malley said, "but that's not the question of this election."

O YES IT IS!! And you just answered correctly.

2 posted on 09/02/2012 5:35:58 PM PDT by Tonytitan
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To: SeekAndFind

CUT!...it’s a wrap...Thanks Gov O’Malley


3 posted on 09/02/2012 5:39:08 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: SeekAndFind

BUSH’S FAULT!


4 posted on 09/02/2012 5:39:27 PM PDT by Panzerlied ("We shall never surrender!")
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To: SeekAndFind
I am not a huge W fan, but things looked pretty good by most measures until 2006. Something happened in 2006...
5 posted on 09/02/2012 5:40:21 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obama told us 4 years ago that he had all the answers. Now he tells us that he didn’t even uderstand the questions.


6 posted on 09/02/2012 5:41:25 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: SeekAndFind
Rut Row.

Maybe they can say that the question is RACIST!

7 posted on 09/02/2012 5:42:25 PM PDT by paul in cape
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To: SeekAndFind

What was the average unemployment rate during the Bush 43 administration and the Obama administration? What was the average price of a gallon of gasoline during the Bush 43 administration and the Obama administration? What was the number of people on food stamps at the end of the Bush 43 administration compared to right now? What was the number of people on disablity at the end of the Bush 43 administration compared to right now?


8 posted on 09/02/2012 5:44:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: SeekAndFind
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How to tell the Davids apart in the Obama administration.

9 posted on 09/02/2012 5:56:26 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Tonytitan

He doesn’t WANT it to be that question... but it is.

By the way when is somebody going to run against this O’Malley cat?


10 posted on 09/02/2012 5:57:32 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: MileHi

a Rat congress


11 posted on 09/02/2012 5:58:33 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
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To: Tonytitan

obama/left-wing/donk 2012 campaign slogan-”It’s Bush’s fault.”


12 posted on 09/02/2012 6:00:00 PM PDT by chessplayer
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To: SeekAndFind

The socialists speaks, and blurts out the truth. Waiting for Obama’s “it’s all about fairness” canned comment.


13 posted on 09/02/2012 6:04:58 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (Resurrect the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)...before there is no America!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Forget the unemployment rate. I would concentrate the number of job on Jan 19, 2009 to today. If the stories I have been reading are correct, there are about 5 million less jobs. Romney should pound on that.

I agree with the rest of your list. This election has so much low hanging fruit it should be easy to have a landslide. You just need the right guy with the spine to go for Obama’s political throat.


14 posted on 09/02/2012 6:05:17 PM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: SeekAndFind

Glass-Steagal repeal by congress caused 80% of the job losses. 20% were caused by the scare of Obama being elected in Bushes last quarter.


15 posted on 09/02/2012 6:11:10 PM PDT by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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To: MileHi
I am not a huge W fan, but things looked pretty good by most measures until 2006. Something happened in 2006...

SAY IT!!!!! SCREAM IT!!!!!!
Make a banner and fly it around the country. Tattoo it on Paul Ryan's chest and make him a Playgirl centerfold. Meme it! Tweet it! Facebook it! Hashtag it! Google bomb it!...

The budget mess Obama inherited? The one he always complains about?
...belonged to none other than that babbling boob speaker Pelosi!!!!! She's the budget busting diva...the mother of all unfunded stimulus spending. And we're still operating under her bloated budget.

SHE'S GUILTY!!!! GUILTY!!!! GUILTY!!!! GUILTY!!!! GUILTY!!!!

16 posted on 09/02/2012 6:13:36 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Tex-Con-Man
...working through some issues...
17 posted on 09/02/2012 6:18:27 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man (T. Coddington Van Voorhees VII 2012 - "Together, I Shall Ride You To Victory")
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To: Tonytitan

Duh.


18 posted on 09/02/2012 6:20:29 PM PDT by Shady (The Tea Party is the Party of the American People, Working and creating wealth in SPITE of OBAMA!)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Oh, THAT was it.


19 posted on 09/02/2012 6:23:38 PM PDT by MileHi ( "It's coming down to patriots vs the politicians." - ovrtaxt)
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Me too!


20 posted on 09/02/2012 6:26:55 PM PDT by bamabound (teach them how to think, not what to think!)
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