Romney: "The First Victim Of An Obama Campaign Is The Truth": Do You Trust President Obama?
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The 2012 election season has shifted from primary politics to the general election. Summer has nearly ended and the Olympics finished. The media will now set their sites on the candidates. General elections generally sours the public as they suffer the endless cycles of attack ads.
Politicians and their campaign managers know that negative ads work. Nobody took President Clinton seriously when he promised to end the politics of personal destruction -- then began destroying the reputation of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, victim Paula Jones and witnesses Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Obama of sacrificing the truth for a political victory in 2012. Romney said, "It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It has been sad and disappointing." Romney said this in response to the attack ads against him claiming that Romney would raise taxes. Romney finished with, "We're going to get this economy going, and Mr. President stop saying something that's not the truth."
REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM reports:
Politicians and their campaign managers know that negative ads work. Nobody took President Clinton seriously when he promised to end the politics of personal destruction -- then began destroying the reputation of special prosecutor Kenneth Starr, victim Paula Jones and witnesses Linda Tripp and Monica Lewinsky.
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney accused President Obama of sacrificing the truth for a political victory in 2012. Romney said, "It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It has been sad and disappointing." Romney said this in response to the attack ads against him claiming that Romney would raise taxes. Romney finished with, "We're going to get this economy going, and Mr. President stop saying something that's not the truth."
REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM reports:
Question: Thank you, Governor. When my son's boss asked why he wanted the day off, he said I get a chance to see Romney and Ryan. He said, 'You mean that guy that wants to raise taxes.' So what are you going to do to combat the lies that the leftists are telling about you?
Romney: Thank you. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It has been sad and disappointing. Frankly, you know, when I became the presumptive nominee, the president called me and congratulated me on becoming the presumptive nominee, and said that America deserves an honest debate about the future course of the country, and I agreed.
I'm waiting to hear him begin that, because all we've heard so far is one attack after the other. And frankly they're typically not honest. There may be one in there that is. I keep looking for it, but it's been a disappointment.
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mk, Smartass Oracle 2012/08/20 18:07:49
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Your last sentence is non-sensical. Maybe your trying to comment what Karl wants you to say about healthcare reform. I gu...
Your last sentence is non-sensical. Maybe your trying to comment what Karl wants you to say about healthcare reform. I guess you think saving lives (Harvard and New England Journal of Medicine) and reducing costs (see CBO and other numerous other non-partisan analyses) is bad for this country. Hopefully you and your family don't get sick and have your insurance cancelled. Even conservatives in every other developed country wouldn't give up their healthcare.
Maybe you should consider how your man Romney (and Ryan for that matter) "tell one group something and then retract it with the next group and spew another lie." Its all on tape, and really really clear.... You attack O'Bama for not getting us out of this mess fast enough? Why would anyone in their right mind choose the same Republican policies again that got us into this mess in the first place?
It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the failed policies in DC and the three stooges that are the problem, Balmy, Nasty and Scarey. Why couldn't Balmy do anything in his first two years? He had the House and the Senate. All he could do was manipulate the health care mess and that hopefully will be edited and greatly underfunded when Romney takes over.
Who got bin Lauden??? The Navy Seals! Not Balmy. All he did was say okay and this only after he had the assurance that he would not be blamed if it went down. The plan had been in effect and perfected for 10 years prior. It started in the Clinton administration and continued in the Bush administration.
As for spouting off you better lay off the koolaid when you post. Have you looked into the health care mess??? I have. It is not going to be free if that is what you are thinking. It will cost you more than you are paying but will give you l...
It does not take a rocket scientist to understand the failed policies in DC and the three stooges that are the problem, Balmy, Nasty and Scarey. Why couldn't Balmy do anything in his first two years? He had the House and the Senate. All he could do was manipulate the health care mess and that hopefully will be edited and greatly underfunded when Romney takes over.
Who got bin Lauden??? The Navy Seals! Not Balmy. All he did was say okay and this only after he had the assurance that he would not be blamed if it went down. The plan had been in effect and perfected for 10 years prior. It started in the Clinton administration and continued in the Bush administration.
As for spouting off you better lay off the koolaid when you post. Have you looked into the health care mess??? I have. It is not going to be free if that is what you are thinking. It will cost you more than you are paying but will give you less care. You go ahead and embrace the failed Balmy regime and should he win you will get your socialism and see how it works out for you. You might look at Greece to get your answers.
Tell me what private sector jobs Balmy created? He donated taxpayers' money to the failed green industries which were going or soon to be bankrupt. It was nothing more that a campaign payoff to the owners.
How about his running to Brazil and donating $2 billion dollars for deep horizon oil drilling instead of America. By so doing he left 27,000 oil rig workers unemployed. He apparently doesn't think much of his fellow countrymen to stab them in the back like this.
Facts versus fantasy!
That man obama lies so much. He is so disgusting.
2. Mitt Romney supported Barack Obama’s “economic stimulus” packages.
3. Mitt Romney says that Barack Obama’s bailout of the auto industry was actually his idea.
4. Neither candidate supports immediately balancing the federal budget.
5. They both believe in big government and they both have a track record of being big spenders while in office.
6. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both fully support the Federal Reserve.
7. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both on record as saying that the president should not question the “independence” of the Federal Reserve.
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both said that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did a good job during the last financial crisis.
9. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both felt that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke deserved to be renominated to a second term.
10. Both candidates oppose a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
11. Both candidates are on record as saying that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has done a good job.
12....
2. Mitt Romney supported Barack Obama’s “economic stimulus” packages.
3. Mitt Romney says that Barack Obama’s bailout of the auto industry was actually his idea.
4. Neither candidate supports immediately balancing the federal budget.
5. They both believe in big government and they both have a track record of being big spenders while in office.
6. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both fully support the Federal Reserve.
7. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both on record as saying that the president should not question the “independence” of the Federal Reserve.
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both said that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did a good job during the last financial crisis.
9. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both felt that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke deserved to be renominated to a second term.
10. Both candidates oppose a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
11. Both candidates are on record as saying that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has done a good job.
12. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both been big promoters of universal health care.
13. Mitt Romney was the one who developed the plan that Obamacare was later based upon.
14. Wall Street absolutely showers both candidates with campaign contributions.
15. Neither candidate wants to eliminate the income tax or the IRS.
16. Both candidates want to keep personal income tax rates at the exact same levels for the vast majority of Americans.
17. Both candidates are “open” to the idea of imposing a Value Added Tax on the American people.
18. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the TSA is doing a great job.
19. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the NDAA.
20. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the renewal of the Patriot Act.
21. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the federal government should be able to indefinitely detain American citizens that are considered to be terrorists.
22. Both candidates believe that American citizens suspected of being terrorists can be killed by the president without a trial.
23. Barack Obama has not closed Guantanamo Bay like he promised to do, and Mitt Romney actually wants to double the number of prisoners held there.
24. Both candidates support the practice of “extraordinary rendition”.
25. They both support the job-killing “free trade” agenda of the global elite.
26. They both accuse each other of shipping jobs out of the country and both of them are right.
27. Both candidates are extremely soft on illegal immigration.
28. Neither candidate has any military experience. This is the first time that this has happened in a U.S. election since 1944.
29. Both candidates earned a degree from Harvard University.
30. They both believe in the theory of man-made global warming.
31. Mitt Romney has said that he will support a “cap and trade” carbon tax scheme (like the one Barack Obama wants) as longas the entire globe goes along with it.
32. Both candidates have a very long record of supporting strict gun control measures.
33. Both candidates have been pro-abortion most of their careers. Mitt Romney’s “conversion” to the pro-life cause has been questioned by many. In fact, Mitt Romney has made millions on Bain Capital’s investment in a company called “Stericycle” that incinerates aborted babies collected from family planning clinics.
34. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the Boy Scout ban on openly gay troop leaders is wrong.
35. They both believe that a “two state solution” will bring lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israel.
36. Both candidates have a history of nominating extremely liberal judges.
37. Like Barack Obama, Mitt Romney also plans to add “signing statements” to bills when he signs them into law.
38. They both have a horrible record when it comes to job creation.
39. Both candidates believe that the president has the power to take the country to war without getting the approval of the U.S. Congress.
40. Both candidates plan to continue running up more government debt even though the U.S. government is already 16 trillion dollars in debt.
1.. True, though so did most everyone else.. Between them, only Obama supported limiting the Bonuses ceos rewarded themselves with with our bailout money.
2. No he was against them after he was for them.
3. Mitt Romney also said he would have let them fail... then he said it was his idea... after shaking the etch a sketch that is his moral and economic compass.
4. Neither candidate could possibly do that.
5. Um no Obama has increased spending less than any president since Eisenhower. What big spending track record?
6.-11 Yes, but then no major candidate is going to get rid of the Federal Reserve. Only one candidate has introduced ANY wal st reform bills however.
12 What? Huh? What "universal health care?" Single payer was "off the table" according to Obama and his hr reform centers around private insurance companies. We can only wish either of them supported universal health care.
'STUPID', NANCY PELOSI SAID IT BEST, SPEAKING TO THE CONGRESS IN 2008: "YOU HAVE GOT TO VOTE 'FOR' THE HEALTHCARE LAW, BEFORE YOU CAN EVER READ IT"! QUESTION... DIDN'T CONGRESS WRITE THE LAW FIRST? "NO"...IT WAS WRITTEN OUTSIDE OF CONGRESS, MAYBE [EVEN] THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK CITY. SECOND QUESTION: DOESN'T THE U.S. CONSTITUTION SAY THAT THE U.S. CONGRESS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WRITING THE NATIONS LAWS? CAUTION: THE QUALITY OF HEALTHCARE IN AMERICA, FOR THE FUTURE, IS BEING DECIDED BY 'INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE 'NOT' ELECTED OFFICIALS OF CONGRESS'.
THINK ABOUT IT! THIS IS WHAT YOU CALL "A 'KANGAROO' FEDERAL GOVERNMENT", WHICH IS 'SELF-APPOINTING', DIS-HONEST TO THE CORE, AND COMPLETELY INCOMPETENT IN THEIR DAILY DUTIES!!!!
AND, "NONE DARE CALL THIS 'CONSPIRACY' "?
J.M.
Option#1...You'll be Damned if you do= R.
or Option#2...You'll be Damned if you don't= O.
Businessman Mitt Romney has never been president before either and he learn as he go also right, right?
What is Romney's agenda?
Why does Romney really want to gain access to the White House?
Will Paul Ryan be president and Romney just get credit for the position???
Scary isn't it?
11.6.2012
"Your Vote / Your Fate"
George Bush couldn't change things from the inside for lack of cooperation from the senate and congress. Mitt Romney what make you think you can change the inside? What you going to do when they don't cooperate with you either?
May as well keep President Barack Obama.
Mister Obama you must consentrate totally on this country and her problems after all the troops are back home.