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kpete

(72,013 posts)
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 01:30 PM Aug 2012

President Obama went there today: "I know he's had other things on his car."

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President Obama went there today, mocking opponent Mitt Romney over a 1980s incident in which he ferried the family dog atop his car during a vacation trip.

Speaking in Iowa, Obama noted that Romney criticized the usefulness of wind energy projects by saying "you can't drive a car with a windmill on it."

Ad-libbed Obama: "I know he's had other things on his car."

On the second day of a three-day bus tour of Iowa, Obama again called on Congress to extend a program of tax credits for wind energy manufacturers.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2012/08/obama-makes-dog-on-top-of-car-joke-about-romney/1#.UCqKaFZlQts
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President Obama went there today: "I know he's had other things on his car." (Original Post) kpete Aug 2012 OP
That wasn't smart to go there, turnabout is fair game. bahrbearian Aug 2012 #1
I don't think he "went there." Fawke Em Aug 2012 #2
Huhn? TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #3
Obama as a child ate dog. Thats what will be used now. bahrbearian Aug 2012 #4
Dog-fil-A? DearAbby Aug 2012 #5
Obama as a child ate the food that was put in front of him. gkhouston Aug 2012 #6
I know it and you know it. bahrbearian Aug 2012 #9
Let's hear Romney have the gall to bring that up. EOTE Aug 2012 #8
Well, he ate the food that was served to him as a kid in a foreign country. Not quite the same TwilightGardener Aug 2012 #10
Turnabout is fair game? EOTE Aug 2012 #7
IT WAS A JOKE, PEOPLE!!!! A JOKE!! Bake Aug 2012 #11

bahrbearian

(13,466 posts)
1. That wasn't smart to go there, turnabout is fair game.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:16 PM
Aug 2012

He should have not gone there. Let other people tell it.

Fawke Em

(11,366 posts)
2. I don't think he "went there."
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:17 PM
Aug 2012

I think he put his toe-toes right on the line and let the audience "go there" in their own minds.

gkhouston

(21,642 posts)
6. Obama as a child ate the food that was put in front of him.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:25 PM
Aug 2012

In a culture that uses dogs as meat animals. It's not like he tortured and then ate the neighbor's pet, and it's nothing like an adult choosing to put a dog on a rooftop carrier for hours on end.

bahrbearian

(13,466 posts)
9. I know it and you know it.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:31 PM
Aug 2012

But it'll turn into , "Living in a Muslium country while attending a Madrasa, Obama...". He didn't have to go there, let other people do it.

EOTE

(13,409 posts)
8. Let's hear Romney have the gall to bring that up.
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:28 PM
Aug 2012

And watch him get eviscerated because of it. Romney's pretty fucking clueless, but I can't imagine he'd be THAT clueless.

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
10. Well, he ate the food that was served to him as a kid in a foreign country. Not quite the same
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 04:21 PM
Aug 2012

as an adult man deciding to strap his dog to a car roof. I wouldn't worry about it.

EOTE

(13,409 posts)
7. Turnabout is fair game?
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 02:26 PM
Aug 2012

Well then, Mitt Romney is more than welcome to bring up times Obama nearly killed his family pets by acting like an elitist asshole. In fact, I'd encourage him to do so.

Bake

(21,977 posts)
11. IT WAS A JOKE, PEOPLE!!!! A JOKE!!
Tue Aug 14, 2012, 04:32 PM
Aug 2012

And a pretty darn good one, too! Way to go, Mr. President!



Bake

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