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kpete

(72,003 posts)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:08 PM Jun 2012

Obama campaign to media: Stop letting Romney off the hook!!!

Specifically, Axelrod argued at length that the Romney campaign has been operating from a double standard. Romney aides defend him against Dem attacks on his record as Governor of Massachusetts by pointing out that he inherited an economy losing jobs, and that this shouldn’t detract from the assessment of the true impact of his policies. This, even as they slam Obama over the “net” job loss on his watch.

“Go back to the Romney campaign and ask them about this extraordinary double standard,” Axelrod said on the call.

“Ask them how it is that they should exempt Governor Romney’s first years in office because he had to encounter a recession far less deep than the one the president had to face,” Axelrod continued.

“The’ve painted themselves into a corner here,” Axelrod concluded. “Now that double standard is clear, and they’re going to have to explain it to the American people.” Steve Benen has a roundup of the relevant quotes from Romney aides that illustrate the double standard.

(Great source, links, etc.) MORE:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/obama-campaign-to-media-stop-letting-romney-off-the-hook/2012/06/04/gJQAuM1mDV_blog.html

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Obama campaign to media: Stop letting Romney off the hook!!! (Original Post) kpete Jun 2012 OP
Am I supposed to feel inspired by this? Really? dkf Jun 2012 #1
how about DOING something about media consolidation? bbgrunt Jun 2012 #2
Wasn't there an act to make sure there wasn't anyone left off the hook? uponit7771 Jun 2012 #3
Yes, where did it go? Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #6
MORE of this please!!! REVEAL their ANTI-Rationalism. Flaws in reasoning. & HAMMER it!! patrice Jun 2012 #4
the media especially in the last few weeks has been very hostile to Obama WI_DEM Jun 2012 #5
Bombard the media!!! Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #7
spanone to Obama campaign. 'no. shit' spanone Jun 2012 #8
I think we have more luck with the foreign media Rosa Luxemburg Jun 2012 #9

patrice

(47,992 posts)
4. MORE of this please!!! REVEAL their ANTI-Rationalism. Flaws in reasoning. & HAMMER it!!
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 04:38 PM
Jun 2012

No one has to insult anyone else; just tell the TRUTH.

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
5. the media especially in the last few weeks has been very hostile to Obama
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 04:41 PM
Jun 2012

and have been treating Romney with kid gloves. We gotta attack! attack! attack!

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