Romney’s Closing Pitch: Elect Me Or Face Another Recession
Source: TPM
SAHIL KAPUR 10:06 AM EST, MONDAY NOVEMBER 5, 2012
In the last day before the Election Day, Mitt Romney warned a crowd in Sanford, Florida that reelecting President Obama may cause another recession:
Throughout the campaign, using every argument he can think of, President Obama has tried to convince you that the last four years have been a success. And so his plan for the next four years is take all the ideas from his first four years. You know, the stimulus, the tax increase, the borrowing, obama care, and do them all over again. He calls this plan forward. I call it forewarned. That same path means $20 trillion in debt. It means continuing crippling unemployment. It means depressed home values. Stagnant take home pay. And a devastated military. Unless we change course, we may be looking at another recession as well. In his closing argument, did you hear this just the other day? President Obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge. For revenge. Instead I ask the American people to vote for love of country.
(Emphasis added.)
A broad swath of mainstream economists believe the U.S. economy is rebounding and set to improve regardless of which candidate wins on Tuesday.
Romney added that if Obama is reelected, "there'll be threats of shutdown and default again" -- presumably from House Republicans who have a bitter relationship with the president.
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Mitt the fearmonger
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Like the CEOs who've told their employees they better vote for Romney or else....
"We need to hold our bosses and our pastors accountable, not just for breaking the law and swaying their people to vote in one single direction, but for instilling fear into their people if they dont. These actions are much more reminiscent of boss politics and tyrannical priests than they are of a fair and democratic process. They smell of desperation. They stink of complete disregard of our founding principles. They reek of selfishness."
http://freelyfrankie.com/2012/11/05/where-is-our-nation/
1ProudAtheist
(346 posts)They are absent of anything substantial to back them up, and if you just walk up and knock him on his arse, then he will run away crying like the true coward that he really is.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)I'll go with the recession, thanks anyway.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)a sharp stick in the eye....hmmmm....
crim son
(27,464 posts)I'll take the recession, tyvm.
Blah, blah, blah.
STFU, Dirty Mittens.
santamargarita
(3,170 posts)Or any other laws for that matter.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)This is what the reality would be were that to happen. I simply don't subscribe to the "swath of mainstream economists" that think the economy will improve no matter who is elected. Make no mistake, Romney's plan takes too much out of spending which will assuredly cause a dip in aggregate demand and that spells a recession whereas Obama's proposals will keep the economy moving forward, probably at a faster clip than the past couple of years due to infrastructure spending and the improving housing market.
Romney's plan also will explode the deficit because of the tax cuts to the top 2% and the massive increase in defense spending. In fact, most of the dire things he claims would happen if Obama is re-elected are the very things that would happen should he be elected. Now how ironic is that?
christx30
(6,241 posts)This is almost as funny as The Onion's enforcement of John Edwards last week.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)onehandle
(51,122 posts)Vote Down Ticket.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)If he does what he says he is going to do then we are all in trouble.
spiderpig
(10,419 posts)This has been the longest, most frustrating campaign I can remember. And after 8 years of Commander Bunnypants (ugh - the horror), that's saying a lot.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)going to have another meeting to discuss how to destroy Obama and tank the economy? Who cares if millions of families will suffer. I can't wait until these obstructionists are voted into obscurity.
azureblue
(2,151 posts)Instead of:
"Elect Me Or Face Another Recession"
it should be"
"Elect Me And Face Another Recession"
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)and shall rain down thunderous ruin upon his foes.
RussBLib
(9,036 posts)The amount of mendacity is just staggering. For low information voters, he probably sounds reasonable.
aquart
(69,014 posts)In NEW YORK? Now? Are they insane?
Polldancer2012
(88 posts)When the CBO predicted a 2013 recession and UE rate of approx. 8% through 2013.