2016 Postmortem
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The Obama endorsements are ALL saying what Obama needs to say: MITT ROMNEY IS RISKY BECAUSE HE KEEPS FLIPPING AROUND HIS POSITIONS. Also, watch Obama's town hall with McCain on CSPAN. It is there right now along with other past presidential town halls. He was very good, and injected pointed attacks on McSAME over and over as he delivered his answers. He was great in that format. Obama MUST call out RobMe on his FLIPS and his LIES. He must come across far more energetic and engaged. He MUST:
* Hit him on his failed record in MA which has not been talked about at all.
* Hit him on his MANY FLIPS and llllllllllllong history of FLIPS. (Say that he is "severely confused on his positions" because he keeps changing them. GET SPECIFIC ON THE FLIPS and DANCING AROUND his positions.
* Hit him on his tax returns and hiding him money in the Caymans.
* Hit him on BAIN and SENSATA. DO IT ! GO THERE !
* Hit him on the 47% and say, "YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEANT. IT WAS LONG AND UNOQUIVICAL and CRYSTAL CLEAR. You threw half the country UNDER THE BUS and you revealed exactly what you think."
* Hit him on him wanting Detroit to go bankrupt and not supporting the auto bailout.
* Hit him on how his policies are BAD for WOMEN. Hit him VERY VERY HARD on him wanting to defund planned parenthood, etc. etc. etc.
* Hit him like hell on VOUCHERCARE. SLAM HIM ON IT !!!
At the same time, Obama must TOUT HIS LONG RECORD OF ACCOMPLISHMENT and keep saying MITT WANTS TO GO BACKWARD AND WOULD TAKE US BACKWARD WITH BAD FAILED POLICIES OF THE PAST. No, we are going FORWARD.
Donkees
(31,413 posts)Dman292
(44 posts)If we give tax breaks to the wealthy hey will just take the savings and put it in some offshore bank
Mitt was in favor of military action until it's his turn to go
desertduck
(213 posts)& give examples. Drive that home.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)then compare to opponents record. Close with choice: my record of accomplishment, or Romney's record of (undefinable, changing position) or (track record, eg Massachusetts, Bain/Sensata, etc.).
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION and we'd be getting there faster if the GOP Congress hadn't blocked multiple jobs bills.
versus McBAIN's record of MOVING AMERICAN JOBS TO CHINA. (segue right into Sensata).
On PARTISANSHIP say it straight out -- FACING THE WORST ECONOMIC CRISIS SINCE THE GREAT DEPRESSION, in January 2009 the GOP LEADERSHIP made it their #1 goal to retake the white house by obstructing progress at the Expense of the American people. And Congressman Ryan signed onto this strategy.
They deliberately obstructed jobs bills.
They deliberately obstructed stimulus to rebuild our infrastructure.
They deliberately obstructed a health care program that includes 98% of their demands.
And their voting record proves it.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,942 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)A statement like that would do double duty--triple duty, really.
1. Mitt still hasn't released his tax returns.
2. He has tax havens in the Caymans.
3. Rich people don't create jobs with extra money, they just stash it, and sometimes they even stash it where they don't have to pay US taxes on it.
The idea that rich people would find an extra $250,000 in their stocking and spend it on creating jobs is so ludicrous it shouldn't even need to be laughed at. Jobs are created when an employer can make a profit from creating that job, not when there's extra dough in the petty cash jar.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)I mean, people are reacting to a bunch of RW polls and a slight shift in the tracking polls as if the world came to an end.