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When 'anger and hate' replaces 'jobs and the economy'
When 'anger and hate' replaces 'jobs and the economy'
By Steve Benen
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So, instead of talking about unemployment and the fragile economic recovery, the Romney campaign is focused on talking about the campaign. Nothing persuades struggling voters more than listening to politicians talk endlessly about campaign tactics and strategy, right?
Of course, there's another important angle to this: the substance of Romney's criticisms are also absurd, and if he's looking for an "angry and desperate" candidate, he's better off looking in the mirror.
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As we discussed last week, Mitt Romney has spent the last several months arguing that President Obama is a corrupt liar, who hates free enterprise and religion, and who's driven by an ideology that's "foreign to the American experience." One of Romney's chief surrogates has said the president should "learn how to be an American," and "has no idea how the American system functions," in part because "he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something."
And then Romney complains about Obama making "personal attacks."
Look, this is just crazy. Romney has disgraced himself with nearly-uncontrollable lying, so he's accusing Obama of being a disgrace. Romney is lashing out angrily, so he's accusing Obama of being angry. Romney will do anything to win, so he's accusing Obama of being willing to do anything to win. Romney is running a sleazy, substance-less, integrity-free campaign, so he's accusing Obama of taking the campaign into the gutter.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/15/13295056-when-anger-and-hate-replaces-jobs-and-the-economy
By Steve Benen
<...>
So, instead of talking about unemployment and the fragile economic recovery, the Romney campaign is focused on talking about the campaign. Nothing persuades struggling voters more than listening to politicians talk endlessly about campaign tactics and strategy, right?
Of course, there's another important angle to this: the substance of Romney's criticisms are also absurd, and if he's looking for an "angry and desperate" candidate, he's better off looking in the mirror.
<...>
As we discussed last week, Mitt Romney has spent the last several months arguing that President Obama is a corrupt liar, who hates free enterprise and religion, and who's driven by an ideology that's "foreign to the American experience." One of Romney's chief surrogates has said the president should "learn how to be an American," and "has no idea how the American system functions," in part because "he spent his early years in Hawaii smoking something."
And then Romney complains about Obama making "personal attacks."
Look, this is just crazy. Romney has disgraced himself with nearly-uncontrollable lying, so he's accusing Obama of being a disgrace. Romney is lashing out angrily, so he's accusing Obama of being angry. Romney will do anything to win, so he's accusing Obama of being willing to do anything to win. Romney is running a sleazy, substance-less, integrity-free campaign, so he's accusing Obama of taking the campaign into the gutter.
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http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/15/13295056-when-anger-and-hate-replaces-jobs-and-the-economy
Yeah, and last week, Mittwit, the pathological liar and whiny-ass wimp, was waving the white flag to shift focus from Bain and his tax returns.
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021106010
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