Pres. Obama focused on painting Romney as a figure to be mocked, not feared

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"When I got onto the stage I met this very spirited fellow who claimed to be Mitt Romney," Obama told a crowd of some 12,000 the morning after the contest. "But it couldn’t have been Mitt Romney because the real Mitt Romney has been running around the country the last year promising 5 trillion in tax cuts that favor the wealthy. The fellow on stage said he didn’t know anything about that."

"The man on stage last night does not want to be held accountabilty for the real Mitt Romney’s decisions and what’s he been saying for the last year," Obama said, suggesting Romney had switched his positions for political expedience. "And that’s because he knows full well that we don’t want what he’s been selling for the past year."

Obama himself seemed focused on painting Romney as a figure to be mocked, not feared . . .

"Thank goodness somebody is getting tough on Big Bird," he said to laughs.

"And Elmo!" a man in the crowd shouted back.

"Elmo, too," Obama responded.


read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-campaign-shifts-attack-strategy-after-debate

[flamingdem]

1. Good, snark is a winner nt

[elleng]

2. Artful Dodger!

"It was a very vigorous performance but one devoid of honesty," Axelrod said, accusing Romney of "serial evasions and deceptions" in last night's debate.

"He's an artful dodger," he added later in the call, listing the positions on which Romney appeared to soften his position on in last night's debate — including his tax and medicare plans.

[joycejnr]

3. That might work, but maybe feared AND mocked...

...would be good. Mockery didn't work with Bush, and he was about the stupidest public official on the planet. Conservatives specialize in fear to con the 98%, the uninformed voter, the Authoritarian Personality.

Jesus H. Christ, I hate Conservatives...and I fear them, but it's the followers who get showered with our mockery. For the leaders, I say we reserve a healthy dose of fear.