Romney Hits Obama On ‘Julia’: ‘Cartoon Character’

[Capt. Obvious]

Speaking at a campaign event in Michigan on Tuesday, Mitt Romney criticized President Obama for using a fictional woman, Julia, in an infographic, to compare his policies with that of Romney.

“What does it say about the president’s policies, when he has to use a cartoon character rather than stock photo people to justify his record?” Romney asked, to applause.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-hits-obama-on-julia-cartoon-character

It's silly season

[EC]

1. huh? n/t

[Renew Deal]

6. He's criticizing Obama for using a fake fake person in an ad rather than a real fake person.

It's idiocy.

[Kadie]

22. LOL!

My head is spinning.

[slackmaster]

32. We should criticize Obama for that too. Fake fake people don't get paid union wages.

Only real fake people do.

[Renew Deal]

33. See, now you found an angle that Romney can work.

[Marr]

2. ...rather than a stock photo? What's the difference?

Does he know what stock photography is?

[Summer Hathaway]

7. Of course he knows what it is

That's when he has a photographer take 'glam pics' of his share certificates.

[EOTE]

34. DUzy! NT

[jp11]

3. I think he was angry that the cartoon character was so animated where stock photos are so static.

Like him.

[Renew Deal]

4. Romney will say anything

It's kind of pathetic and transparent.

[Lawlbringer]

5. Wait...

this isn't from The Onion?!

[sufrommich]

8. lol,what?

He had to use a cartoon rather than a stock photo? Does Romney think the Obama campaign was barred from using stock photos?

[Fla Dem]

9. Here's a link to the "Julia" ad.

http://www.barackobama.com/life-of-julia

[gratuitous]

10. What does it say about Romney's counterargument . . .

What does it say about Romney's counterargument when he's reduced to complaining about the style of the President's argument rather than its substance?

[maxrandb]

28. It says a hell of a lot about Willard

It tells us he's a parasite. To him, those service people he "loves to fire" aren't people. They're simply "stock" that he can pull out and use like socks out of a drawer, and when he used them up, he just shit-cans 'em.

[democrat_patriot]

11. Hey RMoney - thanks for giving "Julia" some free advertising.

I'd not heard of it. Now I have and I just emailed the link to 100+ people.

The MSM will talk about it...more publicity.

What an ignoramus - doesn't defend his position, just accuses Obama of using graphic Vs. Stock photos.

This really isn't the onion?

[Beaverhausen]

12. OT but how big was his crowd?

[Capt. Obvious]

13. Possibly scores of people

He was in Michigan so he probably had a good crowd there to thank him for saving the auto industry.

[goclark]

18. From my TV the "crowd" ~ maybe 500

As I've mentioned in my post last week ~ they make "tight in" shots for Rethugs.

This one was in his " Hometown" and the quick , tight view from my TV looked like 500 -- max.

They said "Boo" on cue.
They clapped on cue.

It was so staged and he did not say anything that was anywhere near quality.

The video should be up by now unless he wisely had it pulled from the web.

[Solly Mack]

14. Says the Ken Doll.

[pinboy3niner]

15. I see what you did there

[Capt. Obvious]

16. ..

[madokie]

17. Mittens if you are going to win this one you'd better start talking about what you'd do as President

rather than bash our very fine President of today. The puklicons are hoping for thievery to get them there

[The Wielding Truth]

19. "stock photo people"? At very least there is creativity in the cartoon. What a dimwit Romney is!

Uncle Sam and Rosie the Riveter were also cartoon characters.


Wow, look at this analysis of who Jill is based on.This comment is from WP website:http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/fact-checker/post/obamas-life-of-julia-misleading-on-social-security/2012/05/07/gIQABzb06T_blog.html

tateofpa
5/7/2012 1:34 PM EDT
Side note about Julia.
Julia is a fictional character in George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Her last name is never given in the novel but she is called Dixon in the 1954 BBC TV production.[1]

"Julia was born in 1958 in Oceania, the super-state combining North America, South America, Southern Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom (renamed Airstrip One). Her knowledge of events before the revolution is inaccurate as her grandfather, the only close source to her with that knowledge, disappeared when she was eight. Julia integrated herself into the daily life of Oceania early, becoming an especially zealous propagandist for the Junior Anti-Sex League, the Two Minutes Hate, and Community Centres. However, this behaviour served as cover for Julia to become a sexually promiscuous rebel. She had her first affair with a Party member at the age of sixteen."

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Is it me or does Romney's question make no sense at all? How does the

choice of an ad's infographic 'say' anything about Obama's record?

[SwissTony]

24. Exactly!!! It's like raising the question as to how Obama's choice of breakfast cereal

says anything about his record.

And people clapped at this? Or was it the sound of palms hitting faces?

[TedBronson]

31. I think it's the bit about the stock photo...

...

He said "real person" instead and it gains an iota of context.

[jenmito]

21. Very funny-but as you can see by almost all of the replies, people aren't reading the link you

posted. Again-very funny, though. And probably true.

[magical thyme]

23. it says he hired a cartoonist instead of using free photography

Creating a job, whereas you, Mittens, would fire the cartoonist and take the cheap shot way out. At least, that's what it tells me

[wandy]

25. To Romney anyone not a fellow BlueBlood IS a cartoon character....

Romney couldn't conceive of the untold number of real life Julias that are out their.
As to 'stock photo people' Romney's response would likely be.....

"They should have asked their parents for a collage loan".

[yellowcanine]

26. Poor Mitt is trying real hard to get something to stick to Obama.

[maxrandb]

27. If only I were advising the Obama campaign

I'd roll out about 50 separate "Julia's" with "real" people relaying their stories of how policies and priorities of Rmoney would negatively impact their lives. It would be sooooo easy.

- Just find a young girl who has a pre-existing medical condition that would be denied coverage under Rmoney.

- Just find a Grade School girls who would see her classroom size double.

- Just find a High School grad who will be denied a Pell Grant to attend college.

- Just find a young college girl who will be denied screening for breast cancer because of the loss of Planned Parenthood.

- Just find a young single women who has an employer health plan that doesn't cover contraception, and place her next to a man who gets Viagra or a Vasectomy from his insurance plan.

- Just find a hard working single mom who would have to give up her job because of the loss of Head Start, or the child care credit.

- Just find a battered women who is unable to obtain a protective order because the Republicans think she should just "try to get along with her husband, boyfriend, significant other".

- Just find a women doing the exact same job as a mad for 75% of the pay.

and on and on and on....

I swear, you could cultivate a gold-mine from the idiocy of Rmoney saying you should have used "stock people".

It actually says alot about him. To him, those service people he "loves to fire" aren't people. They're simply "stock" that he can pull out and use like socks out of a drawer, and when he used them up, he just shit-cans 'em.

[madrchsod]

29. mittens is the village idiot

he thinks he knows a lot and is really smart but he wonders why people avoid him when he tries to strike up a conversion

[uponit7771]

30. Is RMoneys dig REALLY cause Obama using a cartoon vs a real person?!

He gonna complain that Obama is wearing boxers instead of briefs next?

These people are so sophomoric!!!

[siligut]

35. Cartoons are people, my friend

One of the comments at the link that made me laugh.

[Buns_of_Fire]

36. He's just jealous because Julia has more personality than he does.