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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCory Booker's comments on Obama's 'nauseating' campaign: Gaffe or calculated tactic?
The day after Cory Booker, a surrogate for the Obama re-election team, went on NBCs "Meet the Press" and let the nation know he was nauseated by one of the presidents campaign tactics against Mitt Romney, the Democratic mayor of Newark found himself embroiled in a national conversation. What did he mean? Was this a gaffe or calculated? How big a headache did he cause his party?
Booker, known for meticulously crafting his own image on Twitter and television, appears to have lost control of that message.
Or did he?
Democrats are on defense, but some politicians think Booker may have scored points with those looking for people willing to criticize their own party, while others in the party acknowledge his words will play well in the private equity world.
"I think that what he did is in his interest," Newark Councilman Ras Baraka said. "The press is going to go away, they will forget this comment. But the people who finance campaigns, they will remember."
Booker, known for meticulously crafting his own image on Twitter and television, appears to have lost control of that message.
Or did he?
Democrats are on defense, but some politicians think Booker may have scored points with those looking for people willing to criticize their own party, while others in the party acknowledge his words will play well in the private equity world.
"I think that what he did is in his interest," Newark Councilman Ras Baraka said. "The press is going to go away, they will forget this comment. But the people who finance campaigns, they will remember."
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/05/cory_bookers_nauseating_obama.html
Who finances the campaigns of Democratic politicians?
People with money, that's who.
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Cory Booker's comments on Obama's 'nauseating' campaign: Gaffe or calculated tactic? (Original Post)
FarCenter
May 2012
OP
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)1. Of all the things to criticize Democrats about...
...being mean to Wall Street is not on the fucking list.
ingac70
(7,947 posts)2. Bain gave money to Booker for his 2002 campaign...
ashling
(25,771 posts)3. He inhaled too much smoke
Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)4. He blew smoke up his own ass, and liked it!!
Fuck, he has more in common with Romney than Obama!!
Self-promoting bs artist.