Obama To Romney: Don’t Scare Americans Into Voting

[DonViejo]

Source: TPM



IGOR BOBIC 11:07 AM EDT, FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 2012

President Obama took Republican challenger Mitt Romney to task on Friday over a widely criticized Jeep ad that tied a planned expansion of Jeep operations in China to the fate of Jeep workers in Ohio.

"The car companies themselves had told Gov. Romney to knock it off!" Obama told supporters in Hilliard, Ohio, after statements by GM and Chrysler officials denounced the ad. "It's hard to runaway from that postiion when you're on videotape saying the words 'let Detroit go bankrupt.'"

"This isn't a game," Obama continued. "You don't scare hard-working Americans just to scare up some votes. That's not what president's being about. That's not leadership."

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[RedCloud]

1. Romney was projecting what he would with Jeep.

he was just premature (hopefully forever!)

[daybranch]

2. Fear

the only known republican tactic.

[Dont call me Shirley]

5. And their new tactic: SHAME

[Coyotl]

20. Plus, they have very bright hot air

[The Second Stone]

3. All of Detrioit

You got it

[PABigDaddyDemocrat]

4. OUCH...stings...huh Mittens?

"This isn't a game," Obama continued. "You
don't scare hard-working Americans just to
scare up some votes. That's not what
president's being about. That's not leadership."

That has GOT to hurt. Zing!

[Uncle Joe]

6. I haven't seen Romney exhibit any leadership or integrity over the past year

so I don't expect to see any now.

Thanks for the thread, DonViejo.

[SoapBox]

7. RMoney's entire campaign has been one of .... BOO!

POS is what he is...

[reflection]

8. Well said, Mr. President.

Thank you.

[skeewee08]

9. WTG President O.....

[truthisfreedom]

10. Holy Jebus. Pass the potato salad and hand grenades.

This is gonna be a good one.

[CheapShotArtist]

11. He isn't the only person to fear-monger;

the entire GOP does it. They fear monger about gun rights being taken away. About an apocalypse if gays get married. About "those people" mooching off of taxpayer dollars in order to get Cadillacs and food stamps. About jobs moving overseas if millionaires and corporations get taxed higher. You name it. It's because they have no policies to run on that are actually beneficial to the majority of Americans.

[SoapBox]

13. You are so correct.

They only run on fear...and it's always a negative message.

[Skittles]

21. you forgot fear of teh black man

yes INDEED

[DallasNE]

12. "That's Not Leadership"

The President could have added that it is cruel and inhuman. Can anyone see Romney going to a disaster area to console the victims? He would go there and find fault like he did in the UK when he questioned the security arrangements for the summer Olympics.

Then, let me add, today's jobs report is a blockbuster. When you add in adjustments to prior months, today's announcement showed 255,000 job added.

[Quantess]

14. Romney is desperate, pathetic and disgusting.

This is going to backfire on him.

[ck4829]

15. The fuel of the Republican Party is fear, plain and simple.

[ajk2821]

16. This is where the President is wrong

To Gov. Romney and the rest of the GOP, it is a game. They don't see it as "I will do better if we all do better". They see it is as a zero sum game, "If they do better, then I do worse." The GOP wants personal victory so much more than American victory.

[young but wise]

17. K&R

[AlbertCat]

18. Especially if YOU have made things scary!

There's this GOP ad on Youtube that has a split screen and Obama making a speech in 2008 on one side and him making a 2012 speech in the other. He's says practically the same things in both speeches. "Isn't it time for a change?"

If I had the knowhow and the software, I'd do the same ad, but between the two windows I have a scrolling list of potentially helpful legislation that would have gone to keeping the promises made in 2008, and how they were killed by Repugs.

[liberal N proud]

19. Romney is despicable

[merrily]

22. I don't mind being scared into voting. I mind being lied into voting.

[lexw]

23. Harsh, and very deserving! Great job Obama!