Posted on 05/27/2012 9:50:51 AM PDT by pabianice
The president, for all his cool, has a mean streakjust ask Hillary Clintonand this week he turned it on Mitt Romney, writes Lloyd Grove.
Never mind cow pie of distortionPresident Obamas earthy attack on Mitt Romney that dominated the headlines Thursday night from his barn-burner at the Iowa State Fairgrounds. Obama
President Obama speaks at a campaign event at the Iowa state fairgrounds in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday (Nati Harnik / AP Photo)
The psychological heart of Obamas campaign speech was prairie fire of debt, the phrase that set up his scatological punch line.
I know Gov. Romney came to Des Moines last week, the shirt-sleeved, sweating Obama told a crowd of fervent supporters. Warned about a prairie fire of debt. Thats what he said. Prairie fire. But he left out some facts. You know, his speech was more like a cow pie of distortion.
Taken at face value, the president was simply quoting his Republican opponent to buttress his argument that Romneys economic proposals were nothing but a throwback to George W. Bushs disastrous policies that produced financial meltdown and a near-depression.
But there was something darker and sharper lurking just below the surface, in Obamas facial expressions, body language, and mocking tone of voice: Not to put too fine a point on it, but the president has a mean streak.
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Oh, get real. The Supreme Court has never before thrown out a law passed by both houses of Congress.
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So true. No one invites more contempt that the guy who dishes it out but can't take it.
He’s been tanning this week, I see...
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