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In tough fight with Romney, Obama longs for McCain
Washington Examiner ^
| June 2, 2012
| By Bryon York
Posted on 06/02/2012 8:26:20 AM PDT by Lazamataz
Faced with deteriorating economic conditions and an unexpectedly aggressive Republican opponent, President Obama and his aides are expressing nostalgia for Sen. John McCain, the Republican opponent Obama defeated handily in the 2008 election.
At a rally in Minnesota Friday, Obama said Republicans today are in the grip of a "fever" that has caused them to oppose his initiatives virtually across the board. That "fever," Obama said, will make this presidential race against GOP nominee Mitt Romney particularly contentious -- in contrast to the last time, when Obama faced an opponent, McCain, who declined to engage in the kind of hard-hitting fight that many of his Republican supporters hoped he would.
"I mean, 2008 was a significant election, obviously," Obama told the audience at a Minneapolis restaurant called Bachelor Farmer. "But John McCain believed in climate change. John believed in campaign finance reform. He believed in immigration reform. I mean, there were some areas where you saw some overlap."
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Later Friday, at a fundraiser in Chicago, Obama made much the same point about his 2008 opponent. "The last time we ran, we had a Republican candidate who -- I had some profound disagreements with him, but he acknowledged the need for immigration reform, and acknowledged the need for campaign finance reform, acknowledged the need for policies that would do something about climate change," Obama said. "Now, what weve got is not just a nominee but a Congress and a Republican Party that have a fundamentally different vision about where we need to go as a country."
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Well of course OTrauma longs for McCain. McCain was Obama's number-one supporter.
Never had a tough campaign before, have you, champ?
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:26:24 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
To: Lazamataz
If only Romney had some divorce records to unseal!
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:31:43 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
To: Lazamataz; GeronL
Salve
This is going to be hell of the fight friend.
When pushed to the wall and with no exists, expect cat going wild.
Merci.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:33:05 AM PDT
by
MCSP2008
(Romanian native > ESL)
To: MCSP2008
Curious: Why do you go ‘salve’ all the time?
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:34:38 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(People who resort to Godwin's Law are just like Hitler.)
To: Lazamataz
President Obama and his aides are expressing nostalgia for Sen. John McCain, the Republican opponent Obama defeated handily in the 2008 election. Hardly surprising.
When you've got two "opposing" candidates both campaigning for the same person, it's hardly a surprise when that person wins.
5
posted on
06/02/2012 8:36:15 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:36:52 AM PDT
by
captnorb
To: Lazamataz
It would not matter if it is McCain or Romney both are not really loved by the people of this country..Dumb bells like you need to know It won't matter who runs against you they would win..You see you pathetic Communist everyone knows what you are now and what you are doing to our wonderful country
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:37:54 AM PDT
by
PLD
(It is time the freeloaders leave the white house and go back to the hell hole where they came from..)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:37:54 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
To: Lazamataz
Salve
Because of respect I have friend and we do that saying Halo, Hello.
Merci.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:38:10 AM PDT
by
MCSP2008
(Romanian native > ESL)
To: Lazamataz
It would not matter if it is McCain or Romney both are not really loved by the people of this country..Dumb bells like you need to know It won't matter who runs against you they would win..You see you pathetic Communist everyone knows what you are now and what you are doing to our wonderful country
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:38:33 AM PDT
by
PLD
(It is time the freeloaders leave the white house and go back to the hell hole where they came from..)
To: Lazamataz
It’s a formal greeting. A show of respect.
(live it up, how much respect do any of us get anymore?)
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:38:57 AM PDT
by
netmilsmom
(Romney scares me. Obama is the freaking nightmare that is so bad you are afraid to go back to sleep)
To: Lazamataz
Many Freepers will be surprised that Romney does not act like a RINO and a wimp.
To: captnorb
Salve
LMAOF, you just don’t do that to man , be nice :}}}}}
and that comment is very disturbing to me LOL
on serious note, please don’t do that again.
Merci
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:41:40 AM PDT
by
MCSP2008
(Romanian native > ESL)
To: Lazamataz
"John McCain stood up to the voices of extremism in his party," the video said. "Why won't Mitt Romney do the same?"
Maybe it's because he wants to win
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:42:52 AM PDT
by
slumber1
(Don't taze me bro!)
To: Lazamataz
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:42:56 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
To: Lazamataz
Romney is a mendacious RINO POS but he is a ruthless political warrior and too vain to lose either this election or his reelection so he will play conservative until the day of his second inauguration—after that he will go all Obama on us as is his true nature.
We should support him totally but keep a REAL conservative, like Sarah Palin,in the wings to primary his ass out in 2016.
Which explains why I'm predicting Mitt will pick Sarah as his Veep—so she can't challenge him in the primaries.
Allen West should be our back-up for 2016 just in case.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:43:14 AM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Light in the loafers Obama" not that there is anything wrong with that!!!)
To: MCSP2008
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin salve.
Interjection
salve
welcome!, greetings!, cheerio!
so long!, bye-bye!
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:44:30 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Let me ABOs run loose Lou!)
To: Lazamataz
""I mean, 2008 was a significant
el infection, obviously," Obama told the audience....."
Hence the fever.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:44:57 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
To: proxy_user
Romney certainly wasn’t wimpy when it came to the other GOP candidates, let’s see if he can be just as nasty when it comes to the Kenyan.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:45:16 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: proxy_user
Just ask Newt! Romney, for his calm, cool, almost too straight demeanor, is one tough fighter. He plays to win. Obama, Axelrod, Pflouffe, et al. have no clue how to react.
Team Obama had based this campaign on attacking Bain, (i.e., diverting attention from Obama’s record of failure). Now it’s the Dems who have supported what Bain has accomplished. And they don’t seem to have a Plan B.
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posted on
06/02/2012 8:50:51 AM PDT
by
EDINVA
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