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Who's who? Obama, Romney projecting mirror image
Yahoo/AP ^ | 6 May 2012 | Connie Cass

Posted on 05/06/2012 9:46:40 AM PDT by shove_it

WASHINGTON (AP) — He's a smug, Harvard-trained elitist who doesn't get how regular Americans are struggling these days. More extreme than he lets on, he's keeping his true agenda hidden until after Election Day. He's clueless about fixing the economy, over his head on foreign policy. Who is he?

Your answer will help decide the next president.

Is it Barack Obama, as seen by Mitt Romney? Or Romney, the way Obama depicts him? For all their liberal versus conservative differences, when the two presidential contenders describe each other, they sound like they're ragging on the same flawed guy. Or mirror images of that guy.

Will voters prefer the man waving with his left hand or his right?

Blame it on two cautious candidates with more traits in common than their disparate early biographies would suggest.

No Drama Obama is panned as professorial and aloof. Romney is deemed boring when he's not being awkward.

Distrusted as too moderate within his own party, each is demonized as a radical by the other side. They don't get specific about the tough stuff, like budget cuts or taxes, that would invite more precisely calibrated negative ads.

Add a presidential contest buried beneath a single issue, the economy, and original lines of attack are scarce. The candidates take jabs anyway.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: obamalite; romney
At least we're pretty sure Mitt's an American.
1 posted on 05/06/2012 9:46:43 AM PDT by shove_it
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To: shove_it

And that he loves America & wants her to continue as the greatest nation in the world.


2 posted on 05/06/2012 9:49:30 AM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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And that he loves America & wants her to continue as the greatest nation in the world.

Everything he has done as Massachusetts governor proves that to be true.

3 posted on 05/06/2012 9:53:08 AM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: shove_it

I swear Obama is really the demi-god Loki.


4 posted on 05/06/2012 9:54:11 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (Liberals need not reply.)
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Not much low-key about that hypester.

(Sorry, I couldn't resist the pun)

5 posted on 05/06/2012 9:56:55 AM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
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To: shove_it
At least we're pretty sure Mitt's an American.
6 posted on 05/06/2012 10:08:23 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Romney vs. Obama? One of them has to lose, rejoice in that fact, whichever it is.)
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To: shove_it
Vote for the socialist of your choice.

Jack Johnson, or John Jackson.

7 posted on 05/06/2012 11:00:50 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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>"At least we're pretty sure Mitt's an American"

His daddy wasn't.... Neither...

8 posted on 05/06/2012 11:02:18 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist ("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
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Has anyone ever considered just how many arguments Obama’s camp can’t use when they try to go after Romney’s record.
God does have a sense of humor.


9 posted on 05/06/2012 11:46:40 AM PDT by Steamburg (The contents of your wallet is the only language Politicians understand.)
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HUDDLE UP!

The Place for Conservatives
We have some elections to win!


10 posted on 05/06/2012 12:32:48 PM PDT by RedMDer (https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org/default.aspx?tsid=93)
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To: shove_it

ABO


11 posted on 05/06/2012 1:15:36 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: shove_it
Mitt needs to mirror the voters he wants/needs. We are angry; fed up and fear for the future of America. We do not believe that Obama-the-Marxist is a 'nice' guy. (Nice guys do not destroy the Country they are supposed to love and protect; rather than 'hate'; diminish and degrade.)

Nice guys are not psychopathic narcissists; and habitual liars. He is not a 'nice' Commander-in-Chief; nor a fair one; nor does he care for the Military he is supposed to command. And he is a despicable leader. Not NICE, Mitt. . .no 'nice' here.

So drop the NICE Mitt. . .smile a bit less (we are hanging over an abyss!); get serious; and start mirroring the voters of America who actually care about our Country.

You want to mirror; you need to resonate. . .Please; START NOW. . .

12 posted on 05/06/2012 2:10:08 PM PDT by cricket (Calling Marco Rubio; Allen West. . .because they are NOT afraid.)
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To: hattend

What’s an ABO?


13 posted on 05/06/2012 2:14:59 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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We all knew this is why state-controlled media campaigned for Rodney to be the GOP candidate.


14 posted on 05/06/2012 2:28:57 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
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To: shove_it

Anybody But Obama


15 posted on 05/06/2012 7:36:42 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: hattend

aaaahso


16 posted on 05/06/2012 8:04:12 PM PDT by shove_it (just undo it)
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