Posted on 06/14/2012 6:35:09 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Romney campaign goes negative for the first time, as Jim Geraghty points out, in the general-election cycle --- at least on television. Team Romney has been hitting Barack Obama for his remark that "the private sector is doing fine" almost from the moment he said it last week. Mitt Romney himself slammed Obama's remarks at an appearance in swing-state Iowa, and the campaign has posted more than one web video featuring the remarks. Now they're putting their money where Obama's mouth is:
CNN reports that this will have $3.24 million behind it and will air in seven swing states:
Political analysts predicted – rightly – that Obama’s words would soon end up in a political advertisement. The Republican National Committee and later the Romney campaign both put out web videos highlighting the words.
As CNN reported Thursday, Team Romney has bought its largest ad buy of the general election media campaign and this ad will be the featured presentation. It has purchased $3.24 million in seven battleground states for time running through next Tuesday.
It’s a straightforward spot, with no embellishments other than data that comes straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and from media analysis of the economy. Here’s the script released from Team Romney, complete with links to the data:
VIDEO TEXT: “June 8, 2012”VIDEO TEXT: “23.2 Million Americans Are In Need Of Work”· 23.2 Million Americans Are Unemployed, Underemployed, Or Have Stopped Looking For Work. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 6/4/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “40 Straight Months Over 8% Unemployment”· Under President Obama, Unemployment Has Remained Above 8% For 40 Straight Months. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, 6/4/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “Middle-Class Struggles Deepen Under Obama”· Since President Obama Took Office, Median Household Income Has Declined By $4,300. “Yet real median household income in March was down $4,300 since Obama took office in January 2009 and down $2,900 since the June 2009 start of the economic recovery, according to an analysis of census data by Sentier Research, an economic- consulting firm in Annapolis, Maryland.” (Mike Dorning, “Obama Fails To Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed On Bush,” Bloomberg, 4/30/12)
· Median Family Net Worth Has Hit A Two-Decade Low. “The Great Recession shrank Americans’ wealth so much that in 2010 median family net worth was no more than it had been in 1992 after adjusting for inflation, the Federal Reserve reported Monday. Median net worth declined from $126,400 in 2007 to $77,300 in 2010, a Fed survey of family finances found. The median marks the point where half had more and half had less.” (Martin Crutsinger, “Fed Report: Middle Class Net Worth Tumbles,” The Associated Press, 6/12/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “Millions Of Homeowners Underwater On Mortgages”· Millions Of Homeowners Are Underwater On Their Mortgages. “Despite rising home prices, more than 30% of borrowers, or close to 16 million homeowners, were underwater on their mortgage during the first quarter, according to Zillow. The percentage of borrowers who owed more on their home than it was worth increased to 31.4% during the quarter, up slightly from 31.1% three months earlier, according to Zillow.” (Les Christie, “More Than 30% Of Mortgage Borrowers Still Underwater,” CNN Money, 5/24/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “The President’s Response?”VIDEO TEXT: “June 8, 2012”VIDEO TEXT: “11:01 am”PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.”· PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.” (President Barack Obama, Press Conference, Washington, DC, 6/8/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “The Private Sector Is Doing Fine?”VIDEO TEXT: “June 8, 2012”VIDEO TEXT: “11:01 am”PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.· PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.” (President Barack Obama, Press Conference, Washington, DC, 6/8/12)
VIDEO TEXT: “How Can President Obama Fix Our Economy…”VIDEO TEXT: “If He Doesn’t Understand It’s Broken?”PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.”· PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: “The private sector is doing fine.” (President Barack Obama, Press Conference, Washington, DC, 6/8/12)
MITT ROMNEY: “I’m Mitt Romney and I approve this message.”
It’s an effective attack, and if more bad economic data comes out, Team Romney will undoubtedly refresh the ad to include it and re-release it as often as possible. They want to define Obama as clueless on how to restart job creation and the kind of growth that should have taken place over the last three years, and they’ll use every syllable of help Obama presents to them as a gift.
Heh..
If the deciding vote were up to me I would write in George Washignton.
I WILL NOT support a socialist. I dont care what party he/she belongs to.
Honestly, I think the worst mistake any limited government conservative can make is voting for a socialist that is running as a republican. You will have removed the ONLY obstacle to the socialist agenda in this nation. I dont give a F what you say about “holding romneys feet to the fire” (vomit), The progressives in the GOP WILL work to get a progressive agenda passed. (tarp, prescription drugs. If the limited gov conservatives refuse to go along, dems will be brought over in sufficient quantities to make sure the agenda is passed.
This is fact...
I WILL NOT NOW, OR EVER go along with supporting socialism, no matter the party nor the degree. I WILL fight your attempt to elect a socialist republican, because THAT is more dangerous to my existence than a socialist in the democrat party.
The blame if Obama wins? Well... That goes to the idiots like you who supported a socialist as the party nominee. The blame goes to the progressives in the GOP and to a large extent the dimwit party faithful who do little more than follow instructions. and, if the delegates at the convention choose to allow this TRAVESTY to happen, they too will earn the eternal contempt of what was the limited government conservative base of the republican party.
The blame if romney wins and executes a socialist agenda (just like he did in Massachusetts, and just like folks like me are WARNING you he will do)? Well... that goes to ALL the same people.
Your accusations when this is all said and done will be drowned out by the fact that we told you exactly what was going to happen, and why. We will have the proof, you will have NOTHING.
A narcissist would never commit suicide, they are too important to the world.
What you are going to see is anger, lashing out, blame everyone else, scorched earth, etc.
Just basically what your typical 13-15 year old would do.
What the HELL do you people NOT GET?
I am NOT anti-obama. Nor am I anti-democrat. Either of those two things are just F’ing mindless “team-motivated” pointless idiocy.
I am ANTI- SOCILIALIST
I am ANTI- STATIST
I dont care what party those things exist in, I WILL fight against them no matter where they call home.
Barack saying the private sector is doing fine was his tragic moment.
Just like GHW Bush saying Read My Lips: No New Taxes.
Attack ads WORK. You beat Obama by humilitating him with his out-of-touch incompetence. AND, you MAKE his minions see it.
If you want a Gentlemens’ Game, then go play effing Cricket.
We don't get why someone would cry, stomp feet, and blame others for reelecting obama.
Tragic for him maybe... what a colossal blunder to show his true beliefs - he had the entire media hiding him and he opened up on his own... in spite of the media protecting him. LOL is all I can say.
He really believes the public sector growing is what is important - hence is dufus statement "the private sector is doing fine". He may as well have said "the private sector doesn't matter anyway".
And the Hildebeast will be waiting to answer the call to save the Presidency for the ‘Rats.
I’m not a professional, but I’ve dealt with my share of narciccists. The response is entirely predictable: He will lash out. At who? Everyone he perceives as having slighted him.
Everyone.
By “lash out” what do you mean? That’s the behavior I’m worried about. Like call Jay Carney a poopie-head or like sic the IRS on him? Or... fire missiles at Honduras or...?
Is it the 25th amendment we need to brush up on?
All hale the mighty myself6, the very embodiment of Free Republic!
You’re right!
Vote AGAINST Obama....cuz we don’t have anyone on our side to realistically vote FOR. Hobsons choice......
And the only idiot here will be those like you and your ilk that couldn't see the only path to ridding us of Oblunder and the EXTREME danger he presents.
Thumbs up!!
Too hard to tell from here how he’ll lash out. Could be anything from mass firings in the WH to use of government power, as in more anti-freedom regulations and even violence here and abroad. And he won’t be limited to official power. I think intentional instigation of race riots is a near certainty.
Romney's 'Doing Fine?' Ad Is Mirror Image Of Obama Ad From 2008
And here's a non-HuffPo site for those of you who do not wish to soil your cache by visiting the HuffPo, here's al alternate story:
Look Familiar? Romney’s New Ad Blasting Obama Is Identical to One Obama Used to Blast McCain
I believe the real and present danger of nominating and then electing a socialist as a member of the republican party is even MORE extreme than the democrat party electing a socialist. We have survived that, but we will not survive turning the GOP over to the socialist agenda of romney and the progressives in the GOP.
Removing the last and only obstruction to the socialist agenda is just IDIOTIC. Therefore the GOP progressives gave us NO CHOICE but to work AGAINST them.
Unless, some delegates do the right thing at the convention... Truly the last chance to pull back from the war that you idiots are about to start.
Also, if you didnt notice...
These “rah rah romney” threads go NOWHERE...
If you were truly the “Bolsheviks” or “majority men” you would be able to drown us out. You cant though... why? because VERY FEW here actually support your socialist prick romney and the progressives in the GOP. There is NO excitement for romney among real conservatives and there wont be.
AMEN *Beat Obamanation*
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