Love the Faux "Outrage" from the Pathological Liars Over Biden "Chains" Remark in Danville

I agree with (4.00 / 1)

your post completely.  However, doesn't it make sense to stay away from language that could be construed as racial?  Just saying.

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by: pontoon @ Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 21:41:23 PM UTC

I just think no matter what Obama or Biden say (0.00 / 0)

the Romney campaign will twist it around into something heinous.

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by: lowkell @ Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 22:27:41 PM UTC

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On that I totally agree. (0.00 / 0)

They have certainly sliced, diced, spliced and edited the President's remarks to suit their own purposes.

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by: pontoon @ Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 22:33:48 PM UTC

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Video: In Wytheville, Joe Biden Says What's "Outrageous" is Romney's Policies (0.00 / 0)

Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks in Wytheville, VA.

We don't have to imagine anymore. The details are there. Here's what Congressman Ryan said. He said, 'We believe a renewed commitment to limited government will unshackle our economy.' The Speaker of the House said, used the word 'unshackled' as well, referring to their proposals. The last time these guys unshackled the economy, to use their term, they put the middle class in shackles. That's how we got where we are.

Nine million jobs lost. Wage stagnation. 16 trillion dollars in wealth you all lost in your home equity, in your 401Ks and your pension plans. You're the ones that got nailed. All of America, except the very few.

And I'm told that when I made that comment earlier today in Danville, Virginia, the Romney campaign put out a tweet. You know, tweets these days? Put out a tweet, went on the airwaves saying, 'Biden, he's outrageous in saying that,' I think I said instead of 'unshackled,' 'unchained.' 'Outrageous to say that.' That's what we had. I'm using their own words. I got a message for them. If you want to know what's outrageous, it's their policies and the effects of their policies on middle class America. That's what's outrageous.

I think it's outrageous to continue to give companies tax breaks to outsource rather than tax breaks to in-source. To make massive cuts in education, massive cuts in college aid, massive cuts in Medicaid, throwing 19 million people off -- who desperately need healthcare -- off of Medicare, including 1 million seniors. How many of you know somebody in a home right now who is getting extended care. Eight will get you 10, they're there because they have Medicaid. What happens when they do this? That's outrageous. You want to know what's outrageous. Massive changes. Massive cuts to Social Security for future generations. That's the hard proposal.

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by: lowkell @ Tue Aug 14, 2012 at 23:45:06 PM UTC

Video: Del. Barbara Comstock lies, lies, lies some more. Soledad O'Brien calls her on it. (0.00 / 0)

Based on this, Barbara Comstock is clearly either a) utterly detached from reality (aka, "nuts"); b) a pathological liar; c) an imbecile; d) a brainwashed zombie; or e) all of the above. Watch this exchange and decide for yourself.  By the way, GREAT job by Soledad O'Brien, now why can't EVERY member of the "mainstream media" do this? It's really not that hard, now is it?!?

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by: lowkell @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 01:16:19 AM UTC

How could this freakazoid have beaten (0.00 / 0)

Margi Vanderhye?!? Ugh.

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by: lowkell @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 01:31:06 AM UTC

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Thanks Creigh (0.00 / 0)

The Deeds Disaster lives on.

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by: NotJohnSMosby @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 19:04:12 PM UTC

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Actually, Deeds disasters, plural (0.00 / 0)

1. Deeds should have won, was EXPECTED to win by most everyone, in 2005. If he had, McDonnell wouldn't have been elected AG in the first place.
2. Deeds' disaster in 2009 led to the defeat of many fine Dems, including Del. Margi Vanderhye, and their replacement with right-wing nutjobs like Barbara Comstock.

Ugh.

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by: lowkell @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 19:33:05 PM UTC

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Also love how Comstock shifts to "death panels" (0.00 / 0)

although she doesn't use that exact phrase. Bonkers.

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by: lowkell @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 01:32:33 AM UTC

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Soledad (0.00 / 0)

Seems all geeked up on this issue. She had a similar throw-down yesterday with John Sununu when he tried to peddle the same load of crap to her.

Of course, if she keeps it up all she will accomplish is that Romney people will stop appearing on her show.

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by: aznew @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 12:56:52 PM UTC

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What the outrage signals (4.00 / 1)

Anyone who has been watching the campaign so far knows what is coming next. Romney is about to launch a particularly ugly, personal, hate-filled attack on Obama.

Romney's strategy throughout this campaign has been to level an attack on Obama -- facts or justification be damned -- immediately prior to emracing that very same tactic that he purports to condem. He does this to inoculate himself against charges that he is running a dirty campaign. By launching the preemptive attack, even one based on thin gruel like this, he forces the media to cover his attack as a tit-for-tat, rather than the slimeball tactic that it really is.

At least, that has been the pattern so far.

And you can see WHY they are doing it now. They were uncomfortable with the Bain/Missing Tax Return meme that had taken hold, so they do the Ryan rollout to change the subject. Well, it worked, and got tax returns off the front page (at least for now), but the narrative quickly got away from them, veering first into the Ryan budget, which they sought to avoid by talking about a "Romney Budget" that was different than the Ryan budget.

But, of course, there is no Romney budget, so that tactic led to uncomfortable questions about what that budget contained and how it differed from Ryan's plan. I'll bet they saw the writing on the wall when Ryan got pinned down in that Britt Hume interview. When you can't bamboozle the Fox guys, who are effectively a part of your campaign, you've got a problem.

Today, they went on the offensive on the issue of Medicare, but even a knucklehead like Romney knows he can't win an argument over Medicare with the Democrats.

All that's left is nasty, personal attacks. Romney can't let this thing get away from him before the convention -- if he's not leading the polls after the GOP convention, he's done for. So the next three weeks will be desperation time for him (hence, his accusation that Obama is desperate).

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by: aznew @ Wed Aug 15, 2012 at 13:10:29 PM UTC