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   Barack Obama is outfoxing Mitt Romney by supporting divisive issues and making Romney appear rigid, stolid, and incapable of making a decision

22 Jun 2012 02:15 PM   |   2445 clicks   |   Slate
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Aarontology     
Romney is doing a great job of that himself

His new campaign slogan might as well be Romney 2012: Policy to be explained later.

22 Jun 2012 08:37 AM
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vpb    [TotalFark]  
Well, he has taken a quantum superposition on a lot of issues, so you have to give him credit for that.

22 Jun 2012 08:40 AM
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BillCo     
I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

22 Jun 2012 09:04 AM
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Diogenes    [TotalFark]  
Also known as "highlighting your opponent's weaknesses."

22 Jun 2012 09:08 AM
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keylock71    [TotalFark]  
www.dreamstime.com

22 Jun 2012 09:12 AM
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Grand_Moff_Joseph    [TotalFark]  
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

lolwut?

22 Jun 2012 09:34 AM
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hubiestubert    [TotalFark]  
To be fair, thus far Romney has produced some of the best campaign ads for the President. Really nice of him, considering how much he already spent before the Primary...

22 Jun 2012 09:40 AM
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kingoomieiii    [TotalFark]  
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

I get the feeling you opened a Newsbusters article about F&F, read every third word, and never looked it up again.

22 Jun 2012 10:23 AM
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Mentat    [TotalFark]  
Reporter: Where do you stand on the issues?
Romney: I stand where I've always stood.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Right here.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Where I've always stood.
Reporter: What?
Romney: God bless America.

22 Jun 2012 11:42 AM
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keylock71    [TotalFark]  
Mentat: Reporter: Where do you stand on the issues?
Romney: I stand where I've always stood.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Right here.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Where I've always stood.
Reporter: What?
Romney: God bless America.



"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love."

"I'm Mitt Romney and I approve of this message..."

22 Jun 2012 11:44 AM
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FishyFred     
Grand_Moff_Joseph: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

lolwut?


F&F should be brought up, but it's not enough for me to sit the election out. Not even close.

22 Jun 2012 11:45 AM
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what_now    [TotalFark]  
keylock71: Mentat: Reporter: Where do you stand on the issues?
Romney: I stand where I've always stood.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Right here.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Where I've always stood.
Reporter: What?
Romney: God bless America.


"I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America that's the America millions of Americans believe in. That's the America I love."

"I'm Mitt Romney and I approve of this message..."


I see no flag pin. Fng commie.

22 Jun 2012 11:48 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Wake me up when Obama starts selling missiles and weapons to Iran to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua, okay, princess?

22 Jun 2012 12:02 PM
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Snarcoleptic_Hoosier    [TotalFark]  
I'm sure the magic undies are in a twist.

22 Jun 2012 12:04 PM
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ignatius_crumbcake    [TotalFark]  
Vodka Zombie: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Wake me up when Obama starts selling missiles and weapons to Iran to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua, okay, princess?


Or when he starts a war for no reason that results in nearly 4500 dead and 32,000 wounded Americans.

Obama is far from perfect, but why anybody would vote for a Republican nowadays is beyond me. You'd think we would learn something after the past 30 years.

22 Jun 2012 12:13 PM
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gilgigamesh    [TotalFark]  
Grand_Moff_Joseph: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

lolwut?


Don't you get it? Obama shipped thousands of weapons from gun shows into the hands of Mexican cartels, in order to generate enough gun violence that people become outraged at the bloodshed and support the gun control measures he never mentioned let alone proposed, because he is secretly waiting until after the 2012 elections to unleash his jackbooted thugs to TAKE ALL OUR GUNS!

IT'S ALL SO CLEAR! HOW CAN YOU SHEEPLE NOT SEE THIS?? WAKE UP!

22 Jun 2012 12:40 PM
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RexTalionis    [TotalFark]  
i.usatoday.net

Oh, you're so stolid, Romney! You weren't like that before the beard.

22 Jun 2012 01:37 PM
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thismomentinblackhistory    [TotalFark]  
keylock71:

Racist.

22 Jun 2012 01:39 PM
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keylock71    [TotalFark]  
thismomentinblackhistory: keylock71:

Racist.


C'mon now... I've got black and white pieces working together in harmony. All it's missing is "Imagine" playing softly in the background.

22 Jun 2012 01:47 PM
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Lionel Mandrake    [TotalFark]  
Vodka Zombie: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Wake me up when Obama starts selling missiles and weapons to Iran to fund an illegal war in Nicaragua, okay, princess?


Maybe Holder should have just sat there looking confused and saying "I don't recall."

Republicans really like that.

22 Jun 2012 01:50 PM
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BKITU    [TotalFark]  
keylock71: thismomentinblackhistory: keylock71:

Racist.

C'mon now... I've got black and white pieces working together in harmony. All it's missing is "Imagine Ebony and Ivory" playing softly in the background.


If you're gonna go with a Beatles solo song, at least go with a good one.

/i2.kym-cdn.com

22 Jun 2012 02:17 PM
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rogue49     
uhh...that's because he is...

22 Jun 2012 02:17 PM
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qorkfiend     
theinfosphere.org

"I think it's time someone stood up and said, I'm against all that stuff everybody hates!"

22 Jun 2012 02:17 PM
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Empty Matchbook     
Aarontology: Romney is doing a great job of that himself

His new campaign slogan might as well be Romney 2012: Policy to be explained later.


Done in one.

qorkfiend: [theinfosphere.org image 225x169]

"I think it's time someone stood up and said, I'm against all that stuff everybody hates!"


But what are Romney's views on the 10 cent titanium tax?!!?!

22 Jun 2012 02:20 PM
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qorkfiend     
Empty Matchbook: Aarontology: Romney is doing a great job of that himself

His new campaign slogan might as well be Romney 2012: Policy to be explained later.

Done in one.

qorkfiend: [theinfosphere.org image 225x169]

"I think it's time someone stood up and said, I'm against all that stuff everybody hates!"

But what are Romney's views on the 10 cent titanium tax?!!?!


I think his 10 cent titanium tax doesn't go too far enough.

22 Jun 2012 02:22 PM
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Raoul Eaton     
Romney, whose approach to politics has always been to rearrange his views in relation to the next election, has thus far been stymied by this rabbit-punching. He has been on the defensive, landing few blows of his own and failing to come up with any memorable proposals.

Romney can't come up with any "memorable proposals" because he doesn't really stand for anything except being an overprivileged guy who thinks it's his turn to be President.

22 Jun 2012 02:23 PM
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Freakman     
Every move Obama makes is all over the news, followed by a short "Also, Romney said this in response." Obama is guiding the national conversation, with the exception of Fast and Furious, where he wants it to go and Romney is being led by it. Romney's not even effectively exploiting the Fast and Furious misstep. The only thing about Romney that is getting highlighted is that his campaign has a lot of money. Big deal. Thus far, Romney has only been capable of using that money to beat down his clownish GOP opponents. The fact that he needed to spend a dime on putting down that cast of misfits highlights how weak bad he is at campaigning.

22 Jun 2012 02:27 PM
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ghare     
Raoul Eaton: Romney, whose approach to politics has always been to rearrange his views in relation to the next election, has thus far been stymied by this rabbit-punching. He has been on the defensive, landing few blows of his own and failing to come up with any memorable proposals.

Romney can't come up with any "memorable proposals" because he doesn't really stand for anything except being an overprivileged guy who thinks it's his turn to be President.


He hasn't "run" a business since before Windows 95. Think about that.

22 Jun 2012 02:27 PM
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palelizard     
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

If it was covered up, how do you know about it?

22 Jun 2012 02:28 PM
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Bukharin     
keylock71: thismomentinblackhistory: keylock71:

Racist.

C'mon now... I've got black and white pieces working together in harmony. All it's missing is "Imagine" playing softly in the background.


bjdwsm.files.wordpress.com

22 Jun 2012 02:28 PM
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Citrate1007     
Romeny has NO STANCE OR PLATFORM. Obama is just trolling him because of that.

22 Jun 2012 02:29 PM
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bronyaur1    [TotalFark]  
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

You know, you guys should impeach. As soon as possible. biatches love impeachment. Cuz it creates jobs and stuff.

22 Jun 2012 02:30 PM
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LarryDan43     
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Guns kill people. Shame that old NRA slogan got blowed up real good by the GOP.

22 Jun 2012 02:30 PM
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LasersHurt    [TotalFark]  
palelizard: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

If it was covered up, how do you know about it?


Well come on, they didn't do every single thing the Republicans demanded. Obama clearly murdered someone himself, that's the only reasonable extrapolation.

22 Jun 2012 02:31 PM
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keylock71    [TotalFark]  
Bukharin: keylock71: thismomentinblackhistory: keylock71:

Racist.

C'mon now... I've got black and white pieces working together in harmony. All it's missing is "Imagine" playing softly in the background.

[bjdwsm.files.wordpress.com image 625x480]


"You are black, and I am white... You're as blind as a bat, and I have sight."

22 Jun 2012 02:31 PM
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paygun     
He's counting on Romney not being able to resist spewing bullshiat about social issues instead of talking about the farked up economy. It's a pretty safe bet.

22 Jun 2012 02:32 PM
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Young Rory Calhoun     
gilgigamesh: Grand_Moff_Joseph: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

lolwut?

Don't you get it? Obama shipped thousands of weapons from gun shows into the hands of Mexican cartels, in order to generate enough gun violence that people become outraged at the bloodshed and support the gun control measures he never mentioned let alone proposed, because he is secretly waiting until after the 2012 elections to unleash his jackbooted thugs to TAKE ALL OUR GUNS!

IT'S ALL SO CLEAR! HOW CAN YOU SHEEPLE NOT SEE THIS?? WAKE UP!


I prefer to think that they did it to escalate the gun violence to a point where people will finally throw their hands up and say "fark it" to the war on drugs. But I'm not too keen on conspiracies

22 Jun 2012 02:35 PM
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BlueSouth     
We shouldn't get too comfortable, this race will tighten. Obama's been doing a good job framing the debate but has some real problems in defending this economy. Republican intransigence, no matter how much to blame, just doesn't go over very well as an explaination to the general public. I like the way things are going so far, but I'm no where near ready to call this done.

22 Jun 2012 02:36 PM
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odinsposse     
To be fair, every time Romney makes a platform statement it is basically a signal for reporters and the Obama campaign to find the inevitable quote where he said the opposite. At least he avoids the flip flopper label if all he ever says is "Obama is bad, and I am not Obama."

22 Jun 2012 02:36 PM
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Bag of Hammers     
Yes, just like Bush masterfully painted Kerry into a similar corner.

22 Jun 2012 02:36 PM
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jodaveki     
keylock71: thismomentinblackhistory: keylock71:

Racist.

C'mon now... I've got black and white pieces working together in harmony. All it's missing is "Imagine" playing softly in the background.


No no no: Ebony and Ivory silly

22 Jun 2012 02:36 PM
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too-old     
All this hay doesn't matter

If the economy is doing ok, Obama gets reelected
If the economy isn't doing ok, Romney gets elected

Nothing else will matter

22 Jun 2012 02:37 PM
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Arkanaut     
Aarontology: Romney is doing a great job of that himself

His new campaign slogan might as well be Romney 2012: Policy to be explained later Not Obama.


FTFY

22 Jun 2012 02:39 PM
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pudding7    [TotalFark]  
LarryDan43: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Guns kill people. Shame that old NRA slogan got blowed up real good by the GOP.


ha! Nice. I hadn't even thought of that.

22 Jun 2012 02:41 PM
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davideggy     
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

I know BillCo has been threadshiatting this same drivel in pretty much every thread, but I do find it funny that the Republican stance is now to hold the supplier of a weapon accountable for crimes committed with them.

22 Jun 2012 02:48 PM
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dickfreckle    [TotalFark]  
Mentat: Reporter: Where do you stand on the issues?
Romney: I stand where I've always stood.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Right here.
Reporter: Where is that?
Romney: Where I've always stood.
Reporter: What?
Romney: God bless America.


I've read weighty editorial tomes that didn't capture the essence of Romney like you just did in one short post.

22 Jun 2012 02:50 PM
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AcneVulgaris     
davideggy: BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

I know BillCo has been threadshiatting this same drivel in pretty much every thread, but I do find it funny that the Republican stance is now to hold the supplier of a weapon accountable for crimes committed with them.


Guns DO kill people!

22 Jun 2012 02:51 PM
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Quasar    [TotalFark]  
Aarontology: Romney is doing a great job of that himself

His new campaign slogan might as well be Romney 2012: Policy to be explained later.


Mitt Romney: USA, TBD

22 Jun 2012 02:52 PM
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christianity     
Raoul Eaton: Romney, whose approach to politics has always been to rearrange his views in relation to the next election, has thus far been stymied by this rabbit-punching. He has been on the defensive, landing few blows of his own and failing to come up with any memorable proposals.

Romney can't come up with any "memorable proposals" because he doesn't really stand for anything except being an overprivileged guy who thinks it's his turn to be President.


That's the sense I'm getting too. There's a good chance my intuition is poor, but past candidates have struck me as wanting to do something as president. Not necessarily do something I find reasonable, but still, I usually sense a want to be president to have an impact on these or those issues, or even just to do the job better than the other options. When looking at Romney, I don't really see a concern for anything beyond wanting to be president. A lot of talk about the opponent is handling things poorly, but no indication on what the right way to handle them is.

Honestly, I don't think Obama has done a great job, and the recent use of executive privilege smells of corruption. Unfortunately, I don't think Romney would be much different, so between the two, I'd rather not give any sort of victory to the GOP which has (especially in the past few years) become absolutely insane. A related issue is Romney would face GOP pressure to appoint a bad supreme court justice if the issue came up in his first term. I kind of doubt a third party will have a good chance at breaking into this election, but I'm hoping one can replace the GOP in the coming years. It's a shame fair voting is impossible with more than two candidates,

22 Jun 2012 02:52 PM
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MSFT     
BillCo: I gotta admit, covering up the murder of a border patrol agent is a pretty divisive issue.

Agreed, it's about time we focused on the gun makers and suppliers rather than focusing so much on the person who just pulled the trigger.

22 Jun 2012 03:10 PM
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