"Hope & Change" Becomes "Anger & Division" ...with unemployment at a five-month high and economic growth stalled, the President has resorted to the same shameful tactics he once condemned. The American people deserve better because......
“Four years ago, President Obama campaigned on a promise to not ‘make a big election about small things.’ But with unemployment at a five-month high and economic growth stalled, the President has resorted to the same shameful tactics he once condemned. The American people deserve better because anger and division won’t produce jobs and economic growth.” – Ryan Williams, Romney Campaign Spokesman
Four Years Ago, President Obama Campaigned On A Pledge To Bring Hope And Change To Washington:
Candidate Obama, At The 2008 Democratic Convention: “If You Don’t Have Any Fresh Ideas, Then You Use Stale Tactics To Scare Voters.” OBAMA: “Because if you don't have any fresh ideas, then you use stale tactics to scare the voters. If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from. You make a big election about small things.” (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks, Denver, CO, 8/28/08)
Candidate Obama, In October 2008: “If You Don't Have A Record To Run On, Then You Paint Your Opponent As Someone People Should Run Away From. You Make A Big Election About Small Things.” (Senator Barack Obama, Remarks, Canton, Ohio, 10/27/08)
But President Obama And His Campaign Have Endorsed Over-The-Top Rhetoric From Vice President Biden:
Vice President Biden “Raised Eyebrows” When He Made Divisive Remarks Claiming Republicans Wanted To Put Voters “In Chains.” “Vice President Biden raised eyebrows today when he referred to the Republican party as wanting to put voters in chains. … ‘Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the — he said in the first hundred days he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules, ‘unchain Wall Street.’ They’re going to put y’all back in chains.’” (Jake Tapper, “VP Biden Says Republicans Are ‘Going To Put Y’all Back In Chains’,” ABC News, 8/14/12)
Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter: “The Bottom Line Is That We Have No Problem With Those Comments.” MITCHELL: “Now, ‘back in chains,’ I guess is what the Romney campaign is now objecting to strongly, saying it’s a new low, it’s a suggestion that is not acceptable political discourse. President Obama should tell the American people that – This is from Andrea Saul, one of your counterparts – whether he agrees with Joe Biden’s comments.” … MITCHELL: “The bottom line that the President agrees with Joe Biden's sentiments but not his comments?” CUTTER: “The bottom line is that we have no problem with those comments.” (MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” 8/14/12)
And President Obama’s Campaign Has Repeatedly Refused To Disavow The Disgraceful Attacks From The Obama Super PAC:
“The Obama Campaign Has Refused To Disavow” The Obama Super PAC’s Disgraceful Ad. “Despite that, the Obama campaign has refused to disavow the ad, despite repeated calls from the Romney campaign to do so, claiming they were unfamiliar with the man's situation.” (Zeke Miller, “Obama SuperPAC
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