Since Mitt Romney keeps promising “change”, he forced the President to do some more explaining about what change really is. At a grassroots rally in Columbus, Ohio, the President said, “Changing the facts when they’re inconvenient to your campaign – that’s definitely not change.”
Watch here:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Here’s the thing, Ohio – we know what change looks like. And what he’s selling ain’t it. Giving more power back to the biggest banks is not change. Another $5 trillion tax cut favoring the wealthy, not change. Refusing to answer questions about the details of your policies until after the election – that’s definitely not change. That’s an old trick. Ruling out compromise by pledging to rubber stamp the Tea Party’s agenda in Congress – not change. Changing the facts when they’re inconvenient to your campaign – that’s definitely not change.
You can tell the President is feeling confident and that a little of Clinton’s explaining has rubbed off on him finally. Obama has always been a great thinker and orator, but he suffered the first four years due to his tendency to project his own level of intelligence onto the nation. It’s not that the nation is stupid (well, okay), but that deep, nuanced thinking doesn’t go over well in the world of sound bites.
It seems that spending some time with former President Clinton, who is excellent at breaking things down in a way that resonates with people, has paid off especially in this past week. Obama has managed to simplify and explain. That bodes well for his next four years, if he’s reelected, because the one of his biggest downfalls in the first term was his assumption that people understood what was going on– not wanting to talk down to people. Clinton showed him that it’s not talking down to people; it’s informing people.
Imagine what Obama can do armed with this new skill, together with his policy achievements.
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Goddess1871
Nov. 5th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Sarah, I enjoy your posts so much, particularly since they are bold and optimistic. Which is good because, frankly, Rachel Maddow and especially Dan Rather (her guest) sound like two scared puppies.
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D. W. Skinner
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 3:07 am
Just in case I don’t get to do it later tonight or tomorrow, I did want to say to Romney… “BUH BYE!”
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SallyinChicago
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 4:44 am
Not reading the whole article, but the headlines — isn’t this a little late? I mean, shouldn’t O have called out Mitt back in the summer?
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Sandra
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Obama is doing now because Romney has co-opted the word ‘change’ from Obama and he’s criticizing him for it and pointing out his policies are not ‘change’ just more bs.
Good play President Obama.
FORWARD > MARCH > GOTV > LAST CALL > BRING IT HOME
OBAMA/BIDEN TONIGHT 2012
God Bless all you guys who worked so hard this campaign season because you believe in all our better nature.
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Kevin Shinn
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 6:20 am
The explaining thing was something poor Gore never mastered, for all his extended exposure to its master; more’s the shame.
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singhx
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 7:17 am
On a lighter note…I found this little Romeny update:
…”Mitt Romney received a warm welcome in Fairfax, Va., on Monday, his final visit to the state before the election and the third appearance he has made there in a 24-hour period.
Outside the event, hundreds of supporters stood near the streets to cheer for Romney as his motorcade drove into George Mason University, according to a pool report. Supporters were equally enthusiastic once he started his speech.
“I’m looking around to see if we have The Beatles here or something that brought you, but it looks like you came just for the campaign…”
A college stump speech at a college, in 2012 and he’s uses a Beatles reference to describe his “hundreds” of supporters.
Priceless.
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Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 7:58 am
we have to ask ourselves, pardon me, people who vote for Romney have to ask themselves am I voting for the predebate Romney or am I voting for the after the first debate Romney. When those voters make the choice between the two they are admitting that one of the Romney’s is lying.
It’s incredible to me that you can look at the GOP debate Romney( primaries) and the Romney that you see today. They are two totally different people. In fact Romney is trying so hard to be Obama that he is running out of spray tan.
Romney is okay if you are a rich man. But he’s not going to make the people who elected him very happy. If Romney is elected today the Republicans will end up in four years just like they did with Bush. Not admitting he was ever president. And the country will be in the grasp of the wealthy.
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clarence swinney
Nov. 6th, 2012 at 9:34 am
may be duplicate i got interrupted if so pardon me
CONGRESS AND WHITE HOUSE ARE OWNED BY $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
GET $$$$$ OUR OF OUR GOVERNMENT
IT IS A SHAME THAT OUR SENATOR WAS A FRESHMAN AND HAD 1.3M IN HIS CAMPAIGN PIGGY BANK ONLY A FEW MONTHS AFTER BEING ELECTED
Max Baucus—Chair Senate Finance Comm—70% poll for Public option–
Bill hit his comm— first act—removed public option for debate
shocked me—I trusted him. Zap. Report=he had $1,900,00 in his campaign kitty from health care industry..
The millions spent by thousands of Lobbyists expect favors. Buy them.
We need a Washington revolution and kick all out
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ OUT OF GOVERNMENT—— QUICK
NYT had superb article on Wall Street employees going into many many many government jobs in Congress and White House
They left for a much lower paying job.
Conclusion—Wall Street biggies are placing them in positions to make decisions for Wall Street.
Pay under table or? Many have done this. Worked in Wash for few years then back to Wall street into a higher paying job
This is sad sad. RULES MUST CHANGE
NO $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ IN WASHINGTON
NYT had article on Interconnectivity between Board Of Directors in WSA firms
You vote for my pay+pension I vote for yours
sickening
5 big banks own 50% of deposits in 7000 banks and 10 own 80%
Restate Glass Steagall—separate Casinos from local banks
County Banking Systems—local wealth kept local to create more local wealth and jobs
WASHINGTON SOLUTIONS (Congress + White House)
Requires overturning Corp is a person
1. fed fund election—6 mos-3 primary 3 general—free equal tv time—debate a week=12=adequate to evaluate candidates NO $$ =O
2. Since they will not need campaign funds Ban them from receiving anything of a financial value this closes K St.
3. Progressive Flat Tax by group—We have the income to pay our way-do it
We rank #2 as lowest taxed in OECD nations. We have an income of…
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