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USA Today interview: Mitt whines about mean Obama, invokes his father
Interview: Romney blasts Obama for a 'vituperative' campaign
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
POWELL, Ohio – Mitt Romney calls campaign attacks by President Obama and his allies "vituperative" and "vicious" and "absurd" and "sad." Also: Effective.
"I do think that the president's campaign of personal vilification and demonization probably draws some people away from me," Romney says when asked why he's no better than tied against a vulnerable incumbent. He hopes the fall campaign, the debates and the storm-delayed Republican National Convention that opens Tuesday in Tampa will provide an effective counter. He doesn't aim to persuade voters to like him more than Obama — one of the president's big assets — but rather to trust him more to fix a fragile economy.
"I think in the final analysis people will recognize those attacks for what they are, and they'll make a decision based on who can do a better job creating jobs and providing more take-home pay for the middle class of America," he says. "I believe I am that person."
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"I think my mom and dad are probably given a little time off to watch," he says with a slip of a smile as he mentions his late parents. His father, three-time Michigan governor George Romney, sought but failed to win the GOP presidential nomination himself more than four decades ago.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-26/romney-interview-campaign/57331498/1
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
POWELL, Ohio – Mitt Romney calls campaign attacks by President Obama and his allies "vituperative" and "vicious" and "absurd" and "sad." Also: Effective.
"I do think that the president's campaign of personal vilification and demonization probably draws some people away from me," Romney says when asked why he's no better than tied against a vulnerable incumbent. He hopes the fall campaign, the debates and the storm-delayed Republican National Convention that opens Tuesday in Tampa will provide an effective counter. He doesn't aim to persuade voters to like him more than Obama — one of the president's big assets — but rather to trust him more to fix a fragile economy.
"I think in the final analysis people will recognize those attacks for what they are, and they'll make a decision based on who can do a better job creating jobs and providing more take-home pay for the middle class of America," he says. "I believe I am that person."
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"I think my mom and dad are probably given a little time off to watch," he says with a slip of a smile as he mentions his late parents. His father, three-time Michigan governor George Romney, sought but failed to win the GOP presidential nomination himself more than four decades ago.
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-26/romney-interview-campaign/57331498/1
Trust Mitt: Releasing his tax returns would be "damaging" and policy details would be "suicidal"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021151118
[font color="black" size="12" face="arial"]What is Mitt hiding?[/font]
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