Democrats Will Portray Romney As Bush 2.0 In Charlotte

[cthulu2016]

Two days before their convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Democrats are gearing up to present the election as a choice between President Obama’s vision for the future and a return to Bush era policies of the last decade.

Democrats made the rounds on the Sunday talk shows to preview their re-election pitch to Americans, emphasizing that it would be a choice between going forward — their campaign slogan — and letting Mitt Romney double down on the policies of President George W. Bush that caused the economic downturn.

“What you’re going to hear this week in Charlotte is a president who is going to present a clear agenda for the future that talks about how we build a sound economy and lift the middle class in this country,” Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod said on “Fox News Sunday.” But Republicans’ ideas, he continued, “are derivative of what we did in the last decade, that brought our economy to its knees.”

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was among numerous Obama surrogates who laid out the same argument. “[Romney’s] basically laid out the policy for Groundhog Day, which is we’re going to go back to the very things that led to a recession,” Emanuel told David Gregory on “Meet the Press,” referencing the 1993 film in which the main character wakes up every morning on the same day. “All Romney has to offer, David, is actually to go back to the very policies that got us into the rut we were in when the president was sworn in office.”

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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/09/obama-dncc-charlotte-romney-bush.php

[freshwest]

1. Nope, won't work. Should invite Michael Douglas (Obama supporter) to do Gordon Gecko.

The Tea Baggers and Libertarians will love that, Bush tax cuts, another war, savage the social safety net, push theocracy and privatization. Bush is who they want, they're just too cowardly to say so.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. Absolutely! n/t

[Loudly]

2. Fine approach. Everyone could sense W's lack of connection and general witless-ness.

Doofuses on parade I say.

Interspersed with genuine evil arrogant criminals like Dick Cheney.

That's the party we are running against.

Go for the knock out!

[BeyondGeography]

4. And the proof is, apart from Kinda Sleazy Rice, BushCo was banned from their convention

A fact which the media consciously ignored for the most part. I look forward to a whole week of forcing them to repeat the B-word.

[NYC Liberal]

5. Any Republican who defends Bush or tries to say how "great" he was...

just ask them "If he was so great, why didn't he speak at the convention? Why hasn't he campaigned for Romney?"