Obama Singing Mocked By Mitt Romney Campaign

[CatWoman]

LOL!!!

Is it recess time in the schoolyard yet?

Two days after the Obama campaign released a brutal television ad mocking Mitt Romney singing "America The Beautiful," the Romney campaign responded with a web video mocking his singing of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."

It appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the debate over when Mitt Romney left Bain Capital and his responsibility for investments made during 1999 to 2002. The video juxtaposes Obama crooning "I'm so in love with you" with headlines about Obama rewarding lobbyists and campaign donors, similar to Obama's ad showing Romney's singing contrasted with headlines about Romney's offshore financial holdings and Bain's outsourcing. Watch it here:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/16/obama-singing-mitt-romney-campaign_n_1675687.html

[Ruby the Liberal]

1. React much?

Oh man, this is pitiful. No policies, no original ideas and now trying to copy ads? Yeehaw.

[Happyhippychick]

2. No, he's not mocking Obama. He is retroactively releasing an ad that he had planned to do all along

Geez, you people!

[Cali_Democrat]

3. That ad is so weak

[Lex]

4. Pitiful ad. But shows that Romney is just on the defensive, plain and simple. nt

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Mitt, that was the fat lady warming up. You're about done.

Sorry to break the news, but.............

[maddezmom]

6. that Mitt guy's ad team is so original

Can you imagine if the Obama team riffed on one of Rmoney's ads....Rmoney would stamp his feet and call him big fat copycatter.

[lunatica]

7. They're launching the neener neener offense

Obama better be careful!

[SunsetDreams]

8. Truly Lame nt

[Avalux]

9. I know I am but what are YOU?

Ha ha ha!!! LAME-O!

[ananda]

10. Where's Romney's ad?

That link doesn't have it.

[CatWoman]

11. yes it is

[progressivebydesign]

17. Looks like BMI removed it for copyright violations!! All I'm seeing now is that message.

Hmmm... guess Al Green didn't want his song used that way by Romney???

[CatWoman]

18. here it is

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/new-romney-video-features-singing-obama/

[maddezmom]

19. just tried and looks like it's been removed

[EOTE]

20. Still seems to be removed by BMG. NT

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. Wait - how can a political ad have copyright claims?

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Oh, that's just sad and pathetic.

Poor Mitt.

[malaise]

13. Pathetic

That's what happens when you're playing defense.

[kiranon]

14. America doesn't need a copycat for President. Can't the Republicans

come up with their own ideas for ads? Apparently not. Romney doesn't have any alternative policies to offer either. Retro is all they have.

[Rex]

15. So far Mitt has had ZERO original ideas

he is the ultimate faker...will do anything to get elected. I would say he is the most pathetic piece of garbage I've seen since GWB.

[progressivebydesign]

16. Word to the fools on Rmoney's campaign: If the other guy has a popular ringtone, singing...

then you don't use it in an ad. Dunces. (I totally want that ringtone!) AND.. I have no doubt that a trending search will be "obama singing" in the next day or two.

I found a ton of places offering the ringtone, and it's listed under "most popular."

And a quick search on the internet is showing that this ad is a huge FAIL. The media is panning it because:

1) Obama can sing, and people loved this.

2) you forget what they're talking about because... well, he can sing.

3) The crowd is going wild behind him.

4) you're attempt to paint him as a capitalist crony reminds people that you're Mr. Moneybags, and you are taking Super Pac money by the billions.

Rmoney is trying to project this on Obama, but he is already famous for being one of those monied elitists who does everything for his rich friends.

[rug]

21. Next to killing the fly, that was the coolest thing he's done since taking office.

This will backfire.

[askyeshua]

23. I wouldn't call it mocking though

They are giving high praise to the man's singing!!

[arely staircase]

24. the aylum doing political spots now?

The Asylum is an American film studio and distributor which focuses on producing low-budget, usually direct-to-video productions. The studio has produced titles that capitalize on productions by major studios; these titles have been dubbed "mockbusters" by the press.[1][2][3][4]

...
In 2005, the company produced a low-budget adaptation of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, which was released in the same year as Steven Spielberg's adaptation of the same material....the film Transmorphers bears a number of similarities to the film Transformers...In 2008, 20th Century Fox threatened legal action against The Asylum over The Day the Earth Stopped, a film capitalizing on The Day the Earth Stood Still.[5]...In May, 2012, Universal filed a lawsuit against Asylum for their film American Warships, claiming infringement on their movie Battleship.[

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Asylum

[aquart]

25. Never mind Romney. I WANT AN OBAMA ALBUM.

Guy can sing.