Romney Blames Obama for His Campaign Challenges
Source: NY Times
DENVER — Mitt Romney, who has been criticized by members of his party in recent weeks for not campaigning aggressively enough and who trails President Obama in polls in most swing states, placed the blame for his campaign’s struggles squarely on the president himself Sunday afternoon.
Speaking to reporters as his private charter plane flew from Los Angeles to Denver, Mr. Romney blamed his relatively languid campaign schedule — five public events in the past seven days, compared with 11 fund-raisers — on the president’s decision to opt out of the federal campaign finance system four years ago, and criticized Mr. Obama for, he said, “trying to fool people into thinking that I think things I don’t.”
Asked why he was behind in the polls in most swing states, Mr. Romney accused the Obama campaign of distorting his record.
“I think that the president’s campaign has focused its advertising in many cases on very inaccurate portrayals of my positions,” he said. “They’ve been very aggressive in their attacks both on a personal basis and on a policy basis. I think as time goes on, people will realize that those attacks are not accurate and we’ll be able to have a choice which is based upon each other’s accurate views for the future of country.”
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Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/23/romney-blames-obama-for-his-campaign-challenges/
This article is a must-read. Romney actually accused the Obama campaign of distorting his position on abortion and on the auto industry bailout, and according to the article, he was calling for fact-checkers, AFTER his campaign had criticized them earlier.
And you should read the article for the full response from Obama spokeswoman Lis Smith, who said of Romney that "it certainly takes a lot of chutzpah for him — after his campaign bragged that it wouldn’t be dictated by fact checkers — to shed crocodile tears over a legitimate discussion of his record and policies." She also said that "If he’s so offended by his own positions, maybe he shouldn’t have taken them in the first place."
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after his campaign bragged that it wouldn’t be dictated by fact checkers — to shed crocodile tears over a legitimate discussion of his record and policies." She also said that "If he’s so offended by his own positions, maybe he shouldn’t have taken them in the first place."
Whoop, there it is!! 
You really can't make this shit up, can you?
I LOVE the OFA spokeswoman's response. Take that, Mitthead!
The Obama campaign has some brilliant people!
Will he even be able to force himself in front of that crowd of plutocrats he'll have at his election day rally and give one?
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I don't know.
Assuming he gets trounced as badly as he deserves, buried under that avalanche of Obama votes that we're all working for, I really don't care what Willard does as long as he goes away.
I'm sure Boner will cry quite enough to cover all the rethugs who will lose on Election Day.
[font color="purple" font size=5 face="Comic Sans"]GObama! [/font]
riiiight, O's to blame for what I think about his asshat opponent 
If indeed one's record were being besmirched, and people didn't like you for things you supposedly thought rather than for things you actually thought, that complain would have a legitimate relation to what you were upset about. (again, hypothetically)
But WTF does he mean when he says that his languid campaign schedule (lack of events) is caused by Obama's decision about whether or not to take federal money 4 YEARS AGO????? 
WTF does a 4 year old decision by somebody else about how to fund their campaign in 2008 have to do with ROMNEY's current campaign strategy of not having very many events????
That doesn't even have a hypothetical connection to anything, does it?
Please!?! If anyone can explain, I'm here all week . . . LOL.
with his crocodile tears. Boo Hoo Fucking Romney. 
like shirking ones responsibilities blaming others and not taking ownership of ones own fuck-ups. 
I love Lis Smith's comment that if he's so offended by his own positions that maybe he shouldn't have taken them. Zing!!
Ah, now it all makes sense!
My bedside table lamp gave up the ghost. Obama strikes again.
duh
but blame him for offering a challenge
not just handing it over to you
and making you prez without much work
like your entitled ass is used to
hope you are not playing the victim card now because that would be 
Poor widdle mitty-poo. Jeez, this guy REEKS of entitlement.
... and saying them in rallies even though he knows they’re wrong.”
Project much Mitt?
Wah! That awful Negro is saying stuff about me! Mommy make him stop!
Mom to Taz, Nigel, and baby sister Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”
and
“THANK YOU, DU, FOR SAVING OUR HOME–PURR!”
