2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow Obama Suckered Romney into His Bin Laden Trap
Mitt Romney fell into President Obamas trap on Osama Bin Laden, and now the president has closed the noose and made the Republican nominee appear weak on national security.
The Obama campaign set Mitt Romney up days ago by releasing a video of former President Bill Clinton praising President Obamas decision to go get Bin Laden.
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The video was perfect bait. It featured a Democrat claiming to be tough on national security, Barack Obama doing something that almost every American agrees with, and Bill Clinton. (Republicans have an odd relationship with former President Clinton. They pathologically loathe the man, yet they are irresistibly drawn to everything he says and does).
The bait was on the hook, and sure enough, Mitt Romney couldnt resist taking it. In a rebuttal to the video Romney said, Even Jimmy Carter would have given that order. As the Obama campaign already knew, Jimmy Carter may have given that order, but Mitt Romney was already on record saying that he wouldnt.
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Full article w/video here: http://www.politicususa.com/obama-suckered-romney-bin-laden.html
Skittles
(152,964 posts)does Mittens even REMEMBER what he says? He just sounds like a fucking MORON.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,355 posts)YouTube and the concept of "social media". Thank goodness for the internets for making sure that they have a harder time covering up their past statements.
Mooselini
(10 posts)His target audience will believe anything as long as it's anti-Obama, and they pay little attention to reality.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)much of his target audience thinks he is a buffoon but are having to support him as a default candidate
coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)rationale by which Osama was dispatched, I still love watching a trap slam shut. And this was it in spades for afficionadoes of the stiletto-like exposure of hypocrisy and sancimony.
I still do not approve of what Obama and his administration did with regard to Osama, but I cannot help but approve of the way he and his campaign served Romney his ass. Easily the equal of any of LBJ's takedowns, imho.
Bravo! (And thanks for posting).
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Like it would have been an easy call, even Jimmy Carter would have done it. The big boys club. LOL! What an ass.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Put out rotting fruit, they can smell it from miles away, and they will come looking for it.
So, suckering Romney isn't really all that hard. President Obama just needs to say something that sounds a little "Democratic", and he'll fall for it every time.