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ellisonz

(27,709 posts)
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 02:54 AM Jan 2012

Romney: Obama swiped my ideas for State of the Union

By Paul West
January 24, 2012, 8:27 p.m.
Reporting from Orlando, Fla.—

Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney gave a backhanded compliment to President Obama, saying after the president's State of the Union speech Tuesday night that Obama had “basically adopted a lot of thoughts that we’ve had on the campaign trail. Unfortunately, what he says and what he has done are so dramatically different that you have to be a little surprised.”

Interviewed on NBC, Romney described Obama as out of touch with the misery that many Americans are feeling in places like Florida, scene of the next GOP primary on Jan. 31.

“He seems to think America’s on the right track and things are going well,” said the former Massachusetts governor, going on to cite the 9.9% jobless rate, plunge in home values and high rate of foreclosures in the Sunshine State.

“The idea that we’re on the right track is something which is very foreign to the people here,” said Romney, speaking from Orlando.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-obama-swiped-gop-ideas-for-state-of-the-union-20120124,0,4994895.story

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joshcryer

(62,265 posts)
4. LOL, Romney is going to lose the nomination so hard.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 03:02 AM
Jan 2012

It's a joke. American people do not like being told that things aren't going OK (even if they're not).

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
8. Of course he did. The first thing on his mind is to steal ideas from a moronic idiot who couldn't
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 03:21 AM
Jan 2012

find his way out of a paperbag with a flashlight and a map.

David__77

(23,220 posts)
11. How stupid of him to say.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 05:00 AM
Jan 2012

So he's essentially praising Obama to the heavens. More fodder for Gingrich.

SkyDaddy7

(6,045 posts)
14. Newt is going to attack Romney
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:34 AM
Jan 2012

for saying this!! LOL! Romney is so fake & Gingrich is just plain nuts!

DCBob

(24,689 posts)
15. I dont think that line of reasoning will sell well to the rabid RW primary voters.
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 07:38 AM
Jan 2012

If he wants to win he's going to have to attack Obama no matter what he says.

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