On the same day the president came out hammering Romney’s ties to Wall Street…
President Barack Obama’s campaign took aim at Republican Mitt Romney’s private equity experience on the same day the president is raising money at the New York apartment of Blackstone Group LP President Tony James.
A television advertisement scheduled to run in five swing states features interviews with former workers at a Kansas City, Missouri, steel mill that was taken over in 1993 by Boston-based Bain Capital LLC, the private equity firm co-founded by Romney.
“Bain Capital was the majority owner. They were responsible,” said David Foster, who is identified in the ad as the lead negotiator for workers at GST Steel, which filed for bankruptcy in 2001.
Romney wasn’t at the company anymore, but I guess facts don’t mean much.
Obama’s appearance on Wall Street the same day he’s attack Romney’s ties to Wall Street point directly at something the press probably won’t want to dwell on: This campaign is a mess. They could have shifted the visit or the attack by one day and it would have made the hypocrisy a little bit less glaring. But evidently they didn’t think of that, and because they didn’t, they’re stepping all over their own message. Obama isn’t the only amateur in the Obama campaign.
Like the old saying says, “You can’t fix leg-tingle inducing super-genius.”
Obama Campaign 2012–Setting new records for ineptitude and incompetence.
Not to mention hypocrisy! He’s pathological.
Everyone thought Obama and crew looked so brilliant in 2008 – they weren’t. It just highlights the pathetic fight McCain put up in trying to win the presidency. People weren’t convinced that Hillary was the answer. So they voted for platitudes (remember hope and change?)
Platitudes aren’t working around – are they Barry?
If Romney is out of touch with ordinary Americans–what does that make the multi-millionaire celebrities that Obama hangs with? Does it not dawn on Clooney, Oprah, Will Smith that Obama is making them look bad too?
– not a persuasive negotiator now hopes to influence voters.
Thanks! It’s about time you let your readers know that Obama is no “socialist”, and isn’t even very liberal. The only word to describe Obama is “liar.” Sure, he’ll TALK during election years (“I don’t hate the poor”, “I support gay marriage”, “I respect human rights”) but if you look at his actions (fewer prosecutions for financial crimes than under George W. Bush, accepting bribes from Goldman Sachs, supporting the Saudis and Bahrainis, etc.) it’s pretty obvious that it’s all hollow. What he really cares about is making sure he makes money for himself and his friends. He has no more true belief and ideology than Mitt Romney does; he just plays for a different audience.
I’m glad you guys on the Right are discovering that what politicians SAY they believe matters a lot less than their actions. Both parties are backed by the same companies, and serve the interest of the people who give them money. Scroll down this link (http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/taibblog/iowa-the-meaningless-sideshow-begins-20120103) and look how Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Morgan Stanley all gave huge amounts of money to BOTH ‘conservative’ John McCain and ‘liberal’ Barack Obama.
Fun fact: Occupy Wall Street doesn’t like Obama, and Obama sure as heck doesn’t like Occupy Wall Street. In fact, Occupy think he’s garbage, and most of them didn’t even vote for him in 2008 and DEFINITELY won’t support him in 2008. When OWS get the chance, they shut his lying mouth up: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2065014/Occupy-protests-Obama-heckled-drowned-New-Hampshire.html
Just today, 11 Occupiers were arrested in Chicago for taking over his campaign office.
If you think the average American citizen should get a say in how this country is run, stand up and don’t fall for the Republican/Democrat shell game. Don’t pay attention to what politicians SAY, watch what they DO, and always follow the money.