The Obama campaign’s attempts to spin the President’s horrible debate showing got even more ridiculous on Sunday when the campaign sent senior advisers David Axelrod and Robert Gibbs on the Sunday morning news shows to undermine Romney’s slam-dunk debate by claiming it was merely a”performance” and that Romney is a fake and liar.
“Well, what happened was the president showed up with the intent of answering questions and having a discussion, an honest discussion about where we go as a country, and governor romney showed up to deliver a performance, and he delivered a very good performance. it was completely unrooted in fact,” Axelrod said on “Face the Nation.”
“Well, look, George, Governor Romney had a masterful theatrical performance just this past week, but the underpinnings and foundations of that performance were fundamentally dishonest,” Gibbs told “This Week” host George Stephanoplous.
Both Gibbs and Axelrod cowardly avoided using the actual word “liar” to describe Romney, but it was clear from what they did say that was exactly what they meant.
“Are you saying Governor Romney lied or was dishonest?” “Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer asked Axelrod.
“Yeah, I think he was dishonest,” Axelrod replied.
The campaign also released a new ad called “Cameras” that argues that when the “cameras rolled, a performance began” and Romney was willing to say or do anything to win the debate.
“But the problem is, that’s all it was,” the ad continues.
Since the debate, the Obama campaign has released more than 10 videos attacking Romney for various statements he made during the debate.
As they say, if at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again. But who the Obama campaign thinks it is going to convince that Obama lost the debate because of Romney is a mystery.
It’s no secret that Obama blew the debate. Maybe he didn’t spend enough time preparing, maybe he was having an off day, maybe it was the altitude. While we may never know the reason, but it’s clear that Obama did in fact lose the debate. Even the reliably liberal hosts at MSNBC, including Chris “leg thrills” Matthews admitted Obama gave a terrible performance.
“I don’t know what he was doing out there,” Matthews lamented minutes after the debate.
The Obama camp would be better off if it stopped talking about Obama’s bad debate and focusing on gimmicks like “Save Big Bird” and focused on Friday’s incredible jobs report that showed a .3 percentage drop in the unemployment rate from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September.
The fact that the Obama campaign continues to focus on this kind of nonsense rather than the serious issues affecting our country should be reason enough for Americans to give Romney a second look.
About Francesca Chambers
I want a President that can stand up for himself, his record, his policies and AMERICA. Obama did not. I was not surprised by Obama during the debate but many were. So to those that were, which President is going to show up for work tomorrow? Obama does not attend meeting with his job council, doesn’t have department meeting, hadn’t been having his security briefings.
What I did NOT hear in the debate was what Obama is going to do with his next term and his “flexibility” He already goes around Congress so that is no deterrent. He refused to help other Democrats with their elections so that is no deterrent. What is he going to do? What plans? How does he expect to accomplish them?
Big Bird, the one example that Mitt used and he is getting excoriated for it. Media expect him to propose other examples of loophole and program cuts. Those loopholes and program cuts need to be negotiated with congress and that is what plans to do. Should Mitt show his hand like Obama did by releasing his timeline for leaving Afghanistan?
Big Bird is worth over 400M and certainly could share his wealth with the other programs. Remember 1/100 = a penny that adds up to a dollar. I believe that government has a place in starting programs like PBS but eventually they should become self reliant. Just as with green energy, we should support research but not the merchandizing of the product.
Did Mitt really lie? 3 to 1 Economics say Romney’s plan over Obama’s current is better for the economy. At least 5 plans have said that Romney’s plan will work to the 1 plan that the President mentioned. The same plan that has since rescinded it.
Since the debate, Obama, his surrogates and supporters have been using demagoguery of Mitt the person not the policies and framework that he is proposing. The attack on Mitt personally just don’t stand up to his life. If Obama attacked Mitts policy and framework, he can’t use his own record as proof.