Denounced by his Republican rival for his sleazy tactics and toxic divisiveness, Barry "Almighty" on Monday defended the nasty tone of his campaign and, to be expected, insisted that it's actually Mitt Romney's ads that are "patently false." But Barry did, sort of, distance himself from a particularly provocative negative ad by a political group that supports him. Barry made a surprise visit to the White House briefing room, his first since around the middle of June, at least in part to try to upstage a joint campaign appearance by Romney and his running mate, Paul Ryan, in New Hampshire. The rally by Romney and Ryan, their first appearance together after a week of vigorous campaigning separately, had been highly anticipated, drawing an enthusiastic crowd and wide media attention.
Barry turned the day into a long-distance point-counterpoint debate with his opponent. He took questions from four reporters, the most he has taken from the national press corps in over two months, dealing to an extent with complaints about his inaccessibility. What's more, the flap over rape-and-abortion remarks by Republican Rep. Todd Akin gave Barry an opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, toss a little more dust into the air to distract away from his lack of a record and to make a direct appeal to women, who both campaigns say make up a majority of undecided voters. At issue was Akin's answer in an interview that aired Sunday that women's bodies can prevent pregnancies in "a legitimate rape" and that conception is rare in such cases. Barry simply saw this as a way to divert attention away from sleazy tactics..
As for the nasty tone of the campaign, Barry declared that it was important to draw attention to major differences with Romney, but he said his criticism has never been "out of bounds." Still, he distanced himself from an ad by the pro-Barry Priorities USA Action super political action committee, which is run by former Barry White House aides. That ad pointedly notes the death of the wife of a steelworker whose company had been taken over by a group of partners that included Bain Capital, the private equity firm that Romney cofounded. "I don't think that Governor Romney is somehow responsible for the death of the woman that was portrayed in that ad," Barry said. But he added that he did not approve or produce the ad and said it had had only a brief airing on television. So?
Romney and Ryan, appearing together for the first time in a week, sustained their criticism Monday, leveling new claims of duplicity in Barry's TV ads before about 3,000 friendly people in Manchester. "It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth," Romney said. Asked by a woman about Barry campaign "lies" that claim the GOP ticket would raise taxes, Romney said, "All we've heard so far is one attack after another." Romney flatly declared, "I will not raise taxes on anyone." He added, "Mr. President, stop saying something that's not the truth." But I think we all know by now that Barry has spent his entire life telling one lie after another, and he's now gotten to the point where telling the truth is impossible. He's simply incapable of doing anything other than lie.
In his news conference, Barry demonstrated that he must possess some alternate reality as he made the idiotic claim that his speeches and the ads run by his re-election campaign have focused accurately on substantive issues such as taxes and spending. By contrast, he said Romney has aired "patently false" claims that the president is "gutting" welfare's work requirement. Barry also defended ads criticizing Romney's refusal to release more than two years' worth of tax returns. He said those seeking the White House must know their life is an "open book." And he added that pressing Romney on such a subject is "pretty standard stuff" and not "overly personal." What Romney stated was not patently false, Barry did gut the welfare work requirement, and for other reason than an attempt to garner himself a few votes.
Barry said he has "sharp differences" with Romney on major issues and that those are fair game for tough ads. And again, Barry lied as only he can do when he said, "Nobody accused Mr. Romney of being a felon," as some Republicans have suggested of Barry. However, Barry deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter earlier this summer said that questions about when Romney left his post as head of Bain raised issues of potential illegal activity. Ms Cutter said at the time, "Either Mitt Romney, through his own words and his own signature, was misrepresenting his position at Bain to the SEC, which is a felony." Cutter added, "or he is misrepresenting his position at Bain to the American people to avoid responsibility for some of the consequences of his investments."
In New Hampshire, Romney and Ryan made a multi-pronged case against the administration, saying Obama's policies on taxes, Medicare and foreign policy have let down the American people. The GOP running mates promised a sunnier future of lower taxes, lower deficits, more jobs at home, and greater U.S. prestige abroad. But they offered few details on how they would achieve these goals, which have vexed Congresses and White Houses for years. Romney's pledge not to raise anyone's taxes while also reducing federal deficits is one of several promises he has made that many independent analysts have questioned. He said tax cuts lead to greater economic growth, which in turn brings greater overall tax revenues to run the government.
Barry can complain about Romney all he wants to, but the source of the continuing nasty can be traced right back to the Chicago Mob that is Barry campaign staff. That little group of miscreants has pumped out more dishonest ads than Romney could every hope to. To the point where even the Washington Post has called them out on some of the more egregious ones. Barry's entire re-election campaign has essentially been nothing more than a series of lies and innuendos that have absolutely no basis in fact. And yet he has the nerve to say that it's Romney ads that have been patently false. That's always the way it with slimy Democrats, they always accuse their opponents of doing exactly what they're doing themselves. There supposed to be seen as being pure as the wind driven snow. They're more like yellow snow!
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