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Zalatix

(8,994 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:45 PM Aug 2012

Left hook, right hook, left hook, right hook- Obama: "Romney Hood will take from poor, give to rich"

Ever see that silly cartoon Dragonball Z where the yellow haired guy drops hailstorms of fist on his enemy faster than a camera can show it? Well, Romney is the guy taking hits, and he is looking quite cartoonish while doing so.

Case in point.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-warns-romney-hood-poor-rich-231818045.html

Obama warns ‘Romney Hood’ will take from poor, give to rich

President Barack Obama told cheering supporters at a fundraiser in Connecticut on Monday that Mitt Romney's tax plan would raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for a tax cut benefiting the very rich: "It's like Robin Hood in reverse. It's Romney Hood." His remarks drew laughter and applause.

Obama pointed to a recent study of Romney's approach by the independent Tax Policy Center that speculated that, to pay for his proposed tax cut on the wealthiest Americans, the former Massachusetts governor would have to end popular measures like the mortgage and child deductions and the Earned Income Tax Credit — which chiefly benefit middle-class and poor Americans.

"He'd ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so that he could give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than three million dollars a year," Obama said.

"They have tried to sell us this trickle-down, tax-cut fairy dust before. And guess what? It does not work. It didn't work then, it won't work now," the president said. "It's not a plan to create jobs, it's not a plan to reduce our deficit, and it is not a plan to move our economy forward."

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Left hook, right hook, left hook, right hook- Obama: "Romney Hood will take from poor, give to rich" (Original Post) Zalatix Aug 2012 OP
This will catch on big-time. TheCowsCameHome Aug 2012 #1
The Greatest Match, We Never Got To See... WillyT Aug 2012 #2
I think this was at one of the Weinstein brothers house, they are the 1%, so for him to get monmouth Aug 2012 #3
this is a great approach quinnox Aug 2012 #4
 

WillyT

(72,631 posts)
2. The Greatest Match, We Never Got To See...
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 10:53 PM
Aug 2012


VS.



Although they did hang out...





Sigh...

Sorry... continue.


monmouth

(21,078 posts)
3. I think this was at one of the Weinstein brothers house, they are the 1%, so for him to get
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 08:01 AM
Aug 2012

applause was a good thing...LOL..

 

quinnox

(20,600 posts)
4. this is a great approach
Tue Aug 7, 2012, 08:04 AM
Aug 2012

and not just for Obama, but the Democrats in general. Because it is true, the republicans have become the party of the 1%, and that is their main goal, to help the very top, no matter the cost. I approve this line of attack heartily.

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