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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah Joe Scum is terrified of the Bain pain (Original Post) malaise May 2012 OP
Joe is in the "pants on fire" level of fool this morning. nt Tennessee Gal May 2012 #1
Apparently he didn't even realize he was setting himself up with the lies malaise May 2012 #2
Willard's Being Painted For What He Is = Vulture Capitalist... KharmaTrain May 2012 #3
The problem for all of them is that it is ReTHUGs who opened this door malaise May 2012 #5
I'm not sure the Obama campaign needs to explain it. TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #7
Repetition... KharmaTrain May 2012 #9
Yep I'd just play the ReTHUG candidates clips malaise May 2012 #10
If pRick Perry, who is dumber than a stump, can figure this out hifiguy May 2012 #21
Romney's main problem is that he can't both say "off limits" and have it as his credential karynnj May 2012 #15
What's happening? TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #4
The lies and spin attacking anyone who challenges Willard Rmoney's malaise May 2012 #6
Somebody should explain to Joe that if we're not talking about this... TrollBuster9090 May 2012 #8
Even that jackass Harold Ford is pointing this out malaise May 2012 #11
Romney is running from his religion... kentuck May 2012 #12
When the Republicans wail and gnash their teeth and whine about 'fairness' lunatica May 2012 #13
+1 ... when they cry, you've found the nerve ... keep punching it. JoePhilly May 2012 #14
Yup! The more loudly they complain the more you know you're on target. Ganja Ninja May 2012 #16
The pain from Bain is eating Joe Scab's brain. JoePhilly May 2012 #17
+ 1 lunatica May 2012 #19
Sorry friend but... sellitman May 2012 #18
Send him to the Bain cave Blue Owl May 2012 #20
Dead Intern Joe becomes mean when challenged. Dawson Leery May 2012 #22

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
3. Willard's Being Painted For What He Is = Vulture Capitalist...
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:01 AM
May 2012

Joey knows this is not a good thing...while people may not find capitalism offensive, they sure do find greed to be. This is espcially the case today with the large disparity in income. Even the teabaggers find him offensive for this reason. Surely the focus groups are showing that not only do people understand what vulture capitalism is, they don't like it and are seeing Mittens as its poster boy.

The spinners were first out there trying to claim that Bain was "off limits"...now they're trying to muddy what exactly Bain did and what Mitten's involvement really was. It's their "tar baby" and one that Mittens has been stuck in before. The Obama team has succeded in framing the economy on Willard's history and qualifications...a major step that rushpublicans like Joey know is not a good thing.

While people here are railing against Booker, Rendell, Ford and others...the fact is the name Bain has been front and center all week. Since what they do is so complicated it will take Team Obama a while to break it down...and they've gotten off to a good start. A couple weeks ago few people knew what the word "Vulture Capitalism" meant...by August everyone will know!

malaise

(268,724 posts)
5. The problem for all of them is that it is ReTHUGs who opened this door
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:04 AM
May 2012

Obama must now tear it down.

TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
7. I'm not sure the Obama campaign needs to explain it.
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:06 AM
May 2012

Just show this clip of RICK PERRY explaining it over and over again on behalf of Newt Gingrich. If Governor "I can't memorize the names of more than two gubmint agencies" Perry can understand the difference, I'm sure even the lowest information voters can.

KharmaTrain

(31,706 posts)
9. Repetition...
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:10 AM
May 2012

It's very nice to have these clips handy and surely Team Obama had months to figure out how they'd use them. I really think Willard's step into a big trap here...he can't "etch-a-sketch" this one away.

The more you explain what Vulture Captialism is the more people don't like it. Hopefully the Obama team will continue to roll out commercials showing one Bain venture after another that Mittens canibalized...the more local the better.

malaise

(268,724 posts)
10. Yep I'd just play the ReTHUG candidates clips
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:15 AM
May 2012

over and over followed by Are they all against the free market system or just Rmoney's approach to creating wealth for himself while destroying health care benefits and pensions.

This message is paid for my....

They know it hurts big time.

karynnj

(59,498 posts)
15. Romney's main problem is that he can't both say "off limits" and have it as his credential
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:49 AM
May 2012

for becoming President. Given that anyone's career - public or private - IS what is examined, they have to look at Bain. At this point neither Romney's view of an organization that was a power house in creating jobs or the ads of people who lost their jobs when Bain took over are the complete picture. Obama has transitioned to the more complicated (at first) statement that Romney's GOALS at Bain were not his (Obama's) goals as President. Romney's job was making money for the shareholders, which he did. Sometimes that meant he created jobs - other times that he destroyed them. I really doubt that arguing that this is the type of creative destruction that makes for a more vibrant economy is good to run on - especially in a time of many people losing jobs.

malaise

(268,724 posts)
6. The lies and spin attacking anyone who challenges Willard Rmoney's
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:05 AM
May 2012

lies that he created jobs. Poor Joe Scum wants the Obama campaign to drop this topic.

TrollBuster9090

(5,953 posts)
8. Somebody should explain to Joe that if we're not talking about this...
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:08 AM
May 2012

...we're going to talk about his 'job creation' record while Governor of Mass. instead.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
13. When the Republicans wail and gnash their teeth and whine about 'fairness'
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:21 AM
May 2012

It means Obama is winning.

Funny how he's forced them to be on the defensive isn't it? Americans are talking about what Obama wants them to talk about. The Republicans like Joe Scum are doing his campaign work for him.

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)
16. Yup! The more loudly they complain the more you know you're on target.
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:51 AM
May 2012

Obama needs to stay focused on the Bain record and not get drawn into a debate about tactics. That's how they change the subject. And when they cry about fairness, he needs to answer by pointing out how unfair it was for Mitt to walk away with millions from the profitable companies and pension funds he raided.

sellitman

(11,605 posts)
18. Sorry friend but...
Wed May 23, 2012, 08:05 AM
May 2012

I NEVER watch Joe the Intern Killer.

I would if it televised from behind his prison bars though.

Dawson Leery

(19,348 posts)
22. Dead Intern Joe becomes mean when challenged.
Wed May 23, 2012, 06:14 PM
May 2012

Perhaps we should contact MSNBC and request more liberals on his show.

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