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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:00 PM

kpete (38,896 posts)

Gibbs: Romney’s Message Is ‘You Didn’t Clean Up Our Mess Fast Enough’

Source: Talking Points Memo

Gibbs: Romney’s Message Is ‘You Didn’t Clean Up Our Mess Fast Enough’

Top Obama campaign adviser Robert Gibbs said on Meet the Press Sunday that the “biggest idea” of Obama’s reelection campaign would be a message of continuing “moving in the right direction of fixing this economy.”

“We know this about Mitt Romney,” Gibbs said, “he’s not a job creator. When he was governor of Massachusetts, they were 47th out of 50 in job creation. His experiences in downsizing and outsourcing jobs and bankrupting companies and walking away with a lot of money for himself. His economic ideas are the failed economic ideas that we tried for eight years.”

Gibbs responded to another question about women voters and the economy, saying, “David, their message is: You didn’t clean up our mess fast enough.”

Read more: http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/gibbs-romneys-message-is-you-didnt-clean-up?ref=fpb

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Gibbs: Romney’s Message Is ‘You Didn’t Clean Up Our Mess Fast Enough’ (Original post)	kpete	Apr 2012	OP
Gibbs spelled it out accurately - and memorably!	polichick	Apr 2012	#1
How to Kick Ass 1001.	truthisfreedom	Apr 2012	#2
One typo in this quote: "His experiences in downsizing" should be "His experience is in downsizing"	truthisfreedom	Apr 2012	#3
And by "we" Gibbs means "they" (Bush, and company)	FailureToCommunicate	Apr 2012	#4
The Age Old American Election Cycle	Trajan	Apr 2012	#5
+1	Sherman A1	Apr 2012	#7
Very well put. n/t	cosmicone	Apr 2012	#8
You put that perfectly, Thank you.	skydive forever	Apr 2012	#9
I wish I could thank you a million times! Americans have this problem, but often we liberals do too!	Liberal_Stalwart71	Apr 2012	#12
That sums it up nicely. Thank you. n/t	jtuck004	Apr 2012	#6
He forgot to add "Republicans, American Taliban, writers of sharia laws.	Thinkingabout	Apr 2012	#10
"You didn't clean up our mess fast enough" should be the Obama/Democrats main hitting point!! n/t	Liberal_Stalwart71	Apr 2012	#11
"Not giving the keys back to those who drove us into the ditch"	theaocp	Apr 2012	#13
I agree. The car-ditch metaphor simply didn't catch on. And because the Republicans are feigning	Liberal_Stalwart71	Apr 2012	#15
And because you didn't clean it up quick enough	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Apr 2012	#14
And that would be the truth. n/t	deacon	Apr 2012	#16

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:02 PM

polichick (30,375 posts)

1. Gibbs spelled it out accurately - and memorably!

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:16 PM

truthisfreedom (17,677 posts)

2. How to Kick Ass 1001.

Remind the American people about our recent history.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:17 PM

truthisfreedom (17,677 posts)

3. One typo in this quote: "His experiences in downsizing" should be "His experience is in downsizing"

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:33 PM

FailureToCommunicate (4,399 posts)

4. And by "we" Gibbs means "they" (Bush, and company)

"His economic ideas are the failed economic ideas that we tried for eight years.”

thanks kpete

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 04:43 PM

Trajan (15,949 posts)

5. The Age Old American Election Cycle

1) The Republicans screw up the economy.

2) Fed up with Republicans, Americans elect Democrats to fix the economy.

3) Republicans blame Democrats for not cleaning up the Republican mess quickly enough.

4) Democrats eventually fix the economy. Republicans ignore the recovery, and run on abortion, guns and gay marriage.

5) Americans forget how bad the economy was and who caused it. They elect Republicans again.

Repeat at step 1 ...

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 05:11 PM

Sherman A1 (11,557 posts)

7. +1

Well Said!

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 05:19 PM

cosmicone (3,381 posts)

8. Very well put. n/t

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 05:26 PM

skydive forever (124 posts)

9. You put that perfectly, Thank you.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 06:38 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,853 posts)

12. I wish I could thank you a million times! Americans have this problem, but often we liberals do too!

Expecting change overnight and getting frustrated with Obama/Democrats when they can't deliver *EXACTLY* what we want *overnight*.

Change takes time and some patience on our part.

Thank you for this!

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 05:07 PM

jtuck004 (5,095 posts)

6. That sums it up nicely. Thank you. n/t

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 05:39 PM

Thinkingabout (1,779 posts)

10. He forgot to add "Republicans, American Taliban, writers of sharia laws.

I would not be surprised if soon they introduce burka as requirements for women.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 06:34 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,853 posts)

11. "You didn't clean up our mess fast enough" should be the Obama/Democrats main hitting point!! n/t

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:58 PM

theaocp (1,604 posts)

13. "Not giving the keys back to those who drove us into the ditch"

didn't work so well in 2010, as I recall. I recommend doing the right things and then crowing about them. OBL springs to mind. More of that chest-thumping and let the Republicans cry over it.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:21 PM

Liberal_Stalwart71 (13,853 posts)

15. I agree. The car-ditch metaphor simply didn't catch on. And because the Republicans are feigning

outrage and crying afoul over bin Laden, that means that the president is doing something effective. When they don't cry, that's when we should be worried.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:37 PM

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (6,600 posts)

14. And because you didn't clean it up quick enough

We want to go back to the same shitty policies that got us in this mess in the first place.

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Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:36 PM

deacon (5,967 posts)

16. And that would be the truth. n/t

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