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Sat May 5, 2012, 03:22 PM

shawn703 (1,682 posts)

Obama knocks Romney's CEO past in first 2012 campaign rally

Source: Orlando Sentinel

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - President Barack Obama used his first political rally of the 2012 campaign on Saturday to attack Republican Mitt Romney for learning the "wrong lessons" as a CEO and promised to move the U.S. economy forward if he wins a second term.

Obama, a Democrat, formally launched his Chicago-based re-election effort last year, but his official political events have been confined to fundraisers since then.

That changed this weekend, and the president - who has criticized the former Massachusetts governor since he became the Republican party's presumptive nominee - showed at the first stop in Ohio he was ready for a fight.

With his wife at his side and Air Force One as a campaign plane, Obama said Romney was a patriotic American who had a lot to be proud of, but knocked the former governor for an economic plan that would favor the wealthy.

Read more: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-rt-us-usa-campaign-obamabre84403j-20120504,0,5898001.story

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19 replies	Author	Time	Post
Obama knocks Romney's CEO past in first 2012 campaign rally (Original post)	shawn703	May 2012	OP
Rmoney most certainly learned the wrong lessons	usrname	May 2012	#1
And the Dems	Iliyah	May 2012	#2
Sigh. Too bad people with money vote.	dkf	May 2012	#3
Care to answer a simple question?	jberryhill	May 2012	#5
Good point...it used to be Obama.	dkf	May 2012	#14
No. That's a good thing, because THOSE people are going to care whether their masters are FOREIGN	patrice	May 2012	#8
LOL! True to form, dkf -	Nostradammit	May 2012	#12
Don't worry, it didn't work for the Repubs when Joe The Plumber said that last time	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#15
Obama "rocked the casbah"	Botany	May 2012	#4
Good. I don't want a CEO or flunkee MBA running the country.	undeterred	May 2012	#6
Romney learned the corporate game...	Brooklyn Dame	May 2012	#7
This was always a hobby for him anyway.	Deep13	May 2012	#9
Romney has worked hard in his life.	Jamaal510	May 2012	#11
Links for the FULL rally video of the Obama Ohio rally, below	Tx4obama	May 2012	#10
A 'businessman' President totally destroyed the economy over eight years.	onehandle	May 2012	#13
Which incumbent President hasn't used Air Force One for transportation while campaining?	Incitatus	May 2012	#16
"Air Force One as a campaign plane"	Ruby the Liberal	May 2012	#17
Romney has nothing to be proud of.	Dawson Leery	May 2012	#18
Running a business is NOT the same as running an economy or government.	Beartracks	May 2012	#19

Response to shawn703 (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 03:32 PM

usrname (398 posts)

1. Rmoney most certainly learned the wrong lessons

as CEO: he learned how to make money and show quarterly improvements on the balance sheet. But that's not what a government does, nor should it.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 03:37 PM

Iliyah (2,357 posts)

2. And the Dems

are paying back the government/tax payers for the use of said plane. Shit, they have reimbursed more moneyto date than the gopper Bush and crew ever did.

I am getting effing tired of this one-sided negative print out and corporate media bullshit. Shit all this covering up for Mittens effed up campaign is crapola.

He and his wife did fill up that stadium huh, the crowd loves them, and his speech was spot on.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 03:39 PM

dkf (32,618 posts)

3. Sigh. Too bad people with money vote.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 03:42 PM

jberryhill (29,893 posts)

5. Care to answer a simple question?

In the 2008 presidential contest, which candidate got more votes from people with incomes over $200,000, Obama or McCain?

Go ahead. Look it up.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 06:55 PM

dkf (32,618 posts)

14. Good point...it used to be Obama.

He used to have the kids too.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 04:50 PM

patrice (47,384 posts)

8. No. That's a good thing, because THOSE people are going to care whether their masters are FOREIGN

or domestic.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 06:26 PM

Nostradammit (2,920 posts)

12. LOL! True to form, dkf -

always true to form.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 07:05 PM

muriel_volestrangler (65,345 posts)

15. Don't worry, it didn't work for the Repubs when Joe The Plumber said that last time

so if the Repubs say such an idiotic thing this time, we'll just point and laugh at their stupidity.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 03:42 PM

Botany (36,045 posts)

4. Obama "rocked the casbah"

Last edited Sat May 5, 2012, 03:48 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Right now I am wearing my "Obama State State 2012" t-shirt my 17 year old
son who is not thrilled w/ politics liked Obama so much he got one too.

Vote for Obama in 2012 because he is not Mitt.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 04:03 PM

undeterred (33,224 posts)

6. Good. I don't want a CEO or flunkee MBA running the country.

Wrong kind of person to have in high office.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 04:15 PM

Brooklyn Dame (169 posts)

7. Romney learned the corporate game...

...there, it's all about "eat what you kill" -- and if the kill means putting people out on the street to support the bottom line for the only people who matter (wealthy shareholders) then so be it. Not the way a government of the people should be run.

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/04/stealing-from-the-hungry/

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/05/may-day-remembering-the-working-class/

http://borderlessnewsandviews.com/2012/04/ann-romney-mother-of-the-century/

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Sat May 5, 2012, 05:23 PM

Deep13 (37,259 posts)

9. This was always a hobby for him anyway.

Romney hasn't worked a day in his life.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 06:08 PM

Jamaal510 (3,164 posts)

11. Romney has worked hard in his life.

For instance, as MA governor, he worked hard at making the state 47th out of 50 states in job creation!

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Sat May 5, 2012, 05:44 PM

Tx4obama (28,913 posts)

10. Links for the FULL rally video of the Obama Ohio rally, below

C-Span video of Ohio Obama rally including intro by Michelle Obama : http://www.democraticunderground.com/101726445

AND

Rally VIDEOS (full) and photos:
http://www.barackobama.com/live?source=ReadyToGoWeAreMovingForward-01-20120505-misc-HQB&icn=20120505-ReadyToGoWeAreMovingForward-01-misc-HQB
and more here: http://new.livestream.com/accounts/414975/events/486211/videos/686745

p.s. It says 'live stream' in the URL in the above link but it isn't - it's the page with the videos and photos etc.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 06:36 PM

onehandle (35,463 posts)

13. A 'businessman' President totally destroyed the economy over eight years.

We will be the United States of Suckers if we fall for that again.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 07:18 PM

Incitatus (4,193 posts)

16. Which incumbent President hasn't used Air Force One for transportation while campaining?

It's also interesting that the writer had to mention the campaign headquarters in Chicago, but didn't mention Romney's.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 07:21 PM

Ruby the Liberal (23,509 posts)

17. "Air Force One as a campaign plane"

Another gem from the Orlando Sentinel. How completely unshocking.

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Sat May 5, 2012, 07:53 PM

Dawson Leery (8,382 posts)

18. Romney has nothing to be proud of.

He is a fraud, a thief, a hustler, a liar, etc....
90% of Private Equity firms are in the business of extracting cash (then loading with debt) from companies which employ people.

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Sun May 6, 2012, 02:42 AM

Beartracks (3,159 posts)

19. Running a business is NOT the same as running an economy or government.

The skillset -- and especially the mindset -- are different.

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