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In reply to the discussion: Obama campaign: Adjustments will be made in debate strategy [View all]JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)30. Obama did respond to a number of Mitt's lies ... Mitt just continued to repeat them.
Obama called out Mitt's lie on the 5 trillion in tax cuts. Mitt simply repeated it.
Obama called out Mitt's lie on covering those with pre-existing conditions ... Mitt repeated it. Later, his campaign walked it back.
Obama called out Mitt's lie on the $716 in savings from Medicare reforms ... Mitt repeated that lie, by the count of one fact checker, 10 times.
Trying to respond to every lie Mitt told would be like taking a bucket out into a rain storm, and trying to catch every rain drop before it hits the ground.
That's what the Obama campaign did not anticipate ... Mitt's willingness to lie over and over, and over.
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The originator of rope a dope now has Parkinson's from taking too many head blows.
gordianot
Oct 2012
#8
Rope-a-dope doesnt mean just taking endless punches..sometimes you gotta fight!
Vietnameravet
Oct 2012
#21
I have to offer a quote from my friend, Marlene "Romney is the fly and Obama is the spider"!
Kteachums
Oct 2012
#4
The turning the other cheek thing does not work Obama campaign should know that by now.
gordianot
Oct 2012
#5
I thought the trip to Boulder Dam the other day was a bit odd. Maybe the maestro was a bit over
Monk06
Oct 2012
#11
To me, "Draw the lines and how to use our time" means they're going to decide which lies to refute
Lars39
Oct 2012
#17
Obama did respond to a number of Mitt's lies ... Mitt just continued to repeat them.
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#30
Obama should see Mitt as an evil person ... but he doesn't ... I doubt he sees anyone that way.
JoePhilly
Oct 2012
#34
No "overreacting", BUT, now it is time to HIT BACK good and hard. He's already doing it.
RBInMaine
Oct 2012
#40