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The Spectacle Blog
I read Jim Antle’s observations about Mitt Romney’s use of the word “liberal”. Methinks Romney prefers the L word to the S word. During an interview with Bill O’Reilly back in December 2011, O’Reilly asked Romney if he thought President Obama was a socialist. To which Romney replied, “I consider him a big government liberal Democrat.”
LBJ was a big government liberal Democrat. Calling Obama a mere liberal doesn’t accurately reflect the extent of his radicalism. Aside from killing bin Laden, Obama’s main selling point is that he nationalized GM. It doesn’t get more socialist than that.
Unfortunately, Romney is too cautious to accurately describe Obama as a socialist. I’m not saying Romney can’t beat Obama. But by not properly defining Obama, Romney makes an already challenging task that much more difficult for himself.
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Clint| 5.8.12 @ 10:07PM
" Gingrich: Conservatives Won't Let Wall St. And Romney "Buy Election"
"Look, the conservative movement is not going to sit by and let a Massachusetts liberal, who's pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights, whose Romneycare in two articles in the last 24 hours were described as the equivalent of Obamacare and who George Soros says is just fine. He'd be happy with either Obama or Romney [be]cause they are both the establishment -- that's just George Soros," Newt Gingrich told FOX News' Bret Baier on the campaign trail in Tampa, Florida.
"Now, the conservative movement isn't going to sit back and say 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street, and Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney buy the election. So you're going to see a real grass roots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney," he added."
Oldefarte| 5.9.12 @ 1:27PM
Hey you Media Matters Boy, the following is SOCIALISM and any other thing you subversives wish to call it. Tell the truth and understand the following:
http://www.aim.org/special-rep.....y-exposed/
SC Mike| 5.8.12 @ 10:10PM
Romney’s already got the votes of the folks who think that Obama’s a socialist. While stridency may work in red states, it may not in the general election. Depicting Obama as an ingénue in over his head is a smart move, as is using the Liberal Democrat label. That will work with most non-partisans who don’t pay a lot of attention to ideology.
Crassus| 5.8.12 @ 10:44PM
In today's Democratic Party, LBJ would be a Blue Dog. JFK would get drummed out of the party.
bagittagit| 5.8.12 @ 11:08PM
Romney doesn't want to hit Obama very hard because he doesn't plan to deviate far from many of the policies that Obama has put into place. He's a "mend it, don't end it" Republican.
Bob S| 5.9.12 @ 1:05AM
Romney is too concerned about appeasing a liberal minority to expose Obama to the majority of Americans.
somnolence| 5.9.12 @ 7:12AM
Romney may not have to do that much to take out Obama. A federal con got 74,000 plus votes against him in West Virginia yesterday.
martin j smith| 5.9.12 @ 7:28AM
This reminds me of the idea that if you do not talk about S(ex ) you children--teenagers --will not engage in it. Very foolish. But voters know exactly who Obama is now. But they could have avoided this had they paid attention earlier like in November of 2008. It was there for all to see--but voters were stupid. Romney is just a fool
if he believes the voters do not know what is going on. Now they know.
Mark| 5.9.12 @ 7:31AM
Obama is not just a socialist, he's a fascist.
Scorpio51| 5.9.12 @ 10:05AM
Romney will never call Obama what he really is.
But rest assured, he's a nice man way over his head. Mitt's answer.
hrh| 5.9.12 @ 1:42PM
And Mitt Romney is a Big Government Liberal Republican.
Any questions?