Obama silent on controversial ad
Leave it up to Obama and his allies to take politics lower than ever.
Nope, I’m not even talking about Harry Reid’s “pants-on-fire” charge that Romney hasn’t paid taxes for 10 years (which Obama has yet to come out against, even while Axelrod lectures Republicans about standing up to “strident voices in your party.”) Rather, I’m referring to the latest cringe-worthy political ad from Team Obama.
The ad comes from former Obama staffer and ally Bill Burton, who now runs the pro-Obama Super PAC, Priorities USA. In the ad, carefully edited audio from a laid-off steelworker is pieced together to make it sound like Romney personally had a hand in the tragic death of his wife because the man no longer had insurance through his employer.
The ad — like most of Obama’s — was immediately debunked by fact checkers and even CNN:
Reports confirm that, not only did the woman have health insurance from her own employer even after her husband was laid off, but she didn’t actually pass away until 2006 — years after Romney had any involvement in Bain. In that time, Governor Romney had gone on to save the 2002 Olympics from scandal and corruption (donating three years of salary to charity) and had become Governor of Massachusetts (taking no pay for his four year term). But let’s not let those facts blurr the notion that Mitt Romney is a senseless killer, ok?
It’s sickening that Team Obama would exploit the death of this poor woman in order to continue the senseless defamation of Mitt Romney’s character. But even more sickening is the fact that nobody from the Obama camp (and they’ve had several chances) or even Obama himself have the backbone to publicly repudiate the ad.
I’ve only included the spot here to illustrate how repulsive it actually is:
If you’re as outraged as I am, do me a favor and give this a retweet:
When will spine-less Obama or any of his cohorts repudiate the ad that basically accuses Romney for a woman’s cancer death? Despicable.
— Mitt Romney Central (@RomneyCentral) August 8, 2012
UPDATE – TEAM OBAMA CAUGHT IN HUGE LIE: The hilarious part about all of this is that now you have the Obama campaign saying they have no idea who this laid-off steelworker is, trying to distance themselves from the content of the ad. But as it turns out, they themselves had featured this exact same man, Joe Soptic, in a campaign conference call with reporters.
Listen to the call that took place back in May — doesn’t sound scripted at all, does it?
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Sad that this man lost his wife. But let’s get real here. He is bitter that his company shut down. Do people realize that when you have a business it is very important for the company to make a profit. If the company no longer is profitable unfortunately people have to find a job somewhere else. Also,if you listen to all the facts you realize how deceptive this ad really is. I think this new attack is a new low for Obama.
Not spineless,vicious,the brass knuckles are on!
This Prez has no soul.
We know it is a very long exhausting campaign, Andrea Saul was spaced out. The ad is intended to destroy Gov Romney’s character as an evil guy, his decison caused him to lose this guy job and lost his wife b/c of Gov Romney. Gov Romney is not running for MA Gov. Please, we’re expecting free error campaign :-) at least not this type of foolish error. Reading her comments not so bad, but listening in the radio was soooo bad make you think she’ working for the other side.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79482.html?hp=l5
When Obama lies so blatantly and absurdly about Gov. Romney, you wonder how many other “whoppers” he’s pulled on us without scrutiny. I shudder to think what that man has gotten away with. Stop his political terrorism before he does any more damage. Vote for Mitt to save out country.
Is the Romney campaign going to comment on Andrea Saul’s comment on this ad? Ann Coulter and Rush Limbaugh are all over it. Ann Coulter said if this is the kind of representative the Romney campaign has working for it than what’s the point of supporting Romney? He will lose with this kind of operative. Was she on the McCain campaign? We need Romney to be tougher and defend himself against these ad hominem attacks. He’s been accused of murder and tax evasion. If Romney isn’t going to defend himself, then he needs an attack dog on his campaign, not an appeaser. If Romney won’t defend himself, how can he save this country? Chicago tactics require some chutzpah. What would Chris Christie say about being accused of murder and tax evasion? Would he say, if the woman had RomneyCare she would have been covered? Put Obama on the defensive! We cannot lose this election. If we do, we lose the country.
Deborah-the ad implies that Romney’s actions contributed to the death of Mrs. Soptik. That was the message that the democrats intended to convey and if you cannot see that, you have been brainwashed , simply refuse to accept the premise, or are steeped in ideology to the point of no return. If you have the courage, go on-line and read the post by The Govenor,dated April 13,2011, Titled-A Historical Look at Barry Soetoro (aka Obama). That will tell you why Soetoro will not release his school records. Your idol is a complete fraud and would make Madoff and Ponzi look like Mother Theresa. That is why Soetoro/Obama spent a million dollars in attorney fees to ensure the American public never sees who he really is. Since the lame street media no longer has investigative reporters who are not in bed with Obama, the public will never know . Had be been a Republican, he would have been fully vetted long ago.