Private RNC conference call: Let’s stay away from personal attacks on Obama next year
posted at 6:13 pm on December 6, 2011 by Allahpundit
I don’t think they mean all personal attacks, I think they mean attacks of the dark, conspiratorial “Obama’s destroying the economy deliberately” variety. Why argue that and risk alienating some independents when you can argue “Obama’s destroying the economy through rank incompetence” instead? Nothing personal: He’s simply out of his depth and now it’s time for Change. Enjoy the lecture circuit, champ.
Does Newt agree, I wonder, or will The One’s alleged Kenyan anti-colonialist worldview be a core component of the Gingrich general-election message? Because it’d be terrific to spend three months sidetracked with that instead of talking about the failure of our $800 billion stimulus.
“We’re hesitant to jump on board with heavy attacks” personally against President Obama, Nicholas Thompson, the vice president of Tarrance Group, a Republican polling firm, said on the call. “There’s a lot of people who feel sorry for him.”…
Voters “don’t think he’s an evil man who’s out to change the United States” for the worse–even though many of the same survey respondents agree that his policies have harmed the country, Thompson said. The upshot, Thompson stressed, is that Republicans should “exercise some caution” when talking about the president personally.
On the call–which Yahoo News was invited to attend because of a mistake by someone on the staff of the Republican National Committee–Ari Fleischer, the former press secretary for George W. Bush, encouraged Republicans to turn around the Democratic attacks lobbed at the GOP presidential candidates– Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, for starters– for “flip-flopping.”
“I don’t like playing defense,” Fleischer said. He suggested the listeners to Tuesday’s call label the president as a flip-flopper on the following issues: opposing tax increases for those making under $250,000; opposing the Bush tax cuts; opposing raising the debt limit; and opposing a health care mandate.
Yeah, I don’t know. I get the point of trying to neutralize the Democrats’ chief line of attack by throwing it back in their faces, but my big problem with Obama’s support of the mandate isn’t the fact that he flip-flopped on it. This is why the GOP brain trust makes grassroots righties nervous, I think: They’re too cute by half. Can we find a middle ground between “Obama’s a secret Kenyan agent” and “Obama’s a flip-flopper too!” — somewhere in the vicinity, perhaps, of “Obama’s mandate is an alarming power grab by Congress that’ll be used to make big government dramatically bigger”?
I do think they’re right, though, about people liking or pitying O more than you’d expect given the relentless dreariness of his term. That’s what I was getting at last week when I wrote about his surprisingly high job approval numbers, and why I’ve written several times about how O’s perceived culpability for the protracted awfulness of the economy might actually shrink the more protracted that awfulness is. As bad as he’s been, he can always argue that he was handed a terrible hand; even if voters decide he’s too risky to bet on again, they’re bound to wonder if he’s being blamed for something no one realistically could have fixed in four years. There’ll be some electoral sympathy for him. The RNC’s simply trying to figure out how to keep it as dormant as possible.
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I don’t think it’s his grades, so much as the syllabi of the courses he took. Only one way to be sure, but good luck getting his college and university transcripts released.
Christien on December 6, 2011 at 7:30 PM
And I’m sorry if it offends people but Obama’s high personal approval numbers are because no one want to admit that a high profile minority isn’t wonderful because they don’t want to be thought of as a racist.
Cindy Munford on December 6, 2011 at 7:31 PM
Next the GOP will put out a list of reasons why Obama should be re-elected….
;-)
albill on December 6, 2011 at 7:31 PM
I’m saying that the Dems going all out nasty on W. did not work in 2004. Undecided voters sympathized with Bush because of the personal extremity of the Dem rhetoric. It was a failed tactic.
AngusMc on December 6, 2011 at 7:33 PM
I, most respectfully, disagree. Pelosi played the Dim card, too early yesterday. This is hard ball. JMHO.
Dingbat63 on December 6, 2011 at 7:36 PM
I don’t see how people who have lost their home equity, lost their jobs, lost their security, lost their 401k’s, lost their futures and are living on food stamps and franks and beans will have more ‘sympathy’ for this buffoon than they do for their own childrens’ futures.
What a stupid thing to contemplate. People want someone who will stand up against this marxist wrecking ball of fury and boot him out… not molly-coddle him and say, awww gee bu-rock, it ain’t your fault, it’s Bush’s fault.
W.T.H.
Key West Reader on December 6, 2011 at 7:36 PM
Or else what? He’ll whine “They talk about me like a dog” again?
Christien on December 6, 2011 at 7:38 PM
Dear RNC,
Nice knowing you. Too bad you can’t seem to actual point a finger at a man associated with so many radicals not only before he took office, but when he was in office. You can’t seem to keep up with the Jones’.
ajacksonian on December 6, 2011 at 7:41 PM
As a child of the welfare system that self-liberated, I began working in 1978 and enjoyed tremendous success. How dare this POS tell me that my hard work was for nothing, that I was ‘unable’ to succeed. You get what you WORK for duh-rock obama. Why not tell Eric Holder’s people to get off the couch, take off the bedroom slippers and WORK?
You think Americans are going to “march” for you, you commie? I don’t think so.
Key West Reader on December 6, 2011 at 7:42 PM
The right is full of fools.
Schadenfreude on December 6, 2011 at 7:44 PM
Mr. Pundit:
I think you over-think and over-analyze this stuff.
Dr. Carlo Lombardi on December 6, 2011 at 7:57 PM
What pisses me off about a conference call like this is not the call itself but the idea that we should treat Obama the same in every state across the board. There are states and regions where, if you don’t attack him for intentionally ruining the country, it will make you look weak and ineffective. Then there are states and regions where the incompetence card would work much better, I agree. But to suggest the same approach everywhere ignores the basic law of politics, that it is all local.
These people are so out of touch with reality that it’s beyond pitiful. I wish the hell we had our own Carville and Begala, but instead we have PeeWee Hermans on ferris wheels.
TXUS on December 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM
The Stupid Party strikes again. I sure hope our nominee does not pay any attention to this. From all of the anti-Obama e-mails I have gotten over the last three years, I know more about the man than I care to know. Most were snarky and in jest at the time, but all of them painted the picture that we have all come to know and dislike.
There is nothing likable about the man. He is not warm, funny, caring, educated, compassionate, or engaged in running the country. His speeches are vapid and dull and full of hate for the country and its people. It’s now obvious the Republican Party is afraid of it’s own shadow because they have gone the politically correct route, again. Of course he is bringing the country down on purpose. How is this even a question? It’s a fact.
BetseyRoss on December 6, 2011 at 8:07 PM
You have got to be freaking kidding.
Does the Republican establishment want to win or not??
ChuckTX on December 6, 2011 at 8:09 PM
You racists…I suppose you would deprive him of his 17 day Hawaii vacation. And, I’ll bet, that Moochelle goes there in her own taxpayer plane
Dingbat63 on December 6, 2011 at 8:09 PM
A little OT:
It’s really a shame Algore created the darn thing..
Colbyjack on December 6, 2011 at 8:12 PM
Private RNC conference call: Let’s stay away from personal attacks on Obama next year
You have got to be freaking kidding.
Does the Republican establishment want to win or not??
ChuckTX on December 6, 2011 at 8:09 PM
They’d rather win Ms. Congeniality instead. /sarc.
Colbyjack on December 6, 2011 at 8:15 PM
100% USDA Prime Republicanism.
The sooner this group of losers implode and leave, the better.
james23 on December 6, 2011 at 8:39 PM
Why is it only when conservatives go on the attack that moderate might get the vapors but liberals are free to claim we want to kill grandma and hate the poor?
gwelf on December 6, 2011 at 8:42 PM
Then what exactly did he mean when he said he planned to “fundamentally transform” this country? Before you transform something don’t you first have to tear it down – intentionally?
Some of us are afraid of our own shadow these days. Pathetic…
CliffHanger on December 6, 2011 at 8:44 PM
What about that shady first “lady”.
SouthernGent on December 6, 2011 at 8:46 PM
It produced the desired results in 2006 and 2008. Undecided voters were not sympathetic, they were ‘undecided’. It was a successful tactic. It played a part in Palins decision to NOT RUN in 2012.
It’s why the experts think Romney has a chance; he is so no confrontational, it’s why Gingrich is so popular, because HE FIGHTS BACK.
We either fight back or we’re going to lose everything.
Skandia Recluse on December 6, 2011 at 8:46 PM
Ah, yes. Let’s wage another politically correct war…because that always works so well.
Connie on December 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Ronaldus Magnus:
A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Obama loses his.
gwelf on December 6, 2011 at 8:47 PM
Those people will never vote for a Republican, so why worry?
John the Libertarian on December 6, 2011 at 8:48 PM
I do not contribute to this organization but cannot get the mail requesting donations to stop even after I return mail to them telling them why. I contribute to the individual office seeker of my choice.
dragondrop on December 6, 2011 at 8:54 PM
“Enjoy the lecture circuit, champ.”
When I first read that sentence, what I thought I read was, “Enjoy the lecture circuit, Chimp.’
“Chump’?
PD Quig on December 6, 2011 at 9:03 PM
The ninnies in the RNC must have gotten a threatening tweet from AttackWatch!!!!!
onlineanalyst on December 6, 2011 at 9:11 PM
People like Bozo the Clown, too, but that doesn’t mean they want him as POTUS.
DrStock on December 6, 2011 at 9:12 PM
Wimps.
And they wonder why they haven’t gotten a penny from me in the last 4 years.
LegendHasIt on December 6, 2011 at 9:24 PM
Just going by the vibes of our two leading contenders in this race, my hunch would be that Romney would go along with this strategy (if it can even be called that). Newt…not so much.
lynncgb on December 6, 2011 at 9:30 PM
Well, lucky for us that there is going to be a tsunami of outside advertising (including a couple of billboards put up by yours truly) that doesn’t really give a crap about what the RNC thinks.
DocinPA on December 6, 2011 at 9:34 PM
Message to Nicholas Thompson and the RNC.
You had better believe that we’re going after that Marxist in the White House and the Senate Democrats hammer and tong. Now you can remain relevant. Or you can go the way of the Whigs.
Unless you like the idea of a Marxist dictatorship, that is….
georgej on December 6, 2011 at 9:37 PM
I’ll bet you a dollar that if he gets the nomination his tough talk will change. He’s just playing feisty now to fool the rubes.
LegendHasIt on December 6, 2011 at 9:39 PM
The RNC has pretty much proved itself to be a completely worthless organization. It is a boat anchor on the entire Republican party, and hurts the party much more than it helps.
The RNC has FAILED to defend Republican principles in any forum. The RNC has FAILED to promote Republican ideas. The RNC has FAILED to defend candidates from unfair/unjust attacks. The RNC has FAILED to call out its enemies. The RNC has FAILED to establish a reasonable forum in which to expose potential nominees to the Republican base and other voters: RNC has instead handed this task over to known Republican enemies. RNC has FAILED its duty to act on behalf of the Republican voters, and has instead imposed the judgement of its “elite.”
Any money the RNC gets is diverted to loser or RINO candidates (RINO candidates are often much more destructive than losers), and is thus spent working AGAINST true Republicans.
We must rid the party of the RNC and all who think like losers and/or leftists. In the present situation, it actually would be better to simply waste the money than to send it to the RNC. But a far better strategy is to send money directly to the candidates you support.
landlines on December 6, 2011 at 9:39 PM
This is exactly why I do not contribute $$$ to the RNC anymore.
purgatory on December 6, 2011 at 9:48 PM
I was just getting over the RNC’s handleing of the last election……now I just got fresh ammo to say no to the unsolisited callers.
sbark on December 6, 2011 at 9:51 PM
The McCain Doctrine, it worked so well last time around.
darwin-t on December 6, 2011 at 9:54 PM
Remember this stroke of genius from McCain and friends.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/02/mccain-apologiz/
diogenes on December 6, 2011 at 10:09 PM
McCain reined in Palin during 2008…look how well that ended for the GOP
The_Basseteer on December 6, 2011 at 10:31 PM
NO JOBS OBAMA!
NO JOBS OBAMA!
NO JOBS OBAMA!
NO JOBS OBAMA!
NO JOBS OBAMA!
Beat that drum till he is driven out of power.
profitsbeard on December 6, 2011 at 10:33 PM
Uhh, excuse me :: raising my hand ;;. “Over here, over here, here I am!”
Some of us do very much think Obama is an evil man who is out to change the United States for the worse.
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 10:37 PM
These sort of declarations under cover of representing the Republican Party make the GOP sound like utter wimps.
My impression is they’re worried about the cocktail-circuit: they’re all employed in politics and/or political-media or political fundraising and are concerned about maintaining ‘cred’ on the circuit after Obama’s out of office. None of them wants to be declined attention after Obama’s out of office and working various rooms of various well-connected attendees, running the risk of a cold shoulder by the Obama-attached or Obama himself.
Barack Obama IS viewed as “evil” (I can attest to that by my own observations of the man, his statements and his behaviors) and I most certainly DO think he’s out to ruin the U.S. (and to then see it replaced with his idea of some other nation, one that’s communist).
The GOP keeps retreating campaign after campaign into a weaker state. They’re not building confidence with quotes such as this one.
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 10:43 PM
I may feel sorry for the Bub on the street whose shoes are worn and whose pants are threadbare, but I don’t think that’s any criteria upon which to elect him President of the U.S.A.
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 10:46 PM
Obama is the most divisive president I’ve seen in my lifetime, even more so than Clinton. Clinton loved the politics of personal destruction, which in itself can be pretty divisive, but he wasn’t about going out and playing the class-warfare card.
If the Republicans say they don’t want personal attacks, that’s hogwash, does anyone believe the Democrats aren’t going to be personally attacking whoever the Republican nominee is? If you say you aren’t going to go after Obama personally, and yet you criticize his policies, the Democrats are going to make it personal. So, Republicans, just keep quiet and wait to see how the Democrats approach this. The only thing they have is the politics of personal destruction, they certainly can’t run on their record, so just wait and see.
In the meantime, FORCE THE SENATE TO PASS A BUDGET. I can’t believe the Republicans have allowed them to get away with no budget for the past 900+ days. Everyone knows they have things hidden in past budgets that are being funded by the continuous resolutions, let’s get all this stuff out in the open before the election. If Boehner can’t get this done, it’s time for another Speaker of the House and Eric Cantor is NOT the guy to take over because he could be putting pressure on them himself.
bflat879 on December 6, 2011 at 10:49 PM
…but Barack Obama (and wife and mother-in-law and entourage and his “stockholders” in Silicon Valley) is more well-fed, more indulged by vanity and special aids, luxuries and high-caloric intake by gourmet design than just about anyone.
Feeling “sorry” for someone like that SHOULD be limited to wishing him healing, that he might realize his vanity, his gluttony and his lack of respect for the property and persons of others.
But that still isn’t any reason to vote for him for the Presidency.
Obama appeals to people like himself (as described above). That feeling they have for Obama isn’t empathy or sympathy (as in, “feeling sorry for him”), it’s more like them feeling worried they might lose their ego rewards in seeing someone with similar character flaws who they won’t be able to use any longer after he’s out of office.
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 10:51 PM
At “golfmann” — that does appear to be what they’re revealing. It’s also why the GOP has denounced and undermined any and all who’ve so much as raised questions about Obama’s actual identity, or, rather, more specifically, any documentation that would establish anything about who he is.
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 10:57 PM
Let me guess — an attack on Obama’s politics is spinnable into a personal attack.
unclesmrgol on December 6, 2011 at 10:59 PM
I think that well summarizes Obama’s appeal to those who continue to “feel sorry for him” (as in, his remaining 20 percent or whatever percentage they are now, who claim they’ll be voting to re-elect him no matter what): they view Obama’s “life of Riley” living-large lifestyle as what they want for themselves and what they view as “justice” and usually on racial terms (they’re “owed” such, so there’s Obama living their dream, so to speak, the illustration of what they think is owed to them).
And that includes people of all races who maintain such views. And I also think it’s a lot of the reason Obama behaves so delinquently on the job he’s not doing (leaves office at 4pm, shows up late in the mornings, takes frequent, elaborate, expensive “vacations”, spends more time golfing than doing any labor, thinks he’s owed frequent parties in the Office because he “needs to bring the world to him”, etc.).
His behavior is, in my view, intentionally delinquent to the job because Obama recognizes that his level of delinquency to the job is what his most hardened supporters expect to see: a form of ripoff or payback (revenge) “to the man”…
Lourdes on December 6, 2011 at 11:12 PM
It’s the “Donovan McNabb” effect.
Mini-14 on December 6, 2011 at 11:19 PM
Obama is the worst President evah, and our candidate is not supposed to even mention that fact. Stupid. Idiotic. Moronic.
“People” don’t feel sorry for Obama, voters feel sorry for themselves, and for the country. We feel sorry for the pain the freaking Democrats have inflicted on the country. Nobody feels sorry for Obama, for crissakes, this isn’t junior high school.
Morons.
MTF on December 6, 2011 at 11:27 PM
Wimps to the right….This is infuriating! Don’t mention his middle name…How did that work out for ya, McCain?
Christian Conservative on December 6, 2011 at 11:38 PM
There is no reason to attack Obama on his personals where then are so many reasons to attack him on his political positions.
Unemployment?
Economic growth rate?
National debt?
National security?
Gun control/DOJ?
His opponent has no need to go personal. Remind the public, over and over and over and over again, about their pocketbook and their distrust in this administration. Obama has very little to run on other than racial politics and…..pity.
JoeinTX on December 6, 2011 at 11:42 PM
Suspicions confirmed, the RNC is nothing but a bunch of RHINO’s. Knowing this it answers a lot of questions I’ve been asking myself. I’m glad I’ve held my donations back this year.
mixplix on December 6, 2011 at 11:46 PM
Learned a new word from a different thread and think it applies perfectly to the Republicans in this situation: pusillanimity!
Christian Conservative on December 6, 2011 at 11:52 PM
Undeserved criticism never does a campaign good.
Neither does the perception of kicking your opponent when they’re down.
But showing weakness loses races.
Speakup on December 6, 2011 at 11:55 PM
What I want to know is how to get one of the cushy high paying jobs and still be so totally clueless as these political consultants are.
Anyone know?
Sporty1946 on December 7, 2011 at 12:43 AM
Sounds like the idiot McCain supporters still control the Repub party.
Obama needs to be attacked on all fronts if he is to be defeated in Nov 2012.
One thing that definitely needs to be changed the Republican leadership both at the Party, in the Senate and in the House, they are incompetent nincompoops
georgealbert on December 7, 2011 at 12:56 AM
I don’t think that any Republican would initiate a personal attack against Obama. Responding with one (if personally attacked) however better be in the playbook.
Vince on December 7, 2011 at 1:25 AM
Dont attack Romney, cause real Conservatives may feel sorry for him.
Gedge on December 7, 2011 at 2:37 AM
They want the media to love them…and I want Jessica Alba to dance naked on my coffee table. Bet I get my wish first. This is why I’m a Conservative, not a Republican.
Extrafishy on December 7, 2011 at 5:51 AM
“You don’t have to be afraid of an Obama Presidency” -John McCain
(They’re taking the hit so Jebbie Bush can be president in 2016)
stenwin77 on December 7, 2011 at 6:42 AM
*shaking the head*
RNC, you’re on your own…
cmsinaz on December 7, 2011 at 6:56 AM
The chances the GOP nominee will beat Obama:
KAPUT!
technopeasant on December 7, 2011 at 7:37 AM
In the game rock, paper, and scissors:
Invariably:
Paper (conservatism)beats rock (the Left).
Rock prevails over scissors (the GOP establishment).
Scissors overwhelms paper.
Currently the state of the GOP primaries: Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney are clearly the front runners. There are no conservatives in the running.
President Obama leads both Gingrich and Romney in the polls.
Quod erat demonstrandum.
technopeasant on December 7, 2011 at 7:43 AM
Turning shit to snot.
We’re gonna need an alchemist.
justltl on December 7, 2011 at 8:00 AM
There’s a simple explanation for why many people still rate Obama despite the utter failure of his policies- his oft-repeated lies about the true nature of what’s happening and who is to blame and the media’s continual defence of him.
Obama went from blaming Bush for everything to blaming Republicans in Congress for everything- and the majority of people who aren’t paying close attention believe what he says. If the media were even slightly impartial and called him on some of his blatant lying (and the effects of his policies) I guarantee that his job approval ratings would be much, much lower.
And that’s not even beginning to get into Solyndra or running guns to Mexico. If the press treated Obama over these scandals the way they would have if Bush were still President you can bet that Obama’s numbers would be below the basement and there would be calls for impeachment.
Jay Mac on December 7, 2011 at 8:17 AM
Sounds like they are pushing for McCain to be the candidate, again.
Fallon on December 7, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Oh yeah, play nice. That worked so well in 2008.
generouse on December 7, 2011 at 8:32 AM
Rank incompetence.
labrat on December 7, 2011 at 8:40 AM
So, another throw away year and they already have the next candidate waiting in the wings (or in the bushes?). How do we fire them before they do any more damage?
Fallon on December 7, 2011 at 8:43 AM
The RNC is becoming irrelevant to non-RINOS and Conservatives. Obama must be pounded, challenged and exposed for what he actually is. He appears to be a very evil man with a corrupt administration and he is destroying the United States of America. We must go on the attack and not give this usurper and blatant antagonist, of the Constitution of the United States, a pass. His Socialist/Marxist/Communist appearing agenda must be exposed to all. Shame on the despicable RNC. It’s useless.
sinsing on December 7, 2011 at 8:46 AM
That ‘Bambi Philosophy’ won’t work. McLame tried it and it didn’t work out so well for him, either. Maybe if they treated him as nice as the left treated Cain, we could live with it.
Kissmygrits on December 7, 2011 at 8:57 AM
RNC election strategy for 2012……..
………is code named “OPERATION STATUS QUO”
This kind of crap is why I say THROW THEM ALL OUT!!!
A-L-L (both parties)
PappyD61 on December 7, 2011 at 9:04 AM
Nicholas Thompson sounds just like Bill O’Reilly both of whom don’t appear to be ‘looking out for us’!
Bob in VA on December 7, 2011 at 9:27 AM
I like the idea of taking the high road. But a relentless and consistent high road. We don’t have to denigrate the man, just his ideas, and back it up with evidence of progressiveism’s failures.
Don’t turn him into a sympathetic figure.
awc on December 7, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Can’t wait to vote. ABO “Anybody But Obama”
Rosey on December 7, 2011 at 9:31 AM
Let’s NOT attack Obama personally for his radical leftist, rank incompetence.
BECAUSE … that tactic worked SO DAMNED WELL for President…ooops, I mean Senator McCain.
Jack Bauer on December 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM
Now let’s see.
What does Eric Holder have to do with the hand he was dealt? Or the 70,000 pages of EPA regulations shutting down the energy industry, or the Keystone Pipeline, or Stephen Chu, or the TSA, or ………..?
Maybe he’s a wonderful guy, but he’s clearly not good for the country or he’s not up to the task. Either way, it’s hard to imagine anyone could do worse.
Ask yourself, “What would you do differently if you had set out to destroy the economy?”
Pokeyarw on December 7, 2011 at 9:34 AM
I BET the girly-man is known as NICKY Thompson… pity it’s not NUCKY.
Jack Bauer on December 7, 2011 at 9:35 AM
Bet ya don’t get either wish.
runawayyyy on December 7, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Obama is destroying the economy deliberately. That’s not a personal attack that’s pointing out the truth. With the MSM and Hollywood elite always saying “he’s doing the best he can with the cards he was dealt” someone needs to point out the truth of what’s really going on.
I don’t think Gingrich is going to have much problem ignoring the “play nice” warning though.
rjcylon on December 7, 2011 at 10:04 AM
Feels like a weird thing to say considering how I can’t remember one personal attack of the then senator in the last election. The Maverick kept pretty much any “attack” off limits did he not?
Sammo21 on December 7, 2011 at 10:07 AM
I think the RNC has been punked.
Tonynoboloney on December 7, 2011 at 10:28 AM
We dont need to attack him personally. All we have to do is point out his “wonderful” record. Maybe he did inherit a weak economy but so what all presidents have problems. He made it worse! If the dems start attacking whoever our nominee is personally then all bets are off and go back at him full bore. Repubs should realize that whatever we do will be portrayed by the liberal media as negative and horrible so we might as well do what needs to be done. Being conservative doesnt scare away the independents being weak does.
Johnrut3 on December 7, 2011 at 10:57 AM
Brilliant! Lets do it just like 2008 again. Let Obozo and the dems lie thru their teeth with jobs created and how the economy is on its way back, along with all the other crap they spew, and let them join the MSM to influence all the stupid people who don’t do research, and just form an opinion based on sound bites.
Brilliant…
stacman on December 7, 2011 at 11:10 AM
The RNC learned nothing from 2008 or 2010. I will not give 1 dime to them. They are stuck on Stupid!
vietvet68 on December 7, 2011 at 11:18 AM
If the RNC hopes to win with a nice campaign, they’re in for a surprise.
zoyclem on December 7, 2011 at 11:35 AM
You would think the RNC has learned by now. You cannot fight lying, cheating sewer rats from the high ground. You must jump in the sewer.
rjoco1 on December 7, 2011 at 11:53 AM
If the GOP were fielding a candidate that was articulating constitutional ” first principles”, liberty, prosperity, personal responsibility, etc. the attacks on the sitting president would’t be needed – his manifold failures would be self-evident.
Instead, we get “progressive-lite” Romney and Gingich.
E-R
electric-rascal on December 7, 2011 at 12:02 PM
I should have added “said candidate would also point out the miserable failure througout history that progressivsm/socialism/marxism/statism has been, but what a shining success that our nation has been.”
E-R
electric-rascal on December 7, 2011 at 12:16 PM
while i dont think the end of the world will happen tomorow , i DO think Obama is completely and totally evil incarnate ! i do think he is deliberately attempting to destroy all that is good in our country, and i do believe that he and his cadre of minions have every intention of eventually killing off as many good people as possible to pave the way for their idealogical utopian society.
katee bayer on December 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM
The American people deserve to be told the truth. So I guess the GOP is saying they can be attack but do not say anything negative about Obama. I think the GOP should be saying don’t say anything unless it is true.
armadillo on December 7, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Private RNC conference call: Let’s stay away from personal attacks on Obama next year
I sent the above title of this article the RNC with the comment, in large letters:
LET’S NOT
I’ve been listening to Limbaugh this afternoon; he’s not.
EL on December 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM
Yeah thats right play nice republicans so the democrats can go for your jugular you f*%#ing idiots!
MCGIRV on December 7, 2011 at 1:08 PM
To run from the truth about Obama is exactly what McCain did when he took Obama’s nefarious connections off the table. Perhaps then there was too much emotion for things historic and too little evidence to back the claim up. Now there is little emotion and a world of evidence.
The RNC apparently doesn’t see that Obama’s real intentions are what makes him vulnerable. They are his weakness. I understand their fear but it’s unwarranted Yes it’s understandable that people wouldn’t want to believe a president would try to destroy the economy. Many couldn’t fathom a president wishing us harm for any reason. Undoubtedly many don’t understand the socialist model. That needs to be explained in clear terms. Explained using Obama’s own words and showing how they connect with his policies and with the outcomes.
It will be criticised by left but the public is ready for it. I believe they are hungry for an explanation for his odd disregard for tradition, allies and his aloof countenance. He is a socialist and it’s easily proven. Once proven we win. Easily.
dakota on December 7, 2011 at 3:14 PM
“Personal attacks” is just another liberal notion we Americans have just bought into. More of the same therapeutic language I am trying to expunge from my vocabulary.
If you don’t know what I mean, try going a day without using such language. We are inundated with it every day and have been for decades now.
Pointing out an opponent’s faults and mistakes is perfectly fine.
Making such stuff up is not fine however and we can leave that to liberals while truthfully labeling them LIARS for it!
Obama, for example, is an utter liar. This is not a personal attack so much as the truth.
Sherman1864 on December 7, 2011 at 3:24 PM
When you are blaming Obama for destroying the economy, whether its incompetence, naivete’ or deliberate, the results are all the same. The facts are this nation cannot survive 4 more years of the lies, deceptions and total corruption by this adminisrearion or American life as we know it will cease to exist. Our nation is being destroyed by enemies from within and the mistake of the election of 2008 cannot be repeated. It’s really that simple.
volsense on December 7, 2011 at 6:21 PM
Obama may not be out to deliberately destroy the country but he would not have to do one thing differently if he was, so to my mind it makes little difference whether he is evil or just wrong. Of course it all depends on whether one is a fan of the constitution, capitalism/private property rights, faith traditions and things like that. Obama and his disciples clearly are not, but I hold out hope that there are still many more of us who are and want to restore / reclaim America as the “shining city on a hill” rather than a parasitic, filthy and lawless OWS encampment that is symbolic of what the Obama regime is working to turn the country into.
I Heart America on December 9, 2011 at 10:43 AM
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