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Axelrod: Romney’s ads are making people think Obama’s running a negative campaign
David Axelrod: Partly, Joe, that’s because the Romney campaign and their friends in the Super PAC world have just spent tens and tens of millions of dollars specifically on spots accusing Obama of running a negative campaign. So, I’m not surprised to see those numbers, generally.
[laughter]
Scarborough: So, it’s not you’re negative ads, it’s their negative ads accusing you of being negative that is causing –
Axelrod: I think that had an impact on the numbers.
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Double think from the Ministry of Truth.
bayview on July 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Projection is a terrible thing.
lorien1973 on July 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM
Sigh.
DRayRaven on July 25, 2012 at 10:57 AM
I smell fear.
Difficultas_Est_Imperium on July 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Cinerama. With SenseSurround.
Del Dolemonte on July 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM
When you’ve lost Joe “Rock-Ribbed Conservative” Scarborough . . .
Naturally Curly on July 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Maybe it’s because Obama is, in fact, running a negative campaign, Dave.
When you accuse your opponent of a felony without proof, that’s pretty damn negative.
teke184 on July 25, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Idiot…
Seriously
Big boy pants there bub
cmsinaz on July 25, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Indeed.
littleguy on July 25, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Watching this evil cabal go down hissing and spitting will be one of the most profound joys of my life.
Naturally Curly on July 25, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Axelrod didn’t deny making negative ads when Scarborough said “So it’s not your negative ads, it’s their negative ads about your negative ads…”
My feeling that this crew is actually going to win in November makes me wonder whose side God is on.
xkaydet65 on July 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM
You can’t make this stuff up.
This must be their “going nuclear” plan.
tru2tx on July 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Ed, have you considered running an “Axelrodism Of The Day” column?
His pronouncements have turned into my daily coffee chuckles.
de rigueur on July 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM
Big boy pants.
Good Lt on July 25, 2012 at 11:03 AM
-So why aren’t talking about your own record then, Mr. Axelrod, instead of even giving the impression that you’re going negative?
“Uhhhh….listen I have another interview to get to, so I’ll have to go now.”
Bishop on July 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Comedy Team Obama
The Rogue Tomato on July 25, 2012 at 11:04 AM
Wow. They never, ever, ever, take responsibility.
magicbeans on July 25, 2012 at 11:05 AM
This is the creepiest guy in a legion of creeps in this administration.
vityas on July 25, 2012 at 11:06 AM
Some days I feel like I’m running in some sort of simulation created by George Orwell.
gwelf on July 25, 2012 at 11:07 AM
Obama and the rest of us have been too busy running on his record that we haven’t had time to mention Bain Capital, War on Womyn Contraceptive Rights, Ann Romney’s horses, Swiss bank accounts, and outsourcing
/Axeldouche
gwelf on July 25, 2012 at 11:10 AM
It you can’t convince them with the facts, just baffle them with bullsh1t and gibberish.
RadClown on July 25, 2012 at 11:11 AM
If he does win, then that will tell me it is a sign that the Mayans were right about December 21st.
tru2tx on July 25, 2012 at 11:11 AM
Just got my copy of Atlas Shrugged back from a friend I had loaned it to. I’m going to read it again, but I know it will give me the willys.
Naturally Curly on July 25, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Orwellian, indeed.
All they have is the sheeple vote. Let’s just hope more of us than them show up in November.
Common Sense Floridian on July 25, 2012 at 11:13 AM
Any day that Axelrod is on TV acting as a surrogate for Obama is a good day for Romney.
Obama must have the worst group of surrogates of any candidate in history. Not one of Obama’s surrogates is believable.
BuckeyeSam on July 25, 2012 at 11:16 AM
Word.
conservative pilgrim on July 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM
BREAKING: Obama Campaign lost in its own rabbit hole
Robert_Paulson on July 25, 2012 at 11:21 AM
Don’t forget about dead people, pets, and cartoon characters.
conservative pilgrim on July 25, 2012 at 11:22 AM
The Dem bench is pretty thin all around these days.
Bill Clinton was the go-to mouthpiece for the administration until he started “slipping” in his comments, which tells me that he got tired of Barry telling him “I don’t want your advice, just slop out my bullshite.”
The rest of his surrogates range from the slimy, like Axelrod and Jarrett, to the insane, like Biden.
teke184 on July 25, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Romney’sObama’s ads are making people think Obama’s running a negative campaignFIFY
blammm on July 25, 2012 at 11:30 AM
The negativity of Obama’s campaign has gone meta.
BlueCollarAstronaut on July 25, 2012 at 11:32 AM
Well, that’s not their fault.
BlueCollarAstronaut on July 25, 2012 at 11:34 AM
Speaking of Scarborough, it is sad to imagine that Steven Schmidt and Mark McKinnon who were at the helm of a McCain campaign less than four years ago were both giggling idiots on this morning’s show practically cheering a Romney defeat. What makes me think both are unemployed save for their MSNBC gigs.
Marcus on July 25, 2012 at 11:35 AM
Wow. Is everyone on Team O required to memorize Animal Farm?
tims472 on July 25, 2012 at 11:37 AM
Great comment from another forum:
Del Dolemonte on July 25, 2012 at 11:41 AM
Well, to be fair “strident, defensive, and dishonest” is sort of just how Obama rolls.
BlueCollarAstronaut on July 25, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Can you imagine the pickle we would be in if we didn’t have the “new media”…?
Seven Percent Solution on July 25, 2012 at 11:56 AM
So who are you going to believe? David Axelrod, or your lyin’ eyes? Touch choice, huh?
Athanasius on July 25, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Obama is a passive-aggressive narcissistic azzhole.
Axelturd is, er, a turd.
Schadenfreude on July 25, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Obama was NEVER a nice guy. It’s the meme from his dogs and the media. Don’t be fooled. They eat his sh*t and mistake it for Beluga caviar.
Schadenfreude on July 25, 2012 at 12:35 PM
Goebbels is proud…
100 million down the toilet, to prove that Obama is nasty…something we knew all along.
Schadenfreude on July 25, 2012 at 12:37 PM
Memo to David Axelrod:
Well, DUH!!!!
Keep tossing that money at a losing strategy!
Jack Deth on July 25, 2012 at 12:43 PM