Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: Ben LaBolt

Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt’s response to the Romney campaign’s latest tactic of painting the president as  a bully:

“ Mitt Romney has put forward as his main credential his tenure as a corporate-buyout specialist at Bain Capital, but he’s bristled at any discussion of that record because he profited off bankrupting companies and outsourcing jobs, applying an economic philosophy that the American people strongly disagree with. ”

Really, Romney’s people do one thing very consistently. Whenever the Obama Campaign pokes at Romney’s flaws and lies, the Romney Campaign simply returns the same/similar accusation regardless of any basis in truth. It’s a game that Mitt’s been playing all of his life, and the lies fly from his lips without forethought or concern.

Morning Quote: Spokesman for Obama Reelection Campaign

“If Mitt Romney was president, there would not be an American auto industry. Industry experts have been clear: Our auto companies would have faced liquidation if Mitt Romney had his way and more than 1 million Americans would have lost their jobs. Mitt Romney must explain to Michigan voters this week why he would have let Detroit go bankrupt.”

- Ben LaBolt, spokesman for the Obama reelection campaign, re Mitt Romney’s now famous stance [“let Detroit go bankrupt”] on the successful auto industry bailout.