Democrats not happy with Romney’s first TV ad
November 22nd, 2011 - 10:53 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattWashington, Nov 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney’s first TV ad got off on the wrong foot when it was attacked for being “deceitful” and “dishonest.” In the ad, Romney attacked a message attributed to President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign.
The ad showed then candidate Obama saying that, “If we keep talking about the economy, we’re going to lose.” What the ad failed to notify is that Obama was quoting the words of John McCain’s campaign strategist. The quote and the failure of Romney’s campaign to acknowledge the original maker of the comment got the Obama campaign to react to the TV ad.
Campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt said that the ad was a deliberate ploy by the Romney camp and it was “a deceitful and dishonest attack.”
Romney’s campaign team has acknowledged that they knew about the comment when the ad was made. The communications director of Romney’s campaign team Gail Gitcho told the Washington Post that, “Now, the tables have turned. President Obama and his campaign are doing exactly what candidate Obama criticized. President Obama and his team don’t want to talk about the economy and have tried to distract voters from his abysmal economic record.”
The ad attacked President Obama’s credentials, referencing several campaign promises that Obama has failed to fulfill.
Before Romney gets to worry about Obama, he has the GOP primaries to worry about.
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