Ann Romney: Obama's whole campaign strategy is "let's kill this guy"

[IDemo]

Source: CBS News

On a mission to shatter the image of her husband as rigid and unrelatable, Ann Romney told CBS News she worries that President Obama's entire campaign strategy is "kill Romney."

"I feel like all he's doing is saying, 'Let's kill this guy," she said, seated next to her husband, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney, in an exclusive interview with CBS News chief political correspondent Jan Crawford. "And I feel like that's not really a very good campaign policy.

"I feel like Mitt's got the answers to turn this country around," she continued. "He's the one that's got to bring back hope for this country, which is what they ran on last time. But the truth is, this is the one that has the hope for the - for America."

In August, some Democratic strategists let leak to the press that Obama's top aides were looking at a massive character takedown of Romney in light of a deterring economy; "kill Romney" was a phrase used by one. "That was their memo that came out from their campaign," Ann Romney said. "And it's like, 'not when I'm next to him you better not."

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57466625/ann-romney-obamas-whole-campaign-strategy-is-lets-kill-this-guy/

[kemah]

1. Just following Mitt's strategy on Newt

This from the campaign who did a number on Newt.

[liberalmike27]

17. AS Yet

The only thing I've heard is more of what put this country down, off-shoring, down-sizing, globalization, cut taxes on the rich, raise taxes on the poor (got to get the money somewhere), and further deregulate industries that are already spilling oil, and blowing up nuke plants.

I don't think anyone has ever run for president and actually said less about what they were going to actually do.

Seriously I keep waiting for him to say "Something." Anything. Apparently he thinks he can win with a total negative campaign and some corrupt governors purging voting lists of heavily democratic minorities, old people, and students.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. What

Romney can't speak up for himself? Where was Ms. Ann when Michelle Obama asked, "But why do they want them to hate us?"

Too bad Mrs. Romney - it's the game. You kept quiet in 2008 - so enter the valley of comeuppence.

[rfranklin]

3. Mitt is a pussy...how could he stand up to the Iranians?

I guess he would send his wife.

[The Wielding Truth]

18. If Ann doesn't know that it's Mitt's run for President that they want to kill she is too naive to be

a good First Lady. The Right has been far more violent and heartless than anyone else. We have told the truth about Romney if that kills his chance to be our President, so be it.

[still_one]

4. Mittens is doing enough for himself to demonstrate how unrelatable he is thank-you /nt

[dtom67]

5. what a peach...

'not when I'm next to him you better not. '

I think her speaking opportunities will soon be limited.

this " issue" is not really even worth discussing, except for the humor potential.

[patrice]

6. Dogwhistling. I'd like to talk to whoever is telling her what to say.

[patrice]

9. It was NO accident that the Republicans ran a SECESSIONIST on their '08 ticket. Nor that it was

JOHN MCCAIN and Carl I-never-met-a-bank-deregulation-I-didn't-LOVE Levin who had the Indefinite Detention language written into the NDAA - under the auspices of a non-elective office, btw, the Secretary of Defense.

[sofa king]

68. I just hope it's not projection.

Because if you replace "Obama" with "Romney," suddenly Romney's one chance to win this election is revealed. And there is half a billion worth of investment in this election alone to protect....

Seriously now, I've largely stopped voicing that fear largely because I don't want anyone wasting time looking at me instead of the people who I think will actually try it.

But that is the elephant in the room, and I choose that metaphorical idiom quite carefully.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

7. past, present, and future first ladies normally get a pass from the media

Hilary was one huge exception, and a few teed off on Nancy Reagan, especially when her tarot card shit came out. But mostly, the media is hands off on kids and spouses.

Except, when creepy folks like Ann accuse a sitting president of trying to kill someone, I think the gloves can come off.

Fuck you, and the dressage horse you rode in on.

[denvine]

8. Mitt's answers,

Put government back in the hands of the 1% and corporations. We see how well that has worked in the past. He has no answers, or at least any answers he will not change tomorrow if politically expedient. Poor Ann!?!?!?

[onehandle]

10. Fox News Blonde Clone Says Something. nt

[patrice]

11. Listen for the word "doom" in her further pronouncements on the race.

[Stargazer09]

12. They are getting desperate.

She actually thinks that her husband can "bring back hope for this country" after all he's done to destroy people's lives over the years?

[JDPriestly]

42. She talks in slogans -- like most religious fanatics.

The Romneys actually believe that people are going to trust them if they just repeat their slogans often enough.

[GoCubsGo]

48. It's how the GOP operates, too.

Slogans are all they have, as well. It's no wonder it's made up mostly of religious fanatics.

[progressivebydesign]

13. Is she and her husband incapable of saying anything that is NOT a gaffe???

Wow.. maybe it's HER! Maybe she is the new VP candidate! You know, a married couple team! I HATE the language the republicans use. It's always around violence...

[wandy]

35. I would not put it past the repugs to try that, after all a monarchy should......

have a King and Queen.

[BeyondGeography]

14. Mommy, mommy, make the bad man stop hitting me

When has that ever worked?

[coldbeer]

15. bite the dog that bit you

Mitch said his whole purpose was to make sure Obama
would not have another term. Now they want to put
those words in Obama's mouth. Duhhh!
The best part of being retired is when you wake up
with a hang-over, go to the fridge and have another.
That's "biting the dog that bit you". They are biting
McConnell ... not Obama!

[greiner3]

16. "...this is the one that has the hope..."

I'm not up to date on my abnormal psych but what does it say when you speak about someone in the 3rd person who is seated next to you!

[DhhD]

43. Detachment; just like how she detached herself from her crippled horse.

Just like how he detached himself from their dog.

[Hawaii Hiker]

19. Yeah, Rove and the Super Pacs are going to play nice w/Obama

Sorry Ann, Mitt isn;t entitled to the presidency, campaigns are tough

[Turbineguy]

20. Don't underestimate her desire to be

Mrs. President. It's a pretty cool job.

[Brigid]

60. But Ann won't be nearly as good at it as Michelle is.

Barack Obama's taste in wives has always been a huge point in his favor.

[AlbertCat]

21. "I feel like all he's doing is saying, 'Let's kill this guy,"

Who gives a rat's ass what you "feel" Ann? Where has Obama advocated "KILLING" Romney? That's ALL he's doing? He just wants to beat him in the election, not KILL him. Mentioning your husband's lousy record is not KILLING the guy.

Obama is not the scary black boogie-man hiding around the corner... trying to KILL whitey!


The racism is mind boggling!!!!

[skypilot]

25. Republican victimology at its worst.

Everyone's just out to get them. Reading this makes me think of John McCain right after the election and the pathetic, sad sack, hangdog faces he would make when addressing someone from the other side of the aisle. They really aren't above trying to make people feel sorry for them when they don't get their way or when they're afraid that they won't.

[Cosmocat]

33. Cause Ol Mitt's campaign is so substance based ...

and they did not morph MONTHS ago into a desperate and pathetic trend of just lying out of the arses and not even trying to be honest about slamming President Obama every day on everything.

And, yes, this is republicans, they want to engage in scorched earth politics while expecting democrats to have both hands tied behind their backs with a gag in their mouths.

[Marie Marie]

64. WTF? What a strange choice of words.

I like this woman less and less every time she opens her mouth. They seem perfect for each other -cold, aloof and oh so much better than the rest of us.

I have many reasons to vote for Obama and Michelle as our First Lady is among them. Ann may have been born into the upper class, but Michelle outclasses her on every conceivable level.

[goclark]

70. She is horrible!

She wants to plant the word "Kill" in the minds of those who want to listen.

She is not talking about her husband, she is talking about Obama IMO.

Evil to the core , for an educated, rich woman to say such an evil thing is beyond my imagination.

How would it be if Mrs. Obama had said it about her husband.?

The Rethugs would have put her in jail!

[Iliyah]

22. Typical GOP

can dish it out but can't take it huh.

Spouting about Pres O & Miichelle with everything but the child of GOD and Mittens want to be President???

What a wus.

[Dawson Leery]

23. Ann Romney is trash, just as with her Mittens.

[Smilo]

24. When she says Mitt will turn this country around

............ she does mean that he will turn it into a third world country where companies will want to send goods to be made - so long as prices for materials and labor undercut China.

Bobbleheads - both of them.

[Skittles]

26. mmmm

I've always thought something had to be wrong with Ann, married to that asshole for decades.....now I KNOW something is wrong with her

[ilikeitthatway]

27. Mitt is committing suicide

every time he opens his mouth. Obama doesn't have to kill him.

[Politicalboi]

28. Spare us you rich witch

Is this another dog whistle. And does Ann always speak for her husband?

[amuse bouche]

29. Poor Mittens

is sending mommy out to fight his battles while he hugs his blankie and takes a nap

[Danmel]

30. she talks like a 14 year old

I feel like this, I feel like that, it's like they're this, blah blah blah.
Pretty inarticulate for a woman of her class, wealth & breeding. Maybe she should go to Marty Golden's school of diction & comportment.

[potone]

31. Indeed she does.

That was the first thing I noticed.

[Wait Wut]

32. Well, Ann...

I "feel" like your husband is an idiot and would destroy this country. I also "feel" like you've never been exposed to the harsh reality of being scrutinized. I "feel" like you're a nitwit and should go back to your ivory tower.

[AnotherMcIntosh]

34. Not true. Obama has expressly said that he wants to be a "centrist." He, like Rmoney, even supports

another wage-lowering, anti-union, let's-transfer-even-more-jobs-to-foreign-countries "free-trade" agreement.

Trans-Pacific negotiations have been taking place throughout the Obama presidency. The deal is strongly supported by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the top lobbying group for American corporations. Obama's Republican opponent in the 2012 presidential elections, Mitt Romney, has urged the U.S. to finalize the deal as soon as possible.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/obama-trade-document-leak_n_1592593.html

[nobodyspecial]

36. OMG! Scary black man is trying to KILL my husband

And Obama has *never* been the subject of character assassinations from their party.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

37. Gingrich and Perry calling him a vulture capitalist was apparently okay

but the mean black man who can actually beat her husband in an election calling him an outsourcing pioneer is equivalent to murder.

[lunasun]

38. oh WTF? and all his idiot backers hear is Obama is gonna kill Rmoney

so they can have an excuse to get all riled up

And it's like, 'not when I'm next to him you better not." = double WTF?

[siligut]

40. Considering it was overheard coming from an Obama team member during strategy planning and leaked

I would say Ann has already started snowballing it. I won't say anything about the M$M just letting it ride, I think everybody already has an opinion on that.

[quakerboy]

39. 'not when I'm next to him you better not."

Or what, Ann? You will sick your legions of nanny's on them?

[emulatorloo]

41. She's projecting. Everything Romney says about Obama is a lie.

And just wait until Rove's crossroads really gets going. 24/7 character assassination.

[GoCubsGo]

44. No, Ann...

It's "Let's sit back an let Mitt slit his own throat." And, you just sharpened the knife with which he's doing it.


What vile people.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

45. This is a major dog whistle

The racists all just perked up.

[JBoy]

46. Fuck her and the horse she danced in on.

[Son of Gob]

47. !!

[GoCubsGo]

49. Unless it's Rafalca...

In which case, Jan Ebeling danced in on it.

[IDemo]

58. She did not arrive by horse

He was in a large crate on the roof of the SUV.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

50. This was the President whom actually took time out of his schedule

to call and commiserate with Ann Romney when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. He didn't need to do that.

So in other words Ann, he's much more of a class act in one finger than you could ever amount to being in your whole lifetime. Your whole conduct through this campaign has demonstrated that

[Drunken Irishman]

51. Aww, Ann, is Obama running too hard of a campaign for your wittle Mitt Romney?

[Dont call me Shirley]

52. Wow, Ann just does not live in reality.

[L0oniX]

56. Her servants were supoosed to keep her informed ...they have let her down.

[tanyev]

53. Mitt does have all kinds of answers. A different one for every day of the week.

Sometimes even different hours of the day.

[sad sally]

54. Heard some tv discussion today about the inappropriateness of Ann Romney using violent terms such

as "Let's kill this guy," that if it would have come from the FLOTUS in 2008, talking heads would be spinning out of control.

[triplepoint]

55. Ann Romney: "It's Our Turn"

[Kteachums]

65. I have never heard the Obama Campaign use the word "kill"!

Now, if you put the shoe on the other foot. Our President couldn't count on his fingers the number of times his life has been threatened by the other party. I have seen cartoons of the President hanging from a rope. There has not been a ploy the other party hasn't tried. Now, they choose to use Annie to tell her lies. Poor Mitt!!! She will rescue him on her jet ski!!!

[marble falls]

57. Screw her and the horse she danced in on. Her language is incendiary in itself.

[krkaufman]

59. "Stand Your Ground with Mitt"

If they keep up with that message, it shouldn't be too long before we start seeing "Stand Your Ground with Mitt Romney" yard signs -- with optional Obama-in-hoodie graphics.

[notadmblnd]

62. didn't she make the comment that it was their turn, or imply that they were

entitled to the Presidency a while back? Now she's saying that he has the answers to turn this country around? Let us hear those answers Anne, because he hasn't told us anything other than he will cut taxes for the rich so- far.

I have to say he did a fine job of programming his wife, she appears to just as etcha-schetchy as he is.

[Hotler]

63. Bitch! n/t

[jmowreader]

66. Ann, would you like me to tell you what your husband did for a living?

Yeah, Mitt brought a lot of hope when he was CEO of Bain Capital.

"I hope I won't get fired tomorrow."
"I hope I can get my job back, although there are two people competing for every job in our company."
"I hope I won't lose more than half my pay if I get my job back."
"I hope I can get a new job, now that Bain Capital closed my old company and devastated the local economy."
"I hope I can remember to ask everyone if they want fries with that."

Mitt W. Romney caused most of the problems America has. If he is elected president he will make them worse.

[MrModerate]

67. Is it just me . . .

Or is Ann Romney sounding more an more like a complete nincompoop with every passing day?

[DCKit]

69. You're such a dumbass. Obama's barely paying attention to you.

Jeebus, talk about a manufactured controversy.

[wordpix]

71. people should watch what they say in emails b/c they're always forwarded

not sticking up for Ann Rmoney but just saying, this kind of phrasing in an internal email gets out.

[and-justice-for-all]

72. Its called Politics hun....

and beating Robocorp with facts is part of the game. What a whiner "stop beating up my husband"!!! Your husband is a fucking tool, who is not presidential AT ALL. Hell, he is barely human.