Romney calls Obama ‘angry and desperate’ as campaign turns uglier

[baked_goldfish]

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio - Mitt Romney lashed out at President Obama with some of the harshest rhetoric of his campaign at a Tuesday night rally here, accusing Obama of leveling “wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the presidency

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[poetic_pixie_13]

His campaign strategy is to smash America apart and then try to cobble together 51 percent of the pieces

.... like Bush did with Florida?

Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago and let us get about rebuilding and reuniting America

Trolololololo, go back with the other black people so we can go back to legislating against queer and trans folks, poc, Native Americans, the poor, women, immigrants, the environment, and puppies and kittens and sunshine.

Racist motherfucking assholes.

[baked_goldfish]

The thing that kills me the most is how a claim by actual racists that their opponents are being racist is being treated as equivalent to their racism. An out of context Biden quote is somehow seen as more controversial than the constant barrage of racist commentary from the GOP and this campaign in particular.

[tabaqui]

Man, this.

[hourglasscreate]

It's probably getting attention because it's so uncommon. Hearing that the GOP is racist is no surprise. Having something (anything) to point at and say the Dems are racist too is a godsend for them.

[baked_goldfish]

The problem is that it's the GOP saying it's racist. The press taking their word on what is and is not racist is like...I can't even think of an analogy, it's so stupid.

[hourglasscreate]

They're like little kids going, "I know you are, but what am I?"

[poetic_pixie_13]

White folks have been doing this during conversations of race forever. The false equivalency feeds into the system because it assumes that racism = individual acts and nothing more. Which is obvs something the Repubs want to further because they can't possibly be racist. I suppose you can't backhand someone during a Presidential debate for doing the same thing.

It would be awesome if you could, though.

[baked_goldfish]

Yeah, true.

My hand would get sore pretty quick from all of the people who need backhanding.

[oumeoumai]

I know right? Don't think I don't understand "Go back to where you came from"