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Civility Flashback: Mitt Romney Predicted Barack Obama Would ‘Surrender To Terror’

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Current GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney‘s campaign released an ad yesterday in response to a Politico story that outlined some of the Obama campaign’s planned strategies. Romney’s ad chides the President’s campaign for a lack of civility, and cites a quote from an anonymous, non-campaign source. Since Romney’s on the subject of civility, though, I put together a parody of this ad, which includes some of his remarks from his 2008 concession speech at CPAC.

The best part of this is that knowing the punch line doesn’t make it any less funny:


Even before the May bin Laden raid, Republicans publicly and privately marveled/tutted at the Obama administration’s terrorist-killing mojo. They’ve been so successful, in fact, that terrorism won’t likely be a major issue in the 2012 campaign, and the Republicans sure as hell won’t bring it up.

This ad parody, of course, represents just a few seconds from a single speech, and doesn’t begin to scratch the surface of the vile attacks that were leveled against Barack Obama during the 2008 presidential race, and every day since then. While there are people in the world who have standing to wonder whether President Obama’s advisers are being a little too mean by calling him “weird,” Mitt “Obama Will Surrender To Terror” Romney ain’t one of them.

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  • Anonymous

    Fact:Mitt Rmoney the RINO only speaks what the polls tell him to speak about! He can schellac Obama though in 2012!

  • Anonymous

    And this is news? isn’t this is problem? changing opinion according to opinion polls. 

  • guest

    is Tommy now working for the DNC?
    and I don’t recall romney making a big speech about civility. In 2008 none of it mattered. And what is wrong with a politician who follows polls. I think that means he’ll follow exactly what the people want, and not promote Obamacare

  • Re-Elect Obama 2012

    I am betting your support for politicians governing based on polls is dependent on the issue or policy in question.

  • Anonymous

    Obama said Romney is a weird because he’s a Mormon. This will come back to haunt this lame duck president.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    Obama just owned Romney, expect to see a lot of this if it is an Obama/Romney election. As bad a job as I think Obama is doing, he is gonna destroy any of these Republican candidates.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    Yeah similar to the Rev. Wright/Obama could be a Muslim failure. I agree with you on that one.

  • Texan

    I see the wisconsin referendum is still a non-barker. ;)

  • Texan

    Party before country much? Rhetorical question of course…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    Obama got Osama, the Bush and the Republicans got nothing on the war on terror, aside from the biggest terror attack on their watch in history. I think the Dems are doing a great job keeping us safe and getting the perps.

  • Michelle

    Hey Tommy, is that water getting heavy?

    Have fun frolicking on the beach at Martha’s Vineyard with Barry and the gang.   Don’t forget to pack your thong.

  • Anonymous

    Well done Tommy.  I can’t believe the right has climbed up on their high horse about civility after all the things they’ve said about Obama.

  • Anonymous

    Except that Obama didn’t say it.

  • Re-Elect Obama 2012

    The fact Bush “kept us safe” (despite 9/11 happening on his watch) was the rallying call of conservatives after his disastrous presidency.

  • Anonymous

    And it is absolutely terrifying to think of putting any of these Republicans in the WH.

  • Texan

    All of which are true.

  • Chris

    Oh please…  There’s no story here other than that BO, who was supposed
    to be above it all, took the final step into the gutter he’s been inching towards for the past few years. 

  • Texan

    9/11 was planned while bj was sexually harassing women,, doosh.

  • Anonymous

    Barack Obama Would ‘Surrender To Terror’

    Maybe King Barry will give a shoutout to it at the Ramadan dinner tonight .

  • Anonymous

    So Tommy. You defend Obama’s negative attack but push Mitt’s to center stage?

    PS… Mitt didn’t call for “civility” in Tucson after Gabby was shot and it was blamed on the “heated” rhetoric of the right.  Obama and the left did in the most vulgar display of political opportunism.

  • Re-Elect Obama 2012

    On August 6, 2001, 36 days before 9/11/2011, the Central Intelligence Agency delivered a President’s Daily Brief to President Bush, who was vacationing at his ranch, titled Bin Ladin Determined To Strike in US.

    Bush was too busy clearing brush to implement additional security.

  • Socratease

    You know, I have to say, I didn’t look at the author before reading the story, but by the end of it I knew either Martel or Christopher had written it because of how hard they were trying to make Obama look good. Lest it be forgotten, it was President Barack Obama who called for “civility” from both sides after Rep. Gabriel Giffords and others were attacked. Since then (especially since the debt ceiling), who are the ones who’ve called Tea Party members “terrorists?” “Unhinged?”

    If anyone here reads HotAir, they’ve done a nice job of documenting the post-civility-speech incivility of the hypocritical President, the Democratic Party and their lapdogs in the media. Unfortunately, this topic has been woefully absent from the pages of this website (apart from a few articles). Gee, I wonder why…

  • Anonymous

    Complete with campaign t-shirts at a memorial service .

  • Anonymous

    Complete with campaign t-shirts at a memorial service .

  • BatboysDad

    Muslim countries like the US less now then they did when G. Bush was in office.

    They do respect tough guys…now leaders that bow before their Kings and Dictators.

  • Anonymous

    Did the DNC pay for this article?  Of course, the word “article” implies some element of news, which is notably absent from this hit piece….

  • Anonymous

    And, of course, Tommy will provide a similar “collage” of Obama’s broken campaign promises from 2008.  Those would fill up several videos.   Whoops, I forgot…Mr. Christopher only does hit pieces for the DNC.

  • Valkyrie101

    Gosh, stop being a baby, felix.

  • Anonymous

    Come on, Val, you do have a track record here – especially in your attacks on Mormons.  So you are hardly a person to judge fairness when it comes to Mitt Romney.

  • Anonymous

    Do I have this right?  Many in the press as well as a good handfull of Democratic politicians call the Tea Party terrorists and that seems to be ok with Mediate.  At least I have never seen a “Civility” update regarding the tone.
     
    Obama seems to have a campaign to “Kill Romney” (his reputation, but using a non civil word) and Mediate tries to downplay it.

    But what raises the eyebrows of one Mediate reporter is when Romeny says Obama will surrender to terrorists (even though most of the hard Left probably thinks Obama surrendered to terrorists on the Debt Ceiling deal). 

    What am I missing? 

    I have it!  There is one HUGE difference.  Obama, the Dems and the MSM all occured after the Gabby Gifford’s shooting and Obama’s call for a new tone. 

    Romeny was not so civil in 2008.  

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Dave-Be/1751243136 Dave Be

    I don’t see how Romney expecting the President to be soft on terrorism and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is on par with calling someone “weird.”  Romney’s concerns, valid or not, were about policy, not ad hominem attacks. 

    Most of what President Obama did as far as military actions go were things he said he’d do during the campaign.  There is a bunch of stuff he did that doesn’t really bear on the Middle East or terrorism that wasn’t in his campaign speeches, like reconstituting the 4th fleet, that I personally disagree with, but his strategies for Iraq and Afghanistan and cooperation with Pakistan on counterterrorism were all more or less spelled out.  In 2008, the Republican consensus was that those measures would be insufficient.  The reality is that they actually are insufficient, but with the economy and unemployment foremost in the peoples minds, the government has managed to paint a picture of victory in Iraq and real progress in Afghanistan even though that picture is pretty inaccurate.  They’ve also made VERY suspicious claims about this group or that group being tied to Al Queida, and touting their successes against them as blows to the global Al Queida network.  A current example is Al Shabaab in Somalia. There is no actual evidence linking them to Al Queida, or that they have any interest or operational capability to strike at the US or US interests, but they’re still on the terrorist organizations lists and accused of being linked to Al Queida, so when we cap on of their leaders, we can call it a victory against Al Queida.

    The Presidents actual or percieved foreign policy record won’t really matter too much in this election though.  George H.W. Bush was a foreign policy mastermind, and presided over the country when the U.S.S.R. collapsed, and still lost the election in 1992 on economy and taxes.  Voters aren’t good multitaskers.  Whatever the hot-button issue is when the election rolls around is what they’re going to base their votes on.  Right now, it looks like that’s going to be economy/unemployment.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    The Clinton administration tried to make sure there was a clean transition on intelligence, but the Bush
    White House held anything Democratic in such contempt that they blew it
    off. Remember the infamous August 2001 briefing about Osama Bin Laden,
    when Bush told the briefer, “Okay, you covered your ass, now get out of here.”?

  • Anonymous

    Oh yes he did

  • Anonymous

    Oh my, oh my, oh my.

    What is this article about?  Is mediaite pushing back for team Obama against Romney?  Am I reading this correctly?

    is this the role and mission of this board?  To work for Obama?

    That’s not what I read when I signed up to post here.

    Oh my, oh my, oh my.

  • Valkyrie101

    There really is only one reason that Gov. Parry is entering the republican race, and that is to take out Romney. So you do not have to worry about progressives picking on poor Mitt because the intolerants in this scenario are the evangelical Christians and if Mitt starts looking too good they will rip him apart.

    As for this article being biased or something, like I said, stop being a baby.

  • Texan

    You’re not missing anything. If this were a golf course it would be hacked to pieces and tommy christopher would be the one holding the golf club. ;)

  • Anonymous

    you hobbits are frauds… Romneys record is opposite of Everything you hobbits supposedly “stand for”…frauds frauds frauds…. itll be funny watching you baggers with romney bumper stickers on your cars… you baggers are full of shit..

  • Texan

    Obama Approval: 40%…
    Highest approval among Muslims…Shocker!

  • Anonymous

    So this time you attack Christians.   Last time it was Mormons.  But we all remember the one religion you never criticize.  The one that inspires people to fly planes into buildings and kill thousands of people.  That’s a peculiarity of yours, Val, that you’ve never adequately explained.

  • Anonymous

    The point is there is no evidence that this came from the Obama campaign and they deny that it does.  It comes from an anonymous non-campaign source.  So Romney is attacking Obama for lack of civility when there is no connection to Obama at all.

  • Anonymous

    And there’s not even evidence of that.  It was a non-campaign source who said this.

  • Anonymous

    I am not married to any party.  The only reason I registered as a Democrat was so I could vote in the primary.  I’ve actually joined a 3rd party but will wait to see who they nominate. 

  • Anonymous

    And  Romney should be the last guy commenting on anything that has to do with the military ; http://www.nhgazette.com/display/?id=87   

  • Anonymous

     Romney’s best known for his phrase during the Vietnam War.  “you and him go fight. I’ll hold your coats.”

  • Anonymous

     Romney’s best known for his phrase during the Vietnam War.  “you and him go fight. I’ll hold your coats.”

  • Anonymous

    Well then guess what? Sign back out.

  • Anonymous

    Well then guess what? Sign back out.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ECYBIXNKAG5E46BC3GCJQPA7CQ well_its_no_cannibal_holocaust

    I don’t know maybe it’s just me but Mitt Romney is weird.

  • Anonymous

    Evidence?

  • BatboysDad

    Tommy is following his marching orders from the White House.  He is in the minority however.  “Morning Joe,” one of his biggest supporters in the past just can’t find enough criticism of the President to fill their air time.

    That will probably change a little later in the day when Valarie Jarret gets into work and start sending Mika her “Marching Orders” for the day.

  • Anonymous

    You mean ObamNey Care right?

  • Valkyrie101

    Sorry felix, but Christian hostility toward Mormons is a matter of public record.

  • Anonymous

    You probably won’t get any evidence.  Most CONservatives like to bring things out of the back of their asses and pass that sht off as facts. With that said, I wouldn’t hold my breath

  • Anonymous

    You probably won’t get any evidence.  Most CONservatives like to bring things out of the back of their asses and pass that sht off as facts. With that said, I wouldn’t hold my breath

  • Anonymous

    Sht, at least he’s not taking the whole fcking month off like that dumb ass before him.  Since you have a hard on for motherfckers working, why don’t you say something about the Bonner House of Representatives, who only work 3 fcking days a week. Hypocritical mofo that you are

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, he fcking should.  Just like he’d do for Yom Kippur or Khristmas

  • Anonymous

    So, they took a page out of the reTHUGlican hand book who give a fck?

  • Anonymous

    So, they took a page out of the reTHUGlican hand book who give a fck?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1252130808 Paige Cohen

    Oh give me a break…..did Romney political strategists say they were going to (bleep) Obama like the Dem strategist said in the Politico article………nice try.

    Mitt Romney 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Mitt’s ad was brilliant and you know it – that’s why you put that video together.  No effect whatsoever.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1252130808 Paige Cohen

    Rather have him lead the country than a President who despises the military and everything it stands for.  And being a progressive – so do you. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1252130808 Paige Cohen

    You are right about 2012 – but Romney is no RINO.  He is just a Republican – not an extreme conservative.  Really, we elected Reagan not b/c he was running around saying he was a conservative.  We elected Ronnie b/c he was patriotic, optimistic, believed the America – everything Jimmy wasn’t . 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1252130808 Paige Cohen

    You are right about 2012 – but Romney is no RINO.  He is just a Republican – not an extreme conservative.  Really, we elected Reagan not b/c he was running around saying he was a conservative.  We elected Ronnie b/c he was patriotic, optimistic, believed the America – everything Jimmy wasn’t . 

  • Anonymous

    That’s a fcking lie.  I’m of partial Arab/Muslim decent and I speak to my cousins and other distant relatives quite often.  They have a feeling that 44 has let them down, because they haven’t seen much progress in the so called peace process, but once I explained to them the money/jews/campaign finance situation to them, they understand it. But they respect 44 because he is knowledgeable about the culture and traditions, unlike stupid ass George W. Bush, who didn’t know the difference between Shia and Sunnis

  • Anonymous

    Maybe they hired some print writers from Fox

  • Anonymous

    So, that redneck in texas who flew a plane into a building was a secret Muslim? Who knew? As for killing thousands of people, I guess you don’t know your Khristian history too well. Hell, you bitches almost cornered the market on death, destruction, rape and pillage

  • Valkyrie101

    So a quote from an unidentified so called Obama “political strategist” is now being attributed to Obama? That is not particularly reasonable. In any event, Mitt has not even won a straw poll yet so why would Obama be even worried about him? And like I said before, it is the republicans who will be going after Mitt, not Obama.

  • Anonymous

    But…but…but what would Joseph Smith say???

  • Anonymous

    Please do your own homework, thanks!

  • Anonymous

    yup sure. Oh,I forgot. Who made the decision to get bin Laden? thanks for playing.

  • Anonymous

    Anyone who thinks Hussein had anything to do with taking Osama out is a Fool!  It was the Bush agenda that finally got the Pig, not Obambi’s!  We can thank Panetta and Gates for doing their duty and approving the actions, while our worthless leader was on the golf course.  Yes, Obama has bowed down to his fellow muslims and terrorists, it’s in his blood.  He and his Skank, Michelle, hate America as much as the violent terrorists.  Romney was right on all accounts.  I am not a Romney fan, but anyone with common sense knows he would do a much better job as President than the current Fool could ever hope to accomplish.  Obama bows to all our Enemies.  I consider Obama to be America’s Greatest Enemy and he will be removed in 2012, no doubt!

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