Rhetoric

12:40 PM, Oct 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

President Barack Obama escalated his "Romnesia" attack against Republican Mitt Romney by referencing stage three cancer at a campaign event in Florida today:

Obama: Now, we’ve come up with a name for this condition. It’s called Romnesia. (Applause.)

Audience: Romnesia! Romnesia! Romnesia!

Obama: We had a severe outbreak last night. (Applause.) It was at least stage three Romnesia. (Laughter and applause.) And I just want to go over with you some of the symptoms, Delray, because I want to make sure nobody in the surrounding area catches it. (Laughter.) If you say that you love American cars during a debate, but you wrote an article titled, “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” you might have Romnesia. (Applause.)

"Romnesia" is Obama's phrase he uses when alleging Romney once stood for something different than what the Republican now stands for.

10:31 AM, Sep 3, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

California Democratic party chair John Burton compared Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan to Nazi Joseph Goebbels this morning in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here's video:

5:03 PM, Apr 4, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

The latest Republican National Committee web ad, titled "Same Tired Rhetoric," shows that President Obama keeps saying the same thing over (and over!) again:

7:01 PM, Apr 2, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

President Obama today attacked Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney for his close ties to oil companies.

"Maybe the copy key got stuck on the presidential speechwriter's keyboard."

4:23 PM, Mar 23, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER

Thomas Buch-Andersen, host of the Danish TV show Detektor, mocked President Obama's political rhetoric in a recent episode. "Obama used a metaphor from boxing to explain Denmark's role in the world," says Buch-Andersen, introducing the segment.

1:45 PM, Jan 31, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

Via Real Clear Politics, Democratic party spokesman Brad Woodhouse makes a bizarre assertion in response to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus comparing Obama to the captain of a wrecked Italian cruise ship:

The crack political observers at The New Yorker have a hard time singling out inappropriate political rhetoric from Democrats.

5:30 PM, Jan 3, 2012 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

So, uh, George Packer at The New Yorker wants to give Republicans a piece of his mind:

7:30 AM, Jul 6, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

"Bloggers bop New York Times's David Brooks"

"Democrats must be in trouble if The Daily Beast is running a headline White Supremacist Stampede."

"Obama Campaign Rejects Claim Biden May Be Replaced by Cuomo on 2012 Ticket"

6:00 AM, Apr 27, 2011 • By JAY COST

In Obama’s speech on the budget deficit earlier this month, the president went out of his way to praise the free market, but balanced it against the need for collective action sponsored by the government:

"Maybe the copy key got stuck on the presidential speechwriter's keyboard."

The crack political observers at The New Yorker have a hard time singling out inappropriate political rhetoric from Democrats.

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