Obama's abandons Hope and Change to FORWARD....
Abandoning
The Brand Of Hope And Change, Obama Senior Advisor David Axelrod Voluntarily
Admitted That Obama Ran A Negative 2008 Campaign And Said He Would Do The Same
In 2012. “Axelrod disputed the revisionist notion that Obama ran a
strictly positive campaign four years ago — just ask Hillary Clinton and John
McCain if they agree that Obama played patty-cake — and said the campaign is
doing what it did in 2008, drawing a contrast between Obama and the opposition.”
(Glenn Thrush, “Obama’s Negative Feedback Loop,” Politico,
5/30/12)
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- Axelrod: “It Would Be Malpractice Not To Do It This Way.” “The difference now, he said, is that the pundit class is holding the president to a phony, Catch-22 standard. ‘Yeah, it would hurt Obama if he were to say things he didn’t believe, if he were to switch positions on a variety of issues from week to week,’ he told POLITICO. ‘But, no, I don’t see a diminution of affection or support for the president, and I think people expect him to make the case. … It would be malpractice not to do it this way.’” (Glenn Thrush, “Obama’s Negative Feedback Loop,” Politico, 5/30/12)
Obama’s
2008 “Hope And Change Campaign Was The Happy Cover On A Dogged, Overwhelming
Attack Campaign.” “We're talking about a campaign that outspent John
McCain by as much as a 3-1 ratio in the final stretch, and devoted most of that
money to negative ads. The ‘hope and change’ campaign was the happy cover on a
dogged, overwhelming attack campaign.” (David Weigel, “The Myth Of The Positive
2008 Obama Campaign,”
Slate, 5/22/12)
In
2008, Obama Ran “More Negative Ads Than Any Other Candidate In
History.” “The ad’s potency speaks to a fact about Mr. Obama’s 2008
campaign that often goes overlooked. That year he ran more negative ads than any
other candidate in history, according to the Wisconsin Advertising Project, a
nonpartisan political research group.” (Jeremy Peters, “Aggressive Ads For
Obama, At The Ready,” The
New York Times, 5/8/12)
NO VEIL OF HOPE AND CHANGE: OBAMA’S 2012 ATTACK STRATEGY IS
OVERT
“Though
The Obamans Certainly Hit John McCain Hard Four Years Ago—Running More Negative
Ads Than Any Campaign In History—What They Intend To Do To Romney Is More
Savage.” (John Heilemann, “Hope: The Sequel,” New
York Magazine, 5/27/12)
In
2012, Obama Will Be A “Brass-Knuckled, Pipe-Hitting, Red-In-Tooth-And-Claw
Brawler Determined To Do What Is Necessary To Stay In Power In Other Words, A
Politician.” “Whichever side is right, one thing is undeniable. For
anyone still starry-eyed about Obama, the months ahead will provide a bracing
revelation about what he truly is: not a savior, not a saint, not a man above
the fray, but a brass-knuckled, pipe-hitting, red-in-tooth-and-claw brawler
determined to do what is necessary to stay in power in other words, a
politician.” (John Heilemann, “Hope: The Sequel,” New
York Magazine, 5/27/12)
- “Thus, To A Very Real Degree, 2008’s Candidate Of Hope Stands Poised To Become 2012’s Candidate Of Fear.” (John Heilemann, “Hope: The Sequel,” New York Magazine, 5/27/12)
- “But If The Obama 2012 Strategy In This Regard Is All About The Amplification Of 2008, In Terms Of Message It Will Represent A Striking Deviation.” (John Heilemann, “Hope: The Sequel,” New York Magazine, 5/27/12)
Obama
Has Become One Of The “Negative Ad Peddlers, Who Embrace The Politics Of
Anything Goes” That He Decried. “And strangely enough, it was in that
very speech that Obama predicted his own demise. Just before his climactic
applause line, the future president issued a stark warning. ‘Even as we speak,’
he said, ‘there are those who are preparing to divide us -- the spin masters,
the negative ad peddlers, who embrace the politics of anything goes.’ On May 21,
2012, more than three years after he was sworn into office, Obama confessed at a
press conference in his hometown, Chicago, that he had become one of those
peddlers.” (Matt Negrin, “In Memoriam: The Old Obama, Who Wanted To Bring People
Together,” ABC
News, 5/23/12)
- Obama 2004: “Even As We Speak, There Are Those Who Are Preparing To Divide Us, The Spin Masters And Negative Ad Peddlers Who Embrace The Politics Of Anything Goes.” OBAMA: “Now even as we speak, there are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters and negative ad peddlers who embrace the politics of anything goes. Well, I say to them tonight, there's not a liberal America and a conservative America; there's the United States of America.” (Senator Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, 7/27/04)
CBS’
Bob Schieffer: “Whatever Happened To Hope And Change
?” “Well, you know, one of the refreshing changes when the
President was elected -- he talked about hope and change. Whatever happened to
hope and change? Now, it seems he's coming right out of the box with these old
fashioned negative ads. All campaigns seem to think are the basis of all
campaigns now.” (CBS’
“Face The Nation,” 5/27/12)
“Today,
Obama’s Campaign Is Very Much Playing The Usual Political Game Of Divide And
Conquer.” “With Obama, though, we have more of a special case. This is
the guy, after all, who eight years ago created his political brand with a
stemwinder of a Democratic National Convention speech decrying the divisiveness
of politics, and who four years ago ran a campaign defined by a positive vision
of ‘hope’ and ‘change.’ Today, Obama’s campaign is very much playing the usual
political game of divide and conquer.” (Aaron Blake, “Can The Campaign Of ‘Hope’
Go Negative?” The
Washington Post, 4/9/12)
- “The Stark Change In Tone Is Notable.” “It has gone with a populist message that is already being used to cast Mitt Romney as the candidate of the elites. The campaign is also doing its best to make that case that the Republican Party is anti-woman, attempting to turn half the electorate on its opponent. Both are sound political strategies, to be sure, but next to the Obama campaign’s previous, more positive slogans, the stark change in tone is notable.” (Aaron Blake, “Can The Campaign Of ‘Hope’ Go Negative?” The Washington Post, 4/9/12)
- The Wall Street Journal : “It Is A Long, Long Way From His ‘There's No Red America, There's No Blue America’ Stuff Of 2004, Much Less The Inspiration Of 2008.” (Editorial, “Paul Ryan’s Hunger Games,” The Wall Street Journal, 4/4/12)
