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Thursday, August 9, 2012

2012 New Mitt Romney Ad Accuses Obama of War on Religion, Says Obama Doesn't Share Our Values

Posted by Paul Constant on Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM

President Obama is so SCARY, he's in black-and-white while piano music tinkles in the background!

This is a hell of an ad. It's obviously a play to Catholics—Republicans feel like they can put in a strong showing with Catholics this year—but it's pretty daring that Romney is bringing up religion when he desperately wants to avoid talking about Ormonism-May.

This ad has the same problem as many of Romney's attacks on Obama: It treats the president like an unknown quantity, someone who voters are uneasy about. That's not true; President Obama's likability numbers are way above Romney's. I just don't think the birth control argument was that big of a deal to most voters, and even if it was, Romneycare forced religions to pay for birth control, too. This seems like a fairly easy ad to swat away.

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Wow, and the entirety of the positive side is from his trip to freakin' Poland, what was that, last week? Seems like a bit of a reach.

"Obama: Birth control! Bad! Romney: Poland! Good!" He must really think the Catholics are just going to rise up and make this election.

Posted by Levislade

on August 9, 2012 at 10:46 AM

Well he doesn't! I mean conservatives hate gays.

As you can see in this "hacked" construction sign from super-conservative Provo, Utah. God Hates Gays

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=704fAF-ia…

Posted by Pick1 on August 9, 2012 at 10:53 AM

psst, Catholics in the midwest and east: MORMONS ARE CRAZY.

Posted by Max Solomon on August 9, 2012 at 11:12 AM

http://media.photobucket.com/image/recen…

Posted by Charles Mudede on August 9, 2012 at 11:21 AM

Thought I remembered this (from the Wikipedia article):

In 2011 Wałęsa wrote an article claiming that only communism is a viable temporary solution for the poor African countries in 21st century.

Posted by rob!

on August 9, 2012 at 11:22 AM

Didn't John McCrash go on about Poland in 2008? Also about going to war with Russia to defend Georgia, but didn't he keep saying, "What about Poland?" in a debate?

Posted by seatackled on August 9, 2012 at 11:26 AM

And Romney's ad even had to label Lech Walesa because none of his voters would recognize him.

Vote Romney because some guy in Poland you probably cannot recognize did things that you probably don't remember 40 years ago.

And those things he did?
They're things that Romney opposes now.

Posted by fairly.unbalanced on August 9, 2012 at 11:40 AM

it's also a silly ad because the underlying message the republicans are going for here (that denying women essential services is acceptable because... Jesus;
but yet somehow it is religion that's under attack!!) is so blatantly absurd at it's core.

Posted by pissy mcslogbot on August 9, 2012 at 11:51 AM

@6: You might be thinking of W in 2004, when John Kerry listed the "Coalition of the Willing" who were fighting with the U.S. in Iraq. W responded: "Well actually, you forgot Poland."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mahTGNIk4…

Posted by Ziggity on August 9, 2012 at 12:03 PM

"Man, if it was me campaigning against Obama in 2008 instead of McCain, THIS is what I would have done."--Rmoney

"...but it's not 2008, sir."--freakishly aware Romney adviser.

"Sure it is. I've got money!"--Rmoney

HERE WE GO!

Posted by pg13 on August 9, 2012 at 12:36 PM

Why do we as a country keep accepting that religious institutions have faith? And that laws can go against said faith? Only people have beliefs and dreams and HIV. Institutions dont have those things.

Posted by Purocuyu

on August 9, 2012 at 12:58 PM

Am I the only one who thinks this won't fly with the base. I mean we all know that St. Reagan single-handedly brought down communism, right?

Posted by BornAgainInBellevue on August 9, 2012 at 1:46 PM

How soon Romney forgets that his "religion" once pitched the book of Mormon as the truth and the Bible as false. It was when they wanted to become more mainstream that they started labeling it as a companion to the bible and had the commercials where you could get both if you called their toll-free number.

Posted by StuckInUtah on August 9, 2012 at 2:35 PM

And the mainstream BS continued with those ads that said "I'm a deep-sea diver/attorney/motorcycle racer/physician/architect/whatever and I'm a Mormon." Ads conveniently timed to coincide with the start of Romney's campaign.

Posted by sarah70 on August 9, 2012 at 11:20 PM