Did you hear about that time Mitt Romney killed someone’s wife? If you’ve seen pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA’s latest ad, then you’ve heard all about it. The ad features Joe Soptic, a man who laments losing his job after Bain Capital bought the company he worked for and reorganized it.
Joe lost his job and his health insurance, and then his wife was diagnosed with stage four cancer and died a few days later and it’s all Mitt Romney’s fault because Bain is evil and Mormons probably are too!
This is the most ludicrous attack since John Kerry betrayed the Swiftboat Veterans. Or maybe since Paul Ryan wanted to push Grandma off a cliff. No, it’s vile distortion has to rival Daisy Girl, the 1964 pro-Lyndon Johnson ad insinuating that Republican challenger Barry Goldwater would kill adorable little girls ... with thermo-nuclear weapons.
Lies, damn lies. Let’s take a look at Joe Soptic’s timeline, shall we? Romney hasn’t run Bain Capital since 1999, when he left to take over the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics (where he did a great job, by the way). Joe was offered a buy out, but he declined to take it. In 2001, the plant went under and Joe lost his job. Five years later, in 2006, his wife died from cancer. Sad? Yes. Mitt Romney’s fault? No.
Because this ad was put out by a super PAC, Team Obama claimed ignorance of the man and his story. Of course they wouldn’t denounce it, because hey, that’s a super PAC, and we don’t coordinate with super PACs because that’s illegal. Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter went on CNN Wednesday to explicitly state that they don’t coordinate with Priorities USA, and that she didn’t know “the facts of when Joe Soptic’s wife got sick, or when she died.”
Cut to audio from an Obama campaign conference call from this past May, and we clearly hear the voices of Joe and Stephanie, and she thanks him for sharing his story. She is clearly a liar liar pants on fire. This is a coordinated effort to make Mitt Romney look like a monster that will kill people for profit.
While we’re on the subject of killing people, can we talk about all the babies that Barack Obama would leave to die after botched abortions by being the only Illinois state senator to vote against the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act? Or what about border patrol agent Brian Terry, who was shot and killed with guns purchased by the U.S. government and handed over to Mexican drug cartels during Obama’s presidency?
Or even the poor pooch Barack Obama once had for breakfast? Dogs are people too, right?
Dog-eating jokes aside, the Obama camp would do well to remember that as nasty as their ads against Romney get, Team Romney can get just as nasty back, with one major advantage: They have the truth on their side.
Image via prioritiesUSAction/YouTube
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This kind of mud slinging is rediculous, sad and shouldn't be part of a political race. It's obnoxious and wrong no matter what side it comes from.
Hmmmmm....I wonder if any of the Obamabots will be chiming in, to defend The Beloved? Do you think they'll stick with the campaign's excuse, regarding the rules against collusion with PACs? (even though they did!). Or will some of them cling to the notion that this ad is true? (even though it's not!) Or maybe we'll find out that it's Bush's fault.
Or maybe.....just maybe.....they will think, hey, hold on - that's pretty low, and something only a really desperate politician would defend....maybe I should take a closer look at his record, to see why his supporters need to make up crap like this. Because as Obama said himself, "If you don't have a record to run on, then you paint your opponent as someone people should run from." I think the entire Obama team has on their running shoes...
You are ALL OVER THE PLACE with this article, Jenny, and it can only be chalked up to desperation and the last minute screams of 'BECAUSE OBAMA!' as the Republican ship slowly sinks.
If we had universal health care, she might have lived.
If he hadn't lost his job, she might have lived.
No where did they accuse him of killing this woman. He is accused (and rightfully so!) of business practices which hurt average Americans, costing them their livlihoods and health insurance.. and sometimes that means they die.
Romney's practices put this man AND MANY OTHERS LIKE HIM into a poverty. He doesn't see what's wrong with that.
Romney Hood indeed.
@Procrastamom - That was nowhere in the Redstate article cited in Jenny's piece. I don't really even know why you give a shit, if you're such a "proud Canadian."
My father is unemployed and diagnosed with stage 3 cancer and actually denied for Medicaid because he's not old enough for social security (59). It took 2 years before he qualified for any sort of disability/assistance program, and demographically he's a white, adult male. And you know what? Before he didn't qualify he PAID for insurance. He went on payment plans, state insurance programs, the works.
I really don't understand how any of this would be Romney's fault to begin with. People look to place blame anywhere else. If his wife was sick, she should have sought medical care and asked about payment options. If you're passive enough to just let it go and die, why should someone else take the blame for your misfortune?
@LittleFrogsMA - Bain offered this man a buy-out which would have given him financial compensation. He declined and was ultimately laid off. Had he accepted the buyout and not taken such a gamble he would have been given a fair severence package.
You are ALL OVER THE PLACE with this article, Jenny, and it can only be chalked up to desperation and the last minute screams of 'BECAUSE OBAMA!' as the Republican ship slowly sinks.
That's because there's just sooooo much ground to cover. Desperate lies about how Romney's actions killed Soptic's wife. Pointing out how Obama doesn't really give a shit about people dying, as demonstrated by his vote on the Born-Alive Infant Protection Act - so if you support him, you must not either.
The dog thing? Yeah, irrelevent. Just make sure you bring up Shamus riding to Canada on the roof, and we can call it even. Hurry, though - Obama's ship of fools is taking on water...the smart rats have already left.
Rightside? I love you.