And I’m told that when I made that comment earlier today in Danville, Virginia, the Romney campaign put out a tweet. You know, tweets these days? Put out a tweet, went on the airwaves saying, ‘Biden, he’s outrageous in saying that,’ I think I said instead of ‘unshackled,’ ‘unchained.’ ‘Outrageous to say that.’ That’s what we had. I’m using their own words. I got a message for them. If you want to know what’s outrageous, it’s their policies and the effects of their policies on middle class America. That’s what’s outrageous. – Vice President Joe Biden
THE PERPETUALLY UNHINGED chief surrogate of Team Romney, former Gov. John Sununu, who’s playing the role of Mark Penn for the Romney campaign, has taken to going off with the media, one channel after another, his knack for saying things outrageous making him the clown of the talking head set. Sununu came in handy today after former Reagan budget director David Stockman eviscerated Paul Ryan’s budget in the New York Times.
Sununu and other leading Republicans had a synchronized head exploding episode after V.P. Biden used the word “unchained.”
“Well, there’s going to be folks across the country that will try and take that as some kind of code word that is going to suggest that the Republicans are trying to be racial in their programs,” Sununu said. “That’s ridiculous. “ [TPM]
A contagion of tweets were followed by news organizations dutifully covering Team Romney’s attempt to make Biden look bad, because right now Team Romney’s only goal is to chip away at the character issue, hoping Pres. Obama’s will take a hit.
Considering the tactics Republicans have used to attack and insult Obama, today’s antics by Team Romney, led by John Sununu, who has obviously been charged with lead rhetorical gun turret position, was as obvious as it is tiresome.
So, we were moving right along discussing Ryan’s budget plan and his Medicare ideas, important stuff to debate, when Sununu, Andrea Saul and Reince Priebus suddenly yell “squirrel!”
Evidently, the reaction to Paul Ryan’s choice as vice president wasn’t what they’d hoped, so shifting the conversation away from his budget plan and Medicare voucher scheme discussion is job one.
Thank you David Stockman, the Cassandra of the Reagan Administration. As for Romney, I really don’t understand his picking Ryan. I get the tea party linkage and I get the fiscal conservative sell job but I still think it’s a bad choice. He could have picked a moderate or right wing woman to help balance the ticket. He could have picked a conservative Hispanic or even an Asian man or woman. This would help far more in the general election. Ryan may appeal to the base, but he does not appeal to anyone else. Farmers in his own state are suffering the effects of climate change and not only could he not get a farm bill passed but he denies there is any real climate change. He went so far as to try get a bill passed that would prevent the USDA from planning for a crisis like the one happening on farms all over the midwest right now.
Great post Tayor, I was also thinking along the same lines about the latest outrage, by the right, over Joe Biden words today.
They will take and twist every word VP Biden says from here…until November. Everyone knows Biden is prone to say certain things that get him in trouble. However, I hate that the right wing is going out their way to make this guy look even worse. They will tear down Joe Biden to make their boy wonder Paul Ryan…look great.
I personally feel some kind of way about Biden’s comments and dialect…
“They gonna put y’all back in chains.”
really Joe?
you need to smack your speech writer and coach.
I still like Joe, but something does rub me the wrong way about Stephanie Cutter.
So? This is part of the game. All these people are willing participants, they know how the game is played. The same rules apply to all.