Cutter’s Customized Convention

Obama’s Deputy Campaign Manager Said The DNC Convention Wouldn’t Be About Personal Attacks, But It’s Proving To Be Just That

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OBAMA’S DEPUTY CAMPAIGN MANAGER INSISTED THAT THE CONVENTION WOULDN’T BE ABOUT RALLYING THE BASE WITH NEGATIVE ATTACKS

Obama Deputy Campaign Manager Stephanie Cutter: “This Week Will Not Be About Personal Attacks Or Gauzy Platitudes Or Trying To Rally Our Base.” CUTTER: “I think you’re going to hear a lot of things that are different this week than you heard last week. First of all, this week will not be about personal attacks or gauzy platitudes or trying to rally our base. We’ll be speaking to all Americans. Secondly, we’re going to speak honestly and openly about the tough choices we need to make to move this country forward.” (NBC’s “The Today Show,” 9/3/12)

• Cutter: “So This Will Be A Very Different Feel. We’re Going To Be Talking To All Americans, Not Just Rallying Our Base Like We Saw Last Week.” (CBS’“Face The Nation,” 9/2/12)
• Cutter Says The DNC Won’t Be A Showcase Of “Personal” And “Dishonest” Attacks. NBC’S CHUCK TODD: “Is this going to be a negative convention on Romney in many ways? Are you guys going to spend time on the podium hitting him? CUTTER:”It’s not going to be like the Republican Convention, where it was personal attacks and, you know — dishonest attacks throughout the week. We’re actually going to talk about our candidate. We’re going to talk about the tough decisions that the President has made.” (MSNBC’s “Daily Rundown,” 9/3/12)

BUT THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SPENT THE FIRST NIGHT OF THEIR CONVENTION LOBBING EXTREME ATTACKS AT GOVERNOR ROMNEY

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn Suggested Romney Could End The Lives Of Senior Citizens

Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL) Said That The Romney-Ryan Medicare Plan “Could Cost Our Seniors Their Lives.” QUINN: “Then there is Medicare. Mitt Romney and Congressman Ryan want to take away the promise that makes Medicare, Medicare. They want to give seniors a voucher that caps what Medicare will cover and then tell our seniors they are on their own for what’s left. That would cost their seniors thousand dollars every year. And if they don’t have the money, it could cost our seniors their lives.” (Governor Pat Quinn, Remarks At The Democrat National Convention, Charlotte, NC, 9/4/12)

Texas Congressman Charlie Gonzalez Said Romney Supports “Racial Profiling”

Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-TX) Accused Romney Of Embracing “Racial Profiling Policies.” “Rep. Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas) spoke at the Democratic convention of President Obama’s commitment to Hispanic-Americans – and accused Mitt Romney of backing racial profiling. Romney ‘has embraced the racial profiling policies of Governor Jan Brewer and Sheriff Joe Arpaio,’ he argued. He was referencing the Arizona law that would require law enforcement officers to check the immigration status of anyone they stop if they have is reason to believe that person is in the country illegally.” (Rachel Weiner, “Texas Rep: Romney Embraced ‘Racial Profiling Practices,'” The Washington Post, 9/4/12)

Department Of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Invoked Hurricane Isaac

Department Of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar Used Hurricane Isaac To Attack Republicans. SALAZAR:”They had the gall last week as a hurricane blast our coast, to mock our sacred responsibility as stewards of God’s earth. Their attitude isn’t just sad, it’s reckless and it’s backwards. And yet they are still locked in ideological embrace with the failed policies of the past. President Obama’s energy program is a real deal. It moves us forwards not backwards.” (Secretary Of Interior Ken Salazar, Remarks At The Democrat National Convention, Charlotte, NC, 9/4/12)

Former Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland Channeled Religion And Patriotism In His Verbal Assault

At DNC Convention, Former Governor Ted Strickland (D-OH) Used A Bible Verse To Attack Gov. Mitt Romney. STRICKLAND: “In Matthew Chapter 6 Verse 21, the scriptures teach us that where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. And my friends, my friends, any man who aspires to be our president should keep both his treasure and his heart in the United States of America.” (Former Governor Ted Strickland, Remarks At The Democrat National Convention, 9/4/12)

Former Governor Ted Strickland (D-OH): “Mitt Romney Has So Little Economic Patriotism That Even His Money Needs A Passport.” (Former Governor Ted Strickland, Remarks At The Democrat National Convention, Charlotte, NC, 9/4/12)

The Democrats’ Tribute To Late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) Was Used To Knock Gov. Romney

The Democrats Used A Tribute Of The Late Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) To Attack Governor Romney With Footage From 1994 Senate Race. “Even a tribute video to the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) provided an opportunity for Democrats to knock Mitt Romney, as many speakers have tonight. In the middle of the video came a clip from the debate between Kennedy and the current Republican presidential nominee, when Romney ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 1994.” (Rachel Weiner, “Kennedy Tribute Video Includes Romney Hit,” Washington Post, 9/4/12)

• In A Tribute To The Late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats “Took A Swipe At Republican Presidential Nominee Mitt Romney.” “Democrats paid tribute to one of the party’s icons, the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, in a video presentation that also took a swipe at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.” (Peter Nicholas, “Kennedy Tribute Video Takes On Romney,” The Wall Street Journal’sWashington Wire, 9/4/12)

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) Said Voters Are Asking “Who Is Mitt Romney?”

Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV): “The American People Are Still Asking Who Is Mitt Romney?”(Sen. Harry Reid, Remarks At The Democrat National Convention, Charlotte, NC, 9/4/12)