As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk "revenge" reut.rs/X9dKIO
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Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 03, 2012When President Obama told supporters in Ohio on Friday that “Voting is the best revenge,” even members of his campaign knew how small and petty it sounded. Obama campaign manager Jim Messina earlier today made a pathetic attempt to turn the comment around on Mitt Romney, tweeting that “the Romney campaign’s message today is revenge.”
It seems Reuters is doing what they can to lend Messina a hand, today offering up the headline, “As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk ‘revenge.’” Of course, if you read a few paragraphs down, you’ll find Romney’s statement on the matter, delivered at campaign appearances yesterday: “[Obama] spoke to an audience and said voting is the best revenge. He’s asking his supporters to vote for revenge. I’m asking you to vote for love of country.” Around 30,000 people heard Romney loud and clear on Friday night in West Chester, Ohio. Perhaps Reuters could have consulted someone there.
.@Reuters Of course you mean "OBAMA talks revenge." I'm sure you'll offer a correction Nov. 7.—
Jon G. (@ExJon) November 03, 2012
@Reuters OBAMA is the sick jerk who is comparing voting to revenge. NOT Romney. Get facts straight.—
candace crawford (@candicanelane) November 03, 2012
Nice headline, Reuters. RT @Reuters: As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk "revenge" reut.rs/X9dKIO—
John Ekdahl, Jr. (@JohnEkdahl) November 03, 2012
@Reuters Correction: #ObamaIsAGlobalDisgrace is the only one talking "revenge". #Romney is talking "Love of Country"—
Irish Liz (@IrishLiz123) November 03, 2012
@JohnEkdahl @Reuters Press continues dishonest reporting because they fear #ObamasRevenge if he wins.—
Kevin Cody (@TheKevinCody) November 03, 2012
I'm sorry. Come again? Who talks Revenge? RT @Reuters As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk "revenge" reut.rs/X9dKIO—
Alexander Khanukov (@akhanukov) November 03, 2012
@Reuters I beg your pardon. Obama is the only one talking revenge.—
Darla Yow Franklin (@darlajune) November 03, 2012
.@Reuters you mean @BarackObama talks revenge. You will be fixing this headline, right? #tcot #tlot—
Jim (@BoogymanWF) November 03, 2012
@Reuters That is SO dishonest. Obama told people to vote for him out of "revenge." Romney quoted Obama. #InTheTank #MediaMalpractice—
TD (@TexasDarlinBlog) November 03, 2012
Seriously, wth is wrong with you people? RT @Reuters: As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk "revenge" reut.rs/X9dKIO—
Robt. John (@El_Skeptico) November 03, 2012
@ExJon Gotta love the establishment media covering Obama's ass at all costs. @Reuters—
Susan ♎ (@wayward_okie) November 03, 2012
@Reuters needs to make a correction to their title reut.rs/X9dKIO—
Darla Yow Franklin (@darlajune) November 03, 2012
@Reuters Uhmmm, no. Obama is talking revenge, Romney's talking love of country. Get it right.—
John (@NEsportsfan17) November 03, 2012
@Reuters Get it right. Obama said to vote for revenge. Romney said vote for love of country. #FactCheckPlease—
Deano McNeil (@mcneil1088) November 03, 2012
You do realize Obama is the one talking revenge. @Reuters As campaign roars to close, Romney and Obama talk "revenge" reut.rs/X9dKIO—
Teresa Wendt (@projectmat) November 03, 2012
It’s the question we keep asking, unfortunately.
@Reuters Is this a parody account?—
Neo (@Neosexist) November 03, 2012
Just for fun, here’s Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki’s interpretation of what the president meant by “revenge.” Hint: You right wingers are taking his words out of context again.
Well, it’s important to remember that the context of when the President said that was as he was laying out the fact that Mitt Romney is closing his campaign with an ad full of scare tactics that’s frightening workers in Ohio and thinking falsely that they’re not going to have a job. And the message he was sending is, if you don’t like the policies, if you don’t like the plan that Governor Romney is putting forward, if you think it’s a bad deal for the middle class, then you have power — you can go to the voting booths and you can cast your ballot. It’s nothing more complicated than that.
