The Obama campaign has a remarkable penchant for attacking its rivals in precisely the wrong areas. Whether it’s underdelivering on big promises, adding to the public debt, or dealing with unemployment and job creation, Obama and the DNC constantly seem to be going after the speck in their opponents’ eyes while ignoring the logs in their own.
Now, the president who claimed just last week that the U.S. economy’s private sector is “doing just fine” is trying to paint his opponent as being “out of touch” with the American people. Such a claim was bound to be noticed and forcefully responded to.
http://twitter.com/TabithaHale/statuses/213028210538065920
It takes real chutzpah to say that the private sector is 'doing fine,' and then accuse someone else of being 'out of touch.' @BarackObama
— big tuna (@keder) June 13, 2012
http://twitter.com/taylorkjar/statuses/213033433499308032
@ObamaNews Obama was the one thinking the private sector was ok. Not Romney. Nothing more out of touch than that.
— Ross Gwin (@rggrrggr) June 13, 2012
Well for once, I agree with Carville. Obama looks like an out of touch ignorant fool every time he discusses economy:http://t.co/l1qjYdYv
— Wayne Allyn Root (@RealWayneRoot) June 13, 2012
Folks were quick to note other ways in which the 100-rounds-of-golf president is out of touch with the American people, including flying his personal barber from Chicago to Washington, D.C., twice monthly for haircuts, hobnobbing with celebrities at an endless parade of fundraisers, and enjoying one luxury vacation after another:
@BarackObama Mr. president, did you realize that on the golf course or at one of the many fundraisers you've attended? Who's out of touch?
— Lawrence Olsen (@Chvyrs90) June 13, 2012
Flashback: Axelrod called Bush ‘out of touch’ for playing golf in bad economy http://t.co/xbwlhvE7
— Bill Clay III (@Clay8191) June 13, 2012
Dear @BarackObama you are out of touch with reality. And you still haven't visited this one of the 57 states. #truth #Arkansas
— Jennifer Cleveland (@JenCleveland) June 13, 2012
Shorter @BarackObama: "Mitt Romney is out of touch. Anna Wintour said so."
— jon gabriel (@exjon) June 13, 2012
Pleads the man who flies his barber from Chicago to DC: RT @BarackObama: Yes, Romney really is that out of touch: http://t.co/qXTG11ms
— Area Man (@lheal) June 13, 2012
http://twitter.com/sarahkcrandall/statuses/213008075626524674
Hi @TruthTeam2012, what its like to have a boss who has an out of touch moment every single day?
— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) June 13, 2012
Once again, the Obama campaign is trying to go after its adversary in an area of its own weakness, and once again, it isn’t working.