Little-Acorn
08-09-2012, 03:55 PM
Well, the worst-kept secret in the Obama campaign is finally out: Of course they knew the story behind Joe Soptic, the man in the "Romney Killed My Wife" ad, despite their repeated denials they came up with when asked to comment on the ad.
It was hardly a surprise, of course - they had run a campaign ad earlier, featuring Soptic. He was even wearing the same clothes as in the Superpac's anti-Romney ad.
Apparently Obama is exploring which areas he and his campaign can lie and get away with it, and exploiting those areas as fully as possible.
"OK, Republicans, what are you going to do about it?" seems to be the guiding philosophy on whether they can put deliberate falsehoods on national TV.
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http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/obama-camp-acknowledges-knowing-mans-story-131577.html
Obama camp acknowledges knowing man's story
By BYRON TAU |
8/9/12 4:06 PM EDT
Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged Thursday that the campaign was no longer pleading ignorance about the story of a man who has appeared in both a super PAC ad and a campaign ad.
"No one is denying he was in one of our campaign ads. He was on a conference call telling his story," Psaki told reporters on Air Force One.
Missouri steelworker Joe Soptic starred in an Obama campaign ad and participated in a conference call with the campaign in May, as POLITICO reported Wednesday. He resurfaced this week in a Priorities USA Action super PAC ad, charging that his wife died of cancer after Mitt Romney's former private equity firm laid him off.
Distancing themselves from the controversial ad, Obama campaign staffers initially denied knowledge of Soptic's story — despite the fact that he was in an Obama campaign ad.
Adviser Robert Gibbs said didn’t know "specifics," while deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said on CNN: “I don’t know the facts about when Mr. Soptic’s wife got sick or the facts about his health insurance."
And yesterday on Air Force One, Psaki said, "we don’t have any knowledge of the story of the family."
It was hardly a surprise, of course - they had run a campaign ad earlier, featuring Soptic. He was even wearing the same clothes as in the Superpac's anti-Romney ad.
Apparently Obama is exploring which areas he and his campaign can lie and get away with it, and exploiting those areas as fully as possible.
"OK, Republicans, what are you going to do about it?" seems to be the guiding philosophy on whether they can put deliberate falsehoods on national TV.
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http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/obama-camp-acknowledges-knowing-mans-story-131577.html
Obama camp acknowledges knowing man's story
By BYRON TAU |
8/9/12 4:06 PM EDT
Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki acknowledged Thursday that the campaign was no longer pleading ignorance about the story of a man who has appeared in both a super PAC ad and a campaign ad.
"No one is denying he was in one of our campaign ads. He was on a conference call telling his story," Psaki told reporters on Air Force One.
Missouri steelworker Joe Soptic starred in an Obama campaign ad and participated in a conference call with the campaign in May, as POLITICO reported Wednesday. He resurfaced this week in a Priorities USA Action super PAC ad, charging that his wife died of cancer after Mitt Romney's former private equity firm laid him off.
Distancing themselves from the controversial ad, Obama campaign staffers initially denied knowledge of Soptic's story — despite the fact that he was in an Obama campaign ad.
Adviser Robert Gibbs said didn’t know "specifics," while deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter said on CNN: “I don’t know the facts about when Mr. Soptic’s wife got sick or the facts about his health insurance."
And yesterday on Air Force One, Psaki said, "we don’t have any knowledge of the story of the family."