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Romney Attacks Go to the Dogs
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ABC News' John Berman Reports: Mitt Romney's latest weapon in his barrage of jabs at Mike Huckabee? A dog named Spike.
A dog named Spike that likes to write letters. It is a piece of direct mail sent to Iowa voters, purportedly from Spike that begins, "Dear Iowa Republicans..."
It goes on to say, "You might have read about how Mike Huckabee raised taxes even more than Bill Clinton..."
Spike is apparently referring to the growing litany of mailings and "contrast" television ads where Mitt Romney is trying to paint Mike Huckabee as a liberal.
Spike continues: "What makes me barking mad? Mike Huckabee raised taxes on dog groomers! He went too far when he taxed the people who make me beautiful."
It is signed, "Bow Wow, Spike." It seems to be a genuine attempt at light-hearted humor on the campaign trail.
Yet the Romney campaign is frequently critical of Huckabee’s celebrated sense of humor... sending out e-mails that criticize Huckabee entitled, "No Laughing Matter."
Apparently a talking dog doesn't offend their sensibilities as much as the jokes from the former Arkansas governor.
Of course, the Romneys have their own dog issues, admitting to the Boston Globe that they once had their dog in a crate tied to the roof of their station wagon while driving to a family vacation. Bow Wow.
December 18, 2007 in Giuliani, Rudy, Palin, Sarah, Thompson, Fred | Permalink | User Comments (3)
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It must be refreshing to the consultants on the Romney campaign that they have a candidate that can lend his campaign million and millions of dollars on wasted direct mail.
Mitt "Flip Flopper" Romney gets me so angry. It is time for Republicans to give John McCain a second chance. McCain is the only one that can beat Hillary in the general election
Posted by: imwithmmcain | Dec 19, 2007 10:14:10 AM
The flip flopper designation is so over used now by the MSM, it has lost the effect of what it ever had in the past. My take is that most of the Candidates at some point have changed their minds on something. If someone holds a position, an then changes that position, out of some revelation, I have no problem with that. My guess is that most folks have at sometime in their lives, changed the minds on something.
Posted by: homjett | Dec 19, 2007 10:40:57 AM
Homjet - perhaps it has lost the effect on you but there are plenty of people that don't know. Also, if what you say is true then why does Romney go out of his way in a direct mail piece to compare positions with other candidates that are over 10 years old? If Mitt "Flip Flopper" Romney wants to take a higher ground on changing his view than he should stop trying to use it as a discussion point with his competitors.
That would make the most sense if as you pointed out that most people have changed their mind.
Posted by: imwithmmcain | Dec 19, 2007 10:49:48 AM
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