Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney charged Wednesday that President Barack Obama is running a campaign “of enmity and jealousy and anger” and called on him to lift the tone of political discourse.
In an escalation of an increasingly acrimonious campaign, Romney went on national television to say he thinks Obama is “running just to hang onto power, and I think he would do anything in his power” to remain in office.”
Interviewed on “CBS This Morning” from Columbus, Ohio, the former Massachusetts governor was asked if he was concerned people would think the presidential campaign has become “unhinged.”
“I think unhinged would have to characterize what we’ve seen from the president’s campaign,” he replied. “These personal attacks, I think, are just demeaning to the office of the White House.”
The campaign had been lurching into more heated exchanges in the wake of Romney’s selection of conservative Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate.
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Something to think about: True Power is more than ‘force’, it is parity of force and wisdom. If a person says “I have the power”, and yet has no wisdom, he’s a fake. History is rife with regimes who’ve missed this little nuance. The world, in its wisdom, always takes back the power…Semper Fi
Which country will the obamas move to when he loses the election…..we sure don’t want them here???? Will any country want them except Kenya maybe?????? Without the power of the presidency of the US bama isn’t worth a plugged nickel to any of the islamic countries & him being gay/bi is worse….the m female would never make it in an islamic environment….can’t u just see her plodding along behind the bama kid in a burka?????????