Romney Steals Thatcher's "Labour Isn't Working" Campaign Strategy

[Political Junky]

Daily Kos: Romney Steals Thatcher's "Labour Isn't Working" Campaign Strategy

In Ohio this week, Mitt Romney stood before a banner reading "Obama Isn't Working" and blamed the President for the shuttered plant he used as a backdrop. As it turns out, there are only two problems with this picture. Sadly for Romney, the drywall firm in question closed in June 2008 when George W. Bush was still comfortably ensconced in the White House. And as it turns out, Mitt's entire "Obama Isn't Working" theme has been lifted lock, stock and barrel from Margaret Thatcher's 1979 campaign in the UK.
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[CrusaderFrank]

You're right, as usual; Obama's working overtime spending and borrowing and golfing

 

[California Girl]

Obama Steals a GOP Slogan on Energy - Businessweek

An “all-of-the-above energy policy.” We’ve been hearing this kinda awkward, kinda clever talking point from the Obama camp a lot lately. In an event at the University of Miami last month, the President invoked it three times in one speech. He first started using it, as far as I can tell, in his State of the Union address in January. (Every time I hear it—shudder—I’m reminded of an S.A.T. question.)

Obama uses the slogan—a variation on the more common “we’re putting all options on the table” theme—to say it should be domestic priority No. 1 to produce more oil here in the U.S. at the same time that we work on developing renewable alternatives. It seems perfect for an administration that tries to satisfy everyone and needs to prove to skeptical voters that it’s not hostile to oil and gas production.

But actually, the slogan appears to have come straight out of the GOP playbook....

Nuff said? I think so.

 

[California Girl]

Or maybe more needs to be said...

Obama &#8216;Steals&#8217; from King and Jefferson

Barack Obama has been lauded over the course of this campaign for his beautiful speeches. On Saturday, in Wisconsin, Obama made a speech with uncanny similarities to a speech given by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick when he was running for governor in October 2006.
Both speeches also appear to be reactions against criticism that the candidate&#8217;s platform is all rhetoric and no substance.

Of course, that was waaaaayyy back in 08.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Just words?

Just speeches?

 

[SniperFire]

I was actually at that rally.

 

[California Girl]

Is there no end?

Obama Steals Issues From GOP For State Of The Union

 

[California Girl]

So, Romney 'steals' a slogan from another Conservative campaign.

Sooooooo... where did Obama 'steal' his 2012 campaing slogan (Forward)... from?

Oh dear.... that's not gonna be good... it's a stock slogan from... Communists around the world.

Cool.

Yea, let's make an issue with who stole what from who... see how well that plays with your fellow Americans.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

 

[Polk]

Or maybe more needs to be said...

Obama ‘Steals’ from King and Jefferson

Barack Obama has been lauded over the course of this campaign for his beautiful speeches. On Saturday, in Wisconsin, Obama made a speech with uncanny similarities to a speech given by Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick when he was running for governor in October 2006.
Both speeches also appear to be reactions against criticism that the candidate’s platform is all rhetoric and no substance.

Of course, that was waaaaayyy back in 08.

Please ignore the fact that Obama's speechwriter at the time had been Patrick's speechwriter in his 2006 campaign.

 

[Polk]

Is there no end?

Obama Steals Issues From GOP For State Of The Union

The lines he "stole" from Huntsman have been stock political phrases for years and Presidents often take ideas from the other side to pepper their SOTU speeches with (although saying you're going to get tough on Chinese currency is a bipartisan throwaway applause line).

 

[Charles_Main]

Daily Kos: Romney Steals Thatcher's "Labour Isn't Working" Campaign Strategy

In Ohio this week, Mitt Romney stood before a banner reading "Obama Isn't Working" and blamed the President for the shuttered plant he used as a backdrop. As it turns out, there are only two problems with this picture. Sadly for Romney, the drywall firm in question closed in June 2008 when George W. Bush was still comfortably ensconced in the White House. And as it turns out, Mitt's entire "Obama Isn't Working" theme has been lifted lock, stock and barrel from Margaret Thatcher's 1979 campaign in the UK.
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I love it, When they talk about Obama's do Nothing Congress push, they say he "Borrowed it" When talking about Romney they say he "Stole it"

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Obama is stealing from FDR's "How to turn a recession into am economy worse than the 7 Biblical Lean Years" Playbook

 

[whitehall]

It's true ain't it?

 

[Conservative]

Is there no end?

Obama Steals Issues From GOP For State Of The Union

The lines he "stole" from Huntsman have been stock political phrases for years and Presidents often take ideas from the other side to pepper their SOTU speeches with (although saying you're going to get tough on Chinese currency is a bipartisan throwaway applause line).

So, it's okay for a Democratic President to steal slogans, but not a Republican Presidential candidate?

 

[Truthmatters]

the right thinks ideas can be stolen.

ideas are ideas.

they are not physical property

 

[CrusaderFrank]

the right thinks ideas can be stolen.

ideas are ideas.

they are not physical property

Intellectual property

 

[Truthmatters]

The real point in the OP post is robmoney blamed obama ofr a closed plant that was closed while Bush was still president.

The businesses that have been shuttered were shuttered due to republican economic ideas.


You cant crash the economy and then blame it on us.


Its not going to work.

 

[Truthmatters]

the right thinks ideas can be stolen.

ideas are ideas.

they are not physical property

Intellectual property

some said those said that phrase before you, did you steal it from them

 

[CrusaderFrank]

the right thinks ideas can be stolen.

ideas are ideas.

they are not physical property

Intellectual property

some said those said that phrase before you, did you steal it from them

probably