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President Obama jumps in the mud pit to beat back Romney -- No more Mr Nice Guy as he goes for the jugular in convention speech - VIDEO

Posted on Friday, September 07, 2012 at 08:15 AM

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Barack Obama delivering his speech on the final day of the Democratic National Convention (Tom Pennington/AFP/Getty Images)

Remember Obambi, the candidate Democrats were afraid would be too nice and genteel and get eviscerated by the Republican attack machine?

Well if this 2012 campaign proves anything, it is that Obambi is dead.

He has been replaced by O’Rambo, the President who is mad as hell and is not going to take it any more.

O’Rambo comes out out firing and doesn't take prisoners. He believes in a scorched earth policy, destroy the village to save it if necessary.

Obama's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention was for the red hot meat eaters, not for the faint of heart.

It was pretty much a lengthy diatribe against Mitt Romney, excoriating, slamming, criticizing and sticking the presidential boot in.

All that was missing was a Romney pinata and a baseball bat. I'm not sure it worked.

Sure, the President has to go on the offensive but it is a sign of his own lack of accomplishment that he wants to mud wrestle rather than engage on a policy level.

The foreign policy attacks were effective sure, especially on Romney's inane focus on Russia as our major foreign policy villain, but I think few voters will be swayed by such a concern.

It is obvious what the polls are telling the Obama people. Define Romney, drag him down, before America gets a full view of him.

This is bare knuckle politics, nothing to do with dream aspirations.

Obambi had those, and Obambi got shot somewhere between inauguration in 2008 and the Republican attack dogs getting unleashed.

Obama’s speech was not the best of the convention. It was not even second best or third.

Bill Clinton stole the show, the old dog for the hard road, Michelle won the hearts and minds, and Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown law student called a slut by Rush Limbaugh, stole the show after her prime time

speech.

So Obama, who ran a poetic campaign full of hope and promise last time has now become the lumbering grizzly,older and more dangerous, much more likely to attack if approached. I'm sure it is what the pollsters are telling him, but it is a sad reflection on American politics nowadays that the only defense is attack and that hopes and dreams are for sissies.

Welcome to the mud pit Mr. President.

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BrianO | Sep 12, 2012, 11:31 AM EDT

as I read the hate toward my view and the love they have for percentages My estimate is they are the vocal .01%. (I don't place you in this category Seano.) Worldbank can seem to open a savings account there.

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seanomelb | Sep 11, 2012, 06:59 PM EDT

Dear!Dear!dimwit did i touch a raw nerve. Go play Russian roulette with the other bigots on this blog.

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paddyRanger | Sep 11, 2012, 11:36 AM EDT

now now Failed trash businessman.....Homer Simpson is about the intellectual standard for your views and I am sure it must be your favourite TV show seeing as how you mention it.....I had to look it up and see what you were talking about, such trash like you no wonder you like that show

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seanomelb | Sep 09, 2012, 08:35 PM EDT

Nothing to do with love Briano.Maybe you should read a little about Chavez and his years working at the World Bank.Instead of getting in the gutter with morons like Paddyranger and argue the case.I mean paddyranger is about as educated as Homer Simpson(my apologies to Homer).

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pilib04 | Sep 09, 2012, 08:04 PM EDT

Kaydog1, are you new to Irish Central. Can't say I have ever seen a comment by you before. What happened? Did you get an email from the RNC?

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pilib04 | Sep 09, 2012, 08:02 PM EDT

Big Surprise. The Irish Central Teabagger, Patrick Roberts, does a hatchet job on President Obama.

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Lynchy | Sep 09, 2012, 02:37 AM EDT

Do Republicans agree with disenfranchising as 'the ends justify the means'? Has the conservative determination to use the popularity and strength of the Tea Party supporters to try and push through abortion legislation sucked in the liberal groups to fill the void? If there had not been so much emphasis and so many attempts at legislation to prohibit abortion without exceptions which led to the political execution of Todd Akin for holding an opinion which is apparently shared by many, could the liberals have risked the backlash of not including God and Jerusalem in the DNC platform? Independent of the outcome of the election, will US politics become further polarised as the GOP stays the course of ultra conservativism and financing from Wall Street special interests leaving the DNC no choice but to get more funding from Unions and support from liberal causes including support for workers rights, immigrant rights, gun control and separation of church and state?

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kaydog1 | Sep 08, 2012, 10:29 PM EDT

Patrick, if "Obambi" got shot, it wasn't by Republican anythings - it was by 4 unsuccessful yrs of tired old doctrinaire big-gov't socialist ideas which have NEVER brought the unemployment rate below 8%, coupled with the reckless addition of 5 TRILLION Dollars in new debt, and a yearly deficit of 1.3 TRILLION Dollars to pay for 'Obambi's'gifts to his campaign contributors like Solyndra, the Unions, and Health Insurance companies for Obamacare. These policies CANNOT get the economy going again, yet to hear the Dems talk, everything is 'fine', and what isn't so fine by definition is the fault of anyone and everyone EXCEPT Obama. Famously, Bush was to blame for his economy, because he was the President, but Obama is not to blame for anything because he is 'only' the President. Ultimately, when 50% of all non-college 18-20 yr olds are unemployed, and 50% of all college seniors are finding no jobs, word gets around, so the results of these policies speak for themselves to anyone who has to actually function in the non-coolaid real world. As to the 'incredible' Dem Convention, all I saw was 2 days of Feminist Pro-abortion speakers,punctuated by a HILARIOUS scream of protest from the rank and file atheist majority when the leadership THREE TIMES attempted to railroad the word 'God' back into the platform. Well, the word is now back in there, but I doubt that God is much impressed.I do agree that Bill Clinton's speech was more inspiring than Obama's, but did you notice all the references Clinton made to his own trials and triumphs, all in contrast to Obama's lack of success. And talk about a 'War on Women', Bill Clinton stood accused of sexual harassment by no fewer than EIGHT different women, as I recall....

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JimmyJK | Sep 08, 2012, 09:45 PM EDT

EphraimKibbey - agree Republicans have been boiled down to 2 viewpoints.... The first is they believe poor people and especially poor black people are the absolute drain on the entire society and have created all of our ills. The second is that they will do what ever they can to amass more wealth and keep our society and communities more apart from opportunities.... There needs to be change in how our tax dollars are spent and reform in our philosophy. In my opinion illegal immigrants are illegal therefore see you later until you are legal. Illegals offer great work benefit but they are a financial drain on other services including schooling. A lot of corporations like illegals because of the very cheap labor. Also welfare should be a give and take relationship not a give only one. no society can have large groups of feckless immature people doing whatever they want. BrainO and paddyRanger are like the black and tans. They are here to enforce the rule of the oppressor. If the year was 1847 and you were in Ireland starving from the policies and direct rule of the english would you take a bit of food from them to survive? If you did.. would you not be another drain on the english tax payers? it's too bad the english did not have much food to provide and we died and we left

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BrianO | Sep 08, 2012, 03:48 PM EDT

EK, What limits on unions collecting mandatory dues and donating such dues to buy off their representative, are unions people? I would instead argue that there should be no limits or controls, simply because I do not wish to be controlled or limited,

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EphraimKibbey | Sep 08, 2012, 02:15 PM EDT

@rpbrown - I agree 100% that lobbying by corporations has pretty much strangled the idea that our representatives are there to actually represent US but I would go further and include the big money individuals who are not corporations but think their money will buy their guys votes and insure that their personal interests supercede that of the nation. To keep the one person one vote system alive, we must again be able to limit the amount of money that individuals can contribute. What we have now, thanks to Citizens United and the Roberts court, is legalized bribery. We need the amendment to state that only INDIVIDUALS are people AND that ALL campaign finances must be restricted to what can be raised from individuals at or below the proscribed limit. In addition, the candidate should be limited to that same amount as any other individual. Think of how many fewer political commercials there would be. Candidates wanting air time would be forced into real interviews were we could really see what their agenda was.

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paddyRanger | Sep 08, 2012, 02:04 PM EDT

Yep Seano and Chavez.......BUTTbuddies !!

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BrianO | Sep 08, 2012, 01:04 PM EDT

Seano your love of Chavez says a lot, Maybe its time to abandon country #2 for a true utopia.

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paddyRanger | Sep 08, 2012, 10:08 AM EDT

It was NOT Obama's father who marched for Civil Rights........It was Romney's !!

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rgray222 | Sep 08, 2012, 09:32 AM EDT

Obama has never been Mr. Nice Guy towards anyone who opposes him. He has been in the Chicago style mud pit his entire political career. He wants to appear to be Mr.Nice guy to the public but in reality he is a Chicago political thug! He has always been of the school 'the bigger the lie, the more people believe it' and if you tell the same life enough times people will believe it! The only thing that has become transparent in the Obama presidency is Obama himself. Everyone bought this nonsense the first time around but it will not happen a second time.

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