The San Francisco Examiner has an intriguing article up regarding the "mirror" attacks going back and forth between President Obama and Governor Romney.
Essentially, they are both accusing each other of exactly the same things.
What I found interesting, however, was what happens when you enter Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson into the equation.
So what I did was to take the SF Examiner's examples, and then add Gary Johnson in my own words (in BLUE).
Here goes:
Or this:
Then there's this:
And, then again, this:
And this:
And, finally, this:
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| Romeny and Obama: separated by what they have in common? |
Essentially, they are both accusing each other of exactly the same things.
What I found interesting, however, was what happens when you enter Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson into the equation.
So what I did was to take the SF Examiner's examples, and then add Gary Johnson in my own words (in BLUE).
Here goes:
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| Gary Johnson actually sweats (and he was in GQ, too). |
"Out of touch" with ordinary Americans.
Obama: Cloistered in the White House. Hangs out with celebrities, acting "cool." Doesn't understand the real world because "he spent too much time at Harvard," according to Romney, who earned two Harvard degrees himself.
Romney: Grew up wealthy, with a governor for a father. Worth $200 million or more. He's the kind of guy who had a Swiss bank account and wants a car elevator for his beach house, the Democrats note.
Johnson: the son of a school teacher who made his money by starting "Big J" Construction. Fitness nut. Rides a bike, runs triathalons, climbed Mount Everest.
Bad for the middle class.
Obama: Failed to deliver on his promises to help Americans "struggling to find good jobs and make ends meet," the Romney camp says. Median household income is down, unemployment up since he took office.
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| Gary Johnson: on a day when he wasn't scheduled to be in GQ. |
Romney: Wants to reduce taxes on the wealthy while devastating Medicare and cutting education, health care and other programs the middle class need, Democrats charge. Obama says that amounts to "social Darwinism."
Johnson: Job creation rate of 11.6% per year as Governor of New Mexico; increased spending on education while leaving the State with a budget surplus.
Then there's this:
Suspiciously secretive.
Obama: Believing his microphone off, assured the Russian president he would have "more flexibility" after Election Day. Obama will reveal "his true positions only after the election is over," Romney says. Republicans predict he would tack left on the environment, spending, gay rights and other issues.
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| Gary Johnson: I inhaled. Don't tell anybody. |
Romney: Told campaign donors of plans to cut or eliminate the housing and education agencies as well as others — ideas he hasn't disclosed publicly. "What's Mitt hiding?" Democrats ask, demanding more about his personal tax returns and investments, too.
Johnson: Told everybody in the country he used to smoke dope. Also told everybody in the country he applied for a concealed carry license.
And, then again, this:
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| If you think terminal cancer patients shouldn't get to smoke pot, then I guess Gary is too radical. |
Too extreme.
Obama: Hopes to create "a European-style social welfare state," Romney says, and "put free enterprise on trial." Endorsing Romney, Newt Gingrich called Obama "the most radical, leftist president in American history."
Romney: Referred to himself as "severely conservative." He's "extreme on women's issues," Democrats contend. Obama places him to the right of Reagan and suggests he's akin to Barry Goldwater.
Johnson: Advocates for marijuana legalization (over 50% of American public agrees with him); getting the hell out of Afghanistan soonest (69% of Americans agree); and for marriage equality (53% of Americans agree). Yep, the man is just too damn radical.
And this:
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Unable to fix the economy.
Obama: Can't get the jobless rate below 8 percent. He "delayed the recovery and made it anemic," according to Romney, who says Obama lacks the private sector experience necessary to understand the economy.
Romney: As a venture capitalist, laid off workers and shipped jobs to Mexico, the Obama campaign says. Also created Massachusetts jobs more slowly than other governors of the time, Democrats note.
Johnson: Inherited a deficit, left office with a surplus. Highest job creation rate among contemporary governors.
And, finally, this:
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| Nobody Obama nor Romney dares to say this, even though 69% of us want it. |
Not up to foreign policy.
Obama: Too weak to stand up to China or Russia or to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, and too eager to apologize for the United States, Romney charges.
Romney: Likely to stumble into another misguided war, according to Vice President Joe Biden. Wouldn't have had the guts to send Navy SEALs into Pakistan to get Osama bin Laden, the Obama campaign suggests.
Johnson: Actually goes with the evidence about Iran and nuclear weapons. Promises to get out of Afghanistan. Willing to consider humanitarian interventions but thinks that both Obama and Romney are far too interventionist. Only candidate to propose cutting the military back to 2003 levels.These mirror dances would be more fun if the MSM actually ever included Johnson into the mix.
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