Campaign Briefs: 'Two Cadillacs' Backfire into Harsh Headlines for Romney
Obama spots add to TV blitz; Troy primary night party set; candidate's Brighton tale stars 'frugal dad.'
Patch presents a Michigan presidential campaign roundup. Mitt Romney earns a point for openness, but risks losing it for over-sharing. "I like the fact that most of the cars I see (locally) are Detroit-made automobiles," he told Detroit Economic Club members on Friday. "I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually." He was referring to his wife's 2007 and 2010 SRX models at their Massachusetts and California homes, aides explained. (Speech excerpt video embedded at right.) The off-script remark created a bull's-eye too inviting to ignore. "That's rich, literally," ex-Detroiter Charles Blow writes in his New York Times column. That was one poke among plenty, a headline sampling shows: Slate blogger …
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Dale Behler
7:12 pm on Thursday, August 23, 2012
This is an example of more leftist media propaganda which zeros in on the GOP candidate and gives all Democrats, including Obama, a blanket free pass from any criticism during the election season. Anyone who thinks rich Democrats in Washington do not drive two luxury cars have buried their heads in the sand. Besides,, who really cares unless you are trying to trash Romney and the GOP? It is … more ›