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Axelrod: Mad Men Is the 'Evening News' to Romney

He's 'oblivious' and 'in a time warp' says Obama campaign adviser

By Kate Seamons,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 3, 2012 9:58 AM CDT

(Newser) – Dmitry Medvedev thinks Mitt Romney is stuck in the 1970s ... and David Axelrod apparently disagrees. It's more like the 1960s, he says. In an appearance on CBS This Morning, the Obama campaign honcho quipped that Romney "must watch Mad Men and think it's the evening news. He is just in a time warp." The Obama campaign is increasingly latching onto that "out of touch" theme, and Axelrod certainly didn't hold back, calling Romney "oblivious to the experiences of everyday people." And in terms of his policies, he's totally retro, too, according to Axelrod.

"He wants to cut taxes for the very wealthy, cut Wall Street loose to write its own rules and he thinks that this somehow is going to produce broad prosperity for Americans. We've tested that. It's failed."

Mitt Romney attends a town hall style meeting at Moore Oil on April 2, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Mitt Romney attends a town hall style meeting at Moore Oil on April 2, 2012 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.   (Getty Images)
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America_Firster
Apr 3, 2012 7:28 PM CDT
(This statement is protected under the First Amendment!) If Axelrod wants to be involved in government, then he should go and make Aliyah to Israel.
OuttaHere
Apr 3, 2012 6:08 PM CDT
I'd guess Romney spends a lot of time watching Gilligan's Island. He's on some deserted island that's for sure.
chezwhat
Apr 3, 2012 4:24 PM CDT
Romney: tax hikes for working families, tax cuts for millionaires shipping jobs to China, end medicare, social security. America says fuck you.
 

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