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In Obama Attack, Romney Ad Cites... Hillary Clinton

Spot accuses Obama of dishonest campaigning

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 12, 2012 3:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Mitt Romney's campaign is looking to Barack Obama's own buddies for help attacking the president. A new ad shows Hillary Clinton slamming Obama for negative ads in 2008, the New York Daily News notes. "Shame on you, Barack Obama," she says. The narrator says Obama lied about Clinton then and accuses him of doing the same today about Romney's tenure at Bain. And "when a president doesn’t tell the truth, how can we trust him to lead?"

The ad is a response to Obama's attacks that Romney shut down scores of businesses and laid off their employers while at Bain, and it suggests that Romney has finally decided to fight back against the charges, writes Jonathan Lemire. The ad is appearing as the Boston Globe reports Romney was CEO of Bain years longer than he'd said.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday. An old diatribe against then-candidate Obama is featured in Mitt Romney's new ad.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday. An old diatribe against then-candidate Obama is featured in Mitt Romney's new ad.   (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)
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Tology
Jul 13, 2012 4:13 AM CDT
Did Matt Cantor finally turn on his television?  This ad has been running for over a month.
Nocturno
Jul 12, 2012 10:29 PM CDT
Hahahaha...this is so funny...Mitt Romney was attacking by his competitors from Republican Party all the time so what.
AustinSpace
Jul 12, 2012 8:57 PM CDT
As if her implication was anything remotely similar to an endorsement of Mitt Romney. Fair is fair. Here's video of Sarah Palin demanding that Romney release his tax info:  http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2012/01/11/sarah_palin_to_mitt_romney_prove_you_created_100000_jobs.html
 

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