Romney riffs on Obama's 'titanic struggle'
Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Standing in the same room where an Obama adviser said the president's campaign would be "a titanic struggle," Mitt Romney had some fun with analogies the next day.
Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod acknowledged to an audience at Saint Anselm College Tuesday that the president's re-election bid would be a "titanic struggle" in the face of the slumping economy and unpopular partisan gridlock in Washington.
Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, opened his town hall at the college Wednesday with a riff on Axelrod's choice of the word "titanic."
"I'm not sure if he saw the movie," Romney said. "A titanic struggle –how appropriate an adjective that is."
The word titanic means "of exceptional size or strength" but the word has become almost synonymous with the ill-fated voyage of the Titanic ocean liner.
Romney played on the reference and drew Obama into his extended joke.
"The captain of the ship has been inattentive, otherwise occupied or asleep most of the voyage," Romney said of Obama's presidency. "It's going to sink."
During his speech Axelrod said he believed the president would eventually be elected to a second term in 2012.
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Just say Obama2012....Amen....
Well, at least Obama never outsourced any of the crew, unlike Romney.
"The captain of the ship has been inattentive, otherwise occupied or asleep most of the voyage," Romney said of Obama's presidency. "It's going to sink."
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How does government create jobs? By citizens voting all Republicans out of office.
says the man who has lost plenty of elections!?
For 17 years, Mittens has been trying to get republicans to support him, and has failed every time. I think it is time for him to get his own comedy show, because the tea baggers do not like Mormons.
Remember- the ship (Economy) was sinking when Obama took the helm.-– Bush and Paulson gutted (wall street bailout) us as they were "abandoning ship". --- Don`t forget, Bush started two wars AND cut taxes for the rich !!!!!! They knew the unfunded wars would have a disasterous affect on the economy just as the tax cuts were set to expire and it would be time to pay the fiddler.-– Tax cuts plus TWO wars– INSANE !!!!!
What. Ever. Romney.
The frequent insults and lack of any intelligent policy discussion coming from the candidates are not funny, just obnoxious. Elementary school elections have less mudslinging!
Look who's talking.
Pitiful Mittens trying to be clever. How awkward.
Nice try Gov Romney. You will never be President in the current Republican environment unless the party stand ups to tea baggers. You are too liberal for them.
Romney has the business experince to get us out of this mess. Period
@Rudy, NYC....The difference between Cain and Obummie is that Cain wants to create an atmosphere where business hire people. He wants people to WORK. Obummie wants people to rely on handouts. You say you and minorities have looked at Cain and see the back of his head. That, my friend, is subject to many interputations. Where I come from you say what you mean and leave nothing to interputation. Cain or Romney will lead this country out of the mess that Obummie made much worse over the last 2 1/2 years ago.
Romney has the business experince to get us out of this mess. Period
@Rudy, NYC....The difference between Cain and Obummie is that Cain wants to create an atmosphere where business hire people. He wants people to WORK. Obummie wants people to rely on handouts. You say you and minorities have looked at Cain and see the back of his head. That, my friend, is subject to many interputations. Where I come from you say what you mean and leave nothing to interputation. Cain or Romney will lead this country out of the mess that Obummie made much worse over the last 2 1/2 years ago. As usual my comment is awaiting moderation.
Sounds about right: purposefully obtuse interpretation of a reasonable statement....perfect example of GOP/Teatroll thought patterns. And hey, let's skip over reporting that Mittens is now claiming that he "doesn't have a political career" to make himself sound like he's a DC outsider and could "shake things up" in Washington. The dude (and his magic undies) is a tapdancing farce.
"New poll on Iowa shows Romney on top"
Really? With all his submissive flip-flopping, I always sort of assumed he was a bottom.
Romney republicans would be the ice berg here, There only solution is to find another ice berg and run into it too!
If these are real posts how do multiple people say the same things word for word?
Can you please STFU mitt!!! You are part of the problem we have lost jobs in the US! You freakin' idiot!
You buy companies, fire American workers, send their jobs overseas and make money off the backs of the unemployed.
Go back to CA and make sure they are building your mansion the right way. We wouldn't want it to be swallowed up by the ocean do we?
Wooooooo, that was sooooo funny Romney. Ah, don't quit your day job and try to become a comedian. Oh wait you don't have a day job. That's right you're unemployed and looking for a government job because of all the perks you get that the rest of us don't. Like free government health care.