Romney Ad Seizes on One Phrase in Obama Speech

Rush shared the new Mitt Romney ad, which "seizes upon" Obama's quote that, "There are always gonna be bumps on the road to recovery. Of course what everyone is doing is taking this out of context. He was talking to car manufacturers (well, Jeep manufacturers!) - men and women who would understand the road reference and "get it." But of course if you take it out of context, it looks like he's minimized the suffering of the jobless.

This is a dangerous ploy, as every politician, regardless of party, says stuff that, when taken out of context, can seem unsympathetic or heartless. But of course this is a ploy that politicians have always used...

RUSH: There's a great Romney ad that started running over the weekend. We have the audio. It's about 22 seconds, 30-second ad but we got 22 seconds of audio of it.

OBAMA: There are always gonna be bumps on the road to recovery.

MAN #1: I'm an American and not a bump in the road.

MAN #2: I'm an American, not a bump in the road.

WOMAN: I'm an American, not a bump in the road.

RUSH: Oh, is that it? Okay, well, I guess we need the full one. What you're seeing here graphics-wise, is millions have lost their jobs under Obama; long-term unemployment is now worse than the Great Depression; June 3rd, 2012, unemployment rate hits 9%. These graphics are there throughout this commercial, and it plays off the fact that Obama said the economy just hit a bump in the road. Romney's gone out and got a bunch of people to say, "I'm not a bump in the road," with all these horrible economic stats on the screen at the same time. "I'm an American, not a bump in the road." Now, here's Romney going right after Obama. He's beatable! It's another thing that struck me over the weekend as I was poring through items getting ready for today's program. The idea that it's, right now, even questionable that Obama could get reelected?

Do you realize how defeated he is if the election's today? It's a landslide! Now the media, of course, is not gonna say this. I'm here to tell you that it wouldn't be close if the election were today. I don't care who the nominee is. It wouldn't be close. We're living through a manmade economic disaster, not a cyclical disaster. This really is a president steering a hurricane. They tried to tell us that George W. Bush was steering Katrina to hit New Orleans 'cause he didn't like Democrats. This is an economic hurricane that is being steered by this administration, and the damage that's being done here is real, and it is purposeful. Obama is more beatable than Weiner is, and Weiner is beatable.