Subject: "Tried for treason"?
From: "Stephanie Cutter, BarackObama.com" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 23:12:02 -0400

Hunter --

Barack Obama should be "tried for treason."

That's what a Romney supporter said directly to her candidate, 
Mitt Romney, at an official Romney campaign event this afternoon.

What did Mitt Romney say to her? That she was out of line? That 
accusing our President of a crime punishable by death is out of 
bounds for a campaign event?

Nope. He said nothing:

https://donate.barackobama.com/Take-a-Stand-Two-Term-Fund2

When she finished speaking, Romney just recited a few talking 
points and kept going -- without condemning the woman's 
statement, calling for better discourse from his supporters, or 
even so much as saying, "No, I don't think President Obama is 
a traitor."

Rewind to 2008. After isolated McCain supporters started shouting 
similarly dangerous things and other falsehoods about Obama, 
Senator McCain not only condemned the remarks, but actually in 
one case took the microphone out of a woman's hand, saying: 
"No, ma'am. He's a decent family man, citizen, that I just happen 
to have disagreements with on fundamental issues, and that's 
what this campaign is all about." It wouldn't have taken a lot for 
Romney to follow McCain's example here.

But Romney said nothing. After today's event was over, when pressed 
by reporters about his failure to condemn the person who accused 
the President of treason, he only said, "I don't correct all of the 
questions that get asked of me."

Romney's silence in this case says more about him than any of his 
carefully prepared remarks.

To be sure, we have an aggressive case to make against Mitt Romney 
that has nothing to do with what was said today, and we will make 
that case.

But some kinds of attacks have no place in our politics and we will 
not engage in them -- even if Mitt Romney does not hold himself to 
the same standards.

Here's what the President said about Mitt Romney on Saturday: "Now, 
Governor Romney is a patriotic American. He's raised a wonderful 
family, and he has much to be proud of. He's run a large financial firm, 
and he's run a state. But I think he's drawn the wrong lessons from 
these experiences. ... "

That's the leadership we need for another four years.

Donate to the Two-Term Fund today to support President Obama:

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Thanks,

Stephanie

Stephanie Cutter
Deputy Campaign Manager
Obama for America

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