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Obama’s Anti-Romney 2012 Ad Is Eerily Similar to Carter’s 1980 Anti-Reagan Ad

Sep. 13, 2012 7:25am Benny Johnson

Obama Ad Resembles Jimmy Carter Ad From Over

Photo credit: AP

The comparisons that are made between Jimmy Carter and Barrack Obama are sometimes forced. However, at times the two presidents seeming to have some similarities: both saw energy prices nearly double in their first terms; trade deficits and unemployment skyrocketed; both presidents fumbled through turmoil in the Middle East and failed to deal with real threats in Iran.

So, how do you campaign on such a record? Carter went negative, really negative. One ad depicted Californians on the street talking about how dangerous their former governor, Ronald Reagan was. One woman even said, “He would have gotten us into a war by this time, Carter hasn’t.” Another man says “Reagan scares me. He really scares me.”

Obama’s campaign has also gone pretty negative. And one of the ads is so similar to the old Carter ad, it is almost unbelievable. In the Obama ad, you have regular people on the street in Florida. Their scare topic is not imminent war with the USSR but a war on Medicare.

In the Obama ad, an elderly woman fears that the Romney/Ryan cuts would force the elderly to “choose between food or going to a doctor.” A bearded man laments, “Those kind of cuts are going to be incredibly painful to the working class person” but this man is also confident that Obama will “protect us.”

The messages in both ads are the same: This [Romney/Reagan] guy is really scary! Our current President is protecting us. Vote for him.

The similarities are uncanny, watch below:

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Mike Benton
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:32am
Rich is evil. That is the only message 0bama has.

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- ashestoashes
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:55am
  Bush got us into these wars..Obama has gone full speed ahead..Seems like I remember Obama being compared to Reagan before the election..lol.. I understand that the man behind Obama’s teleprompter is Zibignew Brezezniski..Jimmy Carter’s United States Security Advisor.. Obama/Romney/Bush..promoting the Communist New World Order takeover.. as for resembling Reagan in style..all of them score a zero.. Ron Reagan’s style was to get in..win..and get out..just like another candidate proposed to do with the Congressional decision..not by executive order..That man was the only one that could be compared to Ronald Reagan.. Here’s a lttle summation from David Rockefeller..one who helped created the Rothschild/Rockerfeller 13 family un Federal Reserve.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZZklPnVs-Y
  
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- shoulda coulda woulda
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:53am
  This is good news they are taking pointers from the losers.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 12:46pm
  Yes but seriously….what’s new in the left’s playbook anyway? Of course both campaigns are similar all lefties know is to incite fear and unrest, smear others and deflect from their own failures.
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 1:07pm
  Obama has the country right where Jimmy Carter had it in 1980. The unions including the UAW were backing Carter 100%. Half of Detroit was laid off since a new car would cost you 21% in interest rates and the interest on a new home was 17%. Carter made sure the rich got richer. If you had a 6 month CD at your bank you received about 17.5%. Obama has Gold over $1,700 an ounce and $33.00 for a ounce of silver. If I recall when Obama became president Gold was $1,100 an ounce and silver was about $14.00 an ounce. The rich are getting richer. I read about George Soruoss buying a Billion bucks worth of gold last year and he is laughing all the way to the bank.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:56pm
  Haha, Turkey, Obama HAS done something good for the economy, by driving up the price of gold
  
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seeyoulaterby
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:31am
Didn’t we see the guy with the white beard & mustache at the DNC convention? I think the interview was one on diversity. He was wearing a “stupid hat” I’ll be back going to google that.

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independentvoteril
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:28am
OK .. it’s FUNNY they keep talking about Regan and CARTER.. it’s funny.. nothing like comparing yourself to the WORST president (Carter) to the most revered (Regan) with 6 people speaking for the country..

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PurrrpleMtnMajesty
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:22am
Whatever happened to “WE are NOT the party of FEAR and fear mongering” that was proclaimed by the dems in 08?
Everyone is afraid of what will happen to ME..not to their country, not to their future generations…
It’s all about ME, just like der leader.

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:28am
  Whatever happened to us minding our own business? Stay out of other people’s trouble.
  
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- Zetareticuli
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:54am
  @The_Jerk It was that kind of isolationist thinking that allowed Hitler to conquer most of Europe instead of nipping his imperialist aggression in the bud. If America doesn’t proactively protect its interests around the world and head off potential threats before they materialize, the consequences could be extremely dire, especially in this nuclear age. Advocating for sticking our heads in the sand is a dangerous and foolish policy. Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:10am
Unrest in the Middle East and the spike in anti-Americanism is eerily similar to the late 70′s too.

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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:21am
  As are gas prices. As is a devastating collapse just around the corner. Would have worked if Carter stayed in. Will work if obama stays in. Same policies, same outcome.
  
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- The_Cabrito_Goat
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 2:58pm
  Anybody else notice a 40 cent spike in gas prices?
  
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nobull14
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:00am
By the presidents pictures they both look like a couple Boobs ? maybe they should put there heads together and make a @ss out of them self’s . !!

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- nobull14
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:12am
  Maybe they can start building houses together after the 1st of the year. ?
  
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- PPMStudios
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:29am
  Seriously? Obama hasn’t done an hours worth of manual labor in his life!!
  
  Look what he’s done to our country. I can only imagine what one of his “Habitat” homes would look like…
  
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SamIamTwo
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:54am
They are all old white folks. Prob hired off of Craigslist for the current campaign.

Obama, the plantation owner, must be upset.

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ClaudeRains
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:46am
This just in….the reason why Obama’s birth certificate is so protected is because Jimmy “The Teeth” Carter is the father of Hussein Obama.

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:43am
And the rest of the world sees Obama as very weak,,,,,,,,,,,,, like Carter……

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- sWampy
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:50am
  But sadly outcome based education has had 30 more years to work, we are a much much more ignorant nation than we were 30 years ago.
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:15am
  SWAMPY Carter/Obama the same-same bottom line. 30yrs later the question of who is hurting your pocketbook? Even the stupid understands $4 gas and no jobs-complete with 30yr old kids living in your house
  
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Dismayed Veteran
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:40am
Repeating failure and expecting different results = insanity

I am constantly amazed by people who rely on government programs but don’t understand the programs or the outcomes.

Let’s hope the outcome of this election is the same as the other.

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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:46am
  Let’s hope Vet, but were Democrats this far left in 1980? Were Americans this damned stupid in 1980? I don’t think they were.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:53am
  GONZO, No they weren’t. There were still many conservative Democrats back then, but mainly in the South.
  
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- Zipit
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:16am
  Vet! It’s not only that they recycle their own failure, they look everywhere they can for failure and run toward it as fast as they can! Socialism at it’s purest is failure, but it will be embraced by the left nonetheless!
  
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:35am
http://www.intellectualfroglegs.com

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Gonzo
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:31am
Everything about this administration is “eerily similar to Carter’s”.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:55am
  And the end result will be the same,LANDSLIDE VICTORY for the real American.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:24am
  The unraveling of the mideast happening now should be a coffin nail for Barry.
  Romney/Ryan should use this to highlight what an embarrassment this numbn*ts
  has been to this country.
  
  Every decent regular American is yearning to hear someone just tell the truth.
  Just come right out and state the facts. Barry is a radical, marxist agitator and
  a complete sham. His friends and associates are all commies. He’s installed
  these lunatics in our government at the highest levels and they’re destroying us
  from the inside. They’re purposely transforming this country by collapsing capitalism
  to bring about their socialist utopia.
  
  Just say it out loud
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 10:59am
  I wish I had your confidence about it Slayer. I really do.
  
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Armyduderetired
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:30am
I would of rather have Carter again even at his age.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:51am
  I lived through about three and half years of Carter while stationed at Ft Bragg. As much as that sucked because we could not get parts for dead lined vehicles, had to turn in an empty roll to supply to get a single roll of toilet paper, and the same thing with light bulbs, and I am not joking. But, I have to agree with you when it comes to preferring Carter.
  
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huey6367
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:28am
The people in the Obama ad, aren’t they the same people from the Carter ad?

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- Hiswill
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:44am
  Lol
  
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- poorrichard09
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:47am
  @Huey: Your right, they’re just old hippies!
  
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huey6367
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:26am
Not surprising since Obie has no original ideas.

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N37BU6
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:22am
“I’ve heard that there are cuts across the board on social programs”

Oh, no! Cutting the things that are bankrupting your country? In any case, increasing efficiency is hardly “cutting”.

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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:20am
The Marxist mulatto in chief and the peanut farmer are anti-semites,the peanut farmer lost in a landslide and the Marxist mulatto will follow suit.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:30am
  PROG, It looks to me like David Axlehole found Pat Caddell’s old notebooks and speeches. I remember this ad from Carter’s campaign.
  
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- PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:34am
  http://www.commieblaster.com
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:47am
  RJ Yeah the dems have worn out that playbook of class warfare as well and as Laura Ingraham said ‘if you can’t beat Obama in a landslide you deserve what you get’.
  
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Critters58
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:12am
I listened to this ad twice. People didn’t get any smarter. They obviously have not listened to anything Romney or Ryan said. Their comments are not true at all and shows ignorance talking to the ignorant! Sad they couldn’t do any better for an ad! This is the type of people we have voting? I don’t believe that I think Americans are smarter and are listening!

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- Capt_Gregg
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:12am
  The morons in that ad only serve to reinforce my belief that, in order to vote in a national election, one must have passed the same test required of someone becoming a naturalized citizen. Simply having been born here doesn’t magically give one an understanding of our government and/or the ability to make an informed decision in the voting booth. A huge number of people will throw logic to the winds this November and vote for Obama because (a) he’s black and/or (b) they, like their parents and grandparents, are Democrats and wouldn’t vote for Jesus Christ if he were running as a Republican.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:47am
  Capt
  
  My opinion was always a high school education, that way maybe
  there would be a desire to learn.
  Of course now a high school education is a joke as is a host of higher
  education!
  Democrats have the highest number of dropouts and uneducated
  that follow blindly because they simply do not know
  
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Critters58
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:07am
Remember Carter is the one who gaves millions to the Ayatolllah to overthrow the Shaw and that is why we have the Islamic attacks like we have. Obama is giving millions to the Muslim Brotherhood to destroy this country. Get the facts people. This just shows how really stupid you are and how self centered! You are choosing a President who wants to destroy you! Really really dumb move people!

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Critters58
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:04am
Just shows how wrong they were about Reagan and how wrong they are about Romney! Really dumb people in this ad for Obama and Reagan!! For sure would make me vote for Romney!

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13th Imam
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:54am
715 BILLION Dollars cut from Medicare

715 Billion Dollars stolen from Medicare

MEDICARE Cut 715 Billion Dollar

By the DEMOCRATS and Hussein Obama

Any way you put it , Mitt Romney has taken , stolen, cut nothing from Medicare. Only Barack Hussein Obama has cut, stolen, taken 715 BILLION dollars from MEDICARE

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- sndrman
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:33am
  don’t you know it’s bush’s fault?hussain is running for the 1st time the last almost 4 years the country has been leaderless(well really it has)that is to say b HUSSAIN o. was not prez……. well that how his campaign istrying to tell everyone………… blame bush,repulicans,call TEA PARTY terriosts(while the terriosts over seas are hussains buddies),anyone who disagrees with this socilaist commies in chief get the buzz word treatment……………
  
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- Balpit
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 11:53am
  They have a psychotic obsession with Romney’s tax returns.
  
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jackact
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:54am
Yes, and the situation in the middle east is ‘eerily’similar to the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis.
We all know what happens next:
Romney/Ryan 2012.

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- huey6367
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:25am
  A possible second coming of Reagan.
  
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- Stab_friendly
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:29am
  How’s the view from fantasyland!!!!
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:43am
  If only Huey…if only.
  
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- huey6367
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:51am
  My so-called fantasyland is more of a reality than this administrations view from their fantasyland. Now get back to work, Stab.
  
  And you asked a question. They should end with a ‘?’.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:58am
  GONZO, and HUEY, got to agree with you on that. I still think that Romney will be disappointing from time to time. But, unlike Reagan, he should have more Republicans in the Congress to back him. If they do repeal 0bamacare, I hope the Congress does not help him with those parts of the care package that he likes. That has been his first major disappointment with me.
  
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- Tigress1
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:59am
  Yes, it’s 1979 all over again. Did anybody like it the first time around?
  
  “Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it.” – Edmund Burke
  
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- RepubliCorp
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:30am
  STAB_FRIENDLY how is the view from the wasteland? AKA your Mom’s basement window
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:34am
  Stab_friendly
  
  Hey GOOFY what does it look like in fantasyland ?
  
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yougottabekidding
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:54am
As a very famous man once said, “you can’t fix stupid!”

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- Stab_friendly
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:31am
  Quoting Larry the cable Doesn’t help your argument. Redneck..
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:41am
  Yougottabekidding, LOL I was thinking just about the same thing as I read the article.
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fL6wbsGx9qw
  
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- huey6367
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:48am
  That quote is from Ron White
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 9:01am
  Stab_friendly
  
  Amazing you made my point! See how simple it is!
  By the way STUPID I’m a registered Democrate!
  
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Bermuda Onion
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:48am
For a man deemed the most “intelligent” man to ever reside in the white house he sure seems to surround himself with all non creative thinkers. He and his ilk have no creativity they are all about getting even instead of trying to fix their own screw ups.

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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:46am
  I remember back in the early ’90s about a similar statement being made about another former occupant of the White House. Hillary Clinton was being touted as the most intelligent woman on the face of the Earth.
  LOL, but have to admit that not even our press said that about Carter. They more or less pushed his Naval nuclear knowledge in a lame attempt to say “Carter is smart.” I did like the comedy value that his brother provided though.
  
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BOstinks
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 7:37am
Hope this ad gives ‘Dear Ruler’ the same results as it gave Jimmy Carter, a new job! Barack can make his mark on the world building new mud huts in Kenya. Let’s see how about “Huts for the Homeless”

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- Gregb
  Posted on September 13, 2012 at 8:06am
  I am in total agreement… sure hope that obama’s ad has the same benificial results for the American people as carter’s ad did!
  
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