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Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney For President Releases New Web Video, "Silence"

May 06, 2012

Today, Romney for President released a new web video, "Silence." Yesterday, President Obama launched his campaign by telling Americans not to ask if they are better off than they were four years ago, but how they'll be tomorrow. This follows a jobs report that found more than 340,000 Americans dropping out of the labor force and an unemployment rate that remains unacceptably high.

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AD FACTS: Script For "Silence"

SCOTT PELLEY, CBS NEWS: "Tonight, new evidence the economic recovery is slowing."

  • SCOTT PELLEY, CBS NEWS: "Tonight, new evidence that the economic recovery is slowing." (CBS' "CBS Evening News," 5/4/12)

HAMPTON PEARSON, CNBC: "The unemployment rate 8.1 percent."

  • HAMPTON PEARSON, CNBC: "The unemployment rate 8.1 percent." (CNBC's "Squawk Box," 5/4/12)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "Over and over again, they'll tell you that America's down and out..."

  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "Over and over again, they'll tell you America's down and out." (President Barack Obama, "Remarks," Columbus, OH, 5/5/12)

BRIAN SULLIVAN, CNBC: "The unemployment rate did drop to 8.1 percent, but only, guys, because fewer people are in the workforce."

  • BRIAN SULLIVAN, CNBC: "The unemployment rate did drop to 8.1 percent, but only, guys, because fewer people are in the workforce." (MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 5/4/12)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "And ask if you're better off than you were before..."

  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "And ask if you're better off than you were before..." (President Barack Obama, "Remarks," Columbus, OH, 5/5/12)

JARED BERNSTEIN, FORMER OBAMA ADVISOR: "I'm just not seeing a ton of sunshine in here."

  • JARED BERNSTEIN, FORMER OBAMA ADVISOR: "I'm just not seeing a ton of sunshine in here." (CNBC's "Squawk Box," 5/4/12)

CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN: "Transportation and warehousing is where we lost some jobs."

  • CHRISTINE ROMANS, CNN: "Transportation and warehousing is where we lost some jobs." (CNN's "Starting Point With Soledad O'Brien," CNN, 5/4/12)

BRIAN SULLIVAN, CNBC: "That is a terrible number."

  • BRIAN SULLIVAN, CNBC: "That is a terrible number." (MSNBC's "Morning Joe," 5/4/12)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "The real question..."

  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "The real question..."(President Barack Obama, "Remarks," Columbus, OH, 5/5/12)

SCOTT PELLEY, CBS NEWS: "Job creation numbers fall for the third straight month."

  • SCOTT PELLEY, CBS NEWS: "Job creation numbers fall for the third straight month." (CBS' "CBS Evening News," 5/4/12)

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "It's not just about how we're doing today, but how we'll be doing tomorrow."

  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "It's not just about how we're doing today, but how we'll be doing tomorrow." (President Barack Obama, "Remarks," Columbus, OH, 5/5/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "Today Millions Of Americans Are Suffering In Silence."

VIDEO TEXT: "Job Growth Is Not Nearly Fast Enough To Recover The Losses From The Great Recession"

  • "Job Growth Is Not Nearly Fast Enough To Recover The Losses From The Great Recession And Its Aftermath." "Such job growth is not nearly fast enough to recover the losses from the Great Recession and its aftermath. Today the U.S. economy is producing even more goods and services than it did when the recession officially began in December 2007, but with about 5 million fewer workers." (Catherine Rampell, "U.S. Adds Only 115,000 Jobs In April," The New York Times, 5/4/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "...More Than 340,000 Workers Dropped Out Of The Labor Force..."

  • "More Than 340,000 Workers Dropped Out Of The Labor Force." "April's jobs report was, in a word, disappointing. The economy added only 115,000 jobs. Hiring slowed. More than 340,000 workers dropped out of the labor force." (Charles Riley, "Why Obama Can't Match The Reagan Recovery," CNN Money, 5/4/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "More Than 5 Million Americans Have Been Unemployed For Six Months Or Longer"

  • "More Than 5 Million Americans Have Been Unemployed For Six Months Or Longer..." "More than 5 million Americans have been unemployed for six months or longer, an astonishingly high number almost three years into a recovery." (Christopher S. Rugaber, "US Hiring Slows Sharply With Just 115K Jobs Added," The Associated Press, 5/4/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "This Is The Obama Economy."

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "That's why I'm running again for President of the United States."

  • PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: "That's why I'm running again for President of the United States." (President Barack Obama, "Remarks," Columbus, OH, 5/5/12)

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney For President Releases New Web Video, "Silence" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/301596

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