Posted on 11/06/2012 7:48:33 PM PST by Moseley
Mitt Romney failed to convince the voters that he would be better than Barack Obama -- because he never tried. Simply saying that Obama didn't improve the economy is not a logical argument. Voters are smart enough to ask the other side of the question: Would you, Mitt Romney, be any better? Yes, Obama has been a disappointment. But does it logically follow that Mitt Romney is necessarily a better choice?
Unfortunately, Romney’s Presidential campaign (meaning the campaign consultants who usually ruin the Republican Party) ran a campaign on the strategy of saying nothing more than
•“Him bad! Me no him!”
A year ago Mitt Romney had tons of money and knew that the economy would be the #1 issue and would decide the election, if properly played.
So it is great that only a few days before the election 673 economists endorse Mitt Romney’s economic plan.
But why wouldn’t a campaign with plenty of money put that in motion up 8 to 10 MONTHS ago?
Mitt Romney has never tackled the most crucial question of the entire election:
“Sure, Barack Obama has not fixed the economy, but should we take a chance on you the Republican and the risk that you mght make things WORSE?”
If you are a voter who is hurting, you’re not happy with your life under Obama. But can you take a chance on the economy getting even worse if Republican policies would cause a re-run of the 2008 economic crash.
Cheerleaders for the establshment Repulicans fail to understand:
If you are a voter struggling with this economy, you survived (almost) one economic crash. You cannot afford to risk another economic crash. So if there is even the slightest chance that Republican policies might cause another crash, a rational voter would choose a bad Obama over a “worse” Romney (as they might perceive it).
Republican political gurus have run away from the issue, because they always run away from every issue and have the spines of wet linguni, for the last 4 years.
Well, now that negligence and cowardice is coming home to roost.
Republican gurus allowed Democrats to get away with bald-faced lies about what caused the Democrat-inspired economic crash in 2007 and 2008. EXIT POLLS RIGHT NOW are showing that a majority of those showing up to vote blame the bad economy on George Bush. That is very bad news for Romney, because it gives a clue to WHO is turning up to vote.
I have been in those meetings with self-proclaimed campaign experts when they wring their hands and squirm in their seats and wet their pants over the prospect of EXPLAINING something decisively and forcefully to the voters, countering Democrat lies, and taking a stand on anything. They think they are brilliant and clever by saying absolutely nothing of substance in a campaign.
While Mitt Romney has dramatically over-performed early expectations of him as a perceived establishment Republican, his actual campaign apparatus has struggled under the albatross of traditional Republican mistakes.
That’s not my interpretation.
Romney could not possibly have tried harder, or collected more money, or had better marketing experts and consultants. (Who else would you have liked to have on board to run his campaign? Name some names.) He could not possibly have generated more energy or enthusiasm—if you doubt that, look at the tens of thousands who went to his rallies, or crowded signs all over the US, or the thousands who have been standing out in the cold for three hours in conservative areas of Virginia for a chance to vote for him. We could not have done more.
And yet it wasn’t enough.
Even though almost fifty percent of the voting public were excited about a Romney-Ryan victory, even though most of the Democrats were desultory about their support of Obama, Obama has won. Though people could look around them and see the evidence that Obama is leading this country to total ruin, they allowed themselves to be led by the mainstream media and their own fundamental witlessness.
We can’t do better. There is no candidate we could have run who would have garnered more votes or looked better or sounded better. If we can’t win with all this money and support, or with the incumbent showing up for his first debate in a stupor, we can’t win ever.
So this nation is simply going to head down the road toward perdition. I don’t see that there is a solution. God has answered our prayers, “No,” and what recourse do we have beyond Him?
Republican gurus allowed Democrats to get away with bald-faced lies about what caused the Democrat-inspired economic crash in 2007 and 2008. EXIT POLLS RIGHT NOW are showing that a majority of those showing up to vote blame the bad economy on George Bush. “
This is a lie that needed to be rebutted again and again.
Democrats ran the Congress when the crisis hit, they passed CRA and blew the housing bubble earlier, stopped oversight of Fannie and Freddie, and talked down the economy at the worst time.
Well, since it has already begun, let me also participate. I blame my co-nationals, who I must conclude tonight are irretrievably dumb. I’m also not pleased with some of our fellow posters who slammed Romney continually, enough for it to sway uncommitted observers.
we need a political renaissance with minority voters who are already socially conservative and pro-gun. We need a Latino Rush Limbaugh, a Latino “Archie Bunker” and a Latino Ronald Reagan (Rubio).
I agree. Romney wasn't my first choice, but I think he was actually turned out to be a good candidate. And unquestionably a good man.
If we do lose, I'm not blaming Romney. I'm blaming this strange new America that this country has become, with all the cultural degradation brought upon us by the Left. It is no longer the America we loved.
sadly I can’t blame this on Romney. My disgust is with the American people who fell for Obama’s pack of lies, even after 4 years of misery with him. Sure, Romney could have been more aggressive in the last 2 debates, done more character assassination vs Obama, run better commercials. But Mitt was an infinitely better candidate than McCain, Bush and Dole. He held himself high in the debates. I think he listened too much to his pollsters and “sat on a lead he didn’t have”.. BUT, when all is said and done: Mitt had as much $$$ as Barry to get his msg out. He laid out a choice: Socialism that has failed or return to free enterprise. The voters made their choice. Not just the minorities (sure it’s hard to overcome 95% Blacks voting for O) but the whites who are living off the fat of the land yet are overcome with “guilt” that others are not. Believe me. I live in Massachusetts. So I”m sick of my friends and neigbhors and blame them for this fiasco more than I blame Mitt.
sadly I can’t blame this on Romney. My disgust is with the American people who fell for Obama’s pack of lies, even after 4 years of misery with him. Sure, Romney could have been more aggressive in the last 2 debates, done more character assassination vs Obama, run better commercials. But Mitt was an infinitely better candidate than McCain, Bush and Dole. He held himself high in the debates. I think he listened too much to his pollsters and “sat on a lead he didn’t have”.. BUT, when all is said and done: Mitt had as much $$$ as Barry to get his msg out. He laid out a choice: Socialism that has failed or return to free enterprise. The voters made their choice. Not just the minorities (sure it’s hard to overcome 95% Blacks voting for O) but the whites who are living off the fat of the land yet are overcome with “guilt” that others are not. Believe me. I live in Massachusetts. So I”m sick of my friends and neighbors and blame them for this fiasco more than I blame Mitt.
sadly I can’t blame this on Romney. My disgust is with the American people who fell for Obama’s pack of lies, even after 4 years of misery with him. Sure, Romney could have been more aggressive in the last 2 debates, done more character assassination vs Obama, run better commercials. But Mitt was an infinitely better candidate than McCain, Bush and Dole. He held himself high in the debates. I think he listened too much to his pollsters and “sat on a lead he didn’t have”.. BUT, when all is said and done: Mitt had as much $$$ as Barry to get his msg out. He laid out a choice: Socialism that has failed or return to free enterprise. The voters made their choice. Not just the minorities (sure it’s hard to overcome 95% Blacks voting for O) but the whites who are living off the fat of the land yet are overcome with “guilt” that others are not. Believe me. I live in Massachusetts. So I”m sick of my friends and neighbors and blame them for this fiasco more than I blame Mitt.
Amerika: Land of the Freebie and Home of the Entitled
Chris Christy your an Ass
EXACTLY!
I had a horrible feeling during that whole sandy thing...
Turns out I was sadly right...
It ain't over yet, the fat lady hasn't sung, and beyond the media illusion, the reality is that Democrats have to cheat to win, and have for many decades. This is what happens when a minority illegitimately gains power over a bamboozled majority. If an honest vote count was tallied for the past 20 years, the entire hold of liberal power in this nation would be more to the right.
The "conservative mythology" may well be accurate -- we don't know, as "the country" only had two liberals to chose from. I feared Romney would get it in a landslide, and I know that the idea that the majority of Americans are freeloading flakes is probably way off the mark, but as the only mirror we have to hold up to ourselves is created by the media, we believe stupid voters are the majority when the fact is they're a minority that CHEATS. Obama is not responsible for being the destructive force he is -- Republicans are for playing defense so long that it's in their DNA. They play on the liberals' terms, and Romney is the most poignant illustration in our lifetime.
Forget blaming Romney. A majority of voters just chose a communist dictatorship.
Prepare for resistance or martyrdom.
Maybe we should start a movement where we all move to Texas and then secede by convincing the Dims it is the only way to “get rid of the hicks and hill billies”....
Well, since it has already begun, let me also participate. I blame my co-nationals, who I must conclude tonight are irretrievably dumb. I’m also not pleased with some of our fellow posters who slammed Romney continually, enough for it to sway uncommitted observers.
Yup, but worse than that is whole Food Stamp thing could be affecting it...
There are Torah codes that indicate Obama will defeat Israel and it will be their own fault.
Jews helped elect Obama.
I don’t fault Romney. Obama truly stole this election. Romney couldn’t overcome the margin of stealing.
“The dog catcher could beat Obama!”
“The DOG could beat Obama!”
“A ham sandwich could beat Obama!”
So was the rhetoric around here for the past few years.
What the heck happened?
“So this nation is simply going to head down the road toward perdition. I don’t see that there is a solution. God has answered our prayers, “No,” and what recourse do we have beyond Him?”
The “solution” must be a personal one (as is one’s relationship with God).
I submit my own here at the end of this reply:
http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2956071/posts?page=123#123
Countries come, countries go, why should we be any different?
“Countries come, countries go, why should we be any different?”
You are right, of course.
Still, how much it drives down one’s spirit to actually watch it go...
I’ve said what you’ve said for years. A pubbie candidate has to explain things to the electorate who are usually misinformed or outright ignorant. Merely stating that he could do better than Obama begged the questions: why and how? Every Pubbie candidate should be, like Reagan, and educator and an attacker. Reagan hammered liberalism at every opportunity. There is no room for squeamish Pubbies afraid of offending indys or minorities. Tell it like it is. Romney didn’t.
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