Mitt Romney's campaign cancels staff credit cards on election night

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[matt04]

When Mitt Romney’s staffers tried to take cabs home after the Republican presidential nominee’s election night concession speech, they discovered a problem. According to NBC, the Romney campaign cancelled staffers’ campaign credit cards in the middle of the night.

NBC went on to report about the disassembling of the Romney campaign – but the anecdote about the credit cards has gone viral, getting picked up by the likes of Esquire and Forbes.

It’s not the only bit of quirky trivia reported on in the post-election coffee buzz. The Boston Globe discovered that Romney planned an eight-minute fireworks display over the Boston Harbor as part of his victory celebration. The Globe’s Glen Johnson reported, “The Romney show had a patriotic theme, heavy on red, white, and blue colors, and featured crowd-pleasing large chrysanthemum bursts.” After Romney’s concession, the show that never happened got dismantled and returned to the fireworks company.

[matt04]

Reading the comments, the libs have decided that that this is further proof that Romney would have been a horrible president because he doesn't care and is rich, or something like that.

[Jim Robinson]

Not personal, just business. Hope all his loyal staffers got home ok.

[Alberta's Child]

As time goes on, we're going to hear more stories like this indicating that Romney's campaign was run by a bunch of @ssholes who have no place in a Republican political campaign.

I'm hoping Election Night 2012 was the last time I'll see Karl Rove's face ... anywhere other than on the side of a milk carton.

[Never on my watch]

So my campaign donations were going for cab fare?

[mylife]

As of the second Mitt conceded, they would have had to shut the campaign down.

I am sure that any valid expense reports will be honored.

[what's up]

As time goes on, we're going to hear more stories like this

Did you think the MSM would NOT offer up the propoganda which conservatives seem to love to gobble up?

Look, for example, for legions of upcoming stories about Boehner which take every single soundbyte he ever uttered out of context. This of course will be used to sabotage House negotions because, of course, the dippy conservatives among us will believe every word.

[driftdiver]

Well you have to get people to where they are going. Perhaps they should walk or take high speed rail?

[funfan]

Yeah and those stories are much more important than those of Obama screwing our country over. Romney is the new Bush,
the new shiny toy don't focus on Obama and his new flexibility.

The joke is on the WHOLE country you and I included.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***After Romney’s concession, the show that never happened got dismantled and returned to the fireworks company.***

Which means, the Obama win lost an American fireworks company big bucks!

[reaganaut]

If true, it is unconscionable. Mitt has enough money and it is at least customary to wait until the next day before cancelling cards so people can get home and check out of their hotels.

However, I suspect that it wasn’t Mitt but some junior staffer to did this without approval and without thinking.

[sickoflibs]

Does this matter at all?

[Never on my watch]

Perhaps they should walk or take high speed rail?

...or, how about pay their own way like all the volunteers do.

[Kinder Gentler Machinegun Hand]

It is like firing all of the soldiers immediately after WWII and letting them find their own way home by themselves.

[Psalm 73]

“So my campaign donations were going for cab fare?”

Transportation - it’s a valid business expense - and like good stewards when the task was done the money gets cut off.

That’s a good business model. And I’m sure they had ten bucks in thier pockets for cab fare for cryin’ out loud.

[YukonGreen]

Don’t believe a word of this drival. Libs just trying to make Romney look bad even to his campaign office. Wonder how much STIMULOUS money the liberal news received for positive reporting of Obama.

[YukonGreen]

Don’t believe a word of this drival. Libs just trying to make Romney look bad even to his campaign office. Wonder how much STIMULOUS money the liberal news received for positive reporting of Obama.

[redhead]

Good for him. No sense paying the people who betrayed him any longer than he had to. Their faulty advice cost him the race. I hope they enjoyed their walks.

[Aria]

I can’t decide if this was prudent or if they should have waited until the end of the next day.

It certainly is the opposite of slathering your supporters with billions of dollars the way you know who does.

[driftdiver]

If you hire someone then you should pay them. If you ask them to volunteer then its negotiable.

[Belle22]

I will say, I was getting many emails per day from the Romney campaign, right up until the polls closed. Then, they didn’t even send out a “thank you for your efforts on our behalf” email. I thought that was rather tacky.