Posted on 03/10/2016 6:37:36 AM PST by KeyLargo
Politics Mitt Romney's Ford Field Fumble? February 24, 2012 By MICHAEL FALCONE
ABC News' David Muir, Michael Falcone and Emily Friedman report:
DETROIT - Standing on the 30-yard line of Detroit's Ford Field, Mitt Romney delivered what was billed as a major economic speech before a crowd of about 1,200 supporters on Friday.
In his crucial home state of Michigan, Romney reiterated his new tax plan to applause from an audience dwarfed by the scope of the stadium that seats up to 80,000 spectators.
The Romney campaign promised an economic policy speech on filled with major new policy initiatives, but as it turned out, the venue may have been too big for his message. The supporters, sitting in folding chairs on the field of the indoor football stadium that is home to the NFL's Detroit Lions, were surrounded by tens of thousands of empty seats.
"I want to thank the folks at the Ford Field for making this space available for us," Romney said. "I guess we had a hard time finding a large enough place to meet and this certainly is."
The outsize venue drew ridicule from the Twittersphere. Conservative commentator Laura Ingraham tweeted twice:
"The pictures of an empty Ford Field are not helping Romney. Poor staging and tepid response from hometown crowd." and "Query: Why move the event to a larger venue when it looks like Romney would not have been able to fill a smaller one?"
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The stadium represents the size of government. The "crowd" represents the size government SHOULD be.
Talk about polishing a turd.
Keep working on that unity thing Trumpite. You are getting closer.
thank you for digging this analogy up.
Mittens, Marco, and Yeb. Tres amigos. Losers-a-trois
That doesn’t look like even 1200 people.
Nonetheless, Romney went on to easily win the nomination. It wasn’t even close.
Why anyone voted for him, I have no idea. Check that. I do have an idea. Because there weren’t really any other particularly good candidates.
“Now muster the Free Republic circular firing squad.”
Good job.
I was at Ford Field last December. Saw my alma mater play in the Quick Lane Bowl.
Definitely a nice stadium.
Mittens is not Trump.
I mean Trump can fill a stadium like this but Mittens?
He greatly overestimated his appeal to the people of MI.
Romney is full of sh!t. Loser. Yesteryears news. Go home Mitt...you had your chance and lost.
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