Posted on 11/21/2007 12:30:50 PM PST by greyfoxx39
Have a happy Thanksgiving.
Need a good laugh?
Well here you go.
This is a FAKE e-mail that has been sent out in Iowa.
Note to Romney supporters: I repeat, IT IS A FAKE.
As most of you probably read in today’s National Review , our campaign has been tied to the anti-Mormom calls made here in Iowa attacking Gov. Romney for his faith. It appears our campaign’s chief strategist, who we have paid nearly $800,000 in fees, is behind the calls.
Our office has been swarmed with hundreds of phone calls since the National Review, the most respected national conservative publication, broke the story. Many Iowans are upset that our own campaign would smear our own candidate and Mormons and try to tie it to another campaign.
Because we were not able to answer all your phone calls, we’d like to issue a sincere apology. Our campaign believes that we must say and do anything to win — which sometimes gets us into trouble.
It has been a tough couple of months, as our staff has been under intense scrutiny because of our aggressiveness.
1. You probably read in the Washington Times that just 5 days ago, our top social conservative liaison, Paul Weyrich, accused National Right to Life of being bribed by the Fred Thompson campaign.
2. You probably read in the Washington Post about our consultants in South Carolina who made an offensive, anonymous website about Fred Thompson.
3. You probably heard from the Associated Press (AP) about how our campaign employed a director of operations who made fake police badges and would pull reporters over .
4. You probably read in The Hill, Washington’s leading newspaper, that our former Finance Co-Chairman, who raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for our campaign, has been sued for severe child abuse, specifically sexual abuse .
5. You probably read in the Boston Globe about another one of our chief fundraisers who defrauded companies by $32 Million Dollars.
6. You probably heard that one of our top Homosexual supporters, Senator Larry Craig of Idaho, will most likely not run for re-election. Luckily, we have found new support in the Homosexual Community by the endorsement of the Gay and Lesbian Log Cabin Republicans. You can view the endorsement by the Homosexual Gay and Lesbian Republican Group Here .
While we do not have the time to explain each and every of these offenses, including the newest one, we can assure you, our valued supporters, that the Team Romney campaign is 100% committed to saying anything and using any campaign tactics to win.
To Victory,
Iowa Team Romney
Professional grade disinformation!
“Well, it indicates very, very strongly that whoever orchestrated the calls wanted these particular respondents— who could be counted on to run to the media complaining about the calls— contacted. Certainly, it was not up to Western Wats (allegedly) to determine who was called, so it wasn’t an accident, mistake, oversight , or even deliberate action (perhaps to aid a candidate that some at the firm seem to strongly back) on their part that led to these people being called.”
Not only were Romney staffers in the polling sample, but the choice of Western Wats themselves was designed to ensure the poll got flagged (by dissidents within Western Wats). From experience, most conspiracies are not conspiracies (but a few are).
[Can you really believe that all of this speculation proves this campaign is behind it?]
a) the poll happened, so somebody somewhere is behind it (obvious)
b) whoever did it had to have money (only the campaigns or rich individuals)
c) of the campaigns few would benefit from the poll - though the Romney campaign would by backlash
d) the Romney campaign has already demonstrated the presence of brick stupid operatives (the fake cop and the phoneyFred website)
In short, you just can’t rule Romney out right now.
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