One of Romney's supporters here, Peter Horry, had a novel idea.
He claimed that McCain and Romney lost Election2008 because of "the Hurricane".
Perhaps he might elaborate here for other FReepers.
Has anyone else heard that is why the GOP lost the election? The weather?
How about Team Romney's savage attacks on Gov. Palin over and over and over and over and over and over (still ongoing, aren't they?)
The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 to 10 pts. in some polls, days prior to the election.
So rather than helping the GOP, poor loser “I am Myth” Romney and
TeamROMNEY decided …… to attack Gov. Palin (and her defenseless children) to throw Election2008.
"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 (2008, weeks before the election) Early Show appearance."
David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."
David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician… I will support him without qualm."
Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers…
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide…
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
"Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Palmetto Scoop reported: "One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was
the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
… aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw
that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"These staffers are now out trying to finish her off ….hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."
"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign?
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."
Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney
"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"
"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"
"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"
"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"
"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"
“One of Romney’s supporters here, Peter Horry, had a novel idea.”
Actually that, like most you post is either untrue or “taken out of context” , that is a common technique of those you oppose. Why do you lower yourself to their behavior?
I have agreed with statements ,made by Gov. Romney, that were being discredited/attacked simply because he made them, I have also posted his statements to make a point about what he said. I will, as long as I am allowed to, continue to do so.
Your techniques can be found in “Rules for Radicals” as seen below. In your case, like many in this forum, the cause is limited discrediting Gov. Romney. Nothing else seems important.
“Our cause had to be all shining justice, allied with the angels; theirs had to be all evil, tied to the Devil; in no war has the enemy or the cause ever been gray. (Alinsky 1972: 3) “
As for your challenge, seen below, I will be glad to do so. You were unable to comprehend my post or purposely ignored it in a feeble attempt to ridicule it. My point was that Sen. McCain’s lack of leadership in response to hurricane and the financial crisis, both of which resulted in the convention being suspended, did (in my opinion) have a profound effect on the election. I donated to Sen. McCain’s campaign before the election and planned to make at least one more donation after the election, I did not do so. I believe this may have been the response of many others. Here is your quote.
“He claimed that McCain and Romney lost Election2008 because of “the Hurricane”.
Perhaps he might elaborate here for other FReepers.”
As to your poll results for the McCain/Palin ticket (up +- 8 to 10 pts. days prior to the election) please elaborate here for other FReepers. You could even provide a link, you seem fond of them. Here is what I have found.
Zogby Date: 8/23-24 Barack Obama 45% John McCain 42%
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/polls/Zogby-National-Polls-Obama-McCain-August-2008.html
Zogby Date: 9/11-13 John McCain 46% Barack Obama 44%
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/polls/Zogby-National-Polls-Obama-McCain-September-2008.html
Rasmussen Date: 10/28-30 Obama 54% John McCain 42%
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/polls/Oregon-Obama-McCain-October-2008.html
THIS WILL BE MY LAST POST TO YOU. I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, IF YOUR INTENTIONS ARE TO SUPPORT/PRESERVE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THIS REPUBLIC.
I have no idea why you behave as you do nor why it is tolerated here but I now leave you to the ones close to you, or in a position to help you. GOOD-BYE