Hopefully this ends the campaign. Optics are a powerful thing.
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Romney’s campaign staff needs to be fired for that alone. Who would stage a campaign appearance in an empty stadium? At least Santorum’s people have the sense to rent a small section of the ballroom at a Ramada Inn. You know, those rooms that you can make even smaller by dragging those wall partitions across the middle of it. The resulting space is no bigger than my basement but at least cramming a couple hundred people into it makes it seem like Santorum has a highly energetic crowd - especially after an hour or so of open bar beforehand at that little place tucked between the indoor pool and the exercise room just off the lobby.
when this broke the romnbots were raking the messengers over the coals
buying american autos is patriotic, attacking mitt only because hes lds etc
but it gave a pretty good pic of a candidate not just with a silver spoon in his mouth but living in a silver bubble his whole life
(and you can always tell the magic underwear brigade because they cry victim from the beginning)
id love to see a reporter pull that trick they did years ago w bush sr. ithink it was? (not sure) where they asked him how much a loaf of bread cost, how much a doz eggs or a gal of milk cost, and he didnt have a clue
mitts never stood in checkout he hires illegal immigrants for that
Where was that town hall ears had a while back (Pittsburgh I think it was) where the place was empty except for a few rows of chairs yet the media pictures made it look like the place was full??
I’ll see if I can find them but my web searching skills leave something to be desired.
Let’s get real people, there is a ton of things to bash Romney about, but this is a closed invitation only speech. Not a public rally, not a townhall meeting.
Molehill meet Mountain.
Nah, he doesn't think too highly of himself.
We knew Romney ( General Cornwallis ) was a empty suit, but, now we see for ourselves that his supporters are empty too.
Sarah would have filled the stadium. Just sayin’.
Note that Ford Field is a regular venue for the Detroit Economic Club meetings:
http://www.econclub.org/Meetings/VenueInformation.aspx
Oh no! Europeans are laughing at someone. If that’s your gold standard on what’s appropriate - you must be supporting Obama. All Republicans are laughable in socialist Europe.
The only issue I have with this story is that nobody from Romney’s team is noting that how many people of Romney’s level of wealth:
1) Only have 4 cars? I know people with much less wealth (and I’m not talking lawn cars) that have more cars.
2) Have American cars. Really? Not one Porche, BMW, ... With near 200M USD in assets, you’d think there’d be a family Rolls in there or something. I suspect most Patriots here don’t have as good of a record on buying American.
It seems like ages ago but I once preferred Cain but oh well. Once he left, I settled for Romney since I have low trust for Gingrich or Santorum as campaigners or as executives. There are some serious flaws in Romney’s record and in his plans going forward (and I’m in the minority minority thinking that the primary has been good for Romney’s platform and the party). That said, there are times when it’s tough to promote the view that Romney’s good enough.
So Jimbo123 - I’d like to thank most magnanimously you for your focus on trivial and cosmetic matters vs. serious intellectual arguments. I’m sure you believe you’re helping whoever your candidate is but I view you as your own inner Rombot (I think that’s what you kids call it these days). Keep on keeping on.
Romney’s Reptiles got Obama elected in 2008. Never forgive; never forget.
“Car Guy” my ass ... if he truly loved cars he would have a stable of great cars ... not a politically motivated selection chosen to appease the big 3. He probably can’t tell you anything technical about any of them.
This kind of mistake is hard to understand. And, if Romney gets the nomination, these kind of mistakes will become more common.