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Biggest mistake of the campaign? Republicans assumed voters were smart
http://www.joepags.com/blog/the-biggest-mistake-this-campaign-republicans-assumed-voters-were-smart/ ^ | Joe Pagliarulo

Posted on 11/11/2012 7:26:20 PM PST by oneprolifewoman

Let’s face facts. Democrats gained in the House of Representatives, the Senate and the chief Democrat in charge was re-elected after one of the worst four year periods in American history, economically and constitutionally. How does that happen? Republicans/Conservatives gave voters credit for being smart while Democrats assumed they’re not. Let’s break down what Obama, Pelosi, Reid, the Obama SuperPACs, et al were saying for a year and a half: Republicans are prosecuting a war on women Romney only cares about his rich friends and Wall Street Romney is responsible for the death of a woman by somehow giving her cancer Romney specialized in closing down businesses, laying people off and outsourcing jobs — especially to China Romney is a liar. All he does is lie. And, after he lies, he lies about the lies he told. Republicans are trying to outlaw contraception Republicans are trying to close down Planned Parenthood to stop women from getting cancer screenings Republicans want to put all Latinos on buses and send them back to Mexico Republicans think rape is okay — and women should just stop talking about it Republicans all own stock in oil companies and are forcing gas prices up Republicans want to give rich people a tax break and make the poor and Middle Class to make up the difference Romney hates half the country (47%) Romney will end Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Only problem with that list is, not one bit of it is true. Republicans/conservatives assumed everyone hearing this list of Democrat/liberal talking points would know it was completely false. They gave the American people credit for being smart enough to know better. Millions are and do — but, unfortunately, more millions aren’t and don’t.

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To: oneprolifewoman

I always thought Rush overestimated the intelligence of the American voters.


41 posted on 11/11/2012 10:21:26 PM PST by beckysueb
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To: bluebonnetgirl

Exactly! I think when he went on stage for his victory speech, he acted like What! I won?! Even he thought he was going to lose. And Romney was absolutely sure he was going to win. We all did, including a whole lot of experts. The fraud was sophisticated, well planned, well funded, and well implemented.


42 posted on 11/11/2012 10:29:14 PM PST by beckysueb
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To: proudpapa

Why not just say it

Black students

Seems freepers even after such a debacle fear to speak candidly

What are yall afraid of

A zot?

I mean really

Our nation and culture are disappearing under a brown secular confiscatory

Socialist invasion

And still people play footsie with anything minority


43 posted on 11/11/2012 10:51:56 PM PST by wardaddy (i want Santa to make Quentin Tarantino into a negro for Christmas)
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To: oneprolifewoman

The most stunning fact of this election catastrophe is how moronic the Democrat voter was. The next stunning fact is how extensive the vote fraud was and the morons who let that fact go unanswered.


44 posted on 11/11/2012 11:04:54 PM PST by jonrick46 (The opium of other people's money.)
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To: oneprolifewoman

I don’t call them Dummycrats for nothing.


45 posted on 11/11/2012 11:08:50 PM PST by Chgogal (Obama murdered the SEALs.They "were hung out to dry, basically exposed like a set of dog balls.")
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To: Liberty Wins

How are Republicans supposed to get their message through the concrete barrier provided to the Democrats by the media? A very depressing, losing battle.


46 posted on 11/11/2012 11:10:00 PM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: oneprolifewoman

Heard tonite that a lot of Tea Party voters may have stayed home because of the convention stuff. I can see Paulites doing it. Also massive voter fraud in select counties in swing states. zero only won 8 counties in PA. Some Philthy wards had 100% turnout and 99.5% for zero. Even saddam had sense enough to keep it at a believable 95%.


47 posted on 11/11/2012 11:24:06 PM PST by Eagles6 (DNC 2012 Convention: Celebrating infanticide and sodomy. Denying God.What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: ari-freedom
And the conservative response is to either stay home and wait for the perfect candidate

No the appropriate response. "We tried to tell you, now you have killed the Republic."

I am too old to care one whit anymore, so stuff it.

48 posted on 11/12/2012 12:00:21 AM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: bluebonnetgirl
Absolutely no one will ever convince what my eyes saw before the election —— a DEFEATED president.

Exactly what I saw. Did you know the Republican Party did not spend one dime to help Michele Bachman, likely because she opposed AFCA, which Boehner this week said he would not fight, it wa now law.

We have the enemy within our leadership, and we will never throw them out.

49 posted on 11/12/2012 12:04:54 AM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: Eagles6
Heard tonite that a lot of Tea Party voters may have stayed home because of the convention stuff. I can see Paulites doing it.

No one knows for sure that they didn’t show up and vote, we only know that they weren't counted. Big difference.

50 posted on 11/12/2012 12:12:04 AM PST by itsahoot (Any enemy, that is allowed to have a King's X line, is undefeatable. (USS Taluga AO-62))
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To: itsahoot

Very well could be. Is any Repub or Conservative organization researching this vote?


51 posted on 11/12/2012 12:25:51 AM PST by Eagles6 (DNC 2012 Convention: Celebrating infanticide and sodomy. Denying God.What could possibly go wrong?)
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To: oneprolifewoman

Obama lies to the american people 100% of the time...

And some people love it.... and others respect his honesty..
America has become “Blazing Saddles”....


52 posted on 11/12/2012 12:54:52 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: itsahoot

Wasn’t Bachmann rolling in cash?


53 posted on 11/12/2012 1:18:55 AM PST by ansel12 (Todd Akin was NOT the tea party candidate, Sarah Steelman was, Brunner had tea party support also.)
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To: firebrand
The Dems took the phrase “self-deportation” to be a terrifying aspect of Romney’s immigration policy. Why? They just ignored the prefix, “self-,” and focused only on the root, “deportation.”

Ever hear of a do-not-match letter? Sent to an employer of an employee, whose SSN comes back to somebody totally not him?

What Romney was saying was, if we were just to enforce the laws already on the books, the illegals wouldn't be able to find work and would go home voluntarily. Thus, "self-deportation".

54 posted on 11/12/2012 1:43:55 AM PST by cynwoody
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To: oneprolifewoman

This kind of ties in with the theory that the advertising campaign didn’t accomplish anything and was basically $1 billion down the toilet.


55 posted on 11/12/2012 2:14:03 AM PST by expat1000
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To: Psalm 144

Once Bush41 wanted a “kinder more gentle conservatism”, I knew the GOP was in trouble. It took Reagan to get us away from the Rockefeller wing. Other than God Himself, Who can save the GOP us now?


56 posted on 11/12/2012 2:43:52 AM PST by RightLady (Take out the trash Nov 6th--too late)
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To: indthkr

They were not concerend or prepared to meet voter fraud head on, I believe they looked the other way. This is the problem! The election was stolen just ask Soros


57 posted on 11/12/2012 4:01:43 AM PST by ronnie raygun (BB)
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To: Kickass Conservative

About the only republican that could win the presidency today is Dennis Miller.

He is hip, cool, quick, does great on late night shows, kinda looks Hispanic, and can jive talk.

Does he know anything about running a government? Does it matter? Since when is that a qualification in these times?

Our biggest problem is we expect competence on our side. The other side doesn’t care - just expects to be taken care of.


58 posted on 11/12/2012 4:12:31 AM PST by A'elian' nation (Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Jacques Barzun)
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To: justiceseeker93

Indeed.

Especially about the fraud and cheating.

Yesterday, I spoke with a Republican Poll Watcher. He told me that in Coral Springs(Broward), the dims had brought in lines of buses filled with “Holder’s people”. The buses filled the parking lot and the crowds were given free pizza and drinks as they waited in line. Each person had a blue card with a graphic of the ballot with all the democrats filled in. The graphic looked as though it had been designed for illiterates. They had to call the cops several times to oust the pizza trucks and attempt to stop the blatant electioneering.

But even so, he blamed the results on low republican turnout. When I suggested that republican votes may have been suppressed due to massive nationwide fraud, he said:

“I can’t wrap my mind around that. The consequences are just too horrible to contemplate.”

He’s right, you know, it IS horrible to have lost faith in the System that made America great.

Another acquaintance is moving back to Israel and starting over. This is the third Israeli Immigrant family that I know who has done this, in my TINY circle of friends.

I asked him if Israel would have any use for me...an Irish-Inuit-MiQ’Maw-Christian. He seemed to think I would fit right in.


59 posted on 11/12/2012 4:42:12 AM PST by left that other site (Worry is the Darkroom that Develops Negatives.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

“The mistake we made was to assume that voters believed in...and desired...self sufficiency.”

Yes; more than 50% of the electorate would rather have free stuff than free-dom. When that line has been crossed, it’s over, Baby.


60 posted on 11/12/2012 4:50:48 AM PST by MayflowerMadam
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