Posted on 05/31/2012 12:21:51 PM PDT by kristinn
it intends to fight the guerilla warfare of a presidential campaign with a new aggressiveness and combativeness.
The first signal came in Boston, where top Obama adviser David Axelrod organized an anti-Romney event on the steps of the Massachusetts state house. The event, which Team Obama wanted to keep under wraps until shortly before it happened, was to feature remarks from Axelrod and Democratic state officeholders who would attack Romney's record as governor from 2003 to 2007. But it didn't work out as planned.
First, word of the event leaked last night, and the Romney campaign quickly scheduled an event of its own at the state house about an hour before Axelrod's. Then, when Democrats began speaking, a crowd of about 100 Romney workers, supporters, and volunteers showed up to chant, shout, and heckle the speakers every step of the way. The protesters shouted "Solyndra!" and "Where are the jobs?" and "Mitt, Mitt, Mitt!" while Democrats gamely attacked Romney's tenure as governor.
"I get tweets from some of these folks, so I feel close to them," Axelrod lamented at one point. At another, he said simply, "Look, this is the great pageant of democracy." In the end, the Obama event was overshadowed by the loud, aggressive Romney forces.
It was the kind of tactic that is usually repaid in kind on the campaign trail, and it seems likely -- certain, actually -- that Romney surrogates, and perhaps Mitt Romney himself, will soon face similar actions at their events. But Romney aides aren't worried, saying what they did was both payback and a message.
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You needn’t apologize for liking Romney. Karl Rove likes him, too.
I’m not apologizing.
There’s a long list of people who like Romney, including (as of Yesterday) Nancy Reagan.
Why don’t you go ahead and call her senile then?
No, I won’t call Nancy Reagan senile. But, like your man Romney, she supports the “right to abortion.”
There’s a long list of people I respect who support Romney.
The vast majority are pro-life as is Romney.
And don’t bother posting a load of crap about stuff he supposedly said or did.
Well, like you say, you can’t rely with confidence upon anything your man Romney said or did. I guess that’s why you like him?
Okay.
Not a huge fan of the Mittster as you know, but when was the last time we had a candidate who was willing to take all their stinking Alinskyite crap and shove it right back in their face?
Never so far as I recall. Gotta give him props here.
Why make a stupid sarcastic post that means nothing?
Romney has pledged a pro-life agenda. If you choose to doubt him, I guess you can.
Obama has pledged a pro-abortion agenda... don’t doubt him.
Why would you favor Obama over someone who says this:
My Pro-Life Pledge
By Mitt Romney
June 18, 2011 12:50 P.M. I am pro-life and believe that abortion should be limited to only instances of rape, incest, or to save the life of the mother.
I support the reversal of Roe v. Wade, because it is bad law and bad medicine. Roe was a misguided ruling that was a result of a small group of activist federal judges legislating from the bench.
I support the Hyde Amendment, which broadly bars the use of federal funds for abortions. And as president, I will support efforts to prohibit federal funding for any organization like Planned Parenthood, which primarily performs abortions or offers abortion-related services.
I will reinstate the Mexico City Policy to ensure that nongovernmental organizations that receive funding from America refrain from performing or promoting abortion services, as a method of family planning, in other countries. This includes ending American funding for any United Nations or other foreign assistance program that promotes or performs abortions on women around the world.
I will advocate for and support a Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act to protect unborn children who are capable of feeling pain from abortion.
And perhaps most importantly, I will only appoint judges who adhere to the Constitution and the laws as they are written, not as they want them to be written.
As much as I share the goals of the Susan B. Anthony List, its well-meaning pledge is overly broad and would have unintended consequences. That is why I could not sign it. It is one thing to end federal funding for an organization like Planned Parenthood; it is entirely another to end all federal funding for thousands of hospitals across America. That is precisely what the pledge would demand and require of a president who signed it.
The pledge also unduly burdens a president’s ability to appoint the most qualified individuals to a broad array of key positions in the federal government. I would expect every one of my appointees to carry out my policies on abortion and every other issue, irrespective of their personal views.
If I have the opportunity to serve as our nation’s next president, I commit to doing everything in my power to cultivate, promote, and support a culture of life in America.
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In post 84, you warned against “posting a lot of crap about stuff he supposedly said or did.”
Then, as soon as I agreed with you that we can’t rely upon anything Romney has said or done, you post a lot of crap about what he’s most recently said. He’s made it very clear in the past that he’s pro-abortion. He’s made it very clear in the past that he pushes a pro-homosexual agenda. He probably sees that agenda as a stalking horse for the polygamy agenda of his “church.”
I think we should stick to having just one First Lady at a time. And, I think all of our future First Ladies (remember, just one at a time), should be over 18 years old.
Bring it on Mitt!!!
You just revealed yourself as one of those nasty mormon haters. Not just nasty, but really nasty.
Romney has led an exemplary personal life and has a nice family. You do not sound like as god a person as he is. Just sayin’
I personally do not believe this kind of stuff should be allowed on this forum.
If I thought it would do any good, I would post abuse on you.
Mitt Romney and Eric Cantor on Healthcare 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0ekoHzUZE4
May 2, 2009 - At the kickoff of the National Council for a New America listening tour, Romney discusses Romneycare as a national model; Eric Cantor doesn’t seem to mind. Complete version available here: http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Conversationf
2009 Romney glad to hear Obama copying RomneyCare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvwwWkzO82g
RomneyCare Healthcare Evolution - New Footage Collection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZcL-mp5_A
Mittens has been running a suprisingly strong campaign so far. Keep it up and do the exact OPPOSITE that dingus McCain did 4 years ago.
RomneyCare Healthcare Evolution - New Footage Collection
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGZcL-mp5_A
Romney’s Stance on Health Care - The Untold Story - HISTORY OF ROMNEYCARE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-f8OZXmmXk
I smell democratic operatives at work here...
Like I’ve said: Don’t feed the trolls!
If there any consolation, Mitt will be better at governing than Newt.
“So you will be campaigning for Obama then?”
Thanks for the good advice. I’ll try to take it.
I must remember that when some people ask one a question, they don’t really want to know the answer.
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