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PoliGAF 2012 |OT3| If it's not a legitimate OT the mods have ways to shut it down
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Aaron Strife
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Romney's complete implosion as a candidate is my favorite part of this campaign. What a sleazeball :lol
PhoenixDark
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What can Romney possibly say to deflate this? He can't say it was misquoted. If he says he mis-spoke that will just look weak. He could double down I guess, which would fire up his base while turning everyone else off
I suppose he could bring up Obama's guns/religion comments but that won't fly outside of the right (who will pretend like those comments were ignored when in reality they almost cost Obama the nomination)
I suppose he could bring up Obama's guns/religion comments but that won't fly outside of the right (who will pretend like those comments were ignored when in reality they almost cost Obama the nomination)
Officerrob
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NullPointer
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Maybe he'll go full on Gingrich and attack the lamestream media.
What a fucking tease.
Black Republican
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My money's on: "how about a do-over?"
Seriously: I guess I expect a lot of talk about distractions and how Obama's the one trying to make people dependent.
RustyNails
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Mitt Romney is so screwed.
RustyNails
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I'm thinking he will throw a lawsuit on Mother Jones.
Aaron Strife
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Obama's Romney-sucks bounce will dissipate quickly.
Officerrob
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Lawrence O'Donnell couldn't be happier, he is literally smiling from ear to ear
PhoenixDark
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I haven't checked the right's response to all this yet, but the fact that Romney is holding a press conference should tell everyone his camp thinks this is huge. I thought he could simply ignore the media and explain this later. I bet there are folks in the campaign who also feel this is not a bad thing, but are being overruled.
This is the same guy who won't reveal his own taxes, yet talks behind closed doors about poor people (and old people...) not paying enough taxes.
This is the same guy who won't reveal his own taxes, yet talks behind closed doors about poor people (and old people...) not paying enough taxes.
NullPointer
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Yep. What else does he have?
"We have a very clear difference in our perspective of government and the economy, yadda yadda."
PhoenixDark
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Holy shit.
NullPointer
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Officerrob
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Romney is fucked
no apology
jamesinclair
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Only possible course of action at this point.
Saying otherwise would double cement his flop flop position while alienating both sides.
If theres going to be a press conference, link plz
teruterubozu
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Holy fuck.
Haha. The fucking balls on this guy. But it makes sense, his base loves this stuff.
Hey, I was right!
NihonTiger90
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He's doubling down like a fat guy at a KFC.
Aaron Strife
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See this reminds me of young adult novels with political campaigns, where Obama represents the humble, good natured everyman (usually a relative of the protagonist) while Romney is the overtly evil prick with a name like John Asshole who looks like he'll win, but loses in a landslide. This narrative is too perfect to have not been plotted.
Joe Shlabotnik
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I think they're up to octupling down in the last week alone.
Black Republican
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Soooo, Obama can throw around "Class Warfare" i guess?
Hobbestetrician
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The thing is, this isn't even a gaffe, it's a rare glimpse into what actually goes on in Romney's brain.
jamesinclair
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What a dumb campaign. How has he not fired his campaign manager and why is he still listening to them?
Buddha Beam
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I'm not surprised he's doubling down. His strategy has, for whatever reason, been to try and get the rightwing base behind him and to the polls, damn everyone else.
RoninChaos
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Holy shit this is amazing. "Fuck the poor! Yeah, I said it!"
At this point I'd expect every Dem to work on tying their opponent to Romney in some fashion. He might've lost several elections with this, depending on how it can be played.
Very odd move to hold a brief, frenzied press conference if all you are going to do is reiterate the message that is blowing up in your face. All it does is instantly elevate the incident even further. In case Romney didn't notice - and he obviously doesn't - that's not a good thing.
So he's doing this hasty presser tonight, and from the sounds of it he's only addressing and doubling down on the 47% video tonight, though it's unclear whether he specifies which of the clips he's actually saying is basically what he meant to say (even I can't believe he's stupid enough to imply that he's doubling down on the whole thing about "If my dad were Mexican I'd be elected"), what happens when Mother Jones releases more of the video and it's just as damning? Will Romney be doing late-night staged pressers every night this week?
This whole response strategy is completely ridiculous and ill conceived.
Is he kidding with this? Does he want Obama to win every state? Because this is where it's headed. First the Libya thing, which everyone agrees he fucked up on, now he shits on out of work people and double down on his shitting on them. Next thing you know he'll be talking about legitimate rape!
Black Mamba
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this presser is a bigger trainwreck than the libya one. lol
Officerrob
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That press conference should have never happened, Romney looked desperate
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