Op-Ed: Andrea Saul single handedly kills Mitt Romney's hopes of victory

[Liberal_in_LA]

Op-Ed: Andrea Saul single handedly kills Mitt Romney's hopes of victory
Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul slipped away from the talking points while on the Fox News "Happening Now" program this morning and gave the campaign a brand new headache. This one may be fatal, as it affects whatever base Romney might still have.
While ostensibly on the program to hammer an ad being aired by a pro-Obama PAC in which a man blames Mitt Romney for losing his job and health insurance, and then his wife to cancer that would have been treated under his old insurance policy, Spokeswoman Saul said these words that were followed by a thunderclap of hands smacking foreheads around the nation.

To that point, you know, if people had been in Massachusetts under Governor Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care.

Lord, lord, lord! The last thing conservatives want to talk about, even less than Romney's tax returns (because at least there, they have a common enemy in Sen. Harry Reid), is Romneycare's similarity to Obamacare. Saul's comment turns Romney into the conservative's worst nightmare! Their main complaint about Romney all the way back to the primary season was his implementation of Obamacare on a state level would make him an ineffective messenger on repealing the president's legislation.

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[cbdo2007]

1. Really the only thing they can all agree on is their hatred of President Obama.

[gateley]

20. +1 nt

[Bonhomme Richard]

43. Thats all they need. The nations good...forget about it. n/t

[Vietnameravet]

49. True

Very true...

[Jackpine Radical]

56. Oh, I think they have a few other points of commonality.

Greed, global warming denial, wanting tax cuts for the rich, Bush amnesia, a few things like that.

[Hissyspit]

64. Mostly greed.

[nightscanner59]

66. those and knuckle-dragging neanderthalism.

[chervilant]

72. And,

all people with 'dark' skin (note that our language is a result of centuries of prejudice...)

[AlbertCat]

83. Really the only thing they can all agree on is their hatred of President Obama.

Bingo.


It's not that Rmoney's people are so incompetent or keep screwing up as much as, there's no way to talk about Mittens without bringing up stuff no one on the right wants to hear. It's simply impossible. They can only (safely) talk about Obama.... and most of the "bad bad Obama" memes have run their course and fizzled out... except of course the millions of ways to point out he's black!!!!

[ProSense]

2. My theory:

Conservatives are freaking out over this because they know the tax issues is killing Mitt's campaign.


It's a typical screw up from a campaign that can't keep its lies straight, and the RW hates ObamaCare, but the "OMG, it's over" reaction is an admission that Mitt is screwed.

[ProSense]

3. It's like

rats jumping ship:

Rush Limbaugh On Romneycare Defense: A ‘Goldmine’ For Obama
http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/rush-limbaugh-attacks-mitt-romney-on-health-care-defense.php

[yellowcanine]

5. "Limbaugh was literally left sputtering as he contemplated the Romney response."

I love it when Rush sputters. He is so cute when he does that.

[intheflow]

8. I beg to differ.

Rush is never cute.

[sky imager]

16. He looks like he just shit his pants...

[hifiguy]

18. No kidding.

[Freddie]

22. I can smell it from here! :)

[chknltl]

27. Having never watched the show myself, i have to ask:

What evidence do you have that he wears pants?

[Ken Burch]

35. thank you very much for an image NOBODY wanted to have.

[chknltl]

52. I dunno, he might be Scottish.

Clan Macfuquewad!

[pkdu]

54. No way that particular "fat bastard" is Scottish....

...don't even joke about it !

[jmowreader]

62. You mean drinking a case of Glenfiddich every night doesn't make you Scottish?

[TeamPooka]

41. lmao

ouch

[sarge43]

68. Next time post a graphic warning. Thank you. :) n/t

[progressivebydesign]

32. he just looks like shit, to me. ;0 nt

[davidpdx]

53. +1

Welcome to DU!

[lunatica]

29. It makes you want to pinch those cheeks doesn't it?

Really hard.

[Ken Burch]

36. er...WHICH cheeks?

n/t.

[lunatica]

42. The ones close to his pouty little hole

Six of one and half a dozen of the other. Everyone gets to choose which cheeks.

[Ken Burch]

45. ...because this is AMERICA, the LAND OF THE FREE!!!...

n/t.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

34. See this?

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That's the expression he should have had upon hearing he was being pulled from the air for violating the morals clause of his contract for his drug use.

No Rock and Roll DJ in America could have been busted for "hillbilly heroin" and been able to find work ever again. Instead, Rush didn't even pay a fine. He just paid the court costs and did rehab.

[tanyev]

39. Careful, that's his warning sign before his head explodes.

If you are in a 5 mile radius, take cover now!

[Raster]

63. No. No he is not. He is never cute. Ugly, ugly, ugly.

[JoeyT]

67. If that picture were posted somewhere with

zero context as to what caused it, I wonder what people would think his problem was?

"What do you mean the pharmacy was out of Oxycontin? I'm jonesing bad man!"

[JoePhilly]

4. Its getting so bad, they may have to start talking about Mormonism.

There's nothing left.

[gateley]

21. Mitt is a good Christian Morman -- I can just hear it now. nt

[Ken Burch]

46. A "Morman"? Is that what the call adult males in that faith?

Are adult females called "Morwomen"?(I just set up a half-dozen jokes there, people...)

And what about the Morboys and Morgirls?

(not sure what term they'd use for transgendered LDS'rs, though).

[AmyDeLune]

57. and their sorcerers are called "Morlocks"...n/t

[demwing]

65. So do they come from Mordor?

do they simply walk in?

[gateley]

86. I know how it's spelled, I just fucked up. nt

[Ken Burch]

87. Sorry...wasn't slamming you...

It was just a great set up...I mean, you can see the possibilities...

No personal offense intended...ok?

[gateley]

88. Oh no -- I wasn't offended! I laughed at your post -- I was just laughing at

myself. Sorry if I sounded offended!

[Ken Burch]

89. We're all good then? Cool!

Have a nice weekend!

[gateley]

90. Absolutely! If only you could have HEARD my post, you'd have known there

wasthere was nothing to worry about.

[denverbill]

6. You seriously underestimate the power of Republicans to ignore facts.

He could go on TV today, clearly announce he now backs a Canadian style single payer plan for the US, and teabaggers would forget all about it and be queueing up to vote against the evil Obama.

About the only thing he could do to lose their support is call Sarah Palin unqualified for VP or announce that he wants new laws to prevent insane people, criminals, and terrorists from buying guns.

[Hoyt]

28. That's what I think too. Plus, Romneyhood can turn around and say he can make Healthcare work.

I don't buy it, but there will be some "independents" who do and believe he's not so bad.

[lunatica]

30. Don't underestimate the Obama team to keep reminding the public

[Spitfire of ATJ]

37. Exactly. All Romney has to do is claim that "Liberal Program" was a "Taxacussetts" thing.

And then claim it wasn't even his and he only signed it into law because he wanted something in return and then point out something he did to screw poor people and all will be forgiven. ESPECIALLY if the poor people were black and some of them died.

[progressoid]

51. They'll vote for "anybody but Obama".

A few months ago, I heard some RWers talking at a bar about who to vote for in the primary. They kept saying, "anybody but Romney". But when they came to the conclusion Mitt was going to get the nod, they switched to "Anybody but Obama".

[chervilant]

73. And, too many are

seriously underestimating the power of racism in our nation. Spend a few moments in a small diner in 'Anywhere' Rural America: you'll likely hear all about 'that colored feller in the White House,' and how most folk are gonna vote for 'whoever the Tea Party endorses.'

[uponit7771]

74. +1

[COLGATE4]

76. You said it! K&R

[SDjack]

7. rMoney always restricts his support for RomneyCare to MA. He says

that the model will not work nationally. Is that position rooted in racism? Why wont it work nationally? Is it because MA has a high percent of whites, and many other States have much lower percents? If that's not what rMoney is thinking, then he should tell us. Maybe we can fix it.

[JHB]

24. Not so much that as trying to have it both ways

It's his one big achievement as governor, and it's basically working, so completely disowning it would look idiotic (to himself, which is the opinion that counts), but he also has to ride the hate-machine against Obama, thus magically it works in one place but is bad bad bad anywhere else.

[Jamaal510]

26. I think it's just the old conservative POV about

states rights vs. federal rights. They want everything to be left up to the states, including health care.

[democrat_patriot]

9. Worse yet: She said it on two separate occasions, two different shows.

So there's nor "I misspoke" bullsh**.

No - you said it, twice; and meant it.

[yellowcanine]

10. Freepers are having a sh*t storm.

“Somebody find him a big tub of crap to stand in so he doesn’t look like fool walking around looking for a pile to step in.”

ya what you said... What a collection of morons this candidate and his campaign is...

When you have a candidate with no core conservative principles this is what you get

We are toast

Pretty much endorsed RomneyCare

No. Pretty much endorsed Obamacare.

What a moron! Why didn’t he point out that the guy’s wife wasn’t refused treatment, and WAS treated even though there was no insurance, and that under Obamacare, the guy would have to pay a fine to the IRS for being uninsured?

The GOP is dead. The sooner conservatives face up to that the sooner we can get about the business of saving the republic.

These people can be so damnably stupid. What a moronic response to an ad that claims your candidate killed a woman.

I am convinced there are democrat operatives running Mitt’s campaign. That or they are simpleton morons. All Right! Who is the dipshit who blew our cover???

[UnrepentantLiberal]

12. Ha ha ha

[Johnyawl]

17. OMG that first line is so effing funny!!

“Somebody find him a big tub of crap to stand in so he doesn’t look like fool walking around looking for a pile to step in.”

What freeper was smart enough to string those words together? lmao

[yellowcanine]

19. Maybe not a freeper. Maybe one of those "dem plants" they were talking about.

[TxVietVet]

71. I'm sure the Freepers got their panties all wadded up good now.

They'll have to do a couple of doobies to calm down. On second thought, screw them, let them whine and rant.

[cleduc]

11. Erick Erickson "OMG. This might just be the moment Mitt Romney lost the election. Wow"

https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/233242146189225984

Coming from a fairly senior GOP pundit, that statement is more damning.

What Romney's spokesperson said is true: if that man's wife had access to RomneyCare/ObamaCare, she might have lived.

So once again, the GOP party is lamenting the truth coming out that healthcare like Obama's could have saved and continue to save Americans lives. They're lamenting something that would be good for average Americans but because they're against it, it was ok for Americans to die so that they could resume their hold on political power.

I find Erickson's reaction much more offensive than anything that woman said.

And you know what? Folks like that don't deserve to be in power and shouldn't be anywhere close to it. When America gets people like that as far away from Washington as they can, America will be much, much better off.

Again, when I looked at the two candidates, their policies and what is behind them, I don't understand why Romney is remotely close in the polls.

[Jessy169]

13. An accidental truth -- how sweet it is!

I'm sure that Andrea Saul was desparately fishing around in her mind for a good lie, but ended up latching onto this truthful statement instead. The pressure cooker that Romney and his team are trapped in is shooting out clouds of steam -- watch out, I think it's going to blow!

[spooky3]

80. "Wait, wait, wait--even though the truth would actually help us, we want you to find a lie!"

"We are furious you didn't lie about how our candidate's health care plan helped average Americans."

Had Romney convinced conservatives that the Mass. program was actually good for people and taken credit for the ideas behind ACA, he would have no problem now.

[riverwalker]

14. Andrea, Andrea

remember back in May you said "Obama is in way over his head"? Oh honey, I think you blew it. Your degree was in Communications, right? Uhh huh. Your daddy is a multi-billionaire who owns the largest carpet company in the world. You coasted through school, daddy pulled some strings, you got a few campaign gigs, sounds like people kind of just put up with you, because youre cute, young and rich, and no one wants to piss off daddy. Instead of, you know, actually doing anything of merit. You blew it honey, sorry, but you did.
Maybe you could go into dads carpet business, although I think everyones getting laminate floors these days....

[sadbear]

15. She's Obama's mole, his double agent!!!!

[DinahMoeHum]

23. She, and Eric Ferhnstrom (the one who said "Etch-A-Sketch")

n/t

[rocktivity]

25. One thunderclap of facepalms, coming right up!

And the Mitts just keep on coming!


rocktivity

[patrice]

31. b-, b-, b ... but that'd be S - O - C - I - A - L - I - S - M, wouldn't it!?!?!? aaAAARRRGGHHH!!!!

~

[Historic NY]

33. The gang that can't shoot straight strikes again...

if they keep this up Obama won't have to worry about the money gap...its simply precious.

[Richard D]

38. "W"illard is white and not Obama

the base will still vote for him.

[nanabugg]

40. But, but, Obama is half white. Doesn't that count? nt

[Ken Burch]

48. only half as much.

maybe if we could get Mitt's genealogy files from Salt Lake City and find out if he fails the "one drop theory".

[Warren Stupidity]

77. No. 1/16th I believe was the legal limit on white.

We are still fighting the civil war.

[AlbertCat]

84. Doesn't that count?

"One drop of black blood, and you're all black!"

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[WinstonSmith4740]

44. Why, oh why doesn't someone bring this up?

I keep waiting for someone in the Obama campaign to state the rather obvious and hopefully this might be the opportunity.

To that point, you know, if people had been in Massachusetts under Governor Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care.

Why should someone in Massachusetts have better access to health care than someone in say California, New York, Nevada, or any other damn state in the union? Isn't this The United States?

[HiPointDem]

47. we've truly entered orwellian territory. romney is evil, but his healthcare is the bee's knees.

it's hard to know who the intended propaganda target is.

[stubtoe]

50. I'm seriously looking forward to the Romney campaign post-mortems the pundits will produce

this November. Once they finally get past spinning poll data during this lead-up, and only the wreckage remains.

So many problems, so many gaffes, however will they rank them all?

[Tennessee Gal]

55. How amazingly stupid are these people?

Today they tried to use Bill Clinton in an ad that lies about Obama and welfare reform. Of course Clinton denied what they said. Hey morons, you don't want to take on Bill Clinton! Best you not attempt to use him in any way.

Then this person makes a remark that praises Romneycare in Massachusetts while Romney is dissing Obamacare every chance he gets.

Romney cannot run a campaign without screwing up.

He certainly cannot run the government of this country.

[proud patriot]

58. I think I saw coulter's head go spinning off earlier

[Peaceful Protester]

59. I don't know which quote I like better...

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"To that point, you know, if people had been in Massachusetts under Governor Romney’s health care plan, they would have had health care." ~ Andrea Saul, Romney spokeswoman

-OR-

"If Chris Christie doesn't run in 2012, Mitt Romney will be our nominee and we will lose."
~ Ann Coulter, at 2011 CPAC

...Both are very good.

[SunSeeker]

60. Ironic how the right only criticize Romney spokespeople when they tell the truth.

And don't think women won't notice how harder the right is being on Saul compared to Ferhnstrom.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

61. This Article Made Me Think Of This Movie Clip

[foo_bar]

75. wow, O.J. Simpson facepalm.

If the narrative doesn't fit, it must be Mitt.

[Canadian 2]

69. No

Mittbot and Queen Ann have already done that!

[Berlum]

70. Wow - what rank hypocrites (R)

Supreme Republican suckage

[lumberjack_jeff]

78. The etch a sketch seems to shake itself. n/t

[spooky3]

79. So conservatives are outraged when an aide speaks the TRUTH? More evidence of

how Orwellian and duplicitous the Republicans are today.

[RBInMaine]

81. Team-Obama needs to GO WITH THIS in a big way! Also, watch how she WHINES about the Obama ads. WHAA!

[KurtNYC]

82. You can't kill what's already dead

Mitt killed it with his lies and his liberal healthcare program.

Romney has defended Romneycare -- he said it wasn't a tax right after the SCOTUS decision. Why blame Saul?

[Major Hogwash]

85. President Obama's healthcare plan will never be repealed.

Only improved.

It saves the country too much money in the long run to ever gain enough support to repeal it.
It's law, and that's the way it is.