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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:05 PM Oct 2012

Romney’s ‘disaster relief’ looks a lot like a campaign rally

When is a campaign event not a campaign event? When it’s billed as “disaster relief” instead.

Mitt Romney’s campaign announced Monday that out of “sensitivity” to those affected by Sandy, he’d cancelled a campaign event for Tuesday in Kettering, Ohio, which had been scheduled to include former NASCAR champion Richard Petty and Alabama lead singer Randy Owen.

Instead, Romney appeared at a “disaster relief” event in … Kettering, Ohio. And he was joined by — you guessed it — former NASCAR champion Richard Petty and Alabama lead singer Randy Owen.

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/10/30/romney-campaign-event-in-ohio-now-storm-relief-effort/

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Romney’s ‘disaster relief’ looks a lot like a campaign rally (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 OP
Romney did suspend campaigning... CoffeeCat Oct 2012 #1
A campaign rally and a chance to get rid of those canned goods you never got around to eating. tanyev Oct 2012 #2
"...those canned goods you never got around to eating" left-of-center2012 Oct 2012 #3
No, green beans are primo items! tanyev Oct 2012 #4

CoffeeCat

(24,411 posts)
1. Romney did suspend campaigning...
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:09 PM
Oct 2012

He's not tending to a diaster. The disaster that is his campaign.

tanyev

(49,678 posts)
2. A campaign rally and a chance to get rid of those canned goods you never got around to eating.
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:36 PM
Oct 2012

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
3. "...those canned goods you never got around to eating"
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:56 PM
Oct 2012

You must be referring to those cans of green beans in my pantry.

tanyev

(49,678 posts)
4. No, green beans are primo items!
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 05:58 PM
Oct 2012

I'm thinking canned beets, pearl onions, marinated artichokes.....

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