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Rose Siding

(32,623 posts)
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:07 AM Oct 2012

4 Days Before FP Debate, Romney Visited PAC That Touts Communism As Greatest Threat

My take-away from that visit? This man has no place on the national stage, or on a grade school stage, for one of two reasons. He either has no more grasp of reality than a grapefruit (no offence), or he is perfectly willing to be bought and sold to a degree that reveals a total lack of character.


Meanwhile, as Ann was on The View, Mitt Romney made a surprise appearance at the meeting of a Colorado Political Action Committee — also known as a campaign funding PAC.

The group, the American Conservative Union, boasts of being one of the oldest conservative organizations in the country. It champions a mission statement that asserts ......... “the forces of international Communism are, at present, the greatest single threat to these liberties.” (Either the statement of principles hasn’t been updated, or next week’s foreign policy debate is going to be considerably more exciting than anticipated.)

Romney’s appearance on The View had been widely anticipated since he admitted at a private fundraiser that he was nervous about sitting down with the “non-conservative” and “sharp-tongued” women. This comment, along with the now infamous 47 percent comment, was recorded in a secret video leaked by Mother Jones.

http://www.salon.com/2012/10/20/ann_mormon_missions_are_just_like_military_service/


Bolded portion is my own emphasis.
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4 Days Before FP Debate, Romney Visited PAC That Touts Communism As Greatest Threat (Original Post) Rose Siding Oct 2012 OP
A Theory: It's a Dogwhistle Bad Thoughts Oct 2012 #1
Sure Communism is a threat... LiberalElite Oct 2012 #2
This is what I see on Facebook all the time he's communist wonder bkkyosemite Oct 2012 #3
I bet he is going to attempt to claim Obama's policies are communistic. wisteria Oct 2012 #4

Bad Thoughts

(2,522 posts)
1. A Theory: It's a Dogwhistle
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:10 AM
Oct 2012

If communism is a FP threat abroad, it's a FP threat at home. That way he can associate Obama with communism or being soft on communism domestically.

LiberalElite

(14,691 posts)
2. Sure Communism is a threat...
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:10 AM
Oct 2012

Obama's president, isn't he? (VERY HEAVY SARCASM) This must be another Tea Party bunch o' kooks. But seriously, folks, the FP debate will be GOOD if Romney goes on about Communism. If so, I hope Obama runs ads showing the Berlin Wall being destroyed.

bkkyosemite

(5,792 posts)
3. This is what I see on Facebook all the time he's communist wonder
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 11:15 AM
Oct 2012

if Romney will call Obama a communist during the debate. As Ann and son have said he is crazy and has possible mental conditon.

 

wisteria

(19,581 posts)
4. I bet he is going to attempt to claim Obama's policies are communistic.
Sun Oct 21, 2012, 12:19 PM
Oct 2012

I have seen a lot of RW posters starting to talk about communism instead of him being Muslim.

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