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Related: About this forumThe Face of Failure: Only 500 People Show Up To See Mitt Romney In Ohio
Remember when the right was claiming that Obama failed when he drew 14,000+ people to his Ohio rally? Today, Mitt Romney showed us what failure really is by drawing 500 people to his Ohio event.
According to Cleveland.com, Before Romney began his town hall forum at Stamco Industries, Ohio Auditor Dave Yost dismissed the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as an Obama accomplishment. A Romney backer, Yost told a crowd of more than 500 that giving the president credit for bin Ladens death would be like giving Ronald McDonald credit for the Big Mac you had for lunch. Everyone knows its the man working the griddle, not the man on TV.
The Romney people called the crowd estimated at anywhere between 300-700, great turnout.
Lets do a little comparison shall we?
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Rest of article here: http://www.politicususa.com/romney-ohio-attendance.html
corkhead
(6,119 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Sounds logical to me.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)You said you and your fellow conservatives believe "everyone" should live like the Papa John's Pizza guy lives. "The man working the griddle" is making the pizza too. They deserve the credit. How much should they rightfully earn compared to the mis-credited Ronald McDonald? He just gives the orders, right? No credit for that!
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I thought they were dumb for going after crowd size when it was clear Obama draws much larger crowds than Romney, but to do it on a day which they know Romney is going to be hosting a rally that would be only a small fraction of the size? Idiots.
I am starting to think the Republicans might be right about evolution, they are clearly still the same people they were in the stone age.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)"Not as good as he used to be"
Botany
(70,504 posts)now that is a crowd
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)to come out and stomp and cheer...
That's really tough...
(as if it is needed...)
liberal N proud
(60,334 posts)That should quite the smaller crowd than 2008 claims.
ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)Who is going to get his ass kicked, and I think we will get the majority back as well.
struggle4progress
(118,282 posts)By The Associated Press, Herald-Tribune
Sunday, May 6, 2012
WASHINGTON
Republican party leaders are starting to rally around Mitt Romney, but its not exactly a stampede of support for the expected GOP presidential nominee ...
http://htpolitics.com/2012/05/06/gop-leaders-sort-of-start-to-rally-around-romney/
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)At least McCain had a cool personal story and some charisma.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Whoever coined the phrase certainly knew whereof s/he spoke!
Nitt = 500 people
Obama = 14,000 people
Yet "the polls" have them neck-and-neck?
Utter and absolute BS. I'm not giving the polls any credence after this.
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Last edited Tue May 8, 2012, 01:36 AM - Edit history (1)
So why am I laughing my ass off at this massive FAIL?
Skittles
(153,160 posts)happerbolic
(140 posts)Besides air time, can't any of the uber-wealth Rove, Koch bro's and their cronies are hoarding buy out attendance? Make's me really wonder what is in the works come convention time. A planned Paul take over or something? Making Obama spend a good chunk dealing with the wrong guy.
Like, if that kind of strategy is going to work this time around...
CubicleGuy
(323 posts)... you should only expect 1% of the turnout a Democratic candidate would get.
high density
(13,397 posts)They simply won't concede to Obama doing anything right...
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Last edited Tue May 8, 2012, 12:29 PM - Edit history (1)
smacks of desperation and clearly is indicative of their panic.
otohara
(24,135 posts)is more right-wing anti-Obama lines, you might as well stay home and watch FOX and listen to Limbaugh.
No vision, serial liar.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)I think it was a real sob-fest
Hee hee
janx
(24,128 posts)groundloop
(11,518 posts)It's amazing what you can achieve with the right camera angle.
Edit to add: Those people sure look damned bored.
janx
(24,128 posts)Have you seen them? They are very enlightening.
louis-t
(23,292 posts)jdadd
(1,314 posts)He probably wouldn't get this large of crowd with a public venue....
janx
(24,128 posts)What were the crowds like for McCain at this stage, relatively speaking? Because this is so pathetic as to be embarrassing.
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)If Rmoney hadn't saved GM. You see those empty seats are for the workers who couldn't attend due to working, due to Rmoney. See.
Kyad06
(127 posts)Like Dole in '96 they know he has no chance and are looking to 2016
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)OTOH maybe they think that if they somehow manage to smear President Obama enough and/or create the perception that President Obama is doomed/evil enough, they just *might* get lucky?
IMHO we need to make sure to keep our eyes on House/Senate races and other down-ticket races that the Super Pacs are already pouring lots of money into.
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Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)if this got blasted all over the media and/or if anybody thinks that the Romney campaign should be concerned about such anemic turnout?
Somehow, I very much doubt it.
Beartracks
(12,809 posts)Because, Hey! What's better: Obama filling an 18,000 seat arena to 78%, or Romney filling a 1,000 seat gymnasium all the way up to 50%? Oh, wait, never mind.
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Beartracks
(12,809 posts)You think that 100,000 terrorist master-minds are killed each day like a standardized product in a highly-automated industry? You think Seal Team 6 members are just like fry cooks? Do the people of Ohio really pay you to be serve as an auditor? Aren't auditors supposed to be skilled at analysis? Your attempted analogy is false, not to mention lame.
Ohio, you might think twice about keeping Dave Yost on your payroll. He's displaying a serious bias issue, and digging for facts does not seem to rank high in his skillset.
By the way: anywhere between 300-700 people? Even "losers" can pull over 20 times that number.
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yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Ok, whatever.