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RZM

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5. That wasn't what I was asking though

Reply to Xipe Totec (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 05:02 PM

Apr 2012

It seems the OP was arguing the other candidates were just placeholders whose purpose was to make Romney look more moderate. I find that pretty hard to believe.

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Could Romney's handlers write a BETTER SCRIPT than for FR to "attack Romney from the right"? [View all] Faryn Balyncd Apr 2012 OP

I think it's great because they will force him to remain solid on extreme positions that way, LiberalLoner Apr 2012 #1

Are you saying the other candidates were in on a vast conspiracy to make Romney appear moderate? RZM Apr 2012 #2

By the current standards of the right, Regan was a Flaky California Liberal nt Xipe Totec Apr 2012 #4

That wasn't what I was asking though RZM Apr 2012 #5

...& Goldwater a member of the Communist Party! Faryn Balyncd Apr 2012 #12

That would be quite a stretch, as you say..... Faryn Balyncd Apr 2012 #7

yeah, im sure demoralizing his base and depressing arely staircase Apr 2012 #3

eeeyup. It's all part of the Overton Window theory, which is the central strategy of RW think tanks. Leopolds Ghost Apr 2012 #6

bingo Faryn Balyncd Apr 2012 #8

Romney is unacceptable Aerows Apr 2012 #10

Right wingers Aerows Apr 2012 #9

Funny you should say that... Kalidurga Apr 2012 #11