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54. I know no one likes an I-told-you-so

Fri Jul 6, 2012, 11:45 AM

Jul 2012

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But I told you years ago that Rick Perry was your best bet.

Like McCain, Perry was your least worst candidate, if only because his competition consisted of women, a minority, a religious extremist, Mormons, a libertarian, and has-beens. But voters FELT like they had picked McCain -- giving them a sense of having skin in the game -- while you pulled his strings the way you did Bush II's.

So cut the sob story about how "unexpectedly" shocked you are that Romney isn't "selling." You GOP "puppeteers" are the ones who decided to force-feed him to your voters, and you're the ones who decided that Mitt's not being black was enough of campaign strategy. Cue the DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartet!

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Conservative griping about Mitt Romney grows [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 OP

You don't buy a puppet without wanting to pull the strings. n/t bluedigger Jul 2012 #1

He knows the base is gonna vote "white" so he can be smug Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #2

"Disciplined message"? SERIOUSLY? catbyte Jul 2012 #3

"LEGENDARY disciplined message". Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #45

we know what his policies will be. shifting taxes away from the rich gutting regulation leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #4

Romney IS the powered elite! Or at least one of them. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #34

His policy will be the Ryan budget that he has endorsed, watch out! xtraxritical Jul 2012 #57

Your commentary is correct JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #5

Of course he's going to cheat TrogL Jul 2012 #19

He could win by spending hundreds of millions on ads muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #41

But then-- I dunno. Would ANY amount of $$ cause anyone to vote for him? ailsagirl Jul 2012 #70

in the primaries he was running against imbeciles and lunatics magical thyme Jul 2012 #73

This sums up Romney's campaign nicely. Blanks Jul 2012 #6

It does feel like that but I think the absence of substance IS their strategy. KurtNYC Jul 2012 #18

Sickening Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #22

Hatred is the nasty one. Fear is the other big motivator and that can seem almost nice KurtNYC Jul 2012 #32

Keep in mind that hate and fear are all the teaparty party has to offer. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #35

*could* they replace Romney altogether? mike dub Jul 2012 #33

damned slim chance KurtNYC Jul 2012 #37

I think it is a done deal. randome Jul 2012 #48

TBH, it is possible(though highly unlikely), that he might just go ahead and pull a Kerry...., AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #60

If they wanted sommeone principled or competent, they should have chosen accordingly DFW Jul 2012 #7

I remember all the talk about how handsome he is. After exposure to him, he just Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #12

Funny--that's just how my friends back home in Dallas reacted to John Edwards DFW Jul 2012 #30

LOL. The GOP factions are already jockeying for blame positioning when he loses. JBoy Jul 2012 #8

What do they expect from their gripes? "You're boring. Become more interesting! Today!" . . . Journeyman Jul 2012 #9

The presidency is simply the next bullet on his resume JaneQPublic Jul 2012 #10

Kind of like Bush Jr. wanting to take out Sadam avebury Jul 2012 #14

Exactly! And like McCain wanting to be Commander in Chief... JaneQPublic Jul 2012 #52

it's actually worse than that.. oldhippydude Jul 2012 #53

Romney Is Running "Our Turn" Campaign DallasNE Jul 2012 #11

Four month until the vote and they are dead in the water Kolesar Jul 2012 #13

When you run a campaign on 'Anyone But ....' you tend to have an uphill battle. LynneSin Jul 2012 #15

+1 KurtNYC Jul 2012 #20

Congratulations to politicasista Jul 2012 #61

I didn't like the way Shrum ran the campaign but I have to give them some credit KurtNYC Jul 2012 #63

Ok, fair enough but politicasista Jul 2012 #64

totally. I've seen two Romney stickers.. and the rest are NEW anti-Obama stickers. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #27

enthusiasm DonCoquixote Jul 2012 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author politicasista Jul 2012 #62

Too bad the Conservatives don't or can't see this for what it really is... bluesbassman Jul 2012 #16

They say Gman Jul 2012 #17

Grover Norquist set the bar for the Republican candidate for POTUS this year Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #21

GOP have run and won using negative campaigns over the last three decades. Never have they faced applegrove Jul 2012 #23

"I mean, what the hell does Mitt care about?" Doh, Money you idiot. nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #24

What does he want to do? RESCUE toxic derivatives for the 1%. That's why nothing but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ patrice Jul 2012 #25

"legendarily disciplined?" For serious? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #26

The elite media writes 3 stories like this about Democrats for every 1 they write about Republicans bluestateguy Jul 2012 #28

There's no passion, no ideas, because they don't NEED any. They're here to perpetuate the Status Quo patrice Jul 2012 #29

Romney IS one of the hegemony that runs/runes Earth. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #36

I believe that. People should think MUCH more about the kinds of relationships in that crowd. patrice Jul 2012 #38

Don't think of it as an illuminatti or New World Order type of thing........ wandy Jul 2012 #40

Of course that's the way it really is. And because it is that way, a lot of mediocrity gets carried patrice Jul 2012 #42

Is this what Mitt REALLY looks like? LongTomH Jul 2012 #58

Great movie, one of my favorites davidpdx Jul 2012 #65

All the king's money and all the king's men couldn't put Romney together again. tanyev Jul 2012 #31

I'm trying to look at this from Romney's perspective. Let's see here...... wandy Jul 2012 #39

If nothing else, we can always count on them to eat their own. nt DCKit Jul 2012 #43

As usual they take their marching orders from Murdoch n/t underpants Jul 2012 #44

To anyone who doesn't think, it's called "Sell the Mystery, not the Mastery". HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #46

Being from Mass I agree Marrah_G Jul 2012 #47

that's info the O campaign should use - could get a sound bite out of that one wordpix Jul 2012 #49

He has his Momon friends running his campaign. kimbutgar Jul 2012 #50

he wants to fulfill Morman prophecy d_r Jul 2012 #51

I know no one likes an I-told-you-so rocktivity Jul 2012 #54

Good, let them gripe nxylas Jul 2012 #55

Ah, schadenfreude! Ain't it a bitch? LongTomH Jul 2012 #59

I think he's going to have to do something more than just raise money davidpdx Jul 2012 #66

He doesn't care about anything except money, and he doesn't want to do anything except "be" Presiden CanonRay Jul 2012 #67

Its hard to sit back and let your opponent look crazy quakerboy Jul 2012 #68

as the big guy himself Harvey on Rachel the other day said PatrynXX Jul 2012 #69

Well, I for one think the Dewey, er, Romney campaign is in tip-top shape Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2012 #71

Again, the wrong candidate PATRICK Jul 2012 #72

they'll gripe about him plenty, and vote for him in November 0rganism Jul 2012 #74