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 gluke bastid
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 Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney?
#15761551 - 02/04/12 05:35 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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I don't see why Mitt is winning over all the GOP voters. I mean, I know HOW he is (money), I just don't get the support. I can see the appeal of all the other Republican candidates. Between Gingrich, Santorum, Paul, and even Perry, Cain, and Bachman, you have a group of candidates that each kind of embody different aspects of what the GOP does and has stood for in America at different points. What is Romney's main attraction? What I have seen from his political platform is that historically he tends to be a rather moderate republican, who is sort of downplaying that in his effort to win the white house.
Maybe someone can explain it to me. Why is he pulling so far ahead of the others? What do people see in this guy?
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 Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: gluke bastid]
#15761608 - 02/04/12 05:50 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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I think there are just enough stupid people that will just follow the person who is put forth by the media, and that is what has happened. If you watch the news it doesn't take long to hear the implications that Romney is the winner already, even though the race has only just begun really.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: gluke bastid]
#15761720 - 02/04/12 06:18 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Quote:
gluke bastid said:
I don't see why Mitt is winning over all the GOP voters. I mean, I know HOW he is (money), I just don't get the support. I can see the appeal of all the other Republican candidates. Between Gingrich, Santorum, Paul, and even Perry, Cain, and Bachman, you have a group of candidates that each kind of embody different aspects of what the GOP does and has stood for in America at different points. What is Romney's main attraction? What I have seen from his political platform is that historically he tends to be a rather moderate republican, who is sort of downplaying that in his effort to win the white house.
Maybe someone can explain it to me. Why is he pulling so far ahead of the others? What do people see in this guy?
They see a successful executive who gets things done. He has also been gearing up for this for 4 years plus. Which is a perfect example of brilliant management. It is precisely that he has managed to get so far ahead that recommends him to be the manager of the country, especially now when we desperately need a competent manager after 4 years of abysmal retard.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: audiophoenix]
#15761998 - 02/04/12 07:29 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Quote:
audiophoenix said:
I think there are just enough stupid people that will just follow the person who is put forth by the media, and that is what has happened. If you watch the news it doesn't take long to hear the implications that Romney is the winner already, even though the race has only just begun really.
Big business loves Mitt "I like being able to fire people" Romney. Mainstream media news is big business. For the rest just imagine people are sheep(ya that is such a stretch!) then imagine foxnews is a sheep herder. There is the appeal of Romney.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: gluke bastid] 1
#15762439 - 02/04/12 09:21 PM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Money rules the world.
It can get people to vote against their own interests and in favor of a soulless machine or cyborg.
People get the leaders they deserve.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: zorbman] 1
#15762989 - 02/05/12 12:54 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Quote:
Men occasionally stumble over the truth but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. - Winston Churchill
Was Winston talking about zappaisgod? lol.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: CaptainAmerica]
#15763688 - 02/05/12 08:40 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Whatever happened to Gingrich and Perry?
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Visionary Tools]
#15763697 - 02/05/12 08:43 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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what is the appeal of Romney to the rest of the country?
he isn't black
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zappaisgod
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Visionary Tools]
#15763748 - 02/05/12 09:02 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Quote:
Visionary Tools said:
Whatever happened to Gingrich and Perry?
Perry dropped out and Gingrich is still very much in it.
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zappaisgod
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: kiss_the_sky03] 1
#15763750 - 02/05/12 09:02 AM (3 months, 22 days ago) |
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Quote:
kiss_the_sky03 said:
what is the appeal of Romney to the rest of the country?
he isn't black
He isn't a Marxist moron, either.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: zappaisgod]
#15767182 - 02/06/12 03:24 AM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Because he's a demagogue who just talks about Obama nonstop and people eat it up. He wants to dramatically increase defense spending while lowering taxes and he will somehow come out with a balanced budget. He doesn't really believe in free markets or limited government.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: kiss_the_sky03]
#15767184 - 02/06/12 03:28 AM (3 months, 21 days ago) |
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Quote:
kiss_the_sky03 said:
what is the appeal of Romney to the rest of the country?
he isn't black
Also he isn't Newt Gingrich...
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: egodeathflux]
#15772862 - 02/07/12 08:01 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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I think the rank and file of the GOP can't stand Romney. They see him as a closet liberal (MA gov and Romneycare) or at the very least part of the elite and not a true conservative. The only reason he's winning primaries (besides the money) is because it's being drilled into their heads that he's the only one who has a chance against Obama.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Mr Person]
#15772914 - 02/07/12 08:10 AM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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> I think the rank and file of the GOP can't stand Romney.
I disagree, somewhat. Most of the GOP types that I have spoken with look at Romney as the lesser evil of those running. You have dingbat Paul, evil Newt, and a religious nutcase... Even though he isn't well liked, Romney is the only one that isn't overly extreme.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Seuss]
#15773944 - 02/07/12 12:41 PM (3 months, 20 days ago) |
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Quote:
Seuss said:
I disagree, somewhat. Most of the GOP types that I have spoken with look at Romney as the lesser evil of those running. You have dingbat Paul, evil Newt, and a religious nutcase... Even though he isn't well liked, Romney is the only one that isn't overly extreme.
Hmmm...you must be speaking with the rich ones! When I say "rank and file" I'm thinking of the hillbillies, rednecks, and "values voters". They love Newt cause he says what they want to hear regardless of how it affects his electability and I hardly believe they are holding Santorum's religion against him. It's the Murdoch owned media that is scaring them into voting against their values by telling them Romney is the only one who has a chance to win and they'd better help him, as it's the last chance to avoid Obama's socialist apocalypse.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Mr Person]
#15774400 - 02/07/12 02:16 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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Mormons are highly trustworthy. That's why Howard Hughes hired them. Obummer is the Manchurian Candidate.
Rush Limbaugh on Greta (1 of 5): Obama Destroying the Economy on Purpose
Kelly King BB&T Chairman and CEO
Watch this video, especially the part where he says the problem with the country is
Obummer.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000039509
Start watching at the 5:28 mark for H. Wayne Huizenga's remarks on Obummer. The first half
of this video he talks about his new business venture.
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1570610659&play=1
Former Congressman says Obama is more dangerous than al-Qaeda
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/294443
Cain trashes Obummer!
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000066211
Mitch McConnell on Larry Kudlow
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000068915
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: gluke bastid]
#15776953 - 02/07/12 10:19 PM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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I just don't get the support.
The alternatives are amazingly bad.
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Re: Can anyone explain the appeal of Mitt Romney? [Re: Mr Person]
#15777574 - 02/08/12 02:16 AM (3 months, 19 days ago) |
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> Hmmm...you must be speaking with the rich ones!
I don't know about rich, but certainly the ones that can afford to take a vacation.
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