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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRemember when McCain tried to look presidential during the financial crisis?
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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Remember when McCain tried to look presidential during the financial crisis? (Original Post)
magical thyme
Sep 2012
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WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)1. and this disgusting performance by Romney is ten times worse.
LiberalLoner
(9,762 posts)2. I think this looks just as bad, too, I agree with you.
Jennicut
(25,415 posts)3. I just said that in another thread..it is so similar, isn't it?
This campaign is going like 2008 now, it is almost scary.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)4. I remember saying at the time
That McCain was the type of guy that parachutes into the middle of a crisis, makes it worse, then takes a helicopter off to the next crisis to make it worse, leaving the trainwreck he just made behind.
Romney is identical.
JBoy
(8,021 posts)5. If Romney's serious, then clearly he needs to suspend his campaign
in order to deal with this crisis.
thucythucy
(8,086 posts)6. And announce that he won't participate in any debates
until the crisis is over....and then change his mind and debate anyway.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)7. Thanks for the memory! Yeah, that worked well!