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Romney aids DISRUPT an Obama campaign press conference by cutting off there speaker system (Original Post) bigdarryl May 2012 OP
They will come across looking like fools. tabatha May 2012 #1
Next time they might get a thumping...the First Amendment is worth fighting for... rfranklin May 2012 #2
Pro-Rmoney hecklers . . . ha ha ha siligut May 2012 #3
I think that they "shouted out" the speakers (Axelrod) Inuca May 2012 #4
Romney's campaign reflects his emotional immaturity and warped humor where Pirate Smile May 2012 #5
They didn't cut off their speaker system frazzled May 2012 #6
Which is much different siligut May 2012 #7
Yeah, it's not sophisticated sabotage, it's juvenile frazzled May 2012 #8

tabatha

(18,795 posts)
1. They will come across looking like fools.
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:30 PM
May 2012
Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone mocked the the Romney campaign's efforts. "Thank you for the bubbles," Curtatone said. "It's a hell of a lot better than the smoke Mitt Romney blew at us ten years ago and that he's blowing across America!"
 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
2. Next time they might get a thumping...the First Amendment is worth fighting for...
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:35 PM
May 2012

as we know Romneyites are draft dodgers and cowards.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
3. Pro-Rmoney hecklers . . . ha ha ha
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:39 PM
May 2012

Sorry, the from the pic in the article, they look like a bunch of Mormon missionaries

Inuca

(8,945 posts)
4. I think that they "shouted out" the speakers (Axelrod)
Thu May 31, 2012, 12:42 PM
May 2012

not shut them down. In otehr words they were trying to shout over the spekers, not to cut the actual speakers off. That's at least how I read it. Amazing (and amazingly idiotic) stuff nevertheless.

Pirate Smile

(27,617 posts)
5. Romney's campaign reflects his emotional immaturity and warped humor where
Thu May 31, 2012, 01:03 PM
May 2012

"pranks" with no humor are supposed to be funny. A mob pinning down a screaming/crying kid and cutting his hair is a "prank". Acting like a woman standing next to you in a photo pinched your butt in front of a crowd of national reporters is a "joke". Pretending you got a maid fired for something a political aide did is "hilarious".

Romney is missing some of the critical pieces required for humor and empathy.

His campaign truly does reflect him - remember his first ad COMPLETELY lying - acting like Barack Obama stating what a McCain person said was instead stating the words himself - and then saying the lying was standard and perfectly fair behavior.

Lying to him means nothing. Truth and facts are completely subjective.

He is Weird and, no, weird does not mean Mormon (even if Politico says otherwise). He is just off. Him dealing with foreign leaders would be just as embarrassing as W.

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
6. They didn't cut off their speaker system
Thu May 31, 2012, 01:29 PM
May 2012

As I understand it. They "shouted down their speakers"--in other words, they were yelling and chanting while Axelrod and MA Democrats were speaklng.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
7. Which is much different
Thu May 31, 2012, 03:02 PM
May 2012

Cutting off the speaker system would mean they had a guy on the inside or that the PA system for the rally was just open to anyone.

And don't forget, it wasn't just shouting, some guy was standing there in a suit and tie, blowing bubbles. My take, is that he thinks he is very clever

frazzled

(18,402 posts)
8. Yeah, it's not sophisticated sabotage, it's juvenile
Thu May 31, 2012, 03:25 PM
May 2012

I think the word "juvenile" can speak for itself.

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