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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:39 AM Sep 2012

The Assassination of Clint Eastwood by the Coward Mitt Romney

The Assassination of Clint Eastwood by the Coward Mitt Romney
Is there anyone this campaign won’t sell out?


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And then ... they dragged out an actor. A known Republican. Imagine the Obama campaign staging the same windup, only to bring out Robert De Niro. It would be humiliating.

Even if you don't like Romney or support his politics, you're supposed to acknowledge that he knows what he's doing. He could have acted like he knew what he was doing. "I liked the speech," he could have said. "I thank Clint for giving it." Instead, we get a panicky and mean-spirited organizational freakout, with anonymous staff trying to deflect responsibility.

Regardless of whether or not you believe corporations are people, the president of the United States is a corporate entity—a staff, acting together on behalf of the orders and principles from the top. And based on this 24 hours, Mitt Romney, Inc., is a bungling, blame-shifting mess.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/scocca/2012/08/clint_eastwood_gop_convention_the_romney_campaign_sells_out_its_surprise_speaker_.single.html

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The Assassination of Clint Eastwood by the Coward Mitt Romney (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP
Man, people are just all over about that speech. bemildred Sep 2012 #1
And laid the poor chair in its grave. dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #2

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
1. Man, people are just all over about that speech.
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 11:45 AM
Sep 2012

The one thing everybody agrees on is it was not a good show for Mitt.

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