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I have been following politics for nearly 40 years (Original Post) hifiguy Sep 2012 OP
Lot's of things could have happened... physioex Sep 2012 #1
Precisely. Jennicut Sep 2012 #7
Mitt is totally unprepared for office C_U_L8R Sep 2012 #2
Watergate. n/t dimbear Sep 2012 #3
Been watching since Reagan's second election. salin Sep 2012 #4
I've been following politics since the night Nixon went on TV and announced he was resigning ... zbdent Sep 2012 #5
Seems to me Mitt's train has been wrecking from the start. It's just astounding. nolabear Sep 2012 #6
Ross Perot in 1992 scheming daemons Sep 2012 #8
His VEEP didn't help. ChairmanAgnostic Sep 2012 #9
Even Gary Hart didn't do this badly! Bake Sep 2012 #10
Arrogance and greed transcend technology, they endure through the ages aletier_v Sep 2012 #11
he's george w bush without the intellect spanone Sep 2012 #12

physioex

(6,890 posts)
1. Lot's of things could have happened...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:21 PM
Sep 2012

The technology simply was not there to capture every single moment.

Jennicut

(25,415 posts)
7. Precisely.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 09:03 PM
Sep 2012

Obama knows all to well that you must be mindful of technology in today's political environment. Mittens is not so aware.

C_U_L8R

(45,001 posts)
2. Mitt is totally unprepared for office
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:21 PM
Sep 2012

Between Mitt and Bush, they've pretty much
destroyed any notion that we need a CEO president.
And thank goodness for that

salin

(48,955 posts)
4. Been watching since Reagan's second election.
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:47 PM
Sep 2012

Nope have never seen this much open contempt to the electorate on so many levels.

On so many levels his sense of entitlement to be President is leading him into flushing his chances down the toilet. Again, and again, and again.

zbdent

(35,392 posts)
5. I've been following politics since the night Nixon went on TV and announced he was resigning ...
Mon Sep 17, 2012, 08:58 PM
Sep 2012

true story ...

we taped the resignation, and I wrote on the cassette "watch out for an 18 1/2 minute gap."

I think I was 12 ...

Probably was following politics even earlier than that ...

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