Has anyone seen a party implode like this since 1972?

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/9/18/15836/3036

GOP Becomes Radioactive Sludge

by BooMan
Tue Sep 18th, 2012 at 03:08:36 PM EST


The Weekly Standard continues to lambaste Mitt Romney:

Plenty of conservatives are pushing back against the worldview espoused by Mitt Romney in his "arrogant and stupid' remarks at a private fundraiser earlier this year.

The conservative case against Romney's analysis is multi-pronged. His description of the 47 percent who don't pay income taxes as "dependents" flies in the face of the conservative view that Americans should be paying fewer, not more, taxes. And historically, most Americans have not paid income taxes. Moreover, most of those who don't pay income taxes still contribute to the federal government in the form of payroll taxes and other federal taxes and fees. The political argument, that those who are "dependents" won't be voting for Romney anyway, is demonstrably wrong, and the content and tone of Romney's remarks don't strike many conservatives (and others) as particularly presidential.

Has anyone seen a party implode like this since 1972?

[OffWithTheirHeads]

1. Don't change dicks in the middle of a screw. Vote for Nixon in 72.

[nadinbrzezinski]

2. Ok I remember Nixon won

but perhaps I am wrong. 1964 might be a better analogy

[WI_DEM]

6. Well McGovern screwed up the vice presidential nominee

by stating he was 1000% for Eagleton and then four days later dropping him from the ticket. Then he went on the embarrassing task of publicly offering the VP to several prominent dems (including Humphrey, Muskie, Kennedy, Gaylord Nelson, Walter Mondale) and having them turn him down before finally selecting Sargent Shriver. Then some people think he screwed up his outsider campaign by embracing LBJ and Mayor Daley, which he needed to do, actually, if he was to get widespread dem support (as it is Nixon won 39% fo the Democratic vote in 1972), but it alienated his youthful anti-war supporters.

[lpbk2713]

3. "arrogant and stupid'

... another name for Romney & Ryan.

[gkhouston]

4. Oh, this is way worse than '72.

[WI_DEM]

7. but Romney still is at 46 or 47% where McGovern ended up with 38%

[fadedrose]

5. Not without supernatural intervention...

Somebody/thing with or without a body definitely is helping our President. I keep thinking I'm nuts to feel that way, but he gets breaks that defy belief in the natural course of things...