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Compare the tenor of Romney's

moat — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:22:49 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Moat. Those are some

Compare the tenor of Romney's remarks with how GW Bush handled the same crowd when he said something like: "Many refer to you gathered here as the wealthiest people in the United States; I refer to you as my base."

There is no struggle for acceptance in that remark.

Thanks, Moat. Those are some

Oxy Mora — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:48:02 +0000

In reply to Oxy Mora, I commend your

Thanks, Moat. Those are some intriguing takes on forms of flattery.

So do I get your point? The sociopaths are actually offended by a guy who stoops to patronizing they themselves. Sign of weakness?

And then all the servers form

Oxy Mora — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:41:06 +0000

In reply to OK, people, time to back off.

And then all the servers form a line, throw their white gloves into the middle of the table and sing the Banana Boat Song. Day-O, Day-----O. Daylight come and I want to go home. As they approach Romney he falls in at the end of the line, waving a tambourine.

Maybe the "mandate" charge

Oxy Mora — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:36:57 +0000

In reply to New talking point at Romney

Maybe the "mandate" charge has lost some steam. Romney is now proud to be the Grandfather of it.

I think it was the Spanish

Oxy Mora — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:34:10 +0000

In reply to My husband keeps telling all

I think it was the Spanish language one, otherwise known as "Cubans Gone Wild".

My husband keeps telling all

tmccarthy0 — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 03:16:20 +0000

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My husband keeps telling all the Republicans he knows at work, "I would argue with you, but I just feels so bad for you. Your candidate, he's well, he's not very good at this is he." Hahahaha, they don't know what to say to him.

I am stunned he is going to hold a town hall format, because he doesn't do well in that format, as we saw from the Country Club Gala Town Hall. I hope I am home to watch it, because it could end up being one more nail, in a coffin currently made only of nails now that sinks him past the 10,000 league mark.

So when is this town hall anyway? Or did I already miss it?

Oxy Mora, I commend your

moat — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 01:41:02 +0000

In reply to Romney's 46% gaffe.

Oxy Mora, I commend your effort to restrain popping open the champagne bottles too soon because of the release of this video.

One element that may be worth noticing about the pitch Romney made is not about his lack of empathy or ignorance about the structure of the U.S. economy and the people who make it possible but the flattery employed to encourage rich people to invest in his campaign.

Flattery is not a simple thing. It can praise, condemn, offer faint praise, or lick the boots of the target audience.

I think the lingual quality of the latter type in Romney's appeal for cash might turn off people who don't give a damn about what offends other people.

OK, people, time to back off.

ocean-kat — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 23:56:33 +0000

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OK, people, time to back off. Seems we jumped the gun. There's a two minute gap in the tape that explains everything. Through some anonymous sources I have a transcript of those two minutes.

Ha ha, just joking. Everything I've just said in the last 54 minutes shows what a incredible sense of humor I have. I didn't mean any of it. I loves me some poors. We have so much in common. Just like me you take advantage of every loop hole in the tax code to pay the lowest amount you can. Deductions for your children, earned income tax credit, just like my Cayman Island tax shelter and Swiss bank account. You poors are so much luckier than me. As far as you know I had to pay 14% on my 250 million dollars while you pay no tax at all. Some people might call you trailer trash and poor white trash but not me. I wish I was a poor, a latino poor. Life would be so much easier if I was a poor like you. Yeah, ha ha, just can't stop laughing. I like that funny stuff.

New talking point at Romney

artappraiser — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:20:29 +0000

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New talking point at Romney central:

Gotta give them it's a good old college try in a bad situation, and I do think this might work with a lot of undecideds in crucial swing states but only if the candidate weren't one who had signed "Romneycare" into law. It seems so likely this try would be shot down at the debates, leaving any undecideds still undecided, unless Romney can come up with some better reasons for being against "Obamacare" than he has given to date.

Thanks, Tmc. I think he still

Oxy Mora — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 18:12:52 +0000

In reply to Hey Oxy, Yes I think it was a

Thanks, Tmc. I think he still has a chance to take advantage of it---at least the first day's releases. He's shortly to hold a town hall format. We'll see. But the later stuff, on Palestine, is potentially more damaging.