2012 Republican News

[Lamplighter]

[Lamplighter]

Do you get the feeling that Romney's karma is just not quite right ?

Yesterday, his own campaign aide sets off a media storm with a comment about Etch-A-Sketch.
The Dems AND the Reps jumped all over it.... flip flopping Romney

But Mitt thought he had some good news too, when
Jeb Bush called to say he was going to endorse Romney,
and Jeb suggested that Marco Rubio be chosen as Romney's VP
... to garner the Hispanic vote.
"Great !", thinks Mitt.

Now today, it's being reported that Marco Rubio sponsored
the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida, and Governor Jeb signed it.

With friends like that, Mitt is justified in having no sense of humor.

[infinite monkey]

*shrugs*

That's what happens when the debbil is your playmate, on the debbil's playground.

Isn't it time for a merge, like on Survivor?

[Ibby]

I think this might end his campaign. really.

[Ibby]

now he CAN'T pivot back to the center. hes stuck hard right and the hard right doesnt trust him either.

[classicman]

Now today, it's being reported that Marco Rubio sponsored
the "Stand Your Ground" law in Florida, and Governor Jeb signed it.

What is your issue with the stand your ground provision?

[Happy Monkey]

"He's coming right for us!"

blam blam blam

"Self defense!"

[infinite monkey]

I don't know where else to put this.

This was 1978. Comedy from that year, applicable to now.

[Lamplighter]

SNL - what goes around comes back around.

[BigV]

I do think Romney's kind of cursed. But the remark by his campaign was just plain dumb, flat dumb.

I find it troubling and unfortunate that the current political environment considers a politician, or even worse, an elected leader who changes their mind unfashionable. Things change. Circumstances change, priorities change, resources change. Why not decisions? It is utter hubris to imagine that the ideas a person has are the best, only, and last ideas they'll have. FFS, I don't want my leaders walking around in the world with that attitude, so I don't hold them to that kind of insane standard (see Grover Norquist's tax pledge). And though it pains me greatly to say, those people for whom such inflexibility is a virtue are likely to get what they ask for and deserve. God help us all.

[tw]

Originally Posted by BigV

Things change. Circumstances change, priorities change, resources change. Why not decisions? It is utter hubris to imagine that the ideas a person has are the best, only, and last ideas they'll have.

McCain learned that the hard way. Once he won the nomination, Steve Schmidt (from Cheney's office) took over his campaign. Schmidt then erased McCain's list of possible VP candidate. And put Palin on that list. We all know what happened next.

Things change. Especially when your campaign won due support from moderates. And then a deal with the devil must be made to get party support.

Romney is in the same precarious position. The party has too many wacko extremists. He will have to make a deal. I believe Steve Schmidt is still available.

[ZenGum]

For those who missed it...

comments from a top Romney adviser, Eric Fehrnstrom, who said his campaign will "hit a reset button" to take on Obama in the fall if Romney wins the GOP nomination. He added, "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up, and we start all over again."

Well, yeah, we all know that, but you're not supposed to say it out loud!!!

Oh, and Capitalism, you so funny:

Etch A Sketch stock triples after Romney campaign’s comment

"The thinly traded toymaker more than tripled to $12.50 on one transaction of 500 shares at 10:41 a.m. in New York on the over-the-counter market. It was the biggest intra-day move for the shares since at least 1980, according to data compiled by Bloomberg."

[Ibby]

He works for MSNBC now. I dunno if that means he's available or not.. or tainted forever.

[classicman]

tainted forever