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   Romney campaign, starting to sound like drunk, paranoid Nixon, had to keep its press conference secret, because FEMA trains

01 Jun 2012 10:58 AM   |   2839 clicks   |   Wonkette
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King Something     
No cameras means no footage for Obama's commercials this October.

01 Jun 2012 11:01 AM
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thurstonxhowell     
A Romney adviser said the campaign had concealed the event location for fear the Obama administration would somehow prevent them from staging it.

Romney's inability to tell the truth took an early lead in the contest to determine his greatest failure, but tendency to associate with and hire crazy people is making a strong showing in the later rounds.

01 Jun 2012 11:02 AM
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HotWingConspiracy     
Nobody liked drunk, paranoid, End of Days Nixon, wandering the East Wing hallways muttering about enemies and Jews.

Except the Jews he employed, for some reason.

01 Jun 2012 11:02 AM
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Biff_Steel     
We get it, he's rich.

01 Jun 2012 11:02 AM
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meat0918     
Epic Mormon meltdown imminent.

Begin Escape sequence? Y/N

01 Jun 2012 11:04 AM
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beta_plus     
We get it, he's mormon.

01 Jun 2012 11:05 AM
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what_now    [TotalFark]  
A Romney adviser said the campaign had concealed the event location for fear the Obama administration would somehow prevent them from staging it. [...]

Meanwhile, at an Obama campaign rally, Romney supporters showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

Yeah. The adults are CLEARLY in charge here.

01 Jun 2012 11:05 AM
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apoptotic     
The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

01 Jun 2012 11:06 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
Biff_Steel: We get it, he's rich.

What are you prattling on about?

01 Jun 2012 11:06 AM
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JerseyTim    [TotalFark]  
what_now: Meanwhile, at an Obama campaign rally, Romney supporters staffers and interns showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

01 Jun 2012 11:07 AM
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Rapmaster2000     
Nobody talks about black helicopters anymore. I liked the black helicopter paranoia.

01 Jun 2012 11:08 AM
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HotWingConspiracy     
apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

I think he's going to show up, tackle the first person he suspects of being gay then cut his hair off. It's the only thing conservatives respect him for.

01 Jun 2012 11:08 AM
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actualhuman     
JerseyTim: what_now: Meanwhile, at an Obama campaign rally, Romney supporters staffers and interns showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.


That's totally how I plan on getting MY West Wing office.

01 Jun 2012 11:08 AM
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HotWingConspiracy     
Rapmaster2000: Nobody talks about black helicopters anymore. I liked the black helicopter paranoia.

They got them there stealth helicopters now. Can't even see those ones coming.

01 Jun 2012 11:09 AM
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SlothB77    [TotalFark]  
this means obama is automatically reelected.

01 Jun 2012 11:09 AM
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PonceAlyosha     
what_now: A Romney adviser said the campaign had concealed the event location for fear the Obama administration would somehow prevent them from staging it. [...]

Meanwhile, at an Obama campaign rally, Romney supporters showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

Yeah. The adults are CLEARLY in charge here.


Not just Romney supporters, but also Romney's paid campaign staff.

01 Jun 2012 11:10 AM
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Vodka Zombie     
Wow. Dude can't even play the Persecuted Victim card correctly. Are we sure he's really a Republican?

01 Jun 2012 11:12 AM
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WombatControl     

Oh, the desperation, the sweet, sweet desperation of the Obama campaign and its flacks...

Yeah, because it's totally paranoid to assume that the Obama campaign would try to disrupt a Romney campaign event when two weeks prior the Obama campaign had disrupted a Romney campaign event in West Philadelphia. That's like, totally Nixonian, man!

Oh, and what's even more hypocritical about this piece --the Obama campaign tried to keep yesterday's Boston event a secret too:

The event was supposed to have been a secret. The campaign did not announce Mr. Axelrod's appearance in Mr. Romney's hometown until early Thursday morning, although word of it leaked out on Twitter late Wednesday.


So, we have another case of campaign hypocrisy: when Romney tries to keep an election event a secret it's "paranoid" and "Nixonian." When Obama tries (and fails) to do the exact same thing, it's "shame on Romney."

For the folks playing at home, that's what we like to call "being a hypocrite."

No, what really drives the left mad is that Romney is playing at their typical games and winning at it. They expected Romney to be as milquetoast as McCain was and try to stay "above the fray" while the Obama campaign pummeled them. Instead, Romney's learned the right lessons and is fighting back. And that drives the left crazy.

It's going to be a fun five months...

01 Jun 2012 11:12 AM
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apoptotic     
HotWingConspiracy: apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

I think he's going to show up, tackle the first person he suspects of being gay then cut his hair off. It's the only thing conservatives respect him for.


I just pictured that scenario with Anderson Cooper as the moderator and the thought of the ensuing melee sent me into a fit of giggles.

01 Jun 2012 11:13 AM
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Jairzinho     
FTFA: The Thursday visit was kept a tight secret by the Romney campaign, which told reporters they needed to travel in a campaign bus to an undisclosed location.

Huh? How long before reporters are stripped of their cell phones, blindfolded and forced to sign a loyalty oaths if they want to cover Mitt's campaign events?

01 Jun 2012 11:15 AM
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ghare     
WombatControl: derp redacted

So, what's it like having squirrels living in your skull?

01 Jun 2012 11:16 AM
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neversubmit     

01 Jun 2012 11:16 AM
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colon_pow     
haha, he's beating them at their own game.

01 Jun 2012 11:17 AM
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qorkfiend     
WombatControl: The event was supposed to have been a secret. The campaign did not announce Mr. Axelrod's appearance in Mr. Romney's hometown until early Thursday morning

It's a secret, so they publicly announced it? Ok, sure.

WombatControl: No, what really drives the left mad is that Romney is playing at their typical games and winning at it.

You and I must have differing definitions of "winning".

01 Jun 2012 11:17 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
Jairzinho: FTFA: The Thursday visit was kept a tight secret by the Romney campaign, which told reporters they needed to travel in a campaign bus to an undisclosed location.

Huh? How long before reporters are stripped of their cell phones, blindfolded and forced to sign a loyalty oaths if they want to cover Mitt's campaign events?


Reporters don't sign a loyalty oath but they are very careful to not ask the hard questions so they can keep access.

01 Jun 2012 11:21 AM
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The Larch     
Subby, Nixon got himself elected. Twice.

01 Jun 2012 11:21 AM
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actualhuman     
neversubmit: Romney did not win the GOP nomination - that's gota hurt!

"Most of the states, however, have some sort of post-caucus/primary delegate selection process that can take, up to, a couple months to complete."

Commas - how do they work?

01 Jun 2012 11:22 AM
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enry     
Vodka Zombie: Wow. Dude can't even play the Persecuted Victim card correctly. Are we sure he's really a Republican?

RINO!

01 Jun 2012 11:25 AM
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Professor Duck     
Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

01 Jun 2012 11:27 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
The Larch: Subby, Nixon got himself elected. Twice.

Or three times Link
Just asking questions.

01 Jun 2012 11:28 AM
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Professor Duck     
Professor Duck: Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

In referencing some of the headlines today, and the comments held within. Reading WombatControl's response made my head hurt.

01 Jun 2012 11:30 AM
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More_Like_A_Stain     
what_now: Romney supporters showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

Yeah. The adults are CLEARLY in charge here.


Just like old times...


pleasingnews.com

01 Jun 2012 11:32 AM
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HotWingConspiracy     
WombatControl: The event was supposed to have been a secret. The campaign did not announce Mr. Axelrod's appearance in Mr. Romney's hometown until early Thursday morning

That's an odd way to keep a secret.

01 Jun 2012 11:33 AM
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fracto73     
HotWingConspiracy: WombatControl: The event was supposed to have been a secret. The campaign did not announce Mr. Axelrod's appearance in Mr. Romney's hometown until early Thursday morning

That's an odd way to keep a secret.



Indeed. It shows that Romney would be a better president since Obama's people can't even keep a simple press conference secret.

01 Jun 2012 11:34 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
More_Like_A_Stain: what_now: Romney supporters showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

Yeah. The adults are CLEARLY in charge here.

Just like old times...


[pleasingnews.com image 460x258]


or maybe
encrypted-tbn2.google.com

Which is worse for Republicans homosexuality or bestiality

01 Jun 2012 11:35 AM
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TrollingForColumbine    [TotalFark]  
spongeboob: More_Like_A_Stain: what_now: Romney supporters showed up
and shouted down the speaker while blowing bubbles.

Yeah. The adults are CLEARLY in charge here.

Just like old times...


[pleasingnews.com image 460x258]

or maybe
[encrypted-tbn2.google.com image 276x183]

Which is worse for Republicans homosexuality or bestiality


keep farking that rooster

01 Jun 2012 11:36 AM
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FlashHarry    [TotalFark]  
apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

if there are even going to be debates. i could see romney backing out.

01 Jun 2012 11:37 AM
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cameroncrazy1984     
Professor Duck: Professor Duck: Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

In referencing some of the headlines today, and the comments held within. Reading WombatControl's response made my head hurt.


Yep. FreepMod is usually on duty on Friday's

01 Jun 2012 11:39 AM
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Lando Lincoln    [TotalFark]  
WombatControl: No, what really drives the left mad is that Romney is playing at their typical games and winning at it.

You live in an interesting universe.

"Hey, look guys! We successfully sent our guys over to blow bubbles and vuvuzelas at the President while successfully staging a lame-ass photo op in front of Solyndra unimpeded! WINNING!"

01 Jun 2012 11:39 AM
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cameroncrazy1984     
FlashHarry: apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

if there are even going to be debates. i could see romney backing out.


Or only doing the debate if it's held in a secret volcano location.

01 Jun 2012 11:41 AM
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colon_pow     
FlashHarry: apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

if there are even going to be debates. i could see romney backing out.


i doubt if they let obama use his teleprompter. could be a disaster...

01 Jun 2012 11:43 AM
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cameroncrazy1984     
colon_pow: FlashHarry: apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

if there are even going to be debates. i could see romney backing out.

i doubt if they let obama use his teleprompter. could be a disaster...


Yeah, just like the three times he used his teleprompter in 2008, and at the Republican Retreat.

01 Jun 2012 11:45 AM
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spongeboob    [TotalFark]  
WombatControl: No, what really drives the left mad is that Romney is playing at their typical games and winning at it.

encrypted-tbn2.google.com

That does seem about right.

01 Jun 2012 11:46 AM
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dogdaze    [TotalFark]  
i219.photobucket.com

01 Jun 2012 11:46 AM
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Professor Duck     
colon_pow: FlashHarry: apoptotic: The debates are going to be hilarious. Especially if Romney doesn't show up because he's worried Obama won't let him talk.

if there are even going to be debates. i could see romney backing out.

i doubt if they let obama use his teleprompter. could be a disaster...


Why can't he just write on his hand, like REAL Americans? Typical Lib waste of money...

01 Jun 2012 11:48 AM
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Angry Drunk Bureaucrat    [TotalFark]  
Professor Duck: Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

I dunno. I think Drew has figured out that the majority of folks on the site are moderate-to-left leaning and that inflammatory right-wing links & headlines are more likely to generate page views, more interesting (or at least entertaining) discussion threads, and more comments.

Put it another way: The admins are tossing cake into the middle of a Weight Watchers meeting, and enjoying the ensuing fracas. Those sick bastards.

01 Jun 2012 11:48 AM
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Professor Duck     
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Professor Duck: Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

I dunno. I think Drew has figured out that the majority of folks on the site are moderate-to-left leaning and that inflammatory right-wing links & headlines are more likely to generate page views, more interesting (or at least entertaining) discussion threads, and more comments.

Put it another way: The admins are tossing cake into the middle of a Weight Watchers meeting, and enjoying the ensuing fracas. Those sick bastards.


"Fracas" is a word that should be used more often in the normal course of conversation.

01 Jun 2012 11:54 AM
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Angry Drunk Bureaucrat    [TotalFark]  
Professor Duck: Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Professor Duck: Damn, is Friday the official "Ride Out the Derp" day on Fark now?

I dunno. I think Drew has figured out that the majority of folks on the site are moderate-to-left leaning and that inflammatory right-wing links & headlines are more likely to generate page views, more interesting (or at least entertaining) discussion threads, and more comments.

Put it another way: The admins are tossing cake into the middle of a Weight Watchers meeting, and enjoying the ensuing fracas. Those sick bastards.

"Fracas" is a word that should be used more often in the normal course of conversation.


Agreed.

Fracas.

01 Jun 2012 11:56 AM
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KellyX     
I'll just leave this funny Romney video here

01 Jun 2012 11:58 AM
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Delay     
Romney? FEMA trains? GWB could help him. Romney should learn to play guitar like Bush did.

www.huffingtonpost.com

01 Jun 2012 12:01 PM
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