dartsndeacs
THE quintessential dwarf
Well Romney was right but he was wrong to say it
Because it will likely go away. As opposed to "you didn't build that", which was a similar mistake of words but which hasn't gone away because of the post-statement spin.
Well Romney was right but he was wrong to say it
Did a politician just admit to being wrong on the campaign trail?
The only thing that would be more amazing would be a poster on this board admitting he was wrong.
Why do I say that Romney has no moral compass? It's simple. He really believes what he said about that 47% of the people. It wasn't a slip of the tongue or a misquote. That statement represented Romney's truest feelings toward his fellow man.
Romney all of a sudden is making a mad dash to the middle. He spent 18 months crowing to his base, now with a month to go, he's making his push towards center to try and swing the vote. My question is did he wait too long to do that?
Are you suggesting that Romney is just a whore?
He wanted to squeeze out all the conservative money that he could before the nation's attention really turned to the election is my guess.
sorry, I don't see the 'shrewdness.' He said a thing that was fucked up, then doubled down on it. He waited to see how much it dragged him down, then came out and said he was wrong.
where exactly is the shrewdness? I'm not following.
Why do people always make the claim that people they don't agree with politically have no moral compass? It is intellectually embarrassing. We all disagree with each other about something very important. I disagree with a large majority of this board about abortion...but that doesn't give me the right to declare that everyone I disagree with has no moral compass.
Romney made a shrewd political move, something he rarely does in my opinion. He took the 47% bomb, laid a bathtub over it and blew it up in his own backyard. Obama can still throw the bomb, but it no longer will have the potency because Romney already apologized for it. Obama is still going to use it on the campaign trail, but it could have been a debate changing moment if Romney didn't handle it correctly. Now if Obama brings it up Romney just says "As I said last week, I was wrong, and I apologize. I am not claiming that I will never make mistakes, and when I do I am man enough to take accountability for them. However you Mr. President don't see to want to be held accountable for the past 4 years of failure...etc...etc...etc..."
It is an easy switch to turn the heat back on Obama. I am not commenting on the truthfullness of Mitt's statement, because none of us know if it is a heartfelt apology, but there is no doubting that it was a brilliant political maneuver.
Romney all of a sudden is making a mad dash to the middle. He spent 18 months crowing to his base, now with a month to go, he's making his push towards center to try and swing the vote. My question is did he wait too long to do that?
He had to wait until this late to mollify the far right. Had he started going to the middle at or before the convention or the base wouldn't trust him. Many would stay home.