Comments on: Is Mitt Romney channeling Meg Whitman?

By: Hondo

Hondo — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:04:26 +0000

The whole point of the Romney campaign seems to be to avoid offending anybody in any way. Romney has been on the defensive in this campaign from day one, even tho it is Obama who has a hundred times more mistakes to answer for. The death of the ammbasador in Lybia was an obvious gigantic failure in security. Romney has said nothing. His country club attitude ( we don’t talk about such things in polite company)is not meant for a national presidential campaign against such a vulnerable candidate like Obama. Perhaps he believes it is impolite to politicize gigantic mistakes by your opponent that lead to horrific events like fast and furious. BUT THAT’S THE WHOLE REASON FOR HAVING FREEDOM OF THE PRESS AND ELECTIONS. The reason the dems won in 2006 and 2008 is because they weren’t afraid to speak up about the gigantic mistakes of the republicans.
Romney doesn’t have to go dirty or birther to crush Obama. He has to talk about the tough issues and the gigantic mistakes of Obama. All that seems to be off the table for this country club Republican.
In a presidential election you win from the top down. So many candidates down ballot are dependent on a strong run by the presidential candidate. They are in shock at Romney’s weak run.
It is almost too late to go strong. If he waits much longer to go after Obama, it will seem desperate and dirty.
Obama on the other hand had no problem accusing Romney of causing cancer months ago.
Hondo……

By: Dyspeptic

Dyspeptic — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 19:40:59 +0000

About Romney – stick a fork in him, he’s done. This guy is to charisma what Rosie O’Donnell is to femininity. The parallels to Whitman are quite apt except Mitt the Git isn’t spending boatloads of his own money which at least makes him smarter than Whitman. Both are a couple of cardboard cutout corporate empty suits devoid of any capacity to inspire an electorate. Reagan was successful primarily because as an actor he knew instinctively how to present himself in an entertaining way to voters. In that respect he was just like FDR, JFK, Clinton and Obama. It’s all about the superficial theatrics, that’s what people respond to.

When will the Retardpublicans learn how to do politics? The road to success in this regard is simple. Think of the voters as a bunch of childish, ignorant, credulous boobs. Avoid the truth at all cost. Paint a pretty picture of rainbows and unicorns and little puppy dogs. Describe your opponent in the harshest and most inflammatory terms while insisting on civility. Kiss a lot of babies, slap a lot of backs and grease a lot of palms. Politics is all about theatrical presentation and style. It’s all about telling people the lies they want to hear. It has very little to do with substance or specifics.

Most important for the aspiring politico – NEVER GIVE A SUCKER (oops, I meant voter) AN EVEN BREAK!

By: Rex the Wonder Dog!

Rex the Wonder Dog! — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 17:08:42 +0000

“I’m rich. I’ll create jobs. Vote for me.”

You left out the part where she spent $140 MILLION of her own cash. You will not win ANY election by spending so much money of your own. She should have limited herself to say $25 million and the rest from contributions, play the cards as they deal out.

Al Cheeki tried to buy the Gov jobs 20 or so years ago and was the original Whitman, and he came in 3rd after outspending everyone else by 5 t0 1, if any billionaire in the future needs a lesson Cheeki and Whitman are it.