Day: September 18, 2012

The Romney Campaign Has Had Weeks, At Least, to Prepare for Release of Devastating Video – Knowing the End Was Near Could Explain Its Infighting and Fumbles

Jon Ponder

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It has been less than 24 hours since Mother Jones magazine released the video of Mitt Romney disparaging half the electorate as government-dependent freeloaders, and many pundits are already suggesting that Romney may not be able to recover from it, and they may well be right.

But, as Rachel Maddow reported last night, the national media has been aware of the video for weeks and even months. Excerpts were first posted anonymously on YouTube as long ago as May, not long after the fundraiser took place. They were also posted by someone using a couple different YouTube accounts in late August, around the time of the Republican National Convention in Tampa. If the media elite have known about this potentially devastating, game-changing video for three weeks and longer, then it’s a sure bet that both the Romney and Obama campaigns have known about it that long, too.

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Romney Says Obama is Wrong To Try To Put People Back to Work

Trish

His whole campaign is based on getting people jobs again, putting people back to work.

— Mitt Romney, criticizing Pres. Obama for his efforts to increase employment. In contrast, Romney said it’s the personal responsibility of the unemployed to change their job status: “My campaign is about helping people take more responsibility and becoming employed again, particularly those who don’t have work.”