Tag: Campaign 2012
McCain 2008 Opposition Research on Romney’s Economic Record in Massachusetts: Raised $700 Billion in Taxes, Spending Went up 24%, Left $1 Billion Deficit
The hits just keep on coming. After a week of pummeling by the Obama campaign over the Romney campaign’s conflicting record about Mitt’s exit from Bain Capital — did his control over the company end when he “retroactively retired” in 1999, before it outsourced thousands of American jobs overseas, as he claims now, or in 2002, as he claimed in sworn testimony later — now Buzzfeed has obtained the document used to vet Romney as a prospective vice presidential nominee by the McCain campaign 2008.
The entire document is here [Scribd] but here’s the McCain oppo research summary of Gov. Romney’s economic record. It’s no wonder they did not choose him — and it’s too bad Fox viewers will never see this. Their heads would explode!
Time Travel
Zimmerman stayed in the car. #Retroactively.
One of many tweets using the hashtag #Retroactively, following a statement by Mitt Romney spokesperson Ed Gillespie that his boss had retired from Bain Capital “retroactively.” Also: “Michael Jordan retiring #retroactively, denies responsibility for those two seasons on the Wizards.” Is making something disappear retroactively better than Etch-A-Sketching it away?
Mitt, Show Us the Money!
If you have things to hide, then maybe you’re doing things wrong. I think you ought to be willing to release everything to the American people.
Gov. Robert Bentley (R-Ala.), one of a growing number of Republicans who are calling on Mitt Romney to release his tax returns already and end the speculation about what they might contain. Blackmail payments to Seamus, perhaps?
Washington Post Provided Stenography Services to Romney Campaign Instead of Reporting on Cheney Fundraiser
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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow took WaPo to task for a story on Mitt Romney Wednesday night. And that’s putting it mildly. Rather, she channeled her inner Freddy Krueger and methodically butchered the story to shreds one line at a time. She called the piece “whitewash” and “non journalism.”
Romney at NAACP Convention: Race Baiting Is a Standard GOP Tactic – Reagan Launched His 1980 Campaign at Site of a KKK Murder of Civil Rights Workers
“I think it was a calculated move on his part to get booed at the NAACP convention,” said former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in an interview yesterday when asked to react to Mitt Romney’s address to the NAACP earlier in the day. Romney’s motive for race-baiting was to create a moment on video that Fox News can play on an endless loop, showing Romney confronting “angry blacks” at the NAACP, which one Fox pundit referred to as a “hate group” yesterday.
Can Romney Win the Presidency with Favorable Ratings in the 30s?
As you watch cable news coverage of the presidential race, keep in mind the fact that news organizations have a vested interest in keeping the race tight. Logically, a close race produces much better ratings than a race in which the outcome is a foregone conclusion.
With that in mind, here is a factor that I have yet to hear mentioned in the coverage I’ve seen: Voters don’t like Mitt Romney.
