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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney the Gaffe Machine re-cap:
A good recap of all Mitts gaffes, From the op-ed,
Media should go easy on Romney for their own sake
By Dana Milbank, Tuesday, September 18, WaPost
.........Romney, by contrast, showed his potential for miscues in his first presidential run (see: varmints, hunting of), but he truly blossomed in the gaffe department this cycle, when he became a one-man blooper reel:
Corporations are people, my friend.
I like being able to fire people.
Im not concerned about the very poor.
Im also unemployed.
Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs.
Ten thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?
I have some great friends that are NASCAR team owners.
There were a couple of times I wondered whether I was going to get a pink slip.
Im running for office, for Petes sake; we cant have illegals.
In addition, Romney frequently gives the media fresh opportunities to rerun the blooper reel with his attempts to explain the original mistakes. This goes back to his explanation for why he strapped his dog Seamus to the top of the family car: The dog enjoyed himself up there.
More recently, Romney offered this explanation for his claim that Obama was making America a less Christian nation. Im not familiar precisely with what I said, but Ill stand by what I said, whatever it was, he said.
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Romney caused an international incident when he went to London and spoke of disconcerting signs that the Brits werent prepared to host the Olympics. Were he to do that as president, he could bring transatlantic relations back to War of 1812 levels and that would be a big story.
At home, likewise, he has caused consternation with his remark that 47 percent of Americans believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name it and wont take personal responsibility and care for their lives. If he governed that way as president, he could stir up social unrest not seen in half a century and that, too, would be quite a story..........
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Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)I have never seen this big of an idiot running for President in my entire life and I remember Ross Perot.
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(21,551 posts)on comment sections...
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)if he were a terrorist he would plant a dirty bomb in a US city. And these two are appearing on the same day post the op ed. My eyes hurt!