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Richard D

(8,771 posts)
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:19 AM Oct 2012

Romney donations only going to swing states?

This needs confirmation:

Mitt Romney is sending the supplies he asked supporters to bring to his “non-political” campaign event today — to which Romney invited NASCAR driver Richard Petty — in the battleground state of Ohio, only to victims of Hurricane Sandy in swing states that the GOP candidate has a chance of winning: Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania — not the two areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy: New Jersey and New York. <snip>

“After addressing the crowd briefly, the GOP nominee hopped off a makeshift stage to glad-hand with supporters and collect items as they filed past to donate relief goods like bottled water, canned foods and fleece blankets,” CNN reports:

The campaign announced they would load supplies into a campaign bus for delivery in Virginia, North Carolina, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania – all swing states impacted by the storm.

He did not answer questions from reporters on whether he would eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency as president – a topic the storm brought back into the political spotlight from the Republican primaries when Romney said he favored states taking a larger role in disaster relief.

http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/romney-donating-sandy-supplies-only-to-gop-swing-states-not-nj-or-ny/politics/2012/10/30/52648

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Romney donations only going to swing states? (Original Post) Richard D Oct 2012 OP
It's going to be trucked to a New Jersey justiceischeap Oct 2012 #1
His consolation for not winning the White House will be winning the Dick of the Year Award. tanyev Oct 2012 #2

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
1. It's going to be trucked to a New Jersey
Wed Oct 31, 2012, 10:21 AM
Oct 2012

Red Cross warehouse where they will have to stop actual work for the victims, so they can deal with the items and then figure out what to do with it.

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