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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:37 PM Sep 2012

A BIG THANK YOU to the person that filmed/released the 'secret Romeny fundraiser video'


Dear Unknown Mystery Person out there in the world somewhere,

I wish I could tell you how very much I appreciate you filming and releasing that video.

I've been watching all the new polls coming out the past week (especially today) and I am ecstatic.

YOUR video has helped President Obama and the down ticket Democrats immensely.

If I were in your shoes I'd be so excited that I wouldn't be able to sleep, eat, or even sit still.

I'm hoping someday (after you've talked to attorneys) we will eventually know who you are,
so that we can thank you by name!


THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU !!!



Full Mitt Romney Fundraiser Video Part One (36:39)





Full Mitt Romney Fundraiser Video Part Two (31:04)








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A BIG THANK YOU to the person that filmed/released the 'secret Romeny fundraiser video' (Original Post) Tx4obama Sep 2012 OP
I'll drink, kick and rec to that. n/t reflection Sep 2012 #1
Well said Tx. This woman joins in you appreciation of our secret hero. Marie Marie Sep 2012 #2
k and r--my sentiments exactly. and isn't it sweet that jimmy carter's grandson had a hand in this? niyad Sep 2012 #3
Yes. He convinced.... fun n serious Sep 2012 #6
I appreciate you without knowing you. aquart Sep 2012 #4
Absolutely right oswaldactedalone Sep 2012 #5
(cough) Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #7
We need to Thank this person by exposing Global Tech fun n serious Sep 2012 #16
I read you're a Cha Sep 2012 #8
Thank you to whom ever you are, great job! DrewFlorida Sep 2012 #9
Yes. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #10
I would donate to any defense fund... alittlelark Sep 2012 #11
I couldn't agree more! THANK YOU, MYSTERY PERSON! HOW BRAVE YOU WERE! n/t pnwmom Sep 2012 #12
I only hope theKed Sep 2012 #13
Never ever tell, never siligut Sep 2012 #14
Big Ed said that Romney was closing the gap before the video came out flamingdem Sep 2012 #15
THANK YOU!!!!!!! Tumbulu Sep 2012 #17
THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU !!! TeamPooka Sep 2012 #18
+1000 Bozita Sep 2012 #19
It is so fitting that Rmoney is taken down by one of the "little people" he disdains. nt SunSeeker Sep 2012 #20
Amen Justice Sep 2012 #21
I have a theory about that DFW Sep 2012 #22
How do you think this person's video would then get into the hands of Carter's grandson? CTyankee Sep 2012 #25
Hey, if you love plots, have I got one for you! DFW Sep 2012 #26
Yes, that is probably what happened but I thought you were positing that somebody who liked CTyankee Sep 2012 #27
Wine all Mine and Brussels DFW Sep 2012 #32
Couldn't it have been a member of the spooky3 Sep 2012 #28
This was the moment that turned the election Freddie Sep 2012 #23
Thank you from the bottom of my shoes on up. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #24
I hope it is never known who did it, at least for many many decades..... musiclawyer Sep 2012 #29
Now, I wonder who will step up on Ryan's tape before the Ayn Rand Institute????? cr8tvlde Sep 2012 #30
Here's a link to the audio, for the folks that haven't heard about it yet Tx4obama Sep 2012 #31
Thank you sir! cheezmaka Sep 2012 #33
Thank you anonymous person tavalon Sep 2012 #34

Marie Marie

(9,999 posts)
2. Well said Tx. This woman joins in you appreciation of our secret hero.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:41 PM
Sep 2012

This video gutted Mitt and showed us his true insides. And it wasn't pretty.

niyad

(113,422 posts)
3. k and r--my sentiments exactly. and isn't it sweet that jimmy carter's grandson had a hand in this?
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:44 PM
Sep 2012

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)
5. Absolutely right
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 10:46 PM
Sep 2012

I'm not pushing to know who recorded it but I'd like to know, in sort of a "Deep Throat Revealed" kind of way, who it was at some point in the future.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
16. We need to Thank this person by exposing Global Tech
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:40 PM
Sep 2012

Lets fire it up friends! Seems AnneOnymous670 wants us to help her.

Cha

(297,344 posts)
8. I read you're a
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:05 PM
Sep 2012

Waiter! Bless the Service Industry..above and beyond your call to duty, sir!

I could be wrong but until we know..that's what I imagine.

siligut

(12,272 posts)
14. Never ever tell, never
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:38 PM
Sep 2012

What AnneOnymous670 did for us is immeasurable, but his/her identity should never, ever be known.

flamingdem

(39,313 posts)
15. Big Ed said that Romney was closing the gap before the video came out
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:40 PM
Sep 2012

whew!

I luv you anonymous video person and all involved

DFW

(54,414 posts)
22. I have a theory about that
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 05:21 AM
Sep 2012

As one who also met with a presidential candidate for an hour recently (not Romney), I know that filming the event could only have been done by someone who was there. I'm sure that whoever was originally responsible for this film was someone who was a Romney supporter and wanted a souvenir of the event. I would have loved to have a video of the hour I spent with Obama, but there was no way, no how the Secret Service was going to miss someone trying to film the meeting. With Romney, the event was being held in a private home, plus he is not an incumbent president. The security was obviously looser, or else the hidden recorder would have been discovered and shut off.

It's the height of irony, but I'm positive that the person filming the Romney event thought they were doing a good thing, and thought they were releasing it to people who would have nothing but admiration for what they heard (scary as that may be).

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
25. How do you think this person's video would then get into the hands of Carter's grandson?
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:14 PM
Sep 2012

If the person doing the filming was an admirer of Romney, there would be a disincentive to have it shown to very many people. I can imagine two scenarios off the bat:

1) camera was stolen. Thief realized that the contents of that video could have some value and tried to sell it to a left wing magazine. Mother Jones got the money to buy it.

2) video was proudly shown by its owner to family members, one of whom might be an Obama supporter, who secretly released it to Mother Jones.

As you can see I have a vivid imagination and I love secret plots...



DFW

(54,414 posts)
26. Hey, if you love plots, have I got one for you!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:25 PM
Sep 2012

Ask Cal Peggy about Wine All Mine

But as to your possibilities, I have one more: someone there was so horrified at this idiot their party had drafted to be its nominee, they leaked it to dampen any possibility he might actually get elected.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
27. Yes, that is probably what happened but I thought you were positing that somebody who liked
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:56 PM
Sep 2012

Romney and what he was saying had taken the video...so I was reacting to that with my fanciful imagination.

As for Cal Peggy and Wine All Mine, please tell me more. Sounds fascinating...

BTW, have you been to Brussels lately? I'll be there in a couple of weeks so I'm interested in some inside info if you have any...(I was there only once before, MANY years ago and don't remember a thing about it).

DFW

(54,414 posts)
32. Wine all Mine and Brussels
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:05 PM
Sep 2012

Last edited Sat Sep 29, 2012, 02:44 PM - Edit history (2)

If we get father afield, we should probably move this to PM

First: Brussels--I haven't been to Brussels for over 5 hours now (i.e. I was there this afternoon!). I'm back in the German Rheinland now, but have to run down to Switzerland tomorrow (there are less pleasant places to "have to" be for work).

Anyway, I'd be happy to help you out if I can. What do you want to know?

Wine All Mine WAS going to be the title of my first novel. It has been re-titled by my agent as "The Time Cellar." It is a totally off the wall plot, but it has a California wine nerd in the year 2010 getting a shot at meeting a retired Thomas Jefferson in the year 1818.

spooky3

(34,461 posts)
28. Couldn't it have been a member of the
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 04:10 PM
Sep 2012

Waitstaff working the event? An invited guest who is wealthy but disgruntled or disillusioned?

It's not quite the same, but several friends and I in VA have been deluged with robocalls from Romney's campaign. They apparently are very poor at targeting potential supporters and maybe they just screwed up on the invitations.

Freddie

(9,269 posts)
23. This was the moment that turned the election
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 05:34 AM
Sep 2012

I think most elections have one--Bush I and the supermarket scanner, Nixon's "five o'clock shadow" at the debates. When my toddler granddaughter gets to high school history class, she'll learn how the "47% tapes" sunk Mittens for good.
After the election I hope he or she comes forward to be recognized and rewarded.

musiclawyer

(2,335 posts)
29. I hope it is never known who did it, at least for many many decades.....
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 04:24 PM
Sep 2012

Such knowledge would distract from the message, and we want the Romney/GOP message to be heard loud and clear for decades.

cr8tvlde

(1,185 posts)
30. Now, I wonder who will step up on Ryan's tape before the Ayn Rand Institute?????
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 04:28 PM
Sep 2012

Broadcast far and wide so this POS has to go get a real J.O.B.---off the Wisconsin State government teat.

cheezmaka

(737 posts)
33. Thank you sir!
Thu Sep 27, 2012, 06:28 PM
Sep 2012

and Jimmy Carter's grandson! You just avenged your grandfather! (the best display of "revenge" against the Republicans I've ever seen)

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