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politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts) Wed Oct 31, 2012, 07:52 AM Oct 2012

How long before the Romney campaign start to try and rewrite the narrative of campaign 2012

by claiming that Romney was leading in the Polls until the hurricane struck and Romney had to suspend campaigning? The right will try to rewrite history denying that President Obama had always led in the EV and swing states and was always tied or within the margin of error even after this ghastly performance in the first debate which allowed Romney to narrow the field.

Also, will history be kind to Romney on his out right dishonestly in his campaign ads, his flip-flopping on every conceivable relevant issue, on the fact that his tax plan never added up, that his jobs plan had no plan to create jobs, and that on the tax returns he released, it showed him to be a chronic tax evader?

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How long before the Romney campaign start to try and rewrite the narrative of campaign 2012 (Original Post) politicaljunkie41910 Oct 2012 OP

Bullshit Life Long Dem Oct 2012 #1

stupid mitt unionthug777 Oct 2012 #2

I expect that the right will ALWAYS try to bend reality in order to make them look Proud Liberal Dem Oct 2012 #3

Oh, they'll have some excuse Adenoid_Hynkel Oct 2012 #4

Yep, they'll say Obama only won because the country rallied around the president in a crisis. pointsoflight Oct 2012 #5

This article discusses how the GOP in general will likely behave: NCLefty Oct 2012 #6

What do you mean? He's the Etch-a-Sketch Candidate! Jeff In Milwaukee Oct 2012 #7

History Is Written By The Victors/nt DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2012 #8

Life Long Dem

(8,582 posts)

1. Bullshit

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:00 AM

Oct 2012

Obama had this won before Sandy was even in the media.

unionthug777

(740 posts)

2. stupid mitt

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Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:36 AM

Oct 2012

i am surprised mitt hasn't tried to blame the president for this disaster yet !!!

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,438 posts)

3. I expect that the right will ALWAYS try to bend reality in order to make them look

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:41 AM

Oct 2012

like they've been cheated, wronged, victimized- while they cheat, wrong, and victimize everybody else. They will never accept the fact that their candidates, as well as their policies, are just increasingly bad and that people don't accept them and that with things like Facebook and Twitter and other social media it's MUCH harder to fool people into voting against their own interests and/or keeping them barefoot and ignorant about what the Republicans truly stand for. For a party that preaches "personal responsibility", it never actually practices it!

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)

4. Oh, they'll have some excuse

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 08:53 AM

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though I think the rightwing will just adopt their standard "Mitt wasn't conservative enough" line. They never really liked this guy, but only backed him because they hated Obama.
So they'll turn on Willard and blame him for the loss, like they did Dole and McCain.

pointsoflight

(1,372 posts)

5. Yep, they'll say Obama only won because the country rallied around the president in a crisis.

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Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:06 AM

Oct 2012

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

6. This article discusses how the GOP in general will likely behave:

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:21 AM

Oct 2012

Frank Rich: Right will rage if Obama wins

If Obama wins, Frank Rich says the GOP's fury will intensify, and the party will only get more extreme

http://www.salon.com/2012/10/27/frank_rich_right_will_rage_if_obama_wins/

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)

7. What do you mean? He's the Etch-a-Sketch Candidate!

Reply to politicaljunkie41910 (Original post)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:22 AM

Oct 2012

He's be rewriting everything all along.

And as to history being kind to Mitt Romney...Can you name any of the four Republicans who lost to FDR? OK, if you're on this site you're a political junkie and you probably can, but my point is that normal (non-DU) people forget the losers within a few years.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,714 posts)

8. History Is Written By The Victors/nt

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Wed Oct 31, 2012, 09:24 AM

Oct 2012

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