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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:06 PM

Stuart G (7,659 posts)

Romney and Obama on Election Night..true story.

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Yesterday, I talked to a man who happened be be at McCormick Place in Chicago, where Obama was going to speak.. He knew someone who was on the tech staff of either McCormick Place or one of the stations covering the event. He had no way of getting in since he did not have a "pass"..As he stood around this huge building, someone came up to him with a handfull of passes. She said, "Would you like to go in and see the President speak?"..so he accepted from an unkown person went through the detectors and was in the hall when Obama gave his speech (along with 10,000 others)..The lady continued to give away "passes"..I guess they wanted the hall to be full. He surely wasn't close, but he was in.. But it wasn't an exclusive event by a long shot.

Romney had an exclusive event for only the top contributors. He was sure he was going to win, so he invited the most important people who gave the most money. That is what is important to him. Ties and tuxcedos etc...we all know about it..

So there it is...who these people really are....
(by the way...in 2008, Obama gave an open air speech in Grant Park..all who wanted to be there could be there...sure you couldn't see much from far away...but...open to all who could make it...I wish I had been there, but I know people who were, even though they couldn't see, it was truly a heartwarming event in 2008)

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20 replies	Author	Time	Post
Romney and Obama on Election Night..true story. (Original post)	Stuart G	Nov 2012	OP
Yeah, romney was going to have "fireworks" for the fat cat suckers..	Cha	Nov 2012	#1
2008 was AMAZING in Grant Park. I can't really explain it . It was crazy special.	mucifer	Nov 2012	#2
Volunteers got passes? You mean people who were not paid??	Stuart G	Nov 2012	#4
It WAS amazing!	Tinksrival	Nov 2012	#14
This thread	cleduc	Nov 2012	#3
Wow! Everybody got what they deserved. Doesn't happen often enough. n/t	dimbear	Nov 2012	#5
And they looked different on TV	zentrum	Nov 2012	#6
Utah is referred to as the Beehive state.	UtahLib	Nov 2012	#12
doesn't that	onethatcares	Nov 2012	#15
Exactly!	UtahLib	Nov 2012	#18
Yes and did you see the post on DU earlier today....	Swede Atlanta	Nov 2012	#7
He's done with the little people. Now be gone!	denvine	Nov 2012	#13
Romney who???	L0oniX	Nov 2012	#8
+1 I hope never to hear his name again unless it is	Live and Learn	Nov 2012	#9
Touche! n/t	adirondacker	Nov 2012	#11
To top it off, I think the Romney people at one point thought about delaying things,...	Spitfire of ATJ	Nov 2012	#10
Your photo is documentary evidence that the Kolob Toast Prophecy has been fulfilled	Berlum	Nov 2012	#16
Excellent analysis. Exclusion versus Inclusion. Those were the themes this year.	freshwest	Nov 2012	#17
No wonder so many cried at Romney's victory party.	Qutzupalotl	Nov 2012	#19
Kick!	sarcasmo	Nov 2012	#20

Response to Stuart G (Original post)

Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:26 PM

Cha (124,391 posts)

1. Yeah, romney was going to have "fireworks" for the fat cat suckers..

a real pity that didn't work out.

Great anecdotal story, StuartG..thanks

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:31 PM

mucifer (8,493 posts)

2. 2008 was AMAZING in Grant Park. I can't really explain it . It was crazy special.

I got a pass to get in a little closer. Anyone could be there. But, thousands of people with passes got to be a bit closer in the front. These passes went to volunteers and I was luck enough to be one of the volunteers who got a pair of passes!

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:35 PM

Stuart G (7,659 posts)

4. Volunteers got passes? You mean people who were not paid??

People who gave their time, effort, and not necessarily money...got closer..sure some big shots were really close..but all were welcome in 2008.. This fellow, Obama, very special in my book...

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 03:55 AM

Tinksrival (2,573 posts)

14. It WAS amazing!

I brought my teenage children. We danced...we cried....we hugged complete strangers. It was magical.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:32 PM

cleduc (473 posts)

3. This thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/101647165
linked a Dana Milbank article that described Romney's aristocratic event

It was a night and day difference with Obama's campaign

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:00 PM

dimbear (5,096 posts)

5. Wow! Everybody got what they deserved. Doesn't happen often enough. n/t

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:23 PM

zentrum (427 posts)

6. And they looked different on TV

The Republicans were all white, all shiny and all dressed up and coifed. The Democratic crowd was very diverse in color, and age and style and dressed like ordinary people. It was very striking.

A Romney Presidency would have been oligarchy on speed.

BTW--Thom Hartman today pointed out how when Romney accepted the nomination at his convention, the stage was rigged out to be shaped like the Mormon beehive---if you know what that is. (I don't). It's some esoteric symbolic thing.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:36 PM

UtahLib (398 posts)

12. Utah is referred to as the Beehive state.

When Mormon pioneers claimed Utah as their own they decided upon the motto of Industry which was symbolized by the beehive to represent and industrious and interdependent community.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:39 AM

onethatcares (6,630 posts)

15. doesn't that

really describe thousands of drones and worker bees servicing the queen?

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 08:30 PM

UtahLib (398 posts)

18. Exactly!

But in this instance, they would be serving the ambitious agenda of the "church".

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:29 PM

Swede Atlanta (2,243 posts)

7. Yes and did you see the post on DU earlier today....

that the Romney campaign cancelled all the credit cards issued to their staffers immediately after the concession speech? So as staff were trying to take taxis back to hotels or checkout of their hotels the next morning, re-arrange flight plans, etc. they suddenly found that their credit cards were cut off.

So this gives us a good idea of how ruthless this asshole is. He cuts off his own staffers once he loses. Again a scorched earth mentality or, quite honestly, one that is born out of privilege and entitlement. He felt he was entitled to be President. And when he lost he just couldn't cope.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 10:10 PM

denvine (115 posts)

13. He's done with the little people. Now be gone!

He and President Obama are such different people. I am soooooo glad the good guy won..

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:31 PM

L0oniX (17,317 posts)

8. Romney who???

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 08:57 PM

Live and Learn (1,455 posts)

9. +1 I hope never to hear his name again unless it is

because he is brought up on tax evasion charges.

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:25 PM

adirondacker (113 posts)

11. Touche! n/t

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Fri Nov 9, 2012, 09:23 PM

Spitfire of ATJ (7,342 posts)

10. To top it off, I think the Romney people at one point thought about delaying things,...

....in the hopes Obama's crowd would disperse. I think someone had to remind them the Obama event was indoors so people were in no hurry to escape the cold.

The visuals were getting worse and worse.

The talk of "Romney in a bunker" was widening and his own supporters were getting impatient and were not used to waiting. I bet some even thought Romney had taken shelter from THEM and was afraid to face them with his failure.

Romney is:

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:59 AM

Berlum (3,667 posts)

16. Your photo is documentary evidence that the Kolob Toast Prophecy has been fulfilled

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All those who have so fervently believed in

THE KOLOB TOAST PROPHECY

can rejoice and be exceedingly glad.

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Sat Nov 10, 2012, 06:57 PM

freshwest (31,279 posts)

17. Excellent analysis. Exclusion versus Inclusion. Those were the themes this year.

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:20 PM

Qutzupalotl (7,513 posts)

19. No wonder so many cried at Romney's victory party.

They were lamenting throwing away all that money on admission, because money matters most to these people.

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Sun Nov 11, 2012, 07:41 PM

sarcasmo (13,550 posts)

20. Kick!

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