Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:24 PM

HarveyDarkey (5,382 posts)

BWAHAHAHAHA

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BWAHAHAHAHA (Original post)	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	OP
Where was this?!? Was this open to the public!!	Greybnk48	Jun 2012	#1
I have no idea, it was a Facebook post	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#3
Right now all the major polls show Robme and the President in a virtual tie.	xtraxritical	Jun 2012	#60
How many are reporters?	lame54	Jun 2012	#2
Looks like mainly cops, reporters and staffers	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#41
Probably all but the security people. Billionaires go to dinners, not rallies. nt	valerief	Jun 2012	#56
SS protection, at least three cops and more press than civilians.	DCKit	Jun 2012	#4
You're kidding yourself. All major polls put the President and Robme neck and neck.	xtraxritical	Jun 2012	#61
So only the media showed up?.?	Dawson Leery	Jun 2012	#5
OK everybody back on the bus	Skink	Jun 2012	#6
Anyone else see this incredible pic posted in the Politics 2012 forum?	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#7
apparently not an isolated incident	NightWatcher	Jun 2012	#8
Help! I can't insert the photo ~ It's at Ford Field	goclark	Jun 2012	#44
The bus carrying those folks is not in the shot	lunatica	Jun 2012	#9
What are you talking about? It's in the middle of the shot.	RC	Jun 2012	#25
Ooops! I stand corrected!	lunatica	Jun 2012	#28
Do you still believe the polls?	madashelltoo	Jun 2012	#10
Yeah, it's reeeally tight.	deutsey	Jun 2012	#13
Poll methods	Spitfire of ATJ	Jun 2012	#16
Yeah, well they are trying a little too hard.	madashelltoo	Jun 2012	#19
Are there any recent pictures with actual crowds?	RC	Jun 2012	#24
There was a crowd here for this rMoney gig.	lpbk2713	Jun 2012	#26
Think that's the one in Michigan	goclark	Jun 2012	#45
bwahahaha, this is one great photo	wordpix	Jun 2012	#52
Back when Republicans could stage photo-ops...well no they didn't do a good job of that either	underpants	Jun 2012	#57
Don't forget the worst photo-op of all (although yours is good):	Cooley Hurd	Jun 2012	#58
Unfortunately, these scenes don't tell us anything except that no one esp wants to listen to Romney.	Nay	Jun 2012	#40
What you say is true, but	madashelltoo	Jun 2012	#47
does it have wings?	Rosa Luxemburg	Jun 2012	#11
There must be 10s of people there.	BlueToTheBone	Jun 2012	#12
Half of them thought it was the Pâté Wagon.	Ikonoklast	Jun 2012	#17
Heh. Here's a mental exercise for you:	Berlin Expat	Jun 2012	#31
If Mitt drank wine, it would be a toss-up, but I'll give the nod to Dr. Lecter.	Ikonoklast	Jun 2012	#37
They do allow camping in Wal-Mart parking lots	Blue Owl	Jun 2012	#14
Clearly Romney is loved...	Aerows	Jun 2012	#15
Calling Koch Bros! Calling Koch Bros!	KansDem	Jun 2012	#18
This is good	siligut	Jun 2012	#21
Rabid teabaggers?	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#23
Isn't that a still photo	Berlin Expat	Jun 2012	#34
Don't know...	KansDem	Jun 2012	#43
"Lemmee have a hot dog and a coke."	lpbk2713	Jun 2012	#20
Memo to Romeny....	krispos42	Jun 2012	#22
Are there five air conditioners!?	Fire Walk With Me	Jun 2012	#27
Stone Cold Morons	12AngryBorneoWildmen	Jun 2012	#29
How about	Berlin Expat	Jun 2012	#33
The rooftop dog kennel?	Motown_Johnny	Jun 2012	#38
The dog on the roof should have one.....	lastlib	Jun 2012	#59
Where's Munro?? You'd think he'd have some questions. Eh - probably not. Everyone is White.	jillan	Jun 2012	#30
would someone with skills photoshop Munro asking a q with Rmoney in big empty space?	wordpix	Jun 2012	#53
I'm impressed. About 2 dozen people if you subtract the press and police	notadmblnd	Jun 2012	#32
MoveOn sent me an email asking me to come protest at one of his stops today	starroute	Jun 2012	#35
I saw a report where one of their stops today was moved	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#39
Yeah, that was the one near me	starroute	Jun 2012	#48
Oh, and the story turns out to be even funnier	starroute	Jun 2012	#49
I would definitely go with a sign, "Tax Haven Mitt"	wordpix	Jun 2012	#54
OMG, there must be TENS of people there	Canuckistanian	Jun 2012	#36
+1	AtomicKitten	Jun 2012	#66
Thanks for the HUGE laugh this gave me	ailsagirl	Jun 2012	#42
OOH! Tens of people are coming out to see RMoney!	GObamaGO	Jun 2012	#46
Conservative Businessman Leader?>?????	morningfog	Jun 2012	#50
That stood out for me	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#51
his advisors are as bad as he is	wordpix	Jun 2012	#55
Here is the (or one?) source of that pic	pkdu	Jun 2012	#62
Thanks for the link	HarveyDarkey	Jun 2012	#65
Richie rich is supporting from his yacht.	lonestarnot	Jun 2012	#63
But he did find a stop without protesters.	Curmudgeoness	Jun 2012	#64

Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:29 PM

Greybnk48 (5,158 posts)

1. Where was this?!? Was this open to the public!!

OMG! If this was open this guy's toast.

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Response to Greybnk48 (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:33 PM

HarveyDarkey (5,382 posts)

3. I have no idea, it was a Facebook post

but it looks like a wide open parking lot to me. If it were private, I guarantee it wouldn't be in a parking lot.

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Response to Greybnk48 (Reply #1)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:51 AM

xtraxritical (2,955 posts)

60. Right now all the major polls show Robme and the President in a virtual tie.

Just because you/me/we think he's a stupid out of touch jerk does not mean the rest of the people do too.

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:32 PM

lame54 (13,345 posts)

2. How many are reporters?

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Response to lame54 (Reply #2)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 05:03 PM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

41. Looks like mainly cops, reporters and staffers

And he's traveling around from one rented photo op bus to another by jet plane. I wonder how many gallons of jet fuel per audience member.

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Response to lame54 (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 09:19 AM

valerief (35,675 posts)

56. Probably all but the security people. Billionaires go to dinners, not rallies. nt

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:38 PM

DCKit (18,282 posts)

4. SS protection, at least three cops and more press than civilians.

Nobody cares.

If only we could coast right through to November with things exactly as they are.

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Response to DCKit (Reply #4)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:54 AM

xtraxritical (2,955 posts)

61. You're kidding yourself. All major polls put the President and Robme neck and neck.

Don't get complacent, and DU is not the best place for "news".

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:39 PM

Dawson Leery (8,352 posts)

5. So only the media showed up?.?

I see.

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:40 PM

Skink (8,771 posts)

6. OK everybody back on the bus

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:41 PM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

7. Anyone else see this incredible pic posted in the Politics 2012 forum?

Romney speaking in front of a sign that reads "Scam man" (actually he appeared at Scamman Farm but someone in his campaign is either out to lunch or engaged in covert sabotage).

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:41 PM

NightWatcher (20,416 posts)

8. apparently not an isolated incident

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Response to NightWatcher (Reply #8)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 05:13 PM

goclark (30,404 posts)

44. Help! I can't insert the photo ~ It's at Ford Field

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/mitt-romneys-ford-field-fumble/

DETROIT – Standing on the 30-yard line of Detroit’s Ford Field, Mitt Romney delivered what was billed as a major economic speech before a crowd of about 1,200 supporters on Friday.

In his crucial home state of Michigan, Romney reiterated his new tax plan to applause from an audience dwarfed by the scope of the stadium that seats up to 80,000 spectators.

..."I guess we had a hard time finding a large enough place to meet and this certainly is.”

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:42 PM

lunatica (28,842 posts)

9. The bus carrying those folks is not in the shot

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And some of those are also riding on his bus as campaign managers. Others are the Secret Service guys and the media.

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Response to lunatica (Reply #9)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:34 PM

RC (21,628 posts)

25. What are you talking about? It's in the middle of the shot.

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Response to RC (Reply #25)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:48 PM

lunatica (28,842 posts)

28. Ooops! I stand corrected!

I was thinking of the Democratic Summer Town Hall meeting frequented by bused in teabaggers.

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:47 PM

madashelltoo (701 posts)

10. Do you still believe the polls?

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Response to madashelltoo (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:56 PM

deutsey (16,802 posts)

13. Yeah, it's reeeally tight.

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Response to madashelltoo (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:14 PM

Spitfire of ATJ (7,361 posts)

16. Poll methods

I get the idea they take half of their sample from cities and half from the country and actually TRY to make it 50/50.

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Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:20 PM

madashelltoo (701 posts)

19. Yeah, well they are trying a little too hard.

Obama's got that many people in his bathroom at home.

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Response to madashelltoo (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:32 PM

RC (21,628 posts)

24. Are there any recent pictures with actual crowds?

I know I haven't seen any. And yet the Obama/Romney polls are supposedly neck and neck? Color me doubtful.

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Response to RC (Reply #24)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:35 PM

lpbk2713 (23,251 posts)

26. There was a crowd here for this rMoney gig.

... must have been dozens at least.

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #26)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 06:04 PM

goclark (30,404 posts)

45. Think that's the one in Michigan

There is another shot that is even more visual ~

I did a post at DU a while ago that addresses this same issue.....

By goclark in April......

Clip: This is what I've been noticing for a while.

I've noticed --- when ever they show a Teabag Rally / The Rethug Primary "Debates" or even Romney now ~ there are not many people there. Media rarely interviews actual people in the audience. Media seems to focus on Sarah and Michelle and the other nuts that are clueless. Media is careful to not zoom in for Rethugs.

Rarely do you see Rethugs act like they care about the size of the rallies, it doesn't seem to matter to them.

Where are the faces of excited people standing behind ANY Rethug when they address their "devoted" followers? What you see are " clueless faces.
Many of those "FACES" IMO are paid to be there.

Where are all the outstretched hands of those attending the Rallies/Debates -- outstretched like for Obama, Biden, Hillary?

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #26)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 08:45 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

52. bwahahaha, this is one great photo

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Response to lpbk2713 (Reply #26)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 09:27 AM

underpants (105,621 posts)

57. Back when Republicans could stage photo-ops...well no they didn't do a good job of that either

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Response to underpants (Reply #57)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:36 AM

Cooley Hurd (20,644 posts)

58. Don't forget the worst photo-op of all (although yours is good):

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Response to madashelltoo (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:55 PM

Nay (5,701 posts)

40. Unfortunately, these scenes don't tell us anything except that no one esp wants to listen to Romney.

Who do you think the pubs are going to vote for when they hit the voting booths? Romney. They hate Obama with a white-hot hatred, and they don't care who the other guy is as long as he's got an "R" behind his name on the ballot. They voted for that twit Bush, and for that senile old Reagan, and for that dipshit McCain. They'll vote for Romney, too, and they may even rustle up more voters than we can because they can use that hatred.

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Response to Nay (Reply #40)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 06:40 PM

madashelltoo (701 posts)

47. What you say is true, but

I could not vote for anyone I wouldn't go to the corner store to see or listen to what they had to say. If this is their show of support, it is a limp one.

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:49 PM

Rosa Luxemburg (21,990 posts)

11. does it have wings?

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 02:52 PM

BlueToTheBone (2,333 posts)

12. There must be 10s of people there.

And the race is neck and neck?

Right.

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Response to BlueToTheBone (Reply #12)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:15 PM

Ikonoklast (21,628 posts)

17. Half of them thought it was the Pâté Wagon.

"This foie gras is quite pedestrian, and the wine selection is horribly inadequate."

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Response to Ikonoklast (Reply #17)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:06 PM

Berlin Expat (401 posts)

31. Heh. Here's a mental exercise for you:

imagine a line like "This foie gras is quite pedestrian, and the wine selection is horribly inadequate" and then try to imagine who'd actually be more likely to say it?

Mitt Romney

or

Hannibal Lecter

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Response to Berlin Expat (Reply #31)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:36 PM

Ikonoklast (21,628 posts)

37. If Mitt drank wine, it would be a toss-up, but I'll give the nod to Dr. Lecter.

But only on that technicality.

I see Hannibal and Mitt as using the same tactics; one against people, one against corporations.

Both get cannabalized by a charming erudite monster.

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:00 PM

Blue Owl (8,491 posts)

14. They do allow camping in Wal-Mart parking lots

n/t

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:02 PM

Aerows (13,835 posts)

15. Clearly Romney is loved...

...by those who have never met him or heard him speak!

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:19 PM

KansDem (24,329 posts)

18. Calling Koch Bros! Calling Koch Bros!

Better get your Baggers for Hire™ to the fore!

...yeah, that's it! Now you need about a thousand more!

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Response to KansDem (Reply #18)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:24 PM

siligut (11,078 posts)

21. This is good

Rabid teabaggers, lol

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Response to siligut (Reply #21)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:30 PM

HarveyDarkey (5,382 posts)

23. Rabid teabaggers?

That's redundant isn't it?

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Response to KansDem (Reply #18)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:10 PM

Berlin Expat (401 posts)

34. Isn't that a still photo

or screencapture from "28 Weeks Later"?

Because if it's not, it sure as hell should be.

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Response to Berlin Expat (Reply #34)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 05:13 PM

KansDem (24,329 posts)

43. Don't know...

Found it here:
http://jobsanger.blogspot.com/2010/04/what-if-teabaggers-werent-white.html

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:22 PM

lpbk2713 (23,251 posts)

20. "Lemmee have a hot dog and a coke."

" Oh ... you mean this isn't the roach coach? "

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:29 PM

krispos42 (45,140 posts)

22. Memo to Romeny....

...crickets don't vote.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:43 PM

Fire Walk With Me (37,017 posts)

27. Are there five air conditioners!?

1. Caviar trough
2. Champagne tub
3. Faberge eggs
4.
5. Mitt's circuitry

Anyone have ideas for the fourth? I'm outta ideas

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Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #27)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 03:57 PM

12AngryBorneoWildmen (484 posts)

29. Stone Cold Morons

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Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #27)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:08 PM

Berlin Expat (401 posts)

33. How about

4. The liver of a census taker, served with fava beans and a nice chianti?

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Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #27)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:37 PM

Motown_Johnny (15,457 posts)

38. The rooftop dog kennel?

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Response to Fire Walk With Me (Reply #27)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 10:47 AM

lastlib (3,760 posts)

59. The dog on the roof should have one.....

..jus' sayin.....

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Original post)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:00 PM

jillan (31,392 posts)

30. Where's Munro?? You'd think he'd have some questions. Eh - probably not. Everyone is White.

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Sun Jun 17, 2012, 08:48 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)

53. would someone with skills photoshop Munro asking a q with Rmoney in big empty space?

Caption something like, "Why is Obama so far behind you?"

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:08 PM

notadmblnd (17,100 posts)

32. I'm impressed. About 2 dozen people if you subtract the press and police

Too funny

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:25 PM

starroute (10,387 posts)

35. MoveOn sent me an email asking me to come protest at one of his stops today

But the address they gave to rendezvous was for the local shopping center, so I suspect it was about as impressive as the event in the top picture (only sunnier). I thought about walking over there, but it seemed like that would have been given the thing more credit than it's worth.

Even John McCain was supposed to appear at the town baseball field in 2008, until he got scared away by a forecast of snow that never materialized. Mitt doesn't even seem to rate that.

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Response to starroute (Reply #35)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:38 PM

HarveyDarkey (5,382 posts)

39. I saw a report where one of their stops today was moved

Last edited Sat Jun 16, 2012, 04:59 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

to an "undisclosed location" because of the number of protesters there. Are they channeling Dick Cheney now?

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc-tv/47842660/

edit to add link

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Response to HarveyDarkey (Reply #39)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 07:05 PM

starroute (10,387 posts)

48. Yeah, that was the one near me

Even aside from the protests though -- WaWa is a chain of mini-marts. Not even restaurants or mom-and-pop groceries but mini-marts. Midnight munchies, hoagies slapped together by bored high school kids, and lottery tickets. And this is the backbone of a campaign tour?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014145489

QUAKERTOWN, Pa. — Mitt Romney on Saturday tried to refocus on middle-class economic issues as his bus tour wound through Pennsylvania – though Democrats pushed the likely Republican presidential nominee off of his original itinerary.

Romney rerouted his tour after former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and several other Democratic officials held a press conference outside the Wawa gas station where the former Massachusetts governor had planned an early afternoon stop. Protestors gathered outside the store.

So Romney decided to visit a different Wawa store instead.

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Response to starroute (Reply #48)

Sat Jun 16, 2012, 10:54 PM

starroute (10,387 posts)

49. Oh, and the story turns out to be even funnier

The address MoveOn sent was inaccurate -- it's where there used to be a Wawa but isn't any more. Romney's actual intended stop, the one where there were too many protesters, was at a Wawa across from the Pennsylvania Turnpike exit a couple of miles outside of town.

So he wasn't actually planning to go to Quakertown. He just meant to get off the turnpike, meet a few supporters at a mini-mart, and then get back on the turnpike again. Way to get in touch with the American heartland, Mitt!

But when that didn't work, his bus had to actually take to the local roads and drive three miles, just so he could have his meatball sandwich photo op. What a laugh.

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Sun Jun 17, 2012, 08:50 AM

wordpix (12,478 posts)