Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:24 AM

EarlG (13,421 posts)

Mitt Romney’s tour bus has wings

BOSTON — In Mitt Romney’s America, buses have wings. And jet engines. And they travel 500 miles an hour.

Not really.

But Romney is putting a twist on what it means to go on a “bus tour” through the heartland.

On Friday, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee is launching a five-day bus tour across six battleground states, his first big sprint of campaigning since the GOP primaries. “Welcome to Day One of summer camp,” Rick Gorka, Romney’s traveling spokesman, told reporters gathered Friday morning for a pre-tour briefing at Romney campaign headquarters in Boston.

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But although Romney plans to ride between stops on his bus — family, friends and key surrogates like Sen. Rob Portman (Ohio) will accompany him on each leg — he will board a chartered airplane at the end of each day to fly to the next state, according to aides.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/mitt-romneys-tour-bus-has-wings/2012/06/15/gJQA1ZDneV_blog.html

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12 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mitt Romney’s tour bus has wings (Original post)	EarlG	Jun 2012	OP
it's not a plane	Enrique	Jun 2012	#1
hopefully later on this summer, President Obama and VP Biden will do a real bus tour	WI_DEM	Jun 2012	#2
trains!! totally should be trains.	Voice for Peace	Jun 2012	#5
Cool!	Cracklin Charlie	Jun 2012	#9
bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa	montanacowboy	Jun 2012	#3
there is a fog upon the land	Voice for Peace	Jun 2012	#6
Why am I not surprised? nt	snappyturtle	Jun 2012	#4
The news stories always have to include something Obama did too	siligut	Jun 2012	#7
All dogs have to be strapped to the roof of Robme's bus	meow2u3	Jun 2012	#8
Bill Maher said the difference is on the bus the greyhound's on the side...	Rhiannon12866	Jun 2012	#10
So the buses are just props	aint_no_life_nowhere	Jun 2012	#11
A must read .... the bus tour where Mitt does not ride the bus.	Botany	Jun 2012	#12

Response to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:30 AM

Enrique (22,638 posts)

1. it's not a plane

it's a bus elevator.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:31 AM

WI_DEM (32,522 posts)

2. hopefully later on this summer, President Obama and VP Biden will do a real bus tour

thru the heartland or even an old fashioned train whistle-stop swing.

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Response to WI_DEM (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:08 PM

Voice for Peace (8,395 posts)

5. trains!! totally should be trains.

and talk about high speed rail jobs and infrastructure the whole way.

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Response to WI_DEM (Reply #2)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 03:41 PM

Cracklin Charlie (560 posts)

9. Cool!

In 2008, they drove right past my business.

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:31 AM

montanacowboy (3,380 posts)

3. bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

AND PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS FOOL?

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Response to montanacowboy (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:11 PM

Voice for Peace (8,395 posts)

6. there is a fog upon the land

anyone with half a brain can see he is a liar and shyster.

But on account of the fog, people's brains are being
directly programmed to disregard their hearts and their
common sense.

This disregard will cause them suffering no matter who wins.

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Response to EarlG (Original post)

Fri Jun 15, 2012, 11:41 AM

snappyturtle (11,785 posts)

4. Why am I not surprised? nt

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 12:36 PM

siligut (11,128 posts)

7. The news stories always have to include something Obama did too

Last summer, President Obama got heat when the government flew, not drove, his black armored campaign bus to Minnesota to ready for the president’s Midwestern bus tour.

Obama is the president! There is no comparison. Obama was doing a short tour, do they really expect the president to waste time on the road getting the bus to a destination? And he flew the whole crew, it was a time saver.

Romney is going to fly each night, between stops, while his hooligans drive the bus. That obviously isn't saving time as the bus and crew are still traveling by ground, it is just saving Romney from any discomfort.

The news has been doing this, anytime they run a story unflattering to Romney, they have to include something Obama or another Democrat (Clinton) did. Like Clinton's team overlooking a tip for a waitress was equated with Romney's team breaking precious mementos and tearing off table cloths.

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Fri Jun 15, 2012, 01:36 PM

meow2u3 (13,880 posts)

8. All dogs have to be strapped to the roof of Robme's bus

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:14 AM

Rhiannon12866 (54,902 posts)

10. Bill Maher said the difference is on the bus the greyhound's on the side...

Last edited Sat Jun 16, 2012, 12:15 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 01:15 PM

aint_no_life_nowhere (18,936 posts)

11. So the buses are just props

Why not just use dummy props of Romney himself on each bus. That way he could visit every part of the country at the same time. No one would know the difference.

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Sat Jun 16, 2012, 10:53 PM

Botany (36,048 posts)

12. A must read .... the bus tour where Mitt does not ride the bus.

Sarah Palin did this on her book tour .... fly into town and ride the bus the
last few miles to "the event."

I expect the media to cover this fraud in depth.

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