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In reply to the discussion: Romney Being Mocked For Worst 2012 Photo-Op Gaffe of 2012!! [View all]Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)11. There's a historical precedent
Credit: President Calvin Coolidge (1873-1933) posing as a farmer during a vacation in Vermont (b/w photo), American Photographer, (20th century) / Private Collection / Peter Newark American Pictures / The Bridgeman Art Library
Coolidge was mocked for his shiny dress shoes and luxury presidential car in the background - A clumsy photo-op that backfired.
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Re nasty caption, unless he dodged it, he's paying a buttload of property tax on that
sarge43
Aug 2012
#1
Determine your candidates worst negatives, say the opposite is true, and to hell with the truth
Coyotl
Aug 2012
#4
God his pandering is absolutely sickening. As if this man has ever set foot in a grocery store.
Happyhippychick
Aug 2012
#5
Reminds me of when Bush Sr. did same, went grocery shopping, didn't know what the scanner was!
Liberty Belle
Aug 2012
#26
I do not follow Mass. Politics so I have a question about the gubernatorial race that Romney won
CBGLuthier
Aug 2012
#31
Romney retroactively moved back to Utah to get his Mormon on, and then he retroactively moved to . .
Major Hogwash
Aug 2012
#59