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In reply to the discussion: Romney Was Afraid of Something Last Night [View all]Tom Rinaldo
(22,912 posts)14. But it wasn't just a policy change
It was, as I said above, also a personality transplant. That is the aspect that doesn't fit your answer. It was not just a last second conversion to sane policies.
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He's afraid that he's spent a shitload of his own money on an election he's going to lose
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#1
Sometimes Harry is just being silly. It's pretty rough to hide $750 million from the prying
Sekhmets Daughter
Oct 2012
#133
I think his handlers told him to stop acting like a petulant little child, stop acting like a ass
crunch60
Oct 2012
#124
Bain Capital. Don't know why Obama did not bring it up. He had a perfect opportunity to do it.
L0oniX
Oct 2012
#2
I was hoping that President Obama would have brought up Sensata on the topic of China.
BelleCarolinaPeridot
Oct 2012
#4
My take too. Obama did not give him the opportunity to respond to it. I imagine Romney had a very
OregonBlue
Oct 2012
#70
I think it hit Romney like a brick.. as to how unprepared he is for the job of POTUS, on every level
crunch60
Oct 2012
#126
He has been raised to believe he is the answer to the Mormon prophecy regarding the presidency.
jwirr
Oct 2012
#135
The picture of Mrs. Mitt-Ann with her arms wrapped around his waist from behind was just plain
sad sally
Oct 2012
#111
excellent point, but I also think he was playing it "safe" as stated above (nt)
Jersey Devil
Oct 2012
#8
+1 trying to come across as not the war monger he really is...reassure women, mods, indies
amborin
Oct 2012
#57
He was trying to negate the image he created for himself at VMI the other week.
stubtoe
Oct 2012
#12
Contrary to what many believe, I actually believe Mitt Romney is an intelligent man
RomneyLies
Oct 2012
#13
He lacks Empathy and compassion... I don't think he's inperceptive however
Hemp_is_good
Oct 2012
#49
if that be the case, it should terrify him. Bolton and the other NeoCon vipers just waiting for....
Raster
Oct 2012
#19
Or, perhaps he understands that people will connect the time line dots and see that
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#20
"the usual DU posting"---I DARE you to start a thread with this asinine and condescending title.
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#37
The usual DU posting is nowhere near as thoughtful or worked out as Tom Rinaldo's OP. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2012
#72
You've nailed it. And apparently and chattering class - including Dems - bought it.
chimpymustgo
Oct 2012
#33
No opinion on Haley chances; Rest of your post is nonsense that's a mirror image of Freeper threads:
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 2012
#76
Except for the two times he knifed through the President's attempts to respond to his running
Aldo Leopold
Oct 2012
#36
I disagree, unless you argue that he's now afraid of his BO$$E$. Romney, IMO, has come to see Obama
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#38
I'm telling you, he's got daddy issues.... and he backed down to Schieffer, not out of respect...
tomm2thumbs
Oct 2012
#42
I think he was hurt and humbled by The Salt Lake City Trib's endorsement of Obama.
ancianita
Oct 2012
#43
Seems to me that there were several things going on with Romney at the debate----
Grammy23
Oct 2012
#73
I think it was simply that he knew going in that he was not well-versed in Foreign Policy.
DawgHouse
Oct 2012
#80
Romney Was Afraid of Something Last Night: Being exposed as the lightweight he really is.
mikeytherat
Oct 2012
#101
He knew he'd get his clock cleaned going head to head on foreign policy.
pointsoflight
Oct 2012
#115
I read somewhere that he had dropped in women's support because of his dickishness.
Michigan Alum
Oct 2012
#117