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In reply to the discussion: Adviser: Romney "shellshocked" by loss [View all]waddirum
(979 posts)238. GW veered wildly off the rode with that quote...
...smashing head on into The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again".
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Reminds me too,of that commercial where the worker says they built the stage...
tokenlib
Nov 2012
#17
No kidding!!! You're completely right. Romney knows how it feels now.
progressivebydesign
Nov 2012
#130
good question - wondering if they were doing a documentary of his assumed-win from the inside
tomm2thumbs
Nov 2012
#78
same reason they thought Obama did not mention terrorists the day after the Libya attack
Skittles
Nov 2012
#11
Karl knew the fix was in, but he did not count on people standing in line for 10 hours or more
LiberalArkie
Nov 2012
#147
That's what I've been wondering. Karl Rove sure felt like he had it in the bag
loudsue
Nov 2012
#218
They underestimated how many people would turn out and stay in line long enough to vote. n/t
gkhouston
Nov 2012
#221
Great POTUS he would make, NOT! The Bill Maher bubble I guess... Shocked, ahh, polling???
winstars
Nov 2012
#13
Get the tranq rifle out of the closet, Ann. He's having another episode.
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2012
#21
They're a pack of liars and thieves: their public humiliation was no different than
alcibiades_mystery
Nov 2012
#25
When Christie threw Romney under the bus, that was another way of indicating that Christie
coalition_unwilling
Nov 2012
#148
Surrounding himself with sycophants may have worked for him in the busines world.
Lone_Star_Dem
Nov 2012
#67
"And fewer Republicans did: Romney got just over 2 million fewer votes than John McCain."
madaboutharry
Nov 2012
#68
His handlers told him that no one was clued into the lies..."keep going, we're fooling them"
Sheepshank
Nov 2012
#69
Maybe he was relying on what Ohio SOS Husted told him about the fix being in
Jack Rabbit
Nov 2012
#81
OMG. They believed their own spin and truly disbelieved the national polls.
PA Democrat
Nov 2012
#86
There is something worse. When you know you've won and it's snatched away from you.
SammyWinstonJack
Nov 2012
#87
After sending so many jobs to China, mebbe Romney has a political future there
struggle4progress
Nov 2012
#89
I am just overwhelmingly offended as an American that these lying Asshats thought their bullshit
AzDar
Nov 2012
#97
"They all were thrust on that stage without understanding what had just happened."
BVictor1
Nov 2012
#108
They were not qualified for the jobs if they didn't realize that they were loosing.
oldbanjo
Nov 2012
#111
Good. I'm glad it's painful. Payback for Romney's gutting of jobs and industry. F*** em. nt
TeamsterDem
Nov 2012
#122
Thats what happens when you believe your own spin. LOL Obama the whole time wasn't
southernyankeebelle
Nov 2012
#126
I tend to agree with you, or maybe the machines were counter-rigged by anonymous.
diane in sf
Nov 2012
#207
So.... they wanted to lead a country that they had no sensibility for. At all.
geckosfeet
Nov 2012
#144
Now he can ask the Mormon church to posthumously baptize his dream of the presidency.
tanyev
Nov 2012
#145
Hopefully he will get permanent Romensia and we never have to hear from him again
Shilo
Nov 2012
#153
Not as shellshocked as all the people who lose their jobs due to right-wing policies and don't have
LeftishBrit
Nov 2012
#154
"They all were thrust on that stage without understanding what had just happened."
Bertha Venation
Nov 2012
#166
and they need one, esp. if it's a Dem psychiatrist who can lead them to enlightenment
wordpix
Nov 2012
#210
I can't help thinking none of them have the foggiest clue what "shellshocked" actually means...n/t
dumbledork
Nov 2012
#171
"There's nothing worse than when you think you're going to win, and you don't,"
AlbertCat
Nov 2012
#184
Yeah, they were shell shocked that all that money didn't buy them the presidency!
Uniblab
Nov 2012
#190
I think his advisers were feeding him the same crap they were feeding the media.
DCBob
Nov 2012
#197
Boo fucking hoo hoo. Ann is left with only one dancing horse; doesn't get to be Queen of the US
REP
Nov 2012
#201
Divine Right of Kings is no longer a government policy, you idiots!!!
Manifestor_of_Light
Nov 2012
#203
"We just felt, 'where's our path?'" said a senior adviser. "There wasn't one."
wordpix
Nov 2012
#209
Everything he's done and then everything he pulled, for that crew to be frog marched
jsmirman
Nov 2012
#225