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Raster

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88. I get the feeling that Ann would have LOVED to have been FLOTUS and wave to all....
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 06:27 PM
Nov 2012

...the commoners from the South Portico, but did NOT get the feeling she has enjoyed the election process to get there.

Stay classy, Willard, right to the end. Raster Nov 2012 #1
Hey, at least he didn't make them build the stage! Barack_America Nov 2012 #34
I'm surprised he didn't expect them to take a cyanide pill for "their" incompetence. Texin Nov 2012 #49
Romney is no longer running for office, so he doesn't care what anyone thinks of crunch60 Nov 2012 #64
Yeah, no kidding. The comments are MOST interesting. calimary Nov 2012 #85
Great post, thanks. Scuba Nov 2012 #94
what an insufferable jerkoff. Whisp Nov 2012 #2
He's a businessman to the core. Cut any losses no matter what the human cost. Kablooie Nov 2012 #12
The best businessmen I know care deeply about their people Poiuyt Nov 2012 #68
"Best" isn't necessarily "wealthiest". That's the Romney standard. WinkyDink Nov 2012 #78
Precisely. And this is how he would have run a country. Atypical Liberal Nov 2012 #79
Showing his true colors. Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #3
Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #4
really? Because I volunteer much of my time and money for my candidates hfojvt Nov 2012 #51
Were you on assignment FOR the HRC campaign ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #58
bite your tongue hfojvt Nov 2012 #81
Sorry ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #82
Glad you posted this ruffburr Nov 2012 #5
heard it on the radio in the car this morning tk2kewl Nov 2012 #6
Awesome agtcovert Nov 2012 #7
Frankly, I do not Carolina Nov 2012 #8
spot on ywcachieve Nov 2012 #10
That's right. You don't want to be ripped off by scam artists? Don't follow them. n/t lumberjack_jeff Nov 2012 #16
Who said The Twit isn't consistant? Jack Rabbit Nov 2012 #9
In Mitt's mind, the workers don't really exixt, he can't see them as people, they are only there crunch60 Nov 2012 #69
So now they know how that guy in that commercial felt RomneyLies Nov 2012 #11
They Should Have Known As This Is The Guy That Likes To Fire People......nt global1 Nov 2012 #13
What else could we have expected... ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #14
You mean to say he's actually a chronic asshole Downtown Hound Nov 2012 #15
That's Mitt for you. Jennicut Nov 2012 #17
This really should help the tell-all books, heh, heh. JohnnyLib2 Nov 2012 #18
Can you imagine what they'll say? meeshrox Nov 2012 #40
Good point. UnrepentantLiberal Nov 2012 #52
That'll teach them Hutzpa Nov 2012 #19
Yea, we should get on right wing sites and post this. Of course they are going to blame this on some busterbrown Nov 2012 #20
I can't think of a better epilogue for the Rmoney campaign story. Gidney N Cloyd Nov 2012 #21
turns out that the campaign didn't get the donation stream that they thought they would grantcart Nov 2012 #22
And turns out that Rmoney never put a dime of his own money into his own campaign. Raster Nov 2012 #41
My understanding from 2008 that it was one of Ann's conditions that no more personal money grantcart Nov 2012 #44
Well I guess we know who wears the magic pants in that family, now don't we. Raster Nov 2012 #48
She might have had a good point grantcart Nov 2012 #86
I get the feeling that Ann would have LOVED to have been FLOTUS and wave to all.... Raster Nov 2012 #88
And I'm sure he won't blame her for that. aquart Nov 2012 #59
Just like he "built" Bain Capital Retrograde Nov 2012 #53
Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #61
I read Mitt made millions on this election, via huge money being spent in media- crunch60 Nov 2012 #80
that's crazy!! uponit7771 Nov 2012 #84
And after he canceled their credit cards their jobs were shipped to China Auggie Nov 2012 #23
My wife said it best "If you lie down with a snake, you're going coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #24
Irony overload bongbong Nov 2012 #25
man of the people TeamPooka Nov 2012 #26
Even if he had won, he probably would have done the same thing begin_within Nov 2012 #27
They found out that they are part of that 47%. L0oniX Nov 2012 #28
This is why I don't vote Republican. This is why we do not need a "businessman" Chorophyll Nov 2012 #29
exactly right SemperEadem Nov 2012 #37
out of touch with reality from beginning to end. marble falls Nov 2012 #30
Most likely a high up in the campaign staff made that decision Kaleva Nov 2012 #31
two days have gone by and he hasn't said or done anything to reverse it SemperEadem Nov 2012 #36
Sorry, I can totally see Rmoney saying "cut off the cards" as he left the stage. Raster Nov 2012 #42
If so, said high-up felt comfortable making that decision Posteritatis Nov 2012 #46
romney is a top-down style manager, he made not have made the calls and the shut-off date/time leftyohiolib Nov 2012 #70
That's what you get for siding with the dicks. sibelian Nov 2012 #32
He is a Bishop after all, a man of the cloth aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2012 #33
that 47% thing is really 100% if your last name isn't romney... SemperEadem Nov 2012 #35
At least he didn't have his buddy with the weird hair call them to say "You're Fired" Coyotl Nov 2012 #38
"I like being able to stiff people." nt hvn_nbr_2 Nov 2012 #39
Romney is an asshole. And, nothing but an asshole. - n/t Jim__ Nov 2012 #43
"I don't worry about those people" Zambero Nov 2012 #45
That was the name of the game. Buzz505 Nov 2012 #47
This is what the country dodged gholtron Nov 2012 #50
Mitt cares about one thing only lark Nov 2012 #54
What A Ccarmona Nov 2012 #55
Not just a LOL, but a guffaw out loud comment at the rawstory page: Rob H. Nov 2012 #56
Would Dem staff get a credit card for cabs? Patiod Nov 2012 #57
I'm not convinced it was the wrong thing to do. Renew Deal Nov 2012 #60
Am I alone in thinking this a mistake? He is "shellshocked". SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #62
We dodged a major bullet! Raster Nov 2012 #71
I've changed my mind after listening to what the GOP is up to today. He was setting an example. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2012 #73
Romney defenders at Forbes are saying this was a good thing to do because progressoid Nov 2012 #63
I wonder ... 1StrongBlackMan Nov 2012 #65
The weird thing is.....it probably turns those kids on to see loudsue Nov 2012 #66
Ha ha...Slapped by the invisible hand of the free market n/t deutsey Nov 2012 #67
"Not normal protocol for political campaigns" but then again AllyCat Nov 2012 #72
a just and fitting end Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #74
The vindictiveness of this shallow man is incredible Nika Nov 2012 #75
You wouldn't want them to just be MOOCHERS, would you? WinkyDink Nov 2012 #76
What a hoot n/t Strelnikov_ Nov 2012 #77
Charming jmowreader Nov 2012 #83
Just goes to show you how fucked up the GOP really is Rex Nov 2012 #87
The GOP LOVES the 1-2% and hates the rest. Raster Nov 2012 #89
Ya that was amazing, it was as if they thought they paid Rex Nov 2012 #93
That's just how the United Corporations of America do business. Raster Nov 2012 #98
Mr. Corporations-Are-People ain't no friend of mine Blue Owl Nov 2012 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author Patiod Nov 2012 #91
Serves those Alex P Keaton m%#fuc#ers right nt Patiod Nov 2012 #92
I was talking to my son about this mercuryblues Nov 2012 #95
Better his staff than the country! undeterred Nov 2012 #96
Well this demoralized a bunch of staffers tabbycat31 Nov 2012 #97
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