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In reply to the discussion: GOP GOTV Volunteer Says: Team Romney "Unprecendented" Failure [View all]underpants
(182,792 posts)44. That's what it sounded like to me too
Campaigns often serve as a means to funnel money to political operatives with side businesses (like Rove's supposedly effective direct mail). Many small campaigns that have no chance are really just a way to get money out of contributors pockets and into pros pockets.
We had heard stories about the massive over payments that the Romney campaign was making to consultants and that was the first thing I thought of when I read that....other than what I posted below about canvassing.
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Idiots. If they'd won Florida, Virginia, AND Ohio, they'd've STILL lost the election.
Bucky
Nov 2012
#6
Amazing...and a good point about 75-80 year-olds...lots of volunteers are the retired...
joeybee12
Nov 2012
#16
if that's how they ran their campaign, can you imagine them running the country?!?
magical thyme
Nov 2012
#22
CEO mentality. Dump a load of shit on the underlings and expect them to do everything.
Scuba
Nov 2012
#25
ANOTHER ungracious and mendacious "We defeated ourselves" load of CRAP. TEAM OBAMA HAD BETTER IDEAS
WinkyDink
Nov 2012
#26
All that money and the volunteers still had to print out their top secret documents on their own
Skidmore
Nov 2012
#32
That's what the dumb fucks get for spending all their money on a bunch of stupid ads.
RBInMaine
Nov 2012
#37
Romney never ran a real business with real employees, so of course his operation failed. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2012
#42