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44. As usual they take their marching orders from Murdoch n/t

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Conservative griping about Mitt Romney grows [View all] Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 OP

You don't buy a puppet without wanting to pull the strings. n/t bluedigger Jul 2012 #1

He knows the base is gonna vote "white" so he can be smug Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2012 #2

"Disciplined message"? SERIOUSLY? catbyte Jul 2012 #3

"LEGENDARY disciplined message". Frank Cannon Jul 2012 #45

we know what his policies will be. shifting taxes away from the rich gutting regulation leftyohiolib Jul 2012 #4

Romney IS the powered elite! Or at least one of them. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #34

His policy will be the Ryan budget that he has endorsed, watch out! xtraxritical Jul 2012 #57

Your commentary is correct JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #5

Of course he's going to cheat TrogL Jul 2012 #19

He could win by spending hundreds of millions on ads muriel_volestrangler Jul 2012 #41

But then-- I dunno. Would ANY amount of $$ cause anyone to vote for him? ailsagirl Jul 2012 #70

in the primaries he was running against imbeciles and lunatics magical thyme Jul 2012 #73

This sums up Romney's campaign nicely. Blanks Jul 2012 #6

It does feel like that but I think the absence of substance IS their strategy. KurtNYC Jul 2012 #18

Sickening Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #22

Hatred is the nasty one. Fear is the other big motivator and that can seem almost nice KurtNYC Jul 2012 #32

Keep in mind that hate and fear are all the teaparty party has to offer. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #35

*could* they replace Romney altogether? mike dub Jul 2012 #33

damned slim chance KurtNYC Jul 2012 #37

I think it is a done deal. randome Jul 2012 #48

TBH, it is possible(though highly unlikely), that he might just go ahead and pull a Kerry...., AverageJoe90 Jul 2012 #60

If they wanted sommeone principled or competent, they should have chosen accordingly DFW Jul 2012 #7

I remember all the talk about how handsome he is. After exposure to him, he just Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #12

Funny--that's just how my friends back home in Dallas reacted to John Edwards DFW Jul 2012 #30

LOL. The GOP factions are already jockeying for blame positioning when he loses. JBoy Jul 2012 #8

What do they expect from their gripes? "You're boring. Become more interesting! Today!" . . . Journeyman Jul 2012 #9

The presidency is simply the next bullet on his resume JaneQPublic Jul 2012 #10

Kind of like Bush Jr. wanting to take out Sadam avebury Jul 2012 #14

Exactly! And like McCain wanting to be Commander in Chief... JaneQPublic Jul 2012 #52

it's actually worse than that.. oldhippydude Jul 2012 #53

Romney Is Running "Our Turn" Campaign DallasNE Jul 2012 #11

Four month until the vote and they are dead in the water Kolesar Jul 2012 #13

When you run a campaign on 'Anyone But ....' you tend to have an uphill battle. LynneSin Jul 2012 #15

+1 KurtNYC Jul 2012 #20

Congratulations to politicasista Jul 2012 #61

I didn't like the way Shrum ran the campaign but I have to give them some credit KurtNYC Jul 2012 #63

Ok, fair enough but politicasista Jul 2012 #64

totally. I've seen two Romney stickers.. and the rest are NEW anti-Obama stickers. progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #27

enthusiasm DonCoquixote Jul 2012 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author politicasista Jul 2012 #62

Too bad the Conservatives don't or can't see this for what it really is... bluesbassman Jul 2012 #16

They say Gman Jul 2012 #17

Grover Norquist set the bar for the Republican candidate for POTUS this year Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #21

GOP have run and won using negative campaigns over the last three decades. Never have they faced applegrove Jul 2012 #23

"I mean, what the hell does Mitt care about?" Doh, Money you idiot. nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #24

What does he want to do? RESCUE toxic derivatives for the 1%. That's why nothing but $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ patrice Jul 2012 #25

"legendarily disciplined?" For serious? progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #26

The elite media writes 3 stories like this about Democrats for every 1 they write about Republicans bluestateguy Jul 2012 #28

There's no passion, no ideas, because they don't NEED any. They're here to perpetuate the Status Quo patrice Jul 2012 #29

Romney IS one of the hegemony that runs/runes Earth. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #36

I believe that. People should think MUCH more about the kinds of relationships in that crowd. patrice Jul 2012 #38

Don't think of it as an illuminatti or New World Order type of thing........ wandy Jul 2012 #40

Of course that's the way it really is. And because it is that way, a lot of mediocrity gets carried patrice Jul 2012 #42

Is this what Mitt REALLY looks like? LongTomH Jul 2012 #58

Great movie, one of my favorites davidpdx Jul 2012 #65

All the king's money and all the king's men couldn't put Romney together again. tanyev Jul 2012 #31

I'm trying to look at this from Romney's perspective. Let's see here...... wandy Jul 2012 #39

If nothing else, we can always count on them to eat their own. nt DCKit Jul 2012 #43

As usual they take their marching orders from Murdoch n/t underpants Jul 2012 #44

To anyone who doesn't think, it's called "Sell the Mystery, not the Mastery". HughBeaumont Jul 2012 #46

Being from Mass I agree Marrah_G Jul 2012 #47

that's info the O campaign should use - could get a sound bite out of that one wordpix Jul 2012 #49

He has his Momon friends running his campaign. kimbutgar Jul 2012 #50

he wants to fulfill Morman prophecy d_r Jul 2012 #51

I know no one likes an I-told-you-so rocktivity Jul 2012 #54

Good, let them gripe nxylas Jul 2012 #55

Ah, schadenfreude! Ain't it a bitch? LongTomH Jul 2012 #59

I think he's going to have to do something more than just raise money davidpdx Jul 2012 #66

He doesn't care about anything except money, and he doesn't want to do anything except "be" Presiden CanonRay Jul 2012 #67

Its hard to sit back and let your opponent look crazy quakerboy Jul 2012 #68

as the big guy himself Harvey on Rachel the other day said PatrynXX Jul 2012 #69

Well, I for one think the Dewey, er, Romney campaign is in tip-top shape Ishoutandscream2 Jul 2012 #71

Again, the wrong candidate PATRICK Jul 2012 #72

they'll gripe about him plenty, and vote for him in November 0rganism Jul 2012 #74