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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Romney grossly overestimated the country's hatred of Obama... [View all]Jamaal510
(10,893 posts)51. I agree with everything in this post except Romney
being their best candidate for this year. I think the GOP would've been better off nominating either Jon Huntsman or Ron Paul. RP was a wingnut, but at least he had a passionate following (unlike Romney supporters, who mainly support him due to Obama Derangement Syndrome). And Huntsman actually took science seriously and believed in global warming, unlike his Republican rivals. Another reason why I think those two would've been in better shape than Romney is because they had some sort of cross-over appeal. They both had populist, non-hawkish stances at least with regards to the Afghan War, and it seems to me that many liberals had a favorable opinion of RP's drug policy.
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Romney grossly overestimated the country's hatred of Obama... [View all]
Drunken Irishman
Sep 2012
OP
they believe their own bs... the RW faux news bubble is a delusional lie not connected to reality
BREMPRO
Sep 2012
#35
Now, we need repub congressional and senate seats to voice support for r0mnoid, or president Obama,
geckosfeet
Sep 2012
#2
There are only so many witch burners and cross burners left in this country.
OffWithTheirHeads
Sep 2012
#10
A big gamble to sue Obamacare as unconstitutional - their biggest mistake?
LiberalLovinLug
Sep 2012
#60
Rmoney thought 2010 midterms sealed it for him. They all (the whole GOP) did....
TeamPooka
Sep 2012
#12
Blacks are overrepresented on TV in the US. Why? Because Americans like Black folks.
McCamy Taylor
Sep 2012
#14
I wonder why you didn't mention that the Romney campaign relies almost entirely on lies
lunatica
Sep 2012
#23
Actually,at she said was much worse. She said we are lucky to have someone like
tblue37
Sep 2012
#31
Isolation is one way of deluding oneself. His 1% Mormon world leaves little room for reality.
jwirr
Sep 2012
#27
When you live in an echochamber, the only voices you hear are the ones in your head. nt.
neverforget
Sep 2012
#33
The hate they have for obama has been pretty staggering & you're right, it is falling to deaf ears.
desertduck
Sep 2012
#69
Almost every family in America suffers from having a FOX "News" viewing asshole....
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2012
#50