About 50 days before the election and the Romney campaign is getting antsy.
1. President Obama came into the RNC convention with a lead in the polls and came out of the DNC convention still in the lead..particularly in the battleground states. the way the electoral map is shaping up, he has the easier path to victory.
2. His campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Obama. Witness the ill thought of criticism during the current crisis following that loony release of that anti-Islam film.
3. Finger pointing among his campaign staff that just went public. That sort of thing normally happens after you lose an election.
4. And then there is the fundraiser remarks:
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president
no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who
are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who
believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who
believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to
you name it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give
it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what,"
Romney said.
Romney added: "My job is is not to worry about those
people. I'll never convince them they should take personal
responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince
the 5-10 percent of people who are independents, that are thoughtful,
that look at voting one way or the other depending upon, in some cases,
emotion, whether they like the guy or not."
He just included the everyone drawing Social Security in those statements as well. as well as those veterans benefits.
Open mouth insert foot...that seems to be the on-going Romney theme.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell
1. President Obama came into the RNC convention with a lead in the polls and came out of the DNC convention still in the lead..particularly in the battleground states. the way the electoral map is shaping up, he has the easier path to victory.
2. His campaign seems to be throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Obama. Witness the ill thought of criticism during the current crisis following that loony release of that anti-Islam film.
3. Finger pointing among his campaign staff that just went public. That sort of thing normally happens after you lose an election.
4. And then there is the fundraiser remarks:
"There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president
no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who
are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who
believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who
believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to
you name it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give
it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what,"
Romney said.
Romney added: "My job is is not to worry about those
people. I'll never convince them they should take personal
responsibility and care for their lives. What I have to do is convince
the 5-10 percent of people who are independents, that are thoughtful,
that look at voting one way or the other depending upon, in some cases,
emotion, whether they like the guy or not."
He just included the everyone drawing Social Security in those statements as well. as well as those veterans benefits.
Open mouth insert foot...that seems to be the on-going Romney theme.
__________________
Into terror!, Into valour!
Charge ahead! No! Never turn
Yes, it's into the fire we fly
And the devil will burn!
- Scarlett Pimpernell