2012 GOP Presidential Campaign -- "This individual's going to accuse me of an affair for an extended period of time."

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this video is worth 1000 words. but i've still reprinted 22 of those words below.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/12/romney-2002-moderate-progressive-not-partisan-Worcester

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

I think people recognize that I'm not a partisan Republican—that I'm someone who is moderate, and that my views are progressive.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link

better embed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMcjJEXt9To&feature=player_embedded

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:20 (twelve years ago) link

i used to like tomasky too until i realized he basically just writes the same columns as everybody else

his venerable escutcheon, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:37 (twelve years ago) link

sheesh I'd never seen that clip

iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link

this race is gonna get so lol

iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link

i used to like tomasky too until i realized he basically just writes the same columns as everybody else

― his venerable escutcheon, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:37 (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Permalink

idk. i like him as a writer, i don't know whether it's just that i thought he was particularly suited to the informality of blogging, over the more necessarily fully-formed-premise-based nature of his NW columns. just hasn't grabbed me yet. & the plan b thing.

Never translate German (schlump), Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link

Oppo research! Please get that clip to Newt a.s.a.p.

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link

I heard the clip of the gay vet telling the media hordes he knows Mittens is a fake by looking into his eyes, which frankly is BS. I'm sure he would've been impressed 4 years ago by Bam's lyin' eyes.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link

I didn't think that clip was so awesome-awful either.

Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link

In a sane world, not at all; boasting of your moderation is the kiss of death in terms of the nomination.

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:52 (twelve years ago) link

I think alfred was talking about the gay-vet clip

iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link

yes

Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link

Mittens comes off decently; he answered the question without her eyes crossing, as Bachmann did when that kid programmed by lesbian parents questioned her.

Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link

*HIS eyes crossing, heh

Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:54 (twelve years ago) link

Oops--I meant the one just above.

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:55 (twelve years ago) link

without her eyes crossing, as Bachmann did when that kid programmed by lesbian parents questioned her.

her eyes weren't crossing. they were summoning a righeous blast of hellfire from the lord.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 15:56 (twelve years ago) link

and now for a funny little story about Mittens' dad:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jR1D9gmHyL8/TuepsEKfc2I/AAAAAAAAAO4/I9LGdawDEbU/s1600/GroganRomneyNYT.jpg

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:51 (twelve years ago) link

Man, bring back the days when Republican presidential candidates actively campaigned in San Francisco.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:57 (twelve years ago) link

"articulation is a key identifier of intelligence (esp to me)."

?? i don't get this, its an identifier of a certain kind of intelligence but certainly a very limited one

joey joe joe junior shabadoo, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 19:58 (twelve years ago) link

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2011/12/un-newtening.html

:/

iatee, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link

that poll detail is terrific. his boom was so fast it didn't even happen

slandblox goole, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link

Trump debate off; my condolences to you all.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:25 (twelve years ago) link

If they give up on Newt before he even has a chance to engineer a spectacular flame-out, I will be very angry. (Honest to god--what do these people want!?)

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:26 (twelve years ago) link

was honestly hoping Newt would get to spout a few more totally insane things before shrinking back into ignominy

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:31 (twelve years ago) link

newt will always spout totally insane things; you may just have to work harder to hear about them

mookieproof, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link

Back to point #2 on a list I posted of reasons why I wanted Newt to win: the sheer boredom of an Obama-Romney campaign.

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:39 (twelve years ago) link

boredom with a fraudulent choice helps the 99%, not that you in the Great White North need care.

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link

We don't have rich and poor people here--just a Tim Horton's on every corner.

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:44 (twelve years ago) link

canada just backed out of kyoto! the circus headed north too i guess

slandblox goole, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:47 (twelve years ago) link

man and just after Gingrich secured the coveted Giuliani endorsement

xp

Shakey Mo Collier, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link

This staple remover has emerged as the newest Republican frontrunner. It's fiercely anti-mandate, a proven job creator, and (surprisingly) has just received Rick Perry's endorsement.

http://www.mozenamedical.com/images/25-716.jpg

clemenza, Tuesday, 13 December 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link

"articulation is a key identifier of intelligence (esp to me)."

No it ain't not.

Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 13 December 2011 22:13 (twelve years ago) link

very sad to see the gingrich boomlet dying out.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link

RIP Newt, we'll always have the first week of December, 2011

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link

f---g a.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link

so, it's romney?

PROGRESSIVE ROMNEY?

FLIP/FLOP MITT/ROM?

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link

George Will column on Gingrich sure is ... something

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link

ron paul picked up a key gay-beardo-limey endorsement today

mookieproof, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:09 (twelve years ago) link

ron paul boomlet next.

Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link

why did newtmania die? did america remember who he is?

big popppa hoy, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link

If there's any un-Newtening, it's marginal (margarine/shortening, etc.). That poll had fewer than 300 respondents, and is probably worthless.

C.K. Dexter Holland, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link

why did newtmania die? did america remember who he is?

relentless drumbeat of negativity from pundits/press probably didn't help but who knows

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

seems pretty clear the GOP "establishment" made the call to flex some media muscle against li'l Newtie

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:21 (twelve years ago) link

From the NY mag article linked above:

Ron Paul has decided, for reasons known only to Ron Paul, to unleash his moneybomb in the form of a brutal advertising assault on Gingrich, also in Iowa.

It's clear to me that Paul expects to become the next anti-Mitt darling and hopes to veer the stampede towards himself at the strategic moment, just before the caucuses and several days before Iowans experience their fifth or sixth case of buyer's remorse.

Aimless, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:22 (twelve years ago) link

yep yep

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link

kinda doubt that's gonna work tho

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link

I can see why Ron Paul would think that though, because the rise of Cain and Gingrich have been improbable.

Nicole, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link

can't imagine why any evangelical would give Paul the time of day

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:30 (twelve years ago) link

Because he is not Mitt. Nor is he Santorum, Bachmann, Perry, Cain, or Newt. Oh, and he's not a mormon.

Aimless, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:33 (twelve years ago) link

Paul's chock full of the non-gredients voters are yearning for.

Aimless, Wednesday, 14 December 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link


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