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Does Romney have the Stomach for this?[W:7]

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While the republican primaries were pretty dirty they were still in intramural event. Now Romney is in an environment he might not be prepared for. Not sure he has run up against this sort of no holds barred, unethical opponent as Obama and company. Even in the world of finance where the saying is " you eat what you kill" there is some measure of ethics and laws you are expected to follow if you are going to be a long term successful player as he was.

Now he is going against people like Obama who not only will do anything but has the power of government to pull whatever levers he needs to stay in office. Just one recent example being the letter the labor department sent to defense companies that they need not follow the law and give 60 days notice of pending layoffs. As these notices would have to go out shortly before the election. Or having the Senate majority leader saying on the senate floor something that had it been said on the street he could be sued for libel.

Romney seems weak in the face of these attacks, much like Kerry did when he was swiftboated.

If he can't fight back against Obama would he be an effective President having to face off with Putin as an example. If Reid can trample him now, how would Romney be able to work with him if he wins and the dems keep the senate.

My sense is that Romney has about two weeks to take this issue on or the race will be over before labor Day.
 
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Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

That's funny. Romney is running the dirtiest campaign I've seen in years. You can tell he's lying because his lips are moving.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

That's funny. Romney is running the dirtiest campaign I've seen in years. You can tell he's lying because his lips are moving.

What has Romney done that comes close to the Mccarthy tactics Obama unleashed with it's dog, Harry Reid.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

What has Romney done that comes close to the Mccarthy tactics Obama unleashed with it's dog, Harry Reid.

What did Reid do that YOU didn't just do by pulling out of your ass the claim that Obama had anything to do with Reid's comments?

What Romney has done is produce multiple lying attack ads claiming that Obama said things he neve said, among other things.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

What did Reid do that YOU didn't just do by pulling out of your ass the claim that Obama had anything to do with Reid's comments?

What Romney has done is produce multiple lying attack ads claiming that Obama said things he neve said, among other things.

There was a time I enjoyed going back and forth with you. On your most in another thread you went over the line in my view so we won't be having these little chats anymore.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

There was a time I enjoyed going back and forth with you. On your most in another thread you went over the line in my view so we won't be having these little chats anymore.

So you're going to stop stalking me in order to avoid dealing with your ridiculous claim above? I won't hold my breath.
 
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Moderator's Warning:
Not about other posters please guys. Let's keep it about the topic.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

What did Reid do that YOU didn't just do by pulling out of your ass the claim that Obama had anything to do with Reid's comments?

What Romney has done is produce multiple lying attack ads claiming that Obama said things he neve said, among other things.

For us to buy that, we would have to believe that dems dont coordinate. I simply cant buy that leap anymore. Hes carrying water for the White House or hes aware what hes doing is forwarding what the White House would like to do, if they could.
 
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For us to buy that, we would have to believe that dems dont coordinate. I simply cant buy that leap anymore. Hes carrying water for the White House or hes aware what hes doing is forwarding what the White House would like to do, if they could.

The question though is not about Reid, but about Romney. His counter to Reid's knife to the gut was to throw a pillow back. He showed no outrage just took it like a wimp. I don't think Americans want a wimp for a President. That is the point of the thread.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

For us to buy that, we would have to believe that dems dont coordinate. I simply cant buy that leap anymore. Hes carrying water for the White House or hes aware what hes doing is forwarding what the White House would like to do, if they could.

And again, that is qualitatively the same thing that Reid did: making an unverifiable claim based on pure supposition.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

This campaign has been as nasty as any I remember. First, all the Repunantcans went to war with each other, loudly shouting insults and denigrating the other guy.

The Democraps are spared selecting their tool, sorry, I meant candidate since he's already plugged into the system. So they have plenty of energy for launching non-stop attacks, credibility be damned, at least a few more voters will be swayed by preposterous idiocy.

As far as I can see, Romney is a throw-away candidate, sorta like Bob Dole. The chances of beating Obama are negligible despite any record he may have. The poor are bought off by staying with the social welfare oriented party. There's a lot of successful people too, say that they make $80K a year or better. They're inclined toward Romney but not that enthusiastically. They might just stay home or vote 3rd party in protest of all of this vile behavior.

I doubt the GOP insiders don't already know this. They'll probably focus on the House and Senate to insure absolute gridlock until 2016 by which time everyone will hate the Democraps and they'll be able to sneak in their Manchurian Candidate.So, IMHO, it ain't much of a race. Look at Intrade - those folks are betting real money and Obama is way out front of Romney, polls be damned.

I wish we had more thoughtful parties and better applicants, but we don't.
 
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And again, that is qualitatively the same thing that Reid did: making an unverifiable claim based on pure supposition.

Coming from the guy that doesnt see the Obama campaign slinging mud, I think Ill take your comment at its apparent worth: zero.
 
Re: Does Romney have the Stomach for this?

Coming from the guy that doesnt see the Obama campaign slinging mud, I think Ill take your comment at its apparent worth: zero.

Coming from the guy who can't cite a single example of Obama slinging mud, I'll take that for what it's worth.
 
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