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karynnj

(60,043 posts)
7. I'm more surprised that Romney AFTER the fact
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 02:33 PM
Sep 2012

said he liked what Eastwood did.

It may be my age or that I am from the Midwest, but when did it become ok for someone at a major party's convention, in their primest of prime time, to make a joke that implies the President speaking as Cheney did to Leahy.

I remember how bent out of shape the Republicans were when Whoopi Goldberg made a crude vulgar joke based on Bush's last name at a fundraiser - not the convention. Kerry was not there when it was said, but he quickly distanced himself.

Now on some RW sites, they are claiming that the end result is that people will think less of Obama. It seems to me that the only people who would think anything sensible was said were people who already hated Obama.

Given that over 50% of the voters think favorably of Obama, I think Romney condoning this could have made a mistake - especially as people already thought they didn't like him.

One sign that the entire convention backfired is that it has the lowest value of people more likely to vote for him minus those who are less likely. http://www.gallup.com/poll/157256/gop-convention-romney-speech-evoke-lukewarm-reactions.aspx?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=syndication&utm_content=morelink&utm_term=All%20Gallup%20Headlines%20-%20Politics This might be the best indicator of the success of the convention as comparing the pre and post numbers would include what the other side did and outside events (like the faux terror alert the morning after Kerry's)

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I'm more surprised that Romney AFTER the fact karynnj Sep 2012 #7
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