Romney to stop mentioning ex-Navy SEAL in speeches

vienna · 10-10-12, 05:24 PM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...a-in-speeches/

I have often wondered if any of those people mentioned by politicians (of all parties) in their "homey" little references ever object to the references; apparently some do object. This is the first I can remember. Going back to the Reagan days, when he would mention meeting someone on the campaign trail, or receiving a letter from someone, or some other "contact" he had with some "ordinary citizen", poliitcians have made almost a cliche to bring up these little vingnettes of how they are "in touch" with average Joe Citizen in some way or another. It has gotten to the point of being almost trite...

One thing is probably sure: the Romney campaign operative who failed to vet the source and get permission from the subject is now looking for another job...

Cybermat47 · 10-10-12, 06:31 PM

So, to get votes back, Romney is using the name of a dead person, who, for all we know, was going to vote for Obama?

I think I know who's going to win...

GoldenRivet · 10-10-12, 07:08 PM

Well i hope the right person wins because we are at a political cross roads really...

Look right you see the rocky road leading to the mount of prosperity

Look left you see the easy route leading to the cliff of despair

My careers have allowed me the opportunity to travel this great country from one shore to the other, i have met and mingled with a great many people from the lowliest of ghettos to the highest of manicured landscapes.

I can honestly say there is a certain half of this nation that is mired in government reliance and likely will never escape it - nor will they probably ever have any want to do so.

personally it sickens me to know that we very recently sacrificed a great many members our greatest generation to defeat national socialism... now the very same nation seems to embrace national socialism as it has taken a serious foothold in the political landscape of America.

unfortunate this is.

CCIP · 10-10-12, 07:11 PM

partisan political cliches sure make for some nice poetic imagery huh

CaptainHaplo · 10-10-12, 08:18 PM

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I think I know who's going to win...

One candidate wants to talk about 23 million people unemployed or underemployed. He wants to discuss the mounting deficit and how we fix it. He wants to find a better road in the Middle East so that we don't end up with more dead Americans as we did in Libya. He wants to find ways to solve the problems we face

The other candidate wants to talk about how the first guy wants to kill Big Bird...

Yes - I think I know who is going to win as well.....

August · 10-10-12, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

One candidate wants to talk about 23 million people unemployed or underemployed. He wants to discuss the mounting deficit and how we fix it. He wants to find a better road in the Middle East so that we don't end up with more dead Americans as we did in Libya. He wants to find ways to solve the problems we face

The other candidate wants to talk about how the first guy wants to kill Big Bird...

Yes - I think I know who is going to win as well.....

Dig it.

Oberon · 10-10-12, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

Yes - I think I know who is going to win as well.....

Not the American public...

CaptainMattJ. · 10-10-12, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo

One candidate wants to talk about 23 million people unemployed or underemployed. He wants to discuss the mounting deficit and how we fix it. He wants to find a better road in the Middle East so that we don't end up with more dead Americans as we did in Libya. He wants to find ways to solve the problems we face

The other candidate wants to talk about how the first guy wants to kill Big Bird...

Yes - I think I know who is going to win as well.....

You mean the same candidate who neglects to tell the public exactly what it is he plans to do?

The same candidate who is kept on a leash by the Republican party, the most extreme and outrageous party to hold a current office?

The current republican party makes me want to vomit. They've become desperate and totally separated from the majority of America. these past four years have brought out the worst and the craziest, and i cant understand why anyone still sees any appeal in the snake they have running for office, being kept on a leash to carry out the republican party's outrageous will.

mookiemookie · 10-10-12, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

partisan political cliches sure make for some nice poetic imagery huh

Hey, I like rocky road ice cream. Back off, man. Stop harshing the mellow. Or the marshmallow as it were.

August · 10-10-12, 10:42 PM

I did like this:

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Glen Doherty’s sister, Kate Quigley, had a different take on Romney’s words. ”It was nice what he said,” she told she told WCVB. “Being an American hero is bipartisan.”

Armistead · 10-11-12, 02:43 AM

I hope Romney wins, it will assure a victory for Hillary next go round...

Platapus · 10-10-12, 07:11 PM

Trying to use meetings with citizens is a cheesy political trick, but they all do it.

After all, if they had integrity, they would not be in politics.

10-10-12, 05:24 PM	#1
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Romney to stop mentioning ex-Navy SEAL in speeches http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...a-in-speeches/ I have often wondered if any of those people mentioned by politicians (of all parties) in their "homey" little references ever object to the references; apparently some do object. This is the first I can remember. Going back to the Reagan days, when he would mention meeting someone on the campaign trail, or receiving a letter from someone, or some other "contact" he had with some "ordinary citizen", poliitcians have made almost a cliche to bring up these little vingnettes of how they are "in touch" with average Joe Citizen in some way or another. It has gotten to the point of being almost trite... One thing is probably sure: the Romney campaign operative who failed to vet the source and get permission from the subject is now looking for another job... __________________ __________________________________________________ __

10-10-12, 06:31 PM	#2
Cybermat47 Willing Webfooted Beast Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 5,408 Downloads: 300 Uploads: 23	So, to get votes back, Romney is using the name of a dead person, who, for all we know, was going to vote for Obama? I think I know who's going to win... __________________ Historical TWoS Gameplay Guide: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2572620 Historical FotRSU Gameplay Guide: https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/sho....php?p=2713394

10-10-12, 07:08 PM	#3
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Well i hope the right person wins because we are at a political cross roads really... Look right you see the rocky road leading to the mount of prosperity Look left you see the easy route leading to the cliff of despair My careers have allowed me the opportunity to travel this great country from one shore to the other, i have met and mingled with a great many people from the lowliest of ghettos to the highest of manicured landscapes. I can honestly say there is a certain half of this nation that is mired in government reliance and likely will never escape it - nor will they probably ever have any want to do so. personally it sickens me to know that we very recently sacrificed a great many members our greatest generation to defeat national socialism... now the very same nation seems to embrace national socialism as it has taken a serious foothold in the political landscape of America. unfortunate this is. __________________

10-10-12, 07:11 PM	#4
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	partisan political cliches sure make for some nice poetic imagery huh __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Trying to use meetings with citizens is a cheesy political trick, but they all do it. After all, if they had integrity, they would not be in politics. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

10-11-12, 02:43 AM	#11
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	I hope Romney wins, it will assure a victory for Hillary next go round...