So the left is freaking out over Romney’s 47% statement, and they’re convinced since they’re freaking out, other people than left-wing weirdos must care. This is pretty unlikely. So far, they’ve called a number of things Romney has said “gaffes” but they haven’t moved the polls any. So what could Romney say that would actually sink his campaign? Here’s some examples I thought of:
GAFFES THAT WOULD SINK THE ROMNEY CAMPAIGN
“It shouldn’t be a crime for me to murder people with less money than me. Especially if they’re gay.”
“I sure love saying the n-word.”
“Let’s not be so hasty as to throw out all of Hitler’s ideas.”
“From now on, Ann Romney will wear a burka so that maybe the Middle East will like us.”
“How do you like my new mustache? It’s awesome; I think it makes me look like Stalin.”
“If elected president, I will lead the country in whatever direction the sacred leader of Mormonism, Mormonthor, tells me to.”
“Let me take back my statements supporting Israel; I didn’t realize that country was so full of Jews.”
“I’ve decided for campaign music we’ll be using nothing but Nickelback.”
“I’m just going to go ahead and say what Todd Akin never had the guts to: Women love rape.”
“Back in 2008, I voted for Obama.”
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Romneys got a big problem with this....not because it is likely to influence the polls (it won't) but because it confirms, out of his own mouth what Obama has been saying for him for months. The numbers of soundbites the Democrats can get out of this is amazing. Especially because that 47% he insulted includes large numbers of tax payers who are exempt because of age or military service.
ReplyDeleteObama can get HUGE mileage out of this is he plays it right.
And making it worse is that Romney is moving from gaffe to gaffe to gaffe. Ever since his foreign trip which was supposed to underscore his foreign policy credentials but simply underscored his inexperience and incompetence has been lurching and in damage control mode.
He needs to step up a gear. He needs to hit Obama where it hurts. His big advantage with the Party - Hey!! I'm not Obama - isn't going to impress the people he needs to vote for him. Insulting those same people by calling them scroungers and victims also doesn't help his case.
He's already behind in the electoral college tally and he cannot afford to keep making these fundamental errors. That inane grin of his while he berated Obama for Libya while Amercians were killed was amateurish.
I don't like Romney, but he's not Obama. And he had...and I DO mean **HAD**... a reputation for competence that right now he is not demonstrating.
Romneys in trouble. And he doesn't need any more gaffes to sink his campaign. He has already done enough damage for that. But he does have time to turn things around. Just not a lot of it.