Posted on 11/12/2012 6:45:11 PM PST by SquarePants
Romney probably used a lot more than these, but here are a few of his biggest losing strategies I came up with:
1. Nominate a candidate who doesn't represent the core values of your party. Mitt Romney is not now, nor has he ever been, a conservative. Of course, next to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney looks like a conservative, but then next to Obama, Francois Hollande would look like a conservative.
2. Suppress your own vote. The Romney team invested millions of dollars, and gambled election day success, on a program called ORCA, which was designed to centralize (centralize?) the Republican GOTV. Somewhat predictably, the intricate and complex system, which was untested before election day (untested?), crashed and burned when they tried to use it. (Mr. Romney, meet Mr. Murphy. He has a law you may want to familiarize yourself with.) Unfortunately, the Romney team realized this well after they had usurped and dismantled the GOP's local GOTV infrastructure. Which also leaves us wondering just how much the Romney team oversold his managerial prowess.
3. Allow enormous voter fraud. 100 Ohio precincts with Obama winning 99%+ of the vote, including 44 districts in Cleveland? 59 precincts in Philadelphia where Mitt Romney got ZERO votes? In Florida, Romney got less than 1% in Broward County? These numbers would be too suspicious for Hugo Chavez to use to claim legitimacy.. but I guess the GOP just ignores this kind of stuff.
4. Assume that the under-informed voters understand what the hell you're talking about. Paul Ryan seems like a pretty knowledgeable guy, if you're paying close attention. Most people do not pay close attention. People who pay no attention to politics and then, in the last few weeks before an election make up their minds, are often called "under-informed." They may or may not be stupid, but their ignorance of the issues is undeniable. The Romney/Ryan campaign was heavy on wonkery, but weak on visceral pull. An example of Mitt Romney's overestimation of the sophistication of the electorate was when, in the third debate, he took a pass on Benghazi. I think most conservatives (with whom Mitt has only party affiliation in common) winced as Romney walked right past the best opportunity he had to portray Obama as the dishonest fraud he is in terms everyone would understand. Four dead Americans, and a President spinning and lying to mold the narrative to fit his agenda. In the end, Romney failed to differentiate himself from Obama enough for the under-informed voters to pull the trigger for him.
Ultimately the Romney/Ryan ticket will be remembered as proving that ninety minutes of brilliance cannot make up for a poorly run, disorganized campaign with a weak message and hobbled by its standard bearer, and the fact that he did not represent the core of his own party.
You hit the nail on the head.
He didn't fail --- LIBERTY FAILED
...it was beaten by willful servitude.
>>next to Barack Obama, Mitt Romney looks like a conservative
GeeOpie - No he doesn’t. Unless you’re a RINO who thinks a liberal, homosexualist pandering, baby butchering, gun grabbing, Brzezinski-influenced SOB is “conservative”.
At least they got the FAIL part right.
Biggest mistake for that nitwit was us nominating him.
Can’t blame me for that. I voted against him in the primaries.
He was another Moderate Republican trying to enthuse and gather Conservative votes - mission failed. I doubt that the Republican Party will ever learn though so maybe another Party is in the offing...
He did get enough votes for second place though.
Romney couldn’t win - but neither could any other Republican. We simply can’t compete with the Free Shyt Party. That ain’t changin any time soon.
We can’t compete with voter fraud.
http://www.petition2congress.com/8222/petition-recount-on-2012-presidential-election/
Visit this site. They are keeping a running account of cases of voter fraud and what to do about it:
http://www.ObamaVoterFraud.com/
SARAH PALIN speaks out of massive Obama machine voter fraud:
Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks Between suppression of the military vote and voter fraud, Obama stole another election. http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/46302 DEMAND A RECOUNT! #VoterFraud
Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks People need to stop pointing fingers within the GOP and investigate the Dems' massive voter fraud and suppression of the military vote.
Photo of Ethiopians brought to Ohio voting stations by busload, 95% of whom did not speak English, and told to vote for Obama, straight Dem ticket https://www.facebook.com/lori.patriot/posts/404694619604138<
Must watch videos!
VIDEO-- Programmer Testifies About Rigging Elections With Vote Counting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hbf3iaEbAuY
VIDEO- Illegal Aliens Caught Voting and Stealing Elections In Florida In Vast Numbers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ILJDudUpct0
VIDEO- Michael Savage: How Obama fixed the 2012 election: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dmJtaOO2etc
VIDEO- Massive voter fraud discovered in April:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ILJDudUpct0
VIDEO- Whistle blower speaks out about voter fraud: http://www.youtube.com/watch? feature=player_embedded&v=k_rMpQKqZhM
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We can not wait for 2014 and 2016 to regroup and figure out new strategies. By then it will be too late. The Marxist/Muslim usurper will have completed his planned distruction of America. That's what people fail to understand.
We must act NOW.
Start with the election. If we let the Rats get away with this massive voter fraud, we're no better than a bananna republic.
We must keep digging and pounding him every day, in every way we can- phony birth certificate, Benghazi, Fast and Furious, his hidden life, records....
We are FReepers. We must fight!
Those who shrug and accept this atrocity without a fight are not worthy to be called Freepers!
Sarah Palin News @SarahPalinLinks People need to stop pointing fingers within the GOP and investigate the Dems' massive voter fraud and suppression of the military vote.
McCain-Palin got 32 or 33 percent in 2008. Where did you get this figure? I think there may be a mistake.
never happen, the truth might come out.
Romney made one mistake - he ran.
Amen, Sister Sarah!
I thought so, too. Hence the question mark. All the links are embedded in the article on the site, but here’s the one you’re asking about: http://www.punditpress.com/2012/11/in-florida-obama-got-over-99-in-broward.html
Ping!
Hey, voter fraud is on the list, for sure. But whose job is it, aside from Romney and the GOP, to get out there and ensure that fraud is, at least, challenged? How were those poll watchers in Philly removed from their posts without the GOP being ready for it... it happened in ‘08, too.
I find the Dem fraud reprehensible, but expected. I’m angry at the GOP for not anticipating it and having a gameplan to fight it.
Romney led the attack against Gov. Palin
in the LAST Election so he could give this one
to Obama-the=-UndocumentedTyrant AGAIN.
Obama is Romney’s fault. 110%
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