Posted on 02/26/2013 11:27:24 PM PST by ExxonPatrolUs
Etch A Sketch received an unexpected boost in sales during the 2012 presidential campaign, when a senior adviser to Mitt Romney, Eric Fehrnstrom, made an infamous gaffe in describing his boss's evolving campaign strategy. "Everything changes," Mr. Fehrnstrom said. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch. You can kind of shake it up and restart all over again." Romney's rivals framed the comment as a metaphor for Romney's shifting positions on a number of issues.
"We had calls from politicians. We had calls from media, " Kilgallon recalled," so my brother and I answered phone calls, literally, for three or four days. We weren't attending to any other business. "
Ohio Art promptly issued a limited edition blue (for Democrat) Etch A Sketch to vie with the traditional (red for Republican) toy. "I don't know how many millions of dollars of free publicity we received then," Killgallon said. "It was good for Etch A Sketch, not so good for Mr. Romney."
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Etch-A-Sketch Instruction Manual
Thanks to Ohio Art
Q: My Etch-A-Sketch has all of these funny little lines all over the screen.
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I turn my Etch-A-Sketch off?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What’s the shortcut for Undo?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I create a New Document window?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I set the background and foreground to the same color?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: What is the proper procedure for rebooting my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I delete a document on my Etch-A-Sketch?
A: Pick it up and shake it.
Q: How do I save my Etch-A-Sketch document?
A: Don’t shake it.
Yeah, that Mitt Romney assembled quite a crack staff of campaign advisors.
I agree the staff was a tad weak. (Trying to be nice) our candidates were also weak. I do not believe any would have won and not sure any of them would have been closer.
The demographics are not in our favor.
Free STuff beats EVERYTHING now.....no going back.
Yes, the parasites outnumber the hosts now. America is dead. The Democrats have won.
Oh well. There are interesting times ahead.
In a parliamentary system sometimes you have to align with a minority. I know it is not popular but the republicans are going to have to try to align with a demographic or risk permanent minority.
How does that work? Since, we wee bairn, are not parliamentary? I suggest that you, go far from here and stink. Align and stink of death, chopperjc- specificaly you. And once you are there, tell yer brethern- we are sending the rest you-COD. (cold on delivery) you efffin’ yob bo.
Really dude! All you have is that? I put forth an idea. Maybe we can find some common ground and compromise to strengthen the party. You just want to call names without any ideas. Great.
So, what is your proposal, for common ground/compromise to strengthen a party? Perhaps, start with the party, and I’ll try to keep up, from that point of reference.
Start with a party, just can’t help yourself can you?
No. So...
The demographics are not in our favor.
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The voter fraud is definitely not in our favor.
Bush 41 60% of white vote,over 400 EV’s, Romney 61% of white vote gets crushed. Those are demographic facts.
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