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What caused Mitt's defeat? Projects look at key factors. [Romney = abortionist/statist RINO]
The Deseret News ^ | November 14, 2010 | Trent Toone

Posted on 11/16/2010 3:09:32 PM PST by KateUTWS

PROVO – Did unreported factors contribute to the demise of Mitt Romney's 2008 presidential campaign?

How did the news media cover the 1967-68 presidential campaign of his father, George Romney?

Two research projects presented to an audience of more than 100 people at BYU's Mormon Media Studies Symposium recently compared the two Romneys' campaigns.

BYU professors John Gee and Louis C. Midgley titled their paper, "Under the Media's Nose: Overlooked Factors Undermining the Presidential Campaign of Mitt Romney.

(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backstabberromney; byu; lds; munchhausenbyproxy; rinobackstabber; rinoblamer; rinoblamesothers; rinomney; romney; romney4obama; romney4obamacare; romneybigdig; romneycare; romneydirtytricks; romneymarriage; soreloserromney
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To: rockvillem
"Every LDS I’ve ever know has been righteous - it isn’t “fair” that his faith plays a role, but to blame it on evangelical Christians is a joke. And this comes from someone who isn’t one."

Every LDS I've ever known has NOT been righteous. They certainly weren't righteous in their actions, although they could be very polite when they stabbed you in the back. And they needed the imputed righteousness of Jesus, not the earned righteousness demanded by Joseph Smith. And this also comes from someone who isn't one.

21 posted on 11/16/2010 3:25:57 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: hinckley buzzard

Agreed.


22 posted on 11/16/2010 3:26:34 PM PST by KateUTWS (What would a leftist do without his self-righteousness?)
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To: rockvillem

And it’s absolutely fair that voters consider religion sizing up the man. Religion speaks to character and core values.


23 posted on 11/16/2010 3:27:11 PM PST by DannyTN
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To: pissant
George Romney didn't have Jim Robinson & FreeRepublic to put up with!

...and Jim's crew of Conservative Crusaders.

24 posted on 11/16/2010 3:28:00 PM PST by TexasCajun
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To: KateUTWS

I posted this piece for the information of Freepers who only see highly critical articles about Mitt Romney.
Fair and balanced.
Thanks for each and every comment.
Kate


25 posted on 11/16/2010 3:29:29 PM PST by KateUTWS (What would a leftist do without his self-righteousness?)
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To: TexasCajun

Who brainwashed him then? I thought it was Jimrob


26 posted on 11/16/2010 3:29:30 PM PST by pissant (THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
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To: derekr44

Yes.

In similar fashion, I’m a Catholic, but that doesn’t mean that I’d vote for Teddy Kennedy or Nancy Pelosi because they call themselves Catholics.


27 posted on 11/16/2010 3:29:30 PM PST by Cicero
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To: pissant

This is not an endoresment! Romney ran a good campaign. well organized, staff wasnt infested with goofballs, he stayed on HIS message. They had great organization skills.
A lession could be learned by the way he ran...or others ran his campaign.

Hw will not be the nom in any case thank goodness. People are tired of the slick phonies..which includes the biggest con artist ..the HUCKSTER!


28 posted on 11/16/2010 3:31:08 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: pissant

George SOROS BUTTBOY


29 posted on 11/16/2010 3:31:32 PM PST by STD (He walks like a he duck, he talks like a duck, yo' mama married two of the duckers, U a duck Boy!)
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To: rrrod

Yes, they were highly professional liars for Romney.


30 posted on 11/16/2010 3:33:04 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Without checks and balances, why are you surprised that the courts are capsizing the ship of state?)
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To: KateUTWS

My impression is that it was because a lot of people weren’t necessarily voting for him to win, but because they didn’t really want McCain.


31 posted on 11/16/2010 3:34:14 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: KateUTWS
All this ink spilled for a simple explanation:

  1. It was McCain's turn.
  2. Soros preferred McCain.

Now there's good news and bad news for Mitt in 2012:
  1. The Good News: Its Mitt's turn as the runner-up to McCain.
  2. The Bad News: These rules will not apply in 2012.

32 posted on 11/16/2010 3:34:33 PM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: EternalVigilance

You miss the point. His staff did a great job. Not that he was RIGHT. Romney’s staff was better than McCain’s and the hucksters combined. That has nothing to do with his positions.


33 posted on 11/16/2010 3:42:01 PM PST by rrrod (at home in Medellin Colombia)
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To: pissant

He is McMitt.


34 posted on 11/16/2010 3:44:04 PM PST by screaminsunshine (Americanism vs Communism)
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To: KateUTWS

The report appears to present Mitt’s flip-flopping as a figment of our bigoted imaginations:

“George Romney was never portrayed as a flip-flopper the way Mitt was”


35 posted on 11/16/2010 3:45:50 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: rrrod

No, I totally got the point. They were very professional liars for Romney.


36 posted on 11/16/2010 3:47:30 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Without checks and balances, why are you surprised that the courts are capsizing the ship of state?)
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To: KateUTWS
What caused Mitt's defeat?

Well, the whole "he wasn't a conservative" argument won't fly, unless you believe that McCain is a conservative.

One term governors usually don't get Republican presidential nominations. A lot of primary voters (some of whom were actually Republicans) assumed it was McCain's turn, and McCain did have more experience in national politics.

Now this time, Romney can make a case that it's his turn. But he was still only a one-term governor, so he still hasn't proven he's got what it takes.

Obama's argument that winning primaries and the convention are the equivalent of actual political -- even administrative -- experience isn't going to fly with Republicans, especially now.

To a lot of people Mitt comes across a little too much like the CEO who fired them, so, barring some kind of freak perfect political storm, he won't win the nomination or election.

37 posted on 11/16/2010 3:48:43 PM PST by x
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To: KateUTWS

There is one word.

R-I-N-O!!!

This guy tried to look more liberal than Ted Kennedy to try and get elected as a Massachusetts. Then, when that wasn’t enough, he tried to look more conservative than the other GOP. I don’t think anyone knows where on Earth this guy stands on any issues.


38 posted on 11/16/2010 3:50:05 PM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: KateUTWS; Jim Robinson; hinckley buzzard
I posted this piece for the information of Freepers who only see highly critical articles about Mitt Romney.
Fair and balanced.
Thanks for each and every comment.
Kate

Obviously you haven't see THIS comment.

"Not to mention his baby MURDERING traits!! The man is scum of the earth!! he claims to have changed is mind, but I’ve never seen him apologize or beg forgiveness for the thousands of unborn babies he slaughtered on his Altar to himself, the Governor’s Chair of Massachusetts (should have been the electric chair). No, I will never be sympathetic to murdering socialist/statist scumbags or anyone who worships such evil!!

FUMR!! Keep him the hell off of FR!!

No RomneyCare for America!! No taxpayer funded abortion!! No gay agenda!! No mandates against our free people, even by a state government!!

And he’s never appologized for that either. In fact, he still brags about it!! Scumbag statist, that he is!!

Mitt Romney is an ASSHOLE statist/Marxist whore in drag!!

FUMR!!

Hope his supporters are reading me LOUD AND CLEAR!!

There will be NO Romney campaign on FR EVER!! So if that is your hope, get the FLOCK OFF FR NOW!!

196 posted on Sunday, November 07, 2010 2:42:59 PM by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)


39 posted on 11/16/2010 3:52:25 PM PST by greyfoxx39 (VP Cheney says at Bush Center groundbreaking: "This may be the only shovel-ready project in America")
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To: pissant

He’s a RINO- that’s what cost him...


40 posted on 11/16/2010 3:54:29 PM PST by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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