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progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 01:25 PM Sep 2012

Romney plans to "RE-SPARK" campaign with a bus tour! (unless he's handing out cash: FAIL.)

Soo..the last bus tour he did was useless. Or do they mean "bus tour" as in bussing more fake fans in to some events???

"Romney plans to try more old-fashioned barnstorming Tuesday and Wednesday, with a brief four-city bus tour of swing state Ohio"

A "brief" FOUR city bus tour in Ohio??? That's the best they got? How many busses will be used to bring people in from other States to fill the seats?? And the way he's not drawing anyone, is it REALLY a great idea to do four cities in one State? They'll use up their 5k supporters in one event, then what?

So how many "game changers" and "restarts" and "re-sparks" has Romney had so far?

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/09/21/169345/romney-looks-to-next-weeks-bus.html


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Romney plans to "RE-SPARK" campaign with a bus tour! (unless he's handing out cash: FAIL.) (Original Post) progressivebydesign Sep 2012 OP
Could this be the SPARK... a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #1
I think it could be that spark! progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #2
each fail, epic or not a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #3
True story from 2008 Cracklin Charlie Sep 2012 #9
Talk about Instant Karma! a geek named Bob Sep 2012 #10
It got them fired up in Michigan! tanyev Sep 2012 #4
Kind of looks like... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2012 #11
It appears to me kalli007 Sep 2012 #12
Got to get the camera in really close to make the crowd look HUGHER! tanyev Sep 2012 #14
Where-o-where will he try to pretend to be a normal person? liberal N proud Sep 2012 #5
This is part of the new 'more Mitt' on the stump strategy... WI_DEM Sep 2012 #6
So, will he actually ride on the bus this time? Wounded Bear Sep 2012 #7
It would almost be worth.... RichGirl Sep 2012 #8
LOL..... NCarolinawoman Sep 2012 #13
Re-introduce, re-boot and now re-spark? beac Sep 2012 #15
If he thinks this will get him a win, I say let him have at it! Indpndnt Sep 2012 #16
He'll fly from stop to stop and meet the busses... HooptieWagon Sep 2012 #17

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
2. I think it could be that spark!
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 01:41 PM
Sep 2012

Frankly, it doesn't bode well for a candidate when people, like me, wake up each morning wondering what else he's screwed up.

A four city bus tour with Romney.. what could possibly go wrong? I'm holding out for a great open mic moment of Romney berating a bus driver.

 

a geek named Bob

(2,715 posts)
3. each fail, epic or not
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 01:43 PM
Sep 2012

seems to be sticking to Rmoney. Each one drags him down, that much further...

This campaign season is better than MMA fights on top of catapulting NASCARs.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
9. True story from 2008
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 02:49 PM
Sep 2012

I went to the dry cleaners one day in October 2008. Traffic around the strip mall was really bad, and I couldn't get into the parking lot. As I drove past, there sat the "Straight Talk Express", broken down, with smoke and flames coming out of the popped-open hood!

And there, out front, was the girl who ran the counter at the cleaners, laughing her head off, and taking pictures.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
11. Kind of looks like...
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 02:51 PM
Sep 2012

There may be a little confrontation going on in the front of the, I guess, 'crowd' in front of Rmoney's bus. Guy in lavender shirt in someone's face about something?

kalli007

(683 posts)
12. It appears to me
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 04:01 PM
Sep 2012

That he is filming it. But I could certainly be wrong.

Regardless, that's a HUGH crowd!!!

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
6. This is part of the new 'more Mitt' on the stump strategy...
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 02:20 PM
Sep 2012

with just ten days until the first debate, Mitt will be campaigning more and he's doesn't tend to do well with a heavy schedule and so have to wonder if he will be fatigued for the first debate?

RichGirl

(4,119 posts)
8. It would almost be worth....
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 02:40 PM
Sep 2012

...getting shot at by the secret service to sneak out at night and strap a doggie crate on top of that bus!

beac

(9,992 posts)
15. Re-introduce, re-boot and now re-spark?
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:44 PM
Sep 2012

You can re-tread your tired old message all you want, Mittens, but it is still re-pulsive.

Indpndnt

(2,391 posts)
16. If he thinks this will get him a win, I say let him have at it!
Sun Sep 23, 2012, 05:51 PM
Sep 2012

Nothing rapidly covers as much territory as a bus. With stops.

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