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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney campaign: We had 'nothing to do with' picking Ford Field
Mitt Romney campaign: We had 'nothing to do with' picking Ford Field
by Jed Lewison
Hahaha:
It wasn't our fault! Hell, we didn't even put the event on Mitt's schedule. He just showed up. (Perhaps muttering something about trees and domestics and Cadillacs?)
But it gets better hahahahahahahaha:
Yeah, they were so worried about security that they decided to move the event from an enclosed, controlled space ... to the middle of a 65,000 seat empty stadium. And Mitt Romney's campaign had no influence over the matter at all. M'kay.
...The Detroit Economic Club doesn't accept the Romney campaign's claim, saying Romneyland "approved" and "concurred" on the Ford Field venue. Real classy of Romneyland to blame the hosts when obviously they could have easily declined the invite, isn't it?
...Now they are saying the Secret Service forced them to hold the event on the field:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/24/1068042/-Mitt-Romney-campaign-We-had-nothing-to-do-with-picking-Ford-Field
by Jed Lewison
Hahaha:
#Romney official: "The campaign had nothing to do with" decision to hold event at nearly empty Ford Field. (1/2)
@PeterAlexander via web
@PeterAlexander via web
It wasn't our fault! Hell, we didn't even put the event on Mitt's schedule. He just showed up. (Perhaps muttering something about trees and domestics and Cadillacs?)
But it gets better hahahahahahahaha:
Detroit Econ Club originally planned to hold speech in stadium's atrium, but moved to field citing "security concerns." (2/2)
@PeterAlexander via web
@PeterAlexander via web
Yeah, they were so worried about security that they decided to move the event from an enclosed, controlled space ... to the middle of a 65,000 seat empty stadium. And Mitt Romney's campaign had no influence over the matter at all. M'kay.
...The Detroit Economic Club doesn't accept the Romney campaign's claim, saying Romneyland "approved" and "concurred" on the Ford Field venue. Real classy of Romneyland to blame the hosts when obviously they could have easily declined the invite, isn't it?
...Now they are saying the Secret Service forced them to hold the event on the field:
Romney campaign &Detroit Economic Club say Secret Service rejected planned location of speech in atrium, had to move to empty playing field
@KellyO via TweetDeck
@KellyO via TweetDeck
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/24/1068042/-Mitt-Romney-campaign-We-had-nothing-to-do-with-picking-Ford-Field
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Mitt Romney campaign: We had 'nothing to do with' picking Ford Field (Original Post)
ProSense
Feb 2012
OP
So in every town where Romney appears, the local stadium is the only acceptable venue?
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2012
#3
How much does it cost to rent out a professional football stadium like Ford Field?
aint_no_life_nowhere
Feb 2012
#8
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)1. This whole thing is moving sideways real fast
underpants
(182,950 posts)2. Complete BS - everything in a campaign is planned and re-evaluated
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)3. So in every town where Romney appears, the local stadium is the only acceptable venue?
If he wants to hold an intimate town hall meeting, the Secret Service forces him to use the local college or pro field?
Siwsan
(26,308 posts)4. Kind of looks like Detroit wants 'nothing to do' with him
I bet the trees, here, don't even like him.
"I bet the trees, here, don't even like him."
rurallib
(62,465 posts)6. sounds like Casey Stengel and the 1962 Mets
"Can anyone here play this game?"
Happyhippychick
(8,379 posts)7. Mitt, they're just not that into you
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)8. How much does it cost to rent out a professional football stadium like Ford Field?
It probably doesn't go for cheap and cost doesn't even seem to be an afterthought for the Romney campaign.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)9. It's the
"Ford Field Fumble"
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/mitt-romneys-ford-field-fumble/