And there it was ...

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Lawrence O'Donnell first to give the crappy: "If we'd seen that guy during the campaign, it would have been very different" bullshit line.

Shame on you, Lawrence. I love you, and I love you with your professor glasses, but that? Is a crock of shit.

[Orrex]

1. People said the same about Gore's 04 concession speech

It's all part of the dog & pony show.

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3. Yep. But Gore's speech was actually a good one.

That was actually the opposite situation, IMO. I thought Gore was a great man, but the press shit all over him from day one. I didn't see him as fake and a puppet, like Romney. So when the press said that about Gore, I wanted to throw things at the tv, because I thought that Gore was ALWAYS there.

Romney? He's the man who was NEVER there. He's just a suit. Nothing in it.

[Orrex]

5. Ah, I see what you mean

However, my thought when Gore was speaking was "if only he'd spoken like this during the campaign."

He was indeed dumped upon by the press for months on end (not least by the chronically overpraised Maureen O'Dowd).

You're right that Rmoney has been coddled for too long despite being nothing at all.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

2. I think you misread what he meant

It wasn't that he would have won, but the tone of the race would have been a lot better and more dignified.

[fugop]

4. No, I just think it's a crock.

I think he's giving too much credit to the concession speech Romney just made. Nothing stood out to me as particularly gracious or moving. McCain's concession speech got to me. I agreed when they said that about his speech. But tonight? Romney was just racing through it to get out before the crowd got out of hand. That's how it felt to me.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

6. +1 nt

[Pbs1914]

7. A ten minute speech

doesn't undue a years worth of lies, falsehoods, and playing to the mose base and lowest levels of human emotions.

[LiberalElite]

8. Which guy? The insincere, stiff, disingenuous guy? Pullleaze. n/t