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Related: About this forumWhat's with Romney's campaign - Anglo-Saxons, Soviet Union, cats and dogs voting
Has Romney's campaign gone stark raving mad?
The Campaign surpasses Michael Steele and Sarah Palin for lunacy.
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What's with Romney's campaign - Anglo-Saxons, Soviet Union, cats and dogs voting (Original Post)
Rosa Luxemburg
Jul 2012
OP
That's nothing. Catch this gem from the staffer of a GOP running for Governor:
freshwest
Jul 2012
#6
Kochroaches are known for increasing their numbers. And making people sick!!! n/t
freshwest
Jul 2012
#12
mucifer
(23,545 posts)1. So no apology for the Anglo-Saxon comment?
dimbear
(6,271 posts)3. So far all I have heard is denials it ever happened....... n/t
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)2. What's with cats and dogs voting? I missed that.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)4. Virginia voter registration effort sent out a mass mailer, some misdirected.
Romney naturally had to butt in. Got a little bit slapped back.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)5. This one
freshwest
(53,661 posts)6. That's nothing. Catch this gem from the staffer of a GOP running for Governor:
PLEASE NOTE, NOT FIRED, STILL THERE:
Gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna said Monday afternoon that a pair of months-old tweets sent by one of his staffers, appearing to mock Asians and the elderly, were insensitive and wrong.
The tweets, sent by Kathlyn Ehl before she joined the McKenna campaign in April, gained attention earlier Monday after The Stranger published them. They were quickly deleted, but remained accessible as archived website copies.
One tweet, sent in January, said shut up and speak english #asians.
The other, from November, read, If it takes you an entire green light to walk in front of my car GET A WHEELCHAIR #toooldtowalk.
The tweets sent by a member of my campaign staff, Kathlyn Ehl, were offensive and inappropriate, McKenna, the states attorney general, said in a statement that was set to be released to the media Monday evening. They were insensitive and wrong regardless of the context.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/07/16/mckenna-staffer-apologizes-for-tweets-about-asians-the-elderly/#.UATclAOqIso.facebook
Just think what goes on in the backrooms of these campaigns...
Gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna said Monday afternoon that a pair of months-old tweets sent by one of his staffers, appearing to mock Asians and the elderly, were insensitive and wrong.
The tweets, sent by Kathlyn Ehl before she joined the McKenna campaign in April, gained attention earlier Monday after The Stranger published them. They were quickly deleted, but remained accessible as archived website copies.
One tweet, sent in January, said shut up and speak english #asians.
The other, from November, read, If it takes you an entire green light to walk in front of my car GET A WHEELCHAIR #toooldtowalk.
The tweets sent by a member of my campaign staff, Kathlyn Ehl, were offensive and inappropriate, McKenna, the states attorney general, said in a statement that was set to be released to the media Monday evening. They were insensitive and wrong regardless of the context.
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/politicsnorthwest/2012/07/16/mckenna-staffer-apologizes-for-tweets-about-asians-the-elderly/#.UATclAOqIso.facebook
Just think what goes on in the backrooms of these campaigns...
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)8. Wow!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)10. Don't you just love Republicans?
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)11. There's too many of them
freshwest
(53,661 posts)12. Kochroaches are known for increasing their numbers. And making people sick!!! n/t
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)7. They're not very good, are they?
I've been waiting for this campaign to go completely off the rails for a couple weeks now. It seems inevitable at this point.
Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)9. there seems to something popping daily!