If Mitt loses (and it IS an if), how will the liars spin it?

[sibelian]

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	He was too "down to Earth and honest"
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	People hated him for his "success"
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	"Liberal media" brainwashed the masses
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	He was too "radical and forward thinking"
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	America is "confused and depressed by the economic downturn and wants things to be easy rather than real"
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	They won't spin it at all, he's too awful to spin, they'll just sweep him under the rug.
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	Reverse racism, white people are no longer welcome in America
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	All of the above or combination thereof (please post)
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	Other, even stupider bullshit (please post)
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[Blue Meany]

1. Democrats stole the election...n/t

[freshwest]

21. Yup, them and Dennis O'Keefe voting dead in N.H.

[Enrique]

2. reverse racism

white people are no longer welcome in America.

[sibelian]

3. Adding... :)

[Motown_Johnny]

4. The media, it is always the media

[get the red out]

5. Deck stacked against him

Everyone knew President Obama's name because he had been in office for four years and had all that name recognition thanks to the "liberal media".

[sibelian]

7. That doesn't make any sense...

I'm not saying that you're wrong or that they won't do it but it just makes my head spin...

[Salviati]

6. He wasn't conservative enough - didn't have the bona fides to bring out the movement "conservatives"

That's how the right wing nutjobs will spin it. The way I see it, if Mitt goes down in november, either the 2016 nominee will be to the right of paul ryan, or the repubublican coalition of plutocrats and rubes will implode.

[Freddie]

8. Correct!

If they lose (please dear God!!) it will be because they didn't nominate a True Conservative, and they'll get it right next time!...rinse, repeat.

[sadbear]

9. Yep, this is what they ALWAYS say when they lose.

This will be it: not conservative enough.

[kctim]

10. Doesn't matter who loses

the losing side will be blaming the:

media
voter fraud
candidate not extreme enough
special interest groups
voter intelligence

[Xolodno]

11. None of the above.

This will be Ross Perot part 2 without the third party candidate.

They will blame the "Conservatives" for forcing Mitt going too far on the right and thus alienating the middle which is needed for winning elections. Plus state Mitt was a perfect candidate to defeat Obama, but because of the purity demands, his hands were tied.

Then they will tell the "Conservatives" to get inline or get the hell out of the party. I'm going to guess the "Tea Party Conservatives" will form their own and discover next election cycle that they have absolutely no way to influence anything and get hit by the hard boot of reality....and then limp back to the Republican Party.

And the Republicans can pimp themselves as a reborn party that caters to the big tent policy. And will have "fresh" ideas to the dull dusty Democratic Party....shoot, they may even come up with a plan that "offers more choices" in the healthcare plan...acting like it was their idea all along.

The TEA Party folks are just useful idiots. They helped them get back into power and they will be the ones to take the fall and blame later.

[sibelian]

12. Yeah, that's probably what'll actually happen, but I'm not sure that's the story they'll tell.... nt

[Xolodno]

14. The Republicans and hard right have..

...always had a fractured relationship. The republicans get their votes in exchange for pushing some of their agenda. Now, the hard right/conservatives have been in their echo chamber for so long, they think they run the place. They actually believe the general populace will vote for a die hard conservative if given the chance.

For example, I have a relative in Fresno who in 2008 supported McCain...I tend to be rather anti-political so don't ask me why she wanted my opinion. I told her from the polls, its going to be Obama. She stated "you don't know that, I don't know anyone who is going to vote for Obama"....I replied "and you live where?...." She thought about it, muttled and moved on. But that's the reality they live in, only what they see and hear in their immediate area and think everyone else beyond that is just like them.

Of course the GOP knows if they run someone thats a die hard, it will destroy their party.

So they will let them run amuck for awhile and capitalize...and then slap them upside the head later. Its the battered relationship they have. The conservatives will walk out...and once they realize the reality...come crawling back begging forgiveness. And the process begins anew.

Of course the GOP could drop them and embrace the Libertarians (both share an anti tax philosophy), which would appeal to much of the center as well (anti-war, anti social engineering, etc.) ...but they don't because the GOP pockets are lined heavily with military industries, something the Libertarians want to see dropped.

The Republican party maintains the illusion of unity, but in reality its a coalition of two.

[sibelian]

20. I wonder if there's a way to widen that gap into a bona fide fracture...

I'm beginning to see why some wealthy people enjoy maintaining a stranglehold on the media. I sense within me a deep, wriggling desire to meddle...

[hifiguy]

13. Mittens wasn't right-wing enough, dammit!!

Which means that in '16 they will nominate Attila the Hun (posthumously), FrothyMix, or Allen West. It is to laugh.

[TeamPooka]

15. "Once you go black, you never go back."

They'll all say it eventually...

[Sheepshank]

16. nope it's a **WHEN** and election fraud will be touted for sure

[sibelian]

17. It's not a when. Bad form.

Don't rest on laurels.

[surrealAmerican]

18. They will focus on any Senate or House races ...

... that they won, and point to how those are "proof" that the American people support their agenda.

[sibelian]

19. So easily countered...

"Well, how come Romney didn't win, then?"