Romney Campaign Plays Convention Video At ‘Non-Political’ Storm Relief Event in Ohio
Source: think progress
Despite promising to avoid political events while millions of residents in the northeast suffer through the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, Mitt Romney made stop in the crucial swing state of Ohio on Tuesday morning and engaged in the very kind of electioneering his campaign pledged to forego.
The event itself was billed as a storm relief benefit, and the Romney campaign asked supporters to bring with them food and other goods to donate to victims of the storm. But soon, reporters poked holes in the campaigns explanation for staging the rally. First, the relief event was scheduled for the same time and location as a recently canceled political rally. Then, photos emerged, showing that donors were asked to wait to drop off their goods until Romney arrived to accept them himself, suggesting a photo op not unlike the one his running mate Paul Ryan staged earlier this month in a soup kitchen. And Salon noticed that the targeted recipient of all of the donations the Red Cross doesnt even accept most of what the Romney campaign collected in Ohio.
But just in case there were any lingering questions over the political nature of the relief rally, Romneys staff left no room for doubt when they aired a biographical video that was part of the Republican National Convention in August (and used by the campaign at political events since).
Even Stuart Stevens, a Romney aide and longtime GOP strategist, admitted that the campaign engaged in politicking at the Ohio event during an interview with NPR political correspondent Ari Shapiro:
Stevens later offered a possible explanation for the video, blaming it on the venues in-house Audio/Visual staff for airing the video:
Read more: http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/10/30/1112971/romney-campaign-plays-convention-video-at-non-political-storm-relief-event-in-ohio/
HankyDub
(246 posts)Whoops we accidentally put our candidate in front of the cameras, then we accidentally put the campaign video in the player and then somehow someone pressed "play."
The Wielding Truth
(11,415 posts)beac
(9,992 posts)gosh darn it if some goofy volunteer didn't go and accidently push play!
green917
(442 posts)If we can't trust these yahoos to stage manage their own controlled campaign events? How are we supposed to trust them to stage manage our foreign policy, or our disaster relief, or our economic policy, or our relationship with other World leaders, or....
I could go on and on and on. You would think that after running for President for the better part of a decade, this craven ass hat would have picked up some pointers on how to do it effectively! Worst candidate ever! How is he even in this race? It's baffling and very very frightening!
Divine Discontent
(21,056 posts)if their campaign isn't the biggest cluster**** then I've never seen one!
what a joke their people are... bad liars.
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oldbanjo
(690 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)a stunt like this is pulled. He must really have a hard time looking UP at snakes...
mac56
(17,569 posts)"Stevens added, 'Some volunteer just pressed play, I guess.'
When in doubt, blame it on the help. Bastards.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)That campaign is in tatters...
wordpix
(18,652 posts)I don't get it, either
Squinch
(50,950 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Americans have learned to expect that Willard & his Republican cronies lie....
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...lies...
...bullshit...
...lies...
Repeat.
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)I like it.
sling438
(17 posts)Ooooooopppps!!!!
DollarBillHines
(1,922 posts)(overheard at Stones concert) "Does anyone here want to run the lights?"
Jeesh