Just Saw some info that Romney is cancelling campaign events & using his bus to deliver

[courseofhistory]

supplies to hurricane victims. Has anyone else heard this & is it true? I hope Obama does something similar to counter this if it's true.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Obama has the whole federal government to provide help.

That beats the heck out of a bus.

[gateley]

3. Haha! Too true!

[courseofhistory]

29. I know Obama has the whole federal gov't. but

it is the visual of the Romney bus and the supposedly cancelled campaign events. Obama and his team need to be visible also and make sure they are getting the word out there that they are helping also. Don't take anything for granted.

[hoboken123]

32. Suspending his campaign?

It hasn't work well in the past...

[ashling]

44. Obama already suspended - he's taking care of business

This is the president speaking to employees of FEMA in Washington after getting an update on Sandy.

How's that visual for ya?

[LukeFL]

84. Love!

I just fucking LOVE DU!!

Thank GOD for you guys!! You all should become a channel or a magazine like huffington. You rock!!

[TBF]

46. The President has a job to do -

I wouldn't worry about what his campaign bus is doing ... you really think Romney and his f*&&ing bus compare in any way to President Obama handling this emergency? If so please pay attention the next few days.

[doublethink]

54. Here's your Romney storm relief 'Bus' pretty pathitic effort and 'visual' if you ask me ...

Posted my opinion here ...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021654069

[crunch60]

67. Romney: Federal Disaster Relief Spending Is 'Immoral'

because look what we got, this will surely be a big help for the massive damage done by another hurricane like say "Katrina". yea, that's the ticket.
Yup, we are ready for "Sandy". come to the Romney "disaster relief bus".








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[renate]

80. is that real?

Surely that's photoshopped.

[doublethink]

87. It's real.

Was posted on a twitchy thread with a bunch of proud right winger tweets ... lol ... here's the link ... not too far down the thread ...
http://twitchy.com/2012/10/28/romney-campaign-using-romney-bus-for-east-coast-storm-relief-efforts/?utm_source=autotweet&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=twitter

[Pool Hall Ace]

93. That sign on the cardboard box --

are R-money and Lyin' asking others to donate to storm victims? Is it too much to think they could reach into their deep pockets and offer something?

[Maximumnegro]

57. Um. Obama is plenty visible. He's the president

your post is beyond ridiculous. Never mind the fact that the election is more or less locked up at this point, why in the world would the PRESIDENT need to be seen handing out supplies. We don't need to see him with some goddamn buses we need to know he is managing the FEDERAL RESPONSE TO A CRISIS.

Did you think ahead enough to consider that people may think it strange that THE PRESIDENT is on a BUS handing out supplies.

What's your next suggestion, that he stand in front of a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner when the storm's over?

Damn. Come on, man.

[mac56]

91. This.

[MightyAfrodite]

94. Max, please stop ....

you're killing me, man!!

[Indpndnt]

73. Chris Christie publicly thanked Obama for his help and promise of federal assistance.

I didn't hear the governor thank Willard for a damn thing.

[elfin]

2. I predict more than his bus - Mormons have massive stockpiles of goods

Goods,in giant warehouses. Usually used just for Mormons, but could be used for distribution to engender good will for Willard and for good PR for his religion.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

11. Mormons don't give up their stuff to outsiders.

I'd be very surprised if they offered any help to any non-Mormons, even to help Mittens.

[TruthAnalyzed]

69. That's just wrong. Mormons do

provide relief for non-Mormons. Lots of it. Over a billion dollars in aid has been given all across the world, it's not just Mormons.

[Major Nikon]

82. "Lots of it" is a relative term

For instance, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (the LDS or Mormon Church), which regularly trumpets its charitable donations, gave about $1 billion to charitable causes between 1985 and 2008. That may seem like a lot until you divide it by the twenty-three-year time span and realize this church is donating only about 0.7 percent of its annual income.

http://www.secularhumanism.org/fi/vol_32/4/cragun_32_4.pdf

[defacto7]

16. Nope, I doubt they will go into the Mormon 7 year famine stockpile...

That's their personal salvation.

But they have other supplies and I'm sure they'll help where needed. I doubt they will connect to Romney though. They are pretty much distancing themselves from him. Silently they support him but he's been a major embarrassment.

[LiberalLoner]

4. +1 But the OP's concern is noted

[gateley]

9. Yep -- and I'm convinced Romney is only motivated by the PR this might bring.

[madmom]

5. Yeah, I'm sure Romney is in that bus....

[Control-Z]

6. Will mitt actually be on the bus

and get out of the it to hand out those supples?

[defacto7]

20. Probably a look alike..

He wants to save his own ass. Other people are expendable.

[struggle4progress]

21. Nope, but Paul Ryan's gonna drop by when all the supplies in the box have been given out

Hey, it's a photo-op

[mucifer]

7. It's going to be very hard for the press to show more rmoney than President Obama

during the hurricane. But, I'm sure they will try.

[scheming daemons]

8. your concern is noted

[ejbr]

18. You are taking lots of notes

[TBF]

47. +1 nt

[luvspeas]

10. the damn bus is gonna get swept off the road and Obama's gonna have to rescue his ass...

It only takes 3 inches of water. I hope they try. I really do.

[defacto7]

28. They will probably do a shoot

in Phoenix. Someone will spray a garden hose at Romney and the bus while he hands out hot dogs. I can see him standing in the doorway in a yellow slicker and hat.

[luvspeas]

33. He'll call them sausages and will comment on how they are just the right size

the rain gear will be from burberry specially tailored for him with his initials monogrammed on the breast pocket.

[TexasTowelie]

59. Then maybe Paul Ryan can tap into his connections

and they can send the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile in to help with the response.

[Iggo]

12. Just saw it where?

[courseofhistory]

35. Here

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/28/Romney-Uses-Campaign-Bus-To-Collect-Relief-Supplies-For-Those-Impacted-By-Hurricane-Sandy

[Raster]

40. breitbart.com, eh? Do you usually consider them a good source?

[courseofhistory]

81. No I don't but

I saw it posted elsewhere with the link to brietbart and that is why I asked in my OP if anyone else had heard this and if anyone knew if it was true.

[Major Nikon]

88. Here's a few others...

CBS:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-34222_162-57541814/campaigns-shift-resources-for-hurricane-sandy/

ABC:
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/mitt-romney-campaign-eyes-hurricane-sandy-as-storm-garners-voters-attention/

CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/28/politics/sandy-campaigns/index.html

[TBF]

48. lol - gee that surprises me. nt

[A-Schwarzenegger]

62. You're Lost.

[obamanut2012]

63. Using breibart as a legit source?

Seriously?

[CitizenPatriot]

76. you might as well post an O'Keefe video for proof

Breitbart: Where being wrong is Right

[Indpndnt]

77. You read Dimbart? I'm shocked.

Not in the slightest.

But, so, so glad to hear Willard is turning over an entire bus to deliver supplies while the President is running the country and overseeing disaster relief. We'll probably have to haul his dumb ass along with the bus out of a ditch when it slides off the road in hurricane winds. Does Dimbart have anything else to say that is of no importance? I guess that would be the entire site, right? Never mind. Let the brain dead drool over their 'news' site.

[underthematrix]

13. I hope this isn't true

because the RED CROSS takes care of all of this. They have the logistics of emergency response and disaster relief down to a science. It's very, very complicated and awesome and amazing. Because of his security needs, he may make it difficult for the RED CROSS to do their job. I work with some folks who are RED CROSS ER and disaster relief and they are amazing people. Just amazing. The best thing he can do is stay out of the way.

[BattyDem]

31. He'll just get in the way and make things worse.

He'll exploit a serious matter for political gain and he'll end up looking like an ass. It'll be Benghazi all over again. If he REALLY wanted to help, if it was something he truly cared about and was not simply trying create the appearance of caring, he would contact the governors in the states those buses are in and say, "They're loaded with supplies. Distribute them and keep the buses to help with evacuations. You know where they're needed. We don't want to get in the way."

[regnaD kciN]

14. On that subject...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1251186370

[mucifer]

15. Al Gore used his plane to get supplies in after Katrina. He just didn't advertise it.

[underthematrix]

19. That was different. The

RED CROSS had not been activated because the feds basically responded with "you're on your own"

[mucifer]

25. Yes, it was totally f'd up! He had to do something.

[Pilotguy]

17. How much is he charging the hurricane victims? NT

[flamingdem]

24. LOL ! nt

[flamingdem]

22. Is he riding Rafalca into the storm with a bayonet?

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

43. .

[Indpndnt]

78. **wiping off my screen**

[BattyDem]

23. The RW blogs are calling it "Leadership"

POTUS is in touch with multiple governors, multiple agencies and is directing FEMA to coordinate relief in multiple states ... but they'll say he didn't show leadership because he didn't help anyone - the governors, agencies, and FEMA workers did.

[nc4bo]

26. And we call it what it really is - bullsh*tting. ugh.

Wish there was a bigger eyeroll smilie.

[NCLefty]

72. I just saw that.

That's hiLARIOUS.

Politicians are always genuine leaders in the middle of a campaign.

Riiiiight.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

27. Yeah I hope FEMA and the National Guard can provide as much assistance as Romney's bus!

You are a funny one.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

30. He's only bringing in supplies to 53% of the people though.

He can't bother with the other 47%.

[LP2K12]

34. Think about it...

Iraq...
Romney/Ryan sent nothing.
Biden's son, Beau volunteered to go.

Hurricane Sandy...
Romney/Ryan sent a campaign bus.
Biden's son, Beau volunteered to go.

I'll stick with the Obama/Biden ticket on this one. They know how to get the job done.

[Jennicut]

36. Mittens needs to stay out of the way.

I am serious. Over 300, 0000 people in my state of CT are evacuating the shoreline. I know there is evacuations along the shoreline in other states as well. This storm is serious. This is not a time to play "pretend hero". It is a time to get the hell out of the Hurricane Sandy's way.

[progressivebydesign]

37. That'd be a neat trick, but we dont' have hurricane victims yet.

Is he sending the bus to the Bahamas???

PS the President doesn't NEED to "do something to counter this" He's the President. Everything he does is helping them.

[courseofhistory]

38. I know the POTUS has the federal government

but the rw media will blitz the Romney thing as what a great and generous guy he is, etc. Obama's team needs to make sure they counter this with a lot of info about what he is doing to assist. Just doing it won't get much play probably from the biased media.

[LP2K12]

42. Good coverage here...

http://www.thedailybeast.com/videos/2012/10/28/obama-to-public-take-sandy-seriously.html

[Lucinda]

56. We need to NOT make this political.

Let them say what they want and help where they can.
The people who would vote Romney will anyway at this point. What's important is taking care of the folks who will be hurt by this storm.

[BlueStreak]

39. Are we sure he actually has a real bus and not just a cardboard cutout of a bus?

I mean, it is a prop. He flies from event to event, then jumps on the bus just long enough to have cameras see him getting off the bus.

[Sunlei]

41. romney could bus people to his closest mansion as a shelter, 23 acres of tents. *wink*

The Mrs can make soup. citizens united can hire the war contracter that air contioned tents in Iraq for 10 billion a year.

[TBF]

51. I'm picturing Ann feeding acres of refugees -

"cake, we need more cake ..."

[AspenRose]

61. ...and meat loaf!

[xfundy]

45. What does Ann recommend for disaster supplies?

Crudite? And perhaps lobstah bites-- no, cancel that, whole lobstahs, with lots o' clarified buttah, and perhaps some cheese, served with the right wine-- whoops, can't actually drink it, they just keep it for "friends." Same with the coffee machine.

[Marie Marie]

60. Some people are saying that she did donate some cavier that had passed its expiration date.

She's a giver.

[kestrel91316]

49. Yeah. Obama has a bus, of sorts:

Actually, he's got FEMA, and the military, and federal aid programs. And unemployment insurance for those who lose their jobs due to the storm, and medical care thanks to ACA, and......

But I guess a single measly bus full of MREs is more impressive.

[OldDem2012]

50. If Romney's doing that he must be making money somehow. nt.

[TBF]

52. We'd know that for sure if we could see the damned tax returns ... nt

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

53. The asshole will give them some stale bread and sour milk

And he and the Queen will pat themselves on the back over it for a week after.....(and keep the receipt for tax purposes of course)

[aletier_v]

65. I was hoping for some sacramental wine and host!

[Indpndnt]

74. From a Mormon? You've got a long wait, especially on the wine.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

55. Romney is probably delivering binders

[killbotfactory]

58. it's cheaper and easier to just lie and say this happened

The media won't fact check anyway

[obamanut2012]

64. I hope the President of the US sends one whole bus to help

Instead of, you know, the might of the Federal Government.

[TexasBushwhacker]

66. Far more efficient to load up some 18 wheelers

A bus, even a big one, really wouldn't hold that much. What would be more helpful is to use his buses to evacuate people.

[mzmolly]

68. I hope he'll encourage "chartiy" and the Koch brothers to step

up, too.

[NCLefty]

70. It still looks like a stunt to me.

[Indpndnt]

71. Obama helps people for a living and he does that because he cares, not for an election.

Right now, besides overseeing disaster plans, he's directed donations to his campaign to the Red Cross.

[cliffordu]

75. Obama just sent everyone in the storm's path

some breath mints in case it really gets savage.

Thanks for your concern!!!!

[TwilightGardener]

79. Then Obama should drive up in a taco truck.

Toilet paper and bottled water are boring.

[amborin]

83. LOL!

[Iggo]

89. But Colin Powell would think it's a mobile weapons lab.

[animalcrackers]

85. Damn socialists and there entitlements

Go-go Privatized diaster relief! (Maybe Mitty is offering use of his private bathroom?)

[Chichiri]

86. He'll make one run to give supplies to people who don't need it.

He'll tie up the area for hours with press and cameras. Then he'll claim that he was more effective than the federal government.

[Raven]

90. He ought to get his GD bus off the road!!!

Political grandstanding.

[lunatica]

92. Mitt will personally oversee the operation from his home in California

The weather is better there.