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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:41 AM Oct 2012

... Romney .. turning Hurricane relief event into political rally

10/30/2012 10:55am by John Aravosis

... USA Today reporter Jackie Kucinich:



... And here’s NPR’s Ari Shapiro:



... Don’t take the reporters’ words for it – the Romney campaign is now calling today’s event a “Victory Rally.”



... More from Michael Barbaro, a NYT reporter at the not-really-a-relief event:



http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-shows-campaign-video-at-hurricane-sandy-relief-event.html

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... Romney .. turning Hurricane relief event into political rally (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2012 OP
Pretty blatant treestar Oct 2012 #1
They can't resist politicizing disaster. liberal N proud Oct 2012 #2
Hope those tweets are echoed in the reporting of this. Rose Siding Oct 2012 #3
Obama is winning Iowa Liberal Oct 2012 #7
Makes this go viral folks imgbitepolitic Oct 2012 #4
He is a GOP and Media Whore! sheshe2 Oct 2012 #5
Hmm Faith9326 Oct 2012 #6
Romney message, 'I care.' flpoljunkie Oct 2012 #8
If it is for hurricane relief bigbrother05 Oct 2012 #9

treestar

(82,383 posts)
1. Pretty blatant
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:44 AM
Oct 2012

Highlights how can he be such a problem solver for an entity he thinks should stay out of problems.

Iowa Liberal

(1 post)
7. Obama is winning
Tue Oct 30, 2012, 11:53 AM
Oct 2012

I guess Romney knows he is losing and can't afford to stay quiet anymore. It is tacky, but that's business as usual for him

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