tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post458974009086006781..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-16755645075749120152012-03-22T16:03:37.970-04:002012-03-22T16:03:37.970-04:00Wherever Romney appears during the fall campaign, ...Wherever Romney appears during the fall campaign, crowds of Democrats should be on hand waving Etch-A-Sketches over their heads. Simple, cheap prop. Looks good on television. Easily understood metaphor for Romney's great character flaw.Laneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10644741110793483787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-15490888802848385192012-03-22T15:16:45.760-04:002012-03-22T15:16:45.760-04:00I'm w/ leadballoon. If the guy just said "...I'm w/ leadballoon. If the guy just said "We'll push the reset button in the fall" there wouldn't have been so memorable an image to exploit.<br /><br />Still, it's tantamount to admitting that Romney is a flip-flopper, knows it, & is cynical enough not to care.M. Bouffanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04519088858760760560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-20500363486272804822012-03-22T15:15:17.496-04:002012-03-22T15:15:17.496-04:00We can only speculate, but I think Obama would hav...We can only speculate, but I think Obama would have prevailed even without the meltdown -- but only because Palin became a laughingstock once SNL and Tina Fey had some material to work with. I think McCain was on his way to losing, then Palin gave him a shot with the speech -- but then she turned out to be an empty suit (to put it mildly). If she had given any sign of having the brain she seemed to have while uttering other people's lines, she could have dragged McCain over the finish line. But I think Obama would have won under most other circumstances.<br /><br />Then again, you could be right. We'll never know.Steve M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-68248880980310914482012-03-22T14:12:33.177-04:002012-03-22T14:12:33.177-04:00I think your alternate history of the '08 camp...I think your alternate history of the '08 campaign is very plausible. Moreover (as I've opined before): even after the actual campaign, had the $$ meltdown occurred 6 weeks later, I think McCain (Palin or no Palin) would have prevailed over Obama - very likely after quite a few "think" pieces from the usual sycophants about the "gutsy maverick coming from behind a la Harry Truman", or some such tripe.BHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12991272246814476124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-54119961277251030572012-03-22T12:24:04.972-04:002012-03-22T12:24:04.972-04:00the etch-a-sketch thing is an easy quick soundbite...the etch-a-sketch thing is an easy quick soundbite that everyone can understand. the obama campaign will be able to exploit it. rmoney keeps shooting himself in the foot, probably cuz hes such an inept born-on-third base ass.proverbialleadballoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592049897382920314noreply@blogger.com