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Title: Romney Campaign Staged Donations At Storm Relief Event
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ThinkProgress
URL Source: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2 ... nations-in-storm-relief-event/
Published: Oct 31, 2012
Author: ThinkProgress
Post Date: 2012-10-31 11:23:04 by Brian S
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Views: 4448
Comments: 7
As the East Coast and parts of Ohio struggled to regroup in the devastating wake of “Superstorm” Sandy, the Romney campaign hastily transformed a scheduled victory rally in Dayton, Ohio into a non-political “storm relief event” on Tuesday. According to BuzzFeed, the campaign encouraged supporters to bring hurricane relief supplies and “deliver the bags of canned goods, packages of diapers, and cases of water bottles to the candidate, who would be perched behind a table along with a slew of volunteers and his Ohio right-hand man, Senator Rob Portman.” Just to be safe, campaign aides reportedly spent $5,000 at a local Wal-Mart on supplies that could be put on display. When supporters arrived at the rally-turned-relief event, they were treated to the 10-minute video about Romney’s life, which was first unveiled at the RNC. The event ended with supporters lined up to hand over supplies and meet Romney. But according to BuzzFeed, this donation process was also staged: Empty-handed supporters pled for entrance, with one woman asking, “What if we dropped off our donations up front?” The volunteer gestured toward a pile of groceries conveniently stacked near the candidate. “Just grab something,” he said. Two teenage boys retrieved a jar of peanut butter each, and got in line. When it was their turn, they handed their “donations” to Romney. He took them, smiled, and offered an earnest “Thank you.” The Red Cross, meanwhile, said they were grateful for the supplies but encouraged people to donate money or blood as a more efficient way to help the relief effort. 
reminds me of this: 
another great pic: 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/31/1152986/-Romney-campaign-spent-5-000-on-supplies-for-his-storm-relief-photo-op
http://underthemountainbunker.com/2012/10/31/the-elaborate-stagecraft-behind-mitt-romneys-storm-relief-event/
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#2. To: Brian S (#0)
scrapping the bottom of the barrel this morning, i see
This is pure and simple evidence of how Romney would handle a similiar crisis, and shows he is not ready for prime time. Instead of donating money, the Red Cross choice of donation, force them to ship and distribute individual containers of tomato soup and Gator Aid. The guy obviously never learned his lessons on how to efficiently organize from his missionary/community organizer stint in that hell hole, Paris.
nonsense, right where he was standing there was a big screen showing saying "donate cash to the red cross, with the number and website" how's that libyan thing working for you libs, it sure appears that you libs are hiding something could it be that the exalted one left all those people to die
#5. To: calcon (#4)
how's that libyan thing working for you libs, it sure appears that you libs are hiding something could it be that the exalted one left all those people to die The thread is about Romney and his inability to handle a simple transaction without looking stupid. Do you really think Romney would have handled the Libyan situation any differently?
LOL. It isn't nor is it for you neo-cons. Nobody cares and it is too late now for it to gain any traction. Thanks for playing though... {{{chuckle}}}
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#3. To: calcon (#2)
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scrapping the bottom of the barrel this morning, i see
#4. To: mininggold (#3)
Replies to Comment # 4. nonsense, right where he was standing there was a big screen showing saying "donate cash to the red cross, with the number and website"
#7. To: calcon (#4)
how's that libyan thing working for you libs, it sure appears that you libs are hiding something
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