The Romney campaign is hosting a big event just outside Cincinnati tonight, billed as a "Victory Rally" with an enormous guest list. Some of the leading names, however, have something important in common.
Associated Press
Not surprisingly, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and their wives will be on hand, as will Kid Rock, who'll apparently provide some entertainment. But take a look at the first six names on the media advisory:
* U.S. Speaker of the House John Boehner
* Secretary Condoleezza Rice
* Secretary Elaine Chao
* Governor Bobby Jindal
* Governor Tom Ridge
* Senator Rob Portman
Boehner, of course, has been in Congress for the last two decades, but there's a common denominator that connects the next five names: they're all from the Bush/Cheney administration.
Rice was Bush's Secretary of State; Chao was Bush's Labor Secretary; Jindal worked in Bush's HHS; Ridge was Bush's Director of Homeland Security; and Portman was Bush's Budget Director.
Romney will no doubt present himself as an agent of "big change" -- a phrase he's been using on the stump this week -- but to make the claim more credible, perhaps his entourage should have fewer officials from the former Republican president?
After all, didn't Romney just say in a debate, "President Bush had a very different path for a very different time"? If so, it's curious why this Republican candidate is so eager to surround himself with those who worked for the last Republican president.
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Scary bunch (Boehner, Rice, Cho, Jindl, etc.)! Halloween was last month.
Scary bunch ---what planet have you been on the last 4 years bucko ?
Reid, Pelosi, Axlerod, Emanuel, Biden, Jackson, Carney and on and on.
If you like shakedown politicians these are your guys.
You pathetic losers on the left are about to get your clocks cleaned so I would suggest you have a change of underwear handy. YOUR 4 YEARS are slipping away...Tick, tick, tick
@lyltl: You are horribly mistaken. You want to talk "shakedown politics"? How about all the republicans scaring the bejeezus out of voters all over the country? How about all the republicans hounding and pressuring non-partisan groups that evaluate unemployment and the state of the economy into rescinding their fact-based reports for no reason. How about all the republicans that want to control every uterus in the country? You know what's scary? Getting into another war (Hi, Iran!) we can't afford, having the government control reproductive rights, and oh yes DESTROYING THE ECONOMY again (Hi, GW Bush!) after it's been rescued and is on the mend. Sounds like you are missing a lot of facts. Give the Fox News a break and watch some real news.
Big Circus hits Cincinnati!
See all of your favorite old clowns of yester-fail!
I see Condi is now a traitor, as she backed up all of Willards reproductive rights ideas, claiming that Willard was best (sic) for women. I am really disappointed that she can't even show moderate politics when it comes to women, this coming from a very intelligent woman. I don't get it, but then, she worked for W.
Lesman: Assuming Condi was anything else, except the same old crappie Republican was a mistake that can always be corrected. People are just people there is no real other differences. Strip away all those illusions of classifying people and you realize the truth of it all. Too many of these rich people are manipulative and deceiving that lead you down a false path. Tea baggers are no different than regular Republicans just an illusion to make you think otherwise so they got an excuse if they fail. Just the same old crappie problems with Republicans due to the extreme rich and greed.
And a huge thunderbolt takes them all out. Hey, I have my fantasies and you have yours!!!
That is a good one Jane.
I wonder if Conjob Rice still spends weekends with the Dubyas.
The GOP "Big Tent" has now become a stinky little out house, full of you know what!
Mitt has no ideas of his own so he is leasing from rent-a-lie.R.failedgov't.neocon.
Yup, that and they've already run the type of government Romney will figurehead, same as Bush figureheaded. Missing, one Karl Rove, same prime engineer of this Republican electoral fiasco as the last Republican administration fiasco.
Yes, and shouldn't some of those names on that list be listed at the Hague for "Crimes against Humanity"? Just saying!
Former Pres. Bush is WHERE? Yesterday he was Cayman Islands stoking up the fire for "investing" (stashing) money in the off shore tax haven.
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Media--blackout--as-Bush-speaks-in-Cayman-Islands
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20121101/cb-bush-cayman-islands/
I thought he was visiting Willard's money?
Where's W at this event? Oh, that's right, he's in the Cayman Islands, counting cash for Willard; it's ironic, don't you think. TRMS hit the gut check in the closing of the program last night; Willard loves only money, and himself.......
Romney with his comment do you want more of the same than vote for me, because Romney will give it to you. That is something with Romney when he is the one who would give you more of the same old crap of years past. A Bush and Chenney repeat in hyper-drive. So typical Romney with his lying sack of crap.
What I find most shocking about Mitt is his revelation, just now, in his 'closing argument,' that you'd better vote for him, because if you don't the House GOP would wreck the economy.
He's the lowest of the low, the vilest of the vile. He should be sent to Hell for his hideous behavior, not to the Planet Zoloft or whatever it is.
"After all, didn't Romney just say in a debate, "President Bush had a very different path for a very different time"? If so, it's curious why this Republican candidate is so eager to surround himself with those who worked for the last Republican president."
The answer to that is easy - Romney knew he had the largest audience during the debates, so he said what people would be least uncomfortable hearing - he counted on those people not being exposed to any of the fact-checking or any other push-back about his campaign from other news sources.
He is suddenly aware that he is the nominee and his anti Obama snookering has actually gotten him close, so eeeek! Gotta make it look like he knows what to do… but folks….. we've been telling you…. he would turn it back into Bush/Cheney all over again. That's how we got to this point.
Idiot! Napoleon Dynamite http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlDo-T5rHLk
I thought it was funny after the debate when Rachel played videos of Bush saying the exact same thing Willard did. Perfect!
So those who lied us into two wars are backing a lying scumbag? What a surprise. They gave us the patriot act and homeland security but the job is not done yet because we can still vote and we are not a theocracy. I sure hope the people who live in the gop lead states where voter suppression and anti-abortion and anti-gay legislation is going on are paying attention.
Credible RepubliCONS with no ties to tea bag party?
GOP = Greed Over People!
i like that comment gop =greed over peoples=,it says it all,,,,this is amazing from an other comment mitt witt said he is very different than bush,,s,,t,,,,they are all the same clowns that were with bush ,this is a vampire party no doubt about it condoleance rice,,(she was all with bush to kill our soldiers for unjustified war)so condoleance is a good name for her,,bush in cayman to check how he and romney can hide money to avoid paying taxes,,,disgusting
A Victory Rally?
Premature jollification? (The priest on M*A*S*H used this word.)
I think they're trying visualization techniques.
I am visualizing them standing there with mouths open and talking about voter fraud. It can't possibly be that we want to go forward, not backward.
I just tried that visualization. Man, I could go to jail for what came in to my head!!! Best keep it to myself. I notice an angry streak in my posting today.
Ahem...jocularity.
The list of headliners is sooooo exciting, I need to find a flight to Cincinnati ASAP!
I am sure amidst the smell of expensive perfumes, diamonds and jewels, fine wines and etc, somewhere in the midst of all that there is a "victory" of some kind?
Beats me? What do you folks think?
Can someone tell me what W is staring at?