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Why Mitt Lost and it Wasn’t Very Close

DagNabbit Wrote: Nov 08, 2012 10:27 AM
Correct! And that was amplified by the Republicans' record when holding the White House. You've got fringe, lunatic Tea Partiers purporting to speak for the party. You've got W's record of fiscal and military incompetence. Nuts on one side, boobs on the other.

Memorandum to the GOP: When running an election campaign it is often valuable to select a nominee who represents the rank and file of the Party. This is how other Parties do it. Perhaps you might get on board.


Well let’s start with who not to select.

There was George H.W. Bush, who, while a nice, honorable public servant, won primarily because of the record Reagan established. He lost because the rest of us thought that when he mouthed the words “Read my lips, go to Texas,” he meant “Read my lips, no new taxes.”  

There was Bob Dole,...