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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs this how the Repigs get a crowd they never scan for us to see?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/25/1150203/-Bussing-to-Bullshit-CHARLOTTESVILLE-ALERTThey bus them in? I know they were doing this at the beginning of Mittens' journey, but to say they are still doing it does not bode well for his chances at the polls.
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Is this how the Repigs get a crowd they never scan for us to see? (Original Post)
madashelltoo
Oct 2012
OP
there is a reason why Romney has been hitting events within 8 hours of Utah and Mass.
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
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Flashmann
(2,140 posts)1. They bus them in?
That and/or get faux to say a group of a few dozen is a crowd of thousands.Remember last year when they were exposed using,during a story on/in Milwaulkee,in WINTER,with footage showing a huge crowd in nice weather surrounded by palm trees?
mick063
(2,424 posts)3. Everything with the GOP is canned.
It is all production. Nothing natural about it. Staged events.
This is how they mitigate open boos similar to what Ryan has experienced in the past.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)2. there is a reason why Romney has been hitting events within 8 hours of Utah and Mass.
Think about it...
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)4. Buses are socialist. What are these people thinking? nt
EC
(12,287 posts)5. They always did.
That's pretty much what the tea party was. Crossroads USA bussed tour of paid people to create crowds and give the required excitement.