The Making of Romney's Storm Relief Event (spent $ to make sure no empty truck)

[WI_DEM]

McCay Coppins reports the last-minute decision by Romney high command to suspend politics while Hurricane Sandy raged sent aides in Ohio scrambling to convert a scheduled victory rally into an apolitical "storm relief event."

"But the last-minute nature of the call for donations left some in the campaign concerned that they would end up with an empty truck. So the night before the event, campaign aides went to a local Wal Mart and spent $5,000 on granola bars, canned food, and diapers to put on display while they waited for donations to come in, according to one staffer. (The campaign confirmed that it 'did donate supplies to the relief effort,' but would not specify how much it spent.)"

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/10/31/the_making_of_romneys_storm_relief_event.html

[valerief]

1. Ah, canned food to be cooked on stoves people no longer have. Well, there's always campfires, right?

[warrior1]

2. they fucking faked this "relief rally".

http://americablog.com/2012/10/romney-hurricane-sandy-donations.html

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.”

[Berlum]

3. Republicans and their OCCULTIST sleazebaggery

are not to be trusted on any matters.

Because they have no respect for truth or honesty, they are unfit to hold office.

[dixiegrrrrl]

4. They spent campaign donations at Wal-Mart?

For a fake food drive?

Lots of fail all around in that.