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lindac007

(55 posts)
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 08:58 AM Apr 2012

Did anyone else catch Rachel last night?

I thought I heard her say that the Romney campaign was gong to send a bus full of volunteers to each and every Obama campaign stop. The bus will be circling the venue where Obama will be speaking and in fact did just that yesterday when he was speaking in Ohio. Is this true? A bunch of volunteers sitting on a circling bus?

If so, what is the best way to turn the tactic on the Romney campaign? Does Obama have volunteers blocking the circling bus with signs or something? Signs like "You volunteers pay more in taxes than Romney Does". or Hey, volunteers, what's Romney's position on anything today?"

I guess I have too much time on my hands, because I came up with some other ones. How does the Obama campaign counter this nonsense?

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Did anyone else catch Rachel last night? (Original Post) lindac007 Apr 2012 OP
IMO, let the vulture keep circling... Ship of Fools Apr 2012 #1
Yeah, it's kinda like... Oilwellian Apr 2012 #8
How much ya wanna bet they'rte paid "volunteers?" Jackpine Radical Apr 2012 #2
LOL!!! I hope the bus has an extra gas tank. GoCubsGo Apr 2012 #3
They'll get to see first hand how huge Obama crowds are lunatica Apr 2012 #4
We have a great deal of "Stupid" in this country. Our best domestic RKP5637 Apr 2012 #5
They will see that Obama can fill a stadium and Romney half a room. WI_DEM Apr 2012 #6
They should get a job. mmonk Apr 2012 #7
Load up on eggs. Chipper Chat Apr 2012 #9
No need to counter it at all - ignoring the bus is far better karynnj Apr 2012 #10

Ship of Fools

(1,453 posts)
1. IMO, let the vulture keep circling...
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:00 AM
Apr 2012

They look like the absolute idiots that they are!
Circling buses...what a waste of petrol.

Jackpine Radical

(45,274 posts)
2. How much ya wanna bet they'rte paid "volunteers?"
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:02 AM
Apr 2012

Any Republican "grassroots" action involves more green than just the astroturf.

GoCubsGo

(32,085 posts)
3. LOL!!! I hope the bus has an extra gas tank.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:02 AM
Apr 2012

The President draws some awful large crowds on his campaign stops:



The Obama campaign doesn't need to do anything to counter this nonsense. Watching them make asses of themselves should be sufficient.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
4. They'll get to see first hand how huge Obama crowds are
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:09 AM
Apr 2012

I hope they take banners and Romney posters so they can get a reaction.

Chipper Chat

(9,680 posts)
9. Load up on eggs.
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:39 AM
Apr 2012

They're cheap and the bus company will surcharge the RNC for cleaning yolks out of the window cracks.

karynnj

(59,504 posts)
10. No need to counter it at all - ignoring the bus is far better
Thu Apr 19, 2012, 09:39 AM
Apr 2012

The President is there and he is getting large, enthusiastic crowds and he is connecting with them.

That Romney's campaign is driving their bus around going around the Obama event location just wastes gas. No one who came out to see Obama is going to be won over to Romney by the fact that he has a big super wonderful bus, which is wasting lots of gas. Nor are they going to think this is some strong, in your face aggressiveness. If it continues, it likely will be answered by Obama or a surrogate mocking it - for the foolishness that it is.

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