Mitt Romney Says Bill Clinton Told Him Hurricane Sandy Won Obama Election

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney claimed during a call with donors on Wednesday that he received a call from former President Bill Clinton, who told Romney that had it not been for Hurricane Sandy, he might have won the election.

ABC News offers the following transcript of the former GOP presidential nominee’s comments:

”I spoke with President Clinton the day before yesterday, he called and spent 30 minutes chatting with me. He said a week out I thought you were going to win. And he said, but the hurricane happened, and it gave the president a chance to be presidential, and to look bipartisan, and you know he got a little more momentum, and of course he also said that when he was watching Ann speak at the Republican convention, he decided he was tempted to join the Republican Party. So he may have just been effusive with generous comments as he chatted.”



But the theory that Sandy is accountable for the president's victory is questionable. Little evidence in both national and swing state polling supported the idea that Romney had sustained the momentum he gained following the first presidential debate.

A spokesperson for Clinton did not immediately return a request for. Mitt comment.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/romney-clinton-hurricane-sandy-election_n_2137343.html?ref=topbar



I love Bill Clinton but sometimes he talks too much. <-------- I glanced at this article really fast before posting and reacted to it without thinking. Was Mitt lying? It's highly probable. It's also possible that Clinton was just "laying down some hargle-bargle" as journalist Dave Weigl calls it.

[Rider3]

1. As I said before on another post

This, too, is a lie. Romney cannot get out of his own way to tell the truth. But, hey, if it makes him feel better....

[Vox Moi]

2. Hey! If Romney says it, its gotta be gospel!

... excuse me. Book of Mormon.

[louis-t]

3. Poor Mitt. I think ole Bill was messin' with you.

[DURHAM D]

9. Totally.

I love this story.

[JCMach1]

14. Trying to make him feel better...

LOL

[LiberalFighter]

52. Setting him up to run again in 2016.

It helps if a candidate can arrange for their opponent to win the nomination. Like in Missouri with Akin.

[immoderate]

4. If Clinton actually said that he was being...

--imm

[BeyondGeography]

5. C'mon Bill, let the poor sap move from Denial to Anger already

[tularetom]

6. You are assuming that Romney is telling the truth

WTF are the chances of THAT?

[rurallib]

20. based on his campaign, I'd say is there anything less than 0?

[CreekDog]

7. sure, whatever you say Mitt

[geek tragedy]

8. Hint: Romney is lying. nt

[ChairmanAgnostic]

31. what you said.

[sasha031]

10. why would anyone believe what pathological liar Romney has to say?

this is coming from a guy who had the fact checkers working overtime on the campaign trail.

[sandyshoes17]

11. Bill has a heart

He just couldn't tell this idiot the truth. Or it's a LIE.

[RichGirl]

12. Romney will be history soon...

Totally insignificant!

The bright side of his stupid comments lately is that it probably cured Obama of wanting to have a "sit down" with him.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

13. I don't understand how the Hurricane ruined the election for Romney

or won it for President Obama. I keep hearing this over and over again but nobody explains (and nobody asks anybody to explain) how and why. I'm trying to make the connection but I can't. I don't think that Romney was actually "winning" before Sandy hit unless you're talking about the popular vote but the fact that the election wasn't even close should put to the rest that Sandy had anything to do with Romney losing. Romney basically lost because he was an awful candidate.

[hedgehog]

15. Let us examine this statement:" Obama won because of Sandy "

Let me make this response: Bush did a horrible job handling Katrina. Obama did an excellent job handling Sandy. Sandy reminded people that if they wanted government to work, they better vote for a Democrat, not a Republican.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Obama won because he was competent

and not just in regards to Sandy but when you contrast his response to things like Benghazi to Romney's cheap and reckless attempt to politicize it before the dust had even settled, there should be no contest IMHO.

[hedgehog]

38. You said it better than I did!

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

41. Perhaps that was what Bill said to Mittens, and all the Bishop heard was "Sandy."

[LiberalFighter]

53. It is easy for some to have selective hearing.

[indie_voter]

16. This is a pretty bold lie. Does he remember Clinton is actually alive to respond?

It doesn't even make any sense. Why would watching Ann speaking at the convention make him tempted to join the party?? ANN? And if a week out Clinton thought Romney would win why would he campaign so effusively for the President?

Keep talking Governor, the more you say the more people realize what a blessing it was you lost.

[GETTINGTIRED]

18. why would Bill lie

Surely he would have said mittwillard lost because The President ...gave so many gifts to blacks and latinos ...oh yeah women too...

[NewJeffCT]

42. maybe it's one of those southern hospitality things?

so he doesn't feel too bad.

[CreekDog]

48. why would you even believe he said based on what Mitt says?

[skeewee08]

19. Why would the Big Dawg call

Robme......... this coming from a guy who told 28 lies in 30 minutes in the first debate....

[fugop]

21. Bill's got the compassion that Mitt's missing

Hey Mitt. He was being NICE. Trying to ease your pain. Nice of you to run around and pretend it was some big reveal and that Bill secretly wants to be a Republican because of your wife's speech. Seriously?

What an idjit. We dodged such a cannonball by re-electing Obama. Can anyone imagine this guy in charge?

[WI_DEM]

22. Romney keeps making himself look like a sore loser with all his excuses.

[NewJeffCT]

23. Didn't Nate Silver disprove this theory

Romney's supposed momentum had stopped a week or two earlier.

[demgrrrll]

26. Exactly. What was Bill going to say, hey bud you lost momentum weeks before, you never had a chance

Mitt misses the limelight.

[WeekendWarrior]

24. Now why on earth

would anyone assume Romney is telling the truth? I mean, seriously. When has Romney EVER told the truth?

[Cali_Democrat]

25. Mitt Romney says = LIE

[Kookaburra]

27. Whatever

Bill Clinton told me that Mitt Romney is a lying sack of crap.

[still_one]

28. And why would we believe a pathological liar again

[notadmblnd]

29. I think Rmoney had that conversation with his imaginary friend

whose name coincidently happens to be Bill Clinton

[barnabas63]

30. And the Tooth Fairy told me..

that there is no Easter Bunny!

[mzteaze]

32. Mitt..

Was this before or after he reminded you of the rules: Puff, puff...pass and pass the dutchie on the left hand side?

That is the only way I can see you having this kind of conversation with Clinton. Now if you had talked about MATH, I would totally believe you.

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

33. Another unMITTigated prevarication.

Google "lying for the lord" to understand the roots of mitch's sociopathy.

[Dawson Leery]

34. There is not reason to believe this LIAR.

[kansasobama]

35. Must be an empty chair Clinton

and a creation from some movie actor....

[Whisp]

36. I doubt Bill said that, but then...

he does say some really stupid things.

Much more likely Mitt is just extending his Liar Campaign and looking to ruffle people up.

[jcgoldie]

37. Hey Mittens...

Pretty sure I'd have gotten a little suspicious that the Big Dawg was having some fun at my expense when he went on to say that Queen Anne's stupid speech about eating off a table made from a door made him want to join the republican party. Bill... c'mon don't fuck with the republicans they have enough of their own people to delude them and fuck with their perceptions of reality.

[ksoze]

39. Bill told Monica she was the most beautiful woman in the world...

Hows that going

[RomneyLies]

40. Read. My. Username.

[demhottie]

43. Bill was being gracious- along the lines of "Sandy really changed the tone of the election"

it's such a waste trying to treat Romney like a human being. Who goes and rats out a private conversation like that anyway, even if you ignore his distortions. He can't even take a compliment for his wife without running to cash it in.

[PoliticalBiker]

44. Free Speech is one thing...

... but come on!

Bill Clinton, who has been stumping hard for Obama, calls Mittens and says Obama will lose??!!???!


He must be pouting 'cause he lost.... Bad

Either that or he's nutz...


Another for the Liar-Liar-Pants-on-Fire Wall

Bill better put the Kibosh on that one... Hard!

[Dr Fate]

45. So the hurricane was one of those "gifts" Obama gave to poor folks.

Depending on who you listen to.

[Indykatie]

46. I Wouldn't Believe Shit Mitt Said at this Point.

Truth is Bill had a much bigger impact than Sandy and I'm sure Bill knows that so this supposedly comment makes no sense. Even so, we don't know context of comment. Maybe Bill was just trying to make him feel better since I'm sure he's pretty despondent these days. We'll never know.

[Cha]

47. Bullshite.. I don't believe a word that inveterate Liar says..

would Clinton even be calling that asshole? ..Who, btw, just needs stfu and go away.

Poor mittload is trying to make himself feel better and using Bill Clinton among other ways to do it.



http://www.democraticunderground.com/101779855

[SmittynMo]

49. Mitt Lying?

He has never lied a day of his life.....................

Until he ran for president. Then, everything out of his mouth was a lie. I trust him about as far as I can throw this 50M building I'm sitting in. Bet he's sitting at home with Ann watching Days of our lives. LMAO

[TwilightGardener]

50. Wait, Mitt Romney? Who is he again?

Oh, the guy who's not and never will be President. LOL.

[tandot]

51. Wait ... now I am completely confused ... I thought it is because of all the gifts we are getting

does that mean we won't get any gifts?

[Thrill]

54. Even if Clinton said that. It was meant to be a private conversation

Not something you run and tell the media. It doesn't change the results anyway.

[pointsoflight]

55. Bill was probably being nice, and Romney probably spun it to be much more than it was.

Doesn't matter, we'll thankfully be spared of any more of Romney. His own party will shut him down with the crap he continues to say, and they have no reason to pretend they like him anymore.

[JHB]

56. The key phrase is "during a call with donors"

"See? Even Bill Clinton says I would have won if not for that meddling storm! I didn't waste your money!"

I wonder if any of them will drop a dime on him to the IRS, or if that violates the Fat Cat Code?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

57. Wow. This liar can't stop himself

[onecent]

58. How can ANYONE doubt that Romney LIED???? HE LIED the entire length of the campaign and

lied over and over about the same things to different people on different days. in my mind that man is as psychotic as them come.

All he does is smirk after he leaves a podium..he's a TOTAL WHACK JOB. I hope this man gets what is coming to him. Money does NOT buy happiness.

[Cha]

59. "Mitt Romney Puts the Republican Spin about Sandy in Bill Clinton’s Mouth" by Sarah

Jones at PoliticusUSA

Snips..

Bill Clinton is one of the best politicians around. He knows the hurricane did not win the election for Obama, although Obama’s competency in dealing with it did not hurt. Obama was already winning in the swing states, where he swept Romney, leaving him “shell shocked”.

Obviously, Romney is having a tough time with reality. Not only did his first debate bump not last past the improving economic numbers just days later, but this is the man who put words in Australia’s Foreign Minister’s mouth in order to attack Obama.

http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-puts-republican-spin-sandy-bill-clintons-mouth.html

[davidpdx]

60. I think the whole idea that Sandy won the election for Obama is rediculous

He was already going to win. It may have been closer, maybe not. Sandy did give him a spotlight a week before the election and made it very difficult for Romney to do anything with out looking like the psychotic clown he is.

[forestpath]

61. Why would Bill even call him about ANYTHING in the first place??

[helpisontheway]

62. That is what I would like to know. Why would Bill Clinton call him? nt