All candidates do this kind of thing. Do you really think Candidate Obama didn't do this same stuff in 2008?? I'm sure if we combed the 2008 campaign, we'd find all sort of similar superficiality from both McCain and Obama.
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 10:25 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > > I guess its the superficiality that gets me, the going through the > motions for appearances sake. Same with the Ryan photo-op that > purportedly showed him and his wife washing dishes in a homeless > shelter: > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/13/reporters-barred-from-covering-paul-ryan-exchange-with-homeless-ohioans-outside-soup-kitchen/?wprss=rss_election-2012 > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/15/charity-president-unhappy-about-paul-ryan-soup-kitchen-photo-op/ > > Its makes me wonder if this is how they act during the campaign, can > we in any way trust these people in office? > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:17 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Nothing too surprising in there. Politics is about perception. > > > > To that end, from a purely political standpoint, I think this storm is a > > big boost to President Obama. It's a great chance for him to show > > leadership, and remind everyone that he already IS the President. Plus, > the > > country rallies around their leaders in times of crisis. It gives him a > > chance to perform his "duties" as President, without being seen as just a > > "campaigner"....yet the irony is, by suspending his campaign to "perform > > his duties", he furthers his candidacy MUCH more than he ever could as a > > "campaigner". > > > > > > On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> > http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/the-making-of-romneys-storm-relief-event > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357226 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
