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Title: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Delmar on October 27, 2012, 09:01:54 PM
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Sat Oct 27, 2012, 08:32 PM
 DemocratSinceBirth (44,850 posts)

Twitter Universe Reacts To Des Moines Register Endorsement


 
Twitter meme of the moment: Des Moines endorsement vs. WaPo VA Poll:

Sam Stein ‏@samsteinhp
Nice/unexpected get for Romney with the DMR endorsement. But I'm guessing they'd rather have the WaPo VA poll numbers

- Matthew Dowd ‏@matthewjdowd
- @samsteinhp true my friend.


@AdamSerwer: Would you rather be up four in Virginia or get endorsed by a newspaper in Iowa?

daveweigel ‏@daveweigel
Winning the DMR endorsement was crucial for 2008's Iowa caucus winner, President Hillary Clinton.


Jamelle Bouie ‏@jbouie
DMR endorsement of Romney: Obama stimulus was right course, but now we need Romney confidence fairy


Jamison Foser ‏@jamisonfoser
The Des Moines Register only endorses really high-quality Republicans like Dick Nixon and Mitt Romney.
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Response to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)Sat Oct 27, 2012, 08:36 PM
BootinUp (25,147 posts)
1. hee hee!

funny stuff

BootinUp is laughing on the outside but crying on the inside.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: franksolich on October 27, 2012, 09:17:41 PM
Well, I dunno.

The Des Moines Register has historically been a pretty significant newspaper, its influence far outspreading its subscribers.

That happens; there's newspapers in small places that wield great influence; think of the Emporia Gazette of past days.

This is the first time since 1972 the newspaper's endorsed the Republican candidate for president--they even endorsed Walter Mundane in 1984, for God's sake. 

So this defection is important.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Ballygrl on October 27, 2012, 09:27:27 PM
Just curious, shouldn't a sitting President, who's been so "successful" in the minds of the left, shouldn't he be doing much better in the polls?
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Texacon on October 27, 2012, 09:30:15 PM
Just curious, shouldn't a sitting President, who's been so "successful" in the minds of the left, shouldn't he be doing much better in the polls?

Yup. No matter what happens in the election O'bama has lost.

KC
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Happy Fun Ball on October 27, 2012, 09:30:29 PM
I remember Rush on Thursday or Friday talking about this newspaper, and even he didn't even remotely expect them to endorse Romney.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Ballygrl on October 27, 2012, 10:01:50 PM
David Axelrod in an email to people on the Obama Campaign List:

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"I don't know how this is going to end. But no matter what, I know each of us will have given this campaign everything we've got."


Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Freeper on October 27, 2012, 10:06:57 PM
Just curious, shouldn't a sitting President, who's been so "successful" in the minds of the left, shouldn't he be doing much better in the polls?

If he was white he would be polling at 99%, but all us racist bastards can't stand a black man in the White House.  :-)

Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Jasonw560 on October 27, 2012, 10:33:41 PM
If he was white he would be polling at 99%, but all us racist bastards can't stand a black man in the White House.  :-)



Yeah, because people don't mind socialist policies as long as the Leader is white....just ask Stalin.  :-)
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: SSG Snuggle Bunny on October 27, 2012, 11:21:35 PM
Just curious, shouldn't a sitting President, who's been so "successful" in the minds of the left, shouldn't he be doing much better in the polls?

Obama is down in the polls because America is inherently and irredeemably racist.

Which is why it must be ruled by a black man.

...

Who is half-white.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: 98ZJUSMC on October 28, 2012, 03:48:24 AM
David Axelrod in an email to people on the Obama Campaign List:


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"I don't know how this is going to end. But no matter what, I know each of us will have given this campaign everything we've got."

For a political adviser, that is defeatism.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: RobJohnson on October 28, 2012, 04:08:13 AM
Several newspapers across our Nation are endorsing Romney after always supporting the left.

Life sucks for DUmmies.  :rofl:
Title: Re: Re: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on October 28, 2012, 04:44:54 AM
Several newspapers across our Nation are endorsing Romney after always supporting the left.

Life sucks for DUmmies.  :rofl:

DM Register is my hometown paper. They are VERY liberal...which shocks me...and the supposedly conservative Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama. I'm so confused...
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 28, 2012, 05:23:57 AM


For a political adviser, that is defeatism.

Yup--he knows.

(http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/498/cache/japan-earthquake-tsunami-before-after-wave-road-before_49811_600x450.jpg)
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: GOBUCKS on October 28, 2012, 11:00:42 AM
I think in this day and age a newspaper endorsement is no more influential than my own.

By the way, I endorsed Romney early in the primary process, and he won.

I hope the Des Moines Register can measure up to my record.
Title: Re: Re: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: RobJohnson on October 29, 2012, 03:45:25 PM
DM Register is my hometown paper. They are VERY liberal...which shocks me...and the supposedly conservative Chicago Tribune endorsed Obama. I'm so confused...


Four Iowa papers have endorsed Romney now!

http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/10/29/all-four-major-iowa-papers-endorse-romney/

This includes the Quad City Times that was known as the "Times Democrat" when I was young. They supported Obama in 2008.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: miskie on October 29, 2012, 04:09:41 PM
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"I don't know how this is going to end. But no matter what, I know each of us will have given this campaign everything we've got."

Wow - That quote stands alone as a Concession Tweet.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: jukin on October 29, 2012, 04:39:47 PM
Somehow we are to believe that the democrat party members are going to turn out in greater numbers than 2008 and also buy into the fact that 2010 never ever happened and republican turnout will be historically low.

If I lived in democrat infested failing big city, I would be on the phone upping my insurance and planning a nice long trip out of the city because it's going to burn.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on October 30, 2012, 09:11:59 AM
Well, I dunno.

The Des Moines Register has historically been a pretty significant newspaper, its influence far outspreading its subscribers.

That happens; there's newspapers in small places that wield great influence; think of the Emporia Gazette of past days.

This is the first time since 1972 the newspaper's endorsed the Republican candidate for president--they even endorsed Walter Mundane in 1984, for God's sake. 

So this defection is important.

Just so.  The Register itself is a reliable draft horse of the Democrat wagon, so this event is notable for that alone.  Its true significance, though, is that it speaks to something deeper that is going on far beyond the editorial board meeting room of that paper.  They sense that the momentum is not on the side of Obama, and have cast their lot with where they think their market is going.
Title: Re: Des Moines Register endorses Romney, DUmmies laugh to keep from crying
Post by: BlueStateSaint on October 30, 2012, 09:27:34 AM
Just so.  The Register itself is a reliable draft horse of the Democrat wagon, so this event is notable for that alone.  Its true significance, though, is that it speaks to something deeper that is going on far beyond the editorial board meeting room of that paper.  They sense that the momentum is not on the side of Obama, and have cast their lot with where they think their market is going.

Agree wholeheartedly, and the H5.