The Romney campaign’s like a magnet to dumb flubs. Speaking at a shuttered Ohio factory with a banner behind him that read, “Obama Isn’t Working,” Romney once again lobbed one far short of the basket. Intended to show that Obama’s policies led to the closing of the factory, the truth came out that the plant actually failed under the Dubya debacle, so it really should have read, “Bush Didn’t Work.” (And it wouldn’t surprise me a bit if Bain Capital was ultimately behind the closing.) No doubt Mitt’s handlers figure the kind of people who would vote for their man wouldn’t care, which is their biggest problem — there aren’t enough of them win an election. These are the same staffers who set up his ‘7-11 cookie meet-and-greet’ in Pennsylvania that ended in disaster (don’t they know Mitt’s foot is never far from his mouth when dealing with small groups of voters by now?) and refuse to renounce the repulsive Ted Nugent’s endorsement, even after the NRA itself has purged him from its website. Even Mitt’s millionaire contributors can’t overcome a thousand cuts like this.
Did Romney Choose the Wrong Vacant Factory?
Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire
April 19, 2012Mitt Romney used a shuttered drywall plant in Ohio as a backdrop for his message that President Obama has failed to create jobs, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.
The only problem: The plant closed four years ago during President George W. Bush’s administration.
Copyright 2012 Taegan Goddard.