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Mitt Romney Blames Hurricane Sandy for Losing the Election
Mitt Romney is taking zero responsibility for being routed by Barack Obama. Instead, Romney is blaming Hurricane Sandy for killing his momentum.
Stuck near the middle of a Washington Post story on Romney’s life after the election was this little nugget, “At the Wednesday breakfast, Romney told the donors he believed Hurricane Sandy stunted his momentum in the final week of the campaign, according to multiple donors present.”
Some Romney supporters are blaming Chris Christie, while others are blaming the Romney campaign itself. Election defeats are personal rejections, so it would be not surprising that Romney would look for an external factor, like the weather, to blame. However, the candidate and his campaign consistently demonstrated a misplaced confidence and arrogance throughout the entire election year. Mitt Romney ran his campaign like he was always winning. The truth is that even after the first debate, Mitt Romney was never winning.
Romney himself bought into the illusion of Romentum that his campaign created for the media. It took a week after the first debate for all the polling to come in, but Romney’s momentum was effectively stopped a day after the first debate when the news broke that the unemployment rate had dropped to 7.8%.
After the good economic news, President Obama’s lead in the swing states returned to small, but consistent margins that he never relinquished through election day. Hurricane Sandy didn’t stop Romney’s momentum because he never had any. The Jeep lie doomed him in Ohio, and Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan were never really close. Obama locked up Iowa and Nevada during early voting, but Mitt Romney was so self deluded that he thought he was going to win even though the objective data was pointing to a loss.
Despite the fact that Obama’s approval rating was at 50% or higher nationally and in many battleground states, the Romney campaign still assumed that the country did not like the president. The Romney campaign was inept, slow to respond, unprepared, and run by a candidate who acted like a chief executive instead of man among equals asking for support.
Hurricane Sandy allowed Obama to demonstrate his competence as the leader of the country. It is debatable whether or not Obama’s performance before, during, and after the storm helped him. The president was already leading, so if anything, his performance after Sandy confirmed what a majority of the electorate was already leaning towards doing.
Mitt Romney and the Republican Party refuse to face the fact that it was their decision to alienate African-Americans, Latinos, working class Rust Belt voters, and women that cost them this election.
Even though the cameras are gone and the campaign is over, the one consistency remaining is that Mitt Romney continues to lie.
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43 Responses to Mitt Romney Blames Hurricane Sandy for Losing the Election
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Dave
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:26 am
Romney, when presented with LEMONS fails to make that lemony flavored concoction favored by so many when they have lemons and need a refreshing drink. And rather than lay blame at his own inabilities chooses to deride the abilities of successful people. Romney’s a douche…
paulabflat
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
yes. a lemon scented douche.
Paws
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:29 am
Excuses, excuses, excuses.
I thought the GOP touted itself as the party of “personal responsibility.” They sure whine a lot though, don’t they?
Donna
Nov. 9th, 2012 at 12:53 am
They accept responsibility except when it’s someone else’s fault. And surprise surprise! It’s ALWAYS someone else’s fault!
Reynardine
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:33 am
What the storm did was give Romney a perfect opportunity to display that he was a heartless, posturing f*ck, and that his entire retinue were the sort whose only response to the governor of a stricken state was to show off their cans and promise revenge.
Jill
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:35 am
Some of it may have been the storm…People took a real dim view on him cancelling his campaign tour to have a fund raiser in same place for the victims..Romney camp buying %5,000.00 worth of can goods to give the people that came to his fund raiser to give back to him for a photo op..I think that helped some people realize what an self absorbed idiot he really was!!! The fact the 2 car companies called him a liar….the fact that he was caught in 917 lies in 41 weeks….this list goes on…All I can is thank God Obama won!!!!
Josh
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Romney would point his finger at anyone but himself.kinda like how Rush Limbaugh did when he lied about he thought Romney was going to win big, then turn around and say he never said that… Is it a Republican thing?
Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:47 am
I really don’t think hurricane Sandy had anything to do with it. Momentum doesn’t mean that he would’ve gotten more voters, it just meant that he was getting a lot of people to come to his rallies. Those people were all ready going to vote for him.
Perhaps he should think about the 49% remarks, and on the same tape his wife was arrogantly talking about the little people proving that yes, she is a bitch. perhaps he should think about the fact that he lied for two years about the president. Perhaps he could’ve gotten more votes if he had only lied in private. How many votes did the Jeep situation caused him? I can tell you it’s certainly not enough. Instead his followers just hung their head and followed along.
is constant pandering about the apology to her that never happened. People who were undecided would look at that type of thing and know that it wasn’t true. His whole candidacy was one long false statement after another. It was a horrible look at a person’s lack of knowledge of foreign policy.
No it wasn’t a hurricane that stopped mitt Romney and Paul Ryan’s message of division and hate. in part it was Ryan’s horrifying budget plans and the fact that he had signed bills against women. People think about these things Mr. Romney, when you’re lying, people know you are lying.
and I didn’t even bring up minorities. You are dead set stupid there
Mary
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:59 am
The biggest joke is Mittens thought he had momentum. The big mistake they all made was believing that most of us living in the real world are, clueless and ignorant like the faux cult members.
Sandra
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
They MYTH maker can’t even admit to himself that he lost the Election based on his many etch a sketch moments, his nonstop lying and pandering, his cluelessness about ‘REAL’ America which he has nothing in common with. Blaming Sandy on his loss is beyong the pale. He once again proved that he has no core, no honour, no decency, no integrity and is not just stupid but out of touch with reality. If anything, his previous statement about eliminating FEMA and turning it over to the private sector may have doomed his dearest desire to be POTUS because it showed his lack on concern for his fellow Americans. Sandy just showed him up for what he really is, heartless and uncaring slob.
President Obama did his job, a job he does very well by caring about all Americans and by visiting NJ and offering help to the citizens of NJ and NY and other States that were affected.
I say good riddance to this repulsive individual.
Steve Schlicht
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 10:59 am
So often we hear from some folks that hurricanes are an act of God.
That God sent a message supporting some group, tribe and/or behavior, while expressing his wrath and displeasure against others.
I certainly don’t say that.
But, you know, some religious folk do.
Where have they been hiding this news cycle?
Lee Malcolm
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Yes, those people should consider that God interceded and sent Mitt a message.
Those the same people who consider a baby a gift from God but, when 45% of all pregnancies end in a miscarriage, they don’t consider God as the greatest abortioner.
Beaglemom
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:09 am
The saddest part of all of this is the fact that the GOP will not do the soul searching and the house cleaning that they need to do in the aftermath of Tuesday’s election results.
President Obama did not win because of Hurricane Sandy. He won because he cares about the American people, all of them, not just those who can donate a minimum of thousands of dollars to a political campaign. People from all kinds of backgrounds voted for President Obama. And the Republicans simply don’t understand who they are and why they voted as they did.
I doubt that the GOP will have a clue two years from now or four years from now. And as long as Fox News dominates the television screens of too many Americans, Republicans will not change their backwards-looking strategies.
The GOP has a way to go to get to the twentieth century. That makes the 21st century even farther away for them.
neil
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:28 am
Yeah you’re right Mitt it was all Sandy’s fault.Now take your horrid wife and family and go far far away.
Bonnie
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:37 am
Let them keep their heads in the sand. Then the people who are interested in moving this country forward will be able to get some work done!
singhx
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 3:44 pm
Exactly! Who gives a F*ck what he thinks or why he lost…NOBODY CARES–who does he think he is, Sara Palin? He’s never going away??
Oh please tell me the bad man is going to go away, please…
Rick Shreiner
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:34 am
“At the Wednesday breakfast, Romney told the donors he believed Hurricane Sandy stunted his momentum in the final week of the campaign, according to multiple donors present,” from this story [and the Washington Post].
According to established GOP-bagger belief, wasn’t Hurricane Sandy an “ACT OF GOD”, like all other weather and natural disasters ? ?
That would mean that, in Rmoney’s OWN WORDS, God did NOT want him to be President .. ..
Yeah, let’s go with that.
Beaglemom
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
I think it is interesting that on Wednesday morning Mitt Romney was meeting with a group of “donors.” These are not people who donated $50.00 or $100.00. These are people who donated thousands or millions to that fool. They deserved what happened.
Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
if we remember the day after that Video about the 49% came out, a poll of the people who were at that meeting indicated that very few of them thought he could win.
Tim
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:35 am
The “Jeep lie” was just the terminal symptom; the “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” editorial was the political cancer that killed him. Without that, he’s much more competitive in OH and MI, and maybe even WI and PA. Sobering to think how much different things might have been without that major giveaway, plus the two “rapey” guys in the Senate.
Royella Jaynes
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 11:36 am
What Sandy did was give Mitt an opportunuty to show his humanitarian colors, and he failed miserably. He could have shown compassion, as Gov. Christy did, and POTUS did, in a big way. But, instead, he continued to spew his lies and pose with a pile of canned goods his crew purchased at WalMart, never once stepping foot into the ‘mess’ people were actually dealing with. God’s will — maybe, but regardless, a real opportunity for true humanitarian efforts to shine, which they did. And, the truth bore the results. Whine and complain all you want, the results speak for themselves. We, the people, are tired of the lies and deceit, and plan to take OUR country back!
sandppppr
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
The republicans are still attacking Social Security after its being a law for eighty years and they keep crying to get rid of medicare and Roe v Wade after all these years. The Affordable Health Care Act will solidly be in place after Obama’s second term is ended but they will go on crying they need to get rid of it. The republicans will want to go on to suppress women’s rights, gay rights, voting rights, minority rights, civil rights and pay homage to the Evangalistic Church’s Intelligent(?) Design Creationist Theory. As long as these negative stances remain as their platform they will continue to lose, but they will be able to keep the vote of the old white men. (I am an old white man but I voted for Obama.)
David Wilson
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:31 pm
Shouldn’t Romney blame God? After all storm’s are the doing of God.
Adebayo Arowolo
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
There is a law called law of karma “thou shall reap what you sow” It does not matter whether you believe it or not, religious or atheist everyone come under the same playing field. In the case of Mitt Romney he planted deception and harvested defeat, nature at work. You can not sow apple and expect to reap orange. This is a lesson for all of us to learn from. Mr. Romney please accepts the defeat, learn from it and move on. Mr. Romney teach Ann Romney how to accept defeat without going into depression. Teach her people are not born or entitled into presidency. Teach her to have sublime faith in herself, because then she will always have sublime faith in mankind, in God. Steer her away from envy if you can and teach her the secret of quiet laughter in the midst of defeat. Above all let her know that, for every crooked politician, there is a dedicated leader.
Peter E Simpson
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 4:28 pm
Absolutely! And Obama is that leader!
RX7
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
If that storm is God’s will, he surely used it to test the two presidential nominees. And we know who passed.
HR676 NOW
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
My version of personal responsibility is to pay my taxes so that so that some desparate single mother can get food stamps, so the elderly can get their health care, so that some hungry child can get a free school lunch, so that our food is safe, so that our water is drinkable, and on and on so that we have a civilized and fair society with universal health care. To my mind Mitt Romney and the Republicans and libertarians have an aversion to personal responsibility.
Shiva (Moderator)
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 1:38 pm
we are supposed to be so extremely patriotic for our country and yet the very people who say that care very little for the people in the country. It’s not hard to see that to be patriotic means that it applies to you and me and not to them
Diane
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Romney may be right.
He said he would abolish FEMA. And then flip flopped and said he would not. I’m sure that did not go over big with those who know that they will be affected by the storm into the next near.
And add to that, the Katrina reminder of how past presidents handled disasters.
Of course the the lying, the arrogance,
the unwillingness to explain his tax plans and the entitled opinion of himself may have had something to do with it too.
D. W. Skinner
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 2:36 pm
it’s like someone feasted on caviar, lobster and filet and washed it down with the most costly champagne ever… and then took a gargantuan dump. What you have floating in the bowl was Romney… now all you have to do is..flush!
mjh
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 3:03 pm
“At the Wednesday breakfast, Romney told the donors he believed Hurricane Sandy stunted his momentum in the final week of the campaign, according to multiple donors present.”
Well — that kinda contradicts Fox News’ belief that Sandy was “Obama’s Katrina” . . . doesn’t it?
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Moongal6
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 3:42 pm
It was the jars of peanut butter and Jeep lie (one lie too many) that did him in.
I’ll say it again, the October surprise was Mitt Romney himself.
Jose Martinez SD/TJ
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 5:15 pm
Reality is on our heels. No time for glee. The cliff is.
pienoceros
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Or maybe you’re completely out of touch with mainstream America and should accept that making stuff up does not equate to reality when it’s time to go to the polls.
Olga Olivia
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
What Mitt Romney needs to understand is that we rejected a chameleon. He personified the changeling of the Tea Party, the Republican extremists and sided with the likes of Donald Trump, Mourdock, Michelle Bachmann, The Koch brothers, Big Bucks and the ideology of the guy that believed that rape, if legitimate, was also God’s will~Had he rejected these neanderthals and became his own man with his own ideology (except the revelation of his true feelings of the 47%), then things might have been different.
As far as the Latino vote, we no longer are the group with a ‘hat in hand’ mentality. We will not be pushed, as we will push back.
We also will not accept a ‘token’ Latino to appease and appeal to the Hispanic vote. Enough of trying to deny us what is rightfully ours…the ‘American Dream’.
Enough said.
Amber
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Romney continues to be a douchebag. I’m not surprised. I wonder if he will be the next Sarah Palin?
omomma
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 9:38 pm
Romney’s campaign was over when he made a fool of himself in England. The nail in the coffin was his wife whining “…it’s hard”. The dirt on the grave was his 47 per cent remarks, and the funeral flowers came disguised as false advertising about Jeeps. He killed himself. For the entire first half of his campaign, I was convinced it was being run by Democratic moles.
He literally has no one but himself and his wife to blame.
bd
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Obama, Romney. Left and Right. Two wings on the same bird, crashing toward the ground. Puppets for the globalists. Flap flap people! Argue amongst yourselves while they have their laughs.
Magdalena
Nov. 8th, 2012 at 9:49 pm
We Hispanics/Latinos are the Majority and have been for some time now. Romney’s lack of attentiveness to us cost him a big part of the election. We were finally recognized as a force to be reckoned with as we in turn made our voices heard. Romney has to have someone/thing to blame. During his 47% statements about how “these people won’t take responsibility for their own lives” he was actually referring to himself and he didn’t even know it.
R McGowan
Nov. 9th, 2012 at 12:12 am
So let me get this straight…. Hurricane Sandy was to blame for Mitt’s loss? But I thought Sandy was a curse upon the gays?? OR PERHAPS… God just had another message to send…
Turner29
Nov. 9th, 2012 at 2:04 am
If Hurricane Sandy saved the election for Obama, what does that tell Republicans about what God thinks of them?
DanielleinDC
Nov. 9th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Yeah, Obama whipped up a hurricane so he could show off his leadership skills at helping the affected area recover.
smarterboy09
Nov. 14th, 2012 at 8:56 pm
Wait, in the other articles he’s blaming young people, minorities, and women for all the free gifts they’re getting. Which is it?