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Mitt Romney's "Them" Problem

Sep 27, 2012 15:26

By Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic

Presidential elections are decided in the first-person plural and the second person. Anyone operating in the third person is in trouble.

Mitt Romney's campaign on Wednesday released an ad featuring the candidate speaking straight to the camera, all by himself:

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Comments 13

crystalviolet35 September 28 2012, 03:18:06 UTC

12 million jobs will be created in the next 4 years, regardless of who is president, according to the Economist. Nice try, Mittens.

mysid September 28 2012, 03:19:42 UTC

God, I really, really, really hope he loses.

labelleizzy September 28 2012, 03:50:56 UTC

I'll be heading down to local Obama campaign HQ and see if I can man the barricades against the barbarians... OY!

estella7 September 28 2012, 03:53:31 UTC

Has he ever detailed what "his plan" is?

kyra_neko_rei September 28 2012, 15:54:06 UTC

"Just trust me, I have one."

cozmic_oceanz September 28 2012, 04:10:42 UTC

ugh. puh-leez.