...were you right wingers serious when you continued to vehemently claim that Romney was not only going to win, but was going to win by a landslide?

Against all evidence (not to mention reality as a whole) the right wing talking heads were telling you that all month before the election...the polls are a left wing conspiracy, the turnout projections are a left wing conspiracy...in short, they were telling you all month that reality was a left wing conspiracy.

I assumed that those talking heads were liars...they actually thought they might be able to change the shape of the electorate by spreading elaborate lies about hoaxes and conspiracies. The funny part is that it clearly didn't work...but somehow those who were planning on voting for Romney actually really did believe it, or so it seemed.

The fact that Obama was going to get at least 300 electoral college votes, and perhaps over 330, was pretty clear...go back to the "Romney" thread and see repeated predictions of exactly that.

Not only that, but all the polls said exactly the same thing.

That being said...I get the feeling that some here were actually surprised by the imposition of reality upon their beliefs.

Apparently they weren't alone...looks like Romney was somewhat stupified by his loss.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/45630

So this is a serious question...in spite of all evidence to the contrary, except for Karl Rove and Rush Limbaugh saying it over and over again, did you guys really think that Romney was going to win? If so, what did you base that belief on?

I really would like to know the answers to those questions...all the right wing talking heads I see on TV are still shocked, or at least profess to be, but are still saying that they thought that everything was a conspiracy and it was going to be a Romney landslide, right up until the east coast polls closed and they started to see reality creep in...that something was wrong...very wrong.

Fish on...

Todd

^ wizard

I found this Joe Trippi article interesting. BTW, he says Karl Rove isn't the monster Tod and others make him out to be.

Joe Trippi

It's an actual serious question.

There's partisan backing of your dude, even when it's obvious he's going to lose...like a Coog, rooting for the Coogs...and there's actually thinking the Coogs are going to win, against not only all odds, but against reality, too.

For those who just backed him to the end, I understand it...for those who really and truly thought he was going to win...that big "surprise" you were talking about...what were you thinking that made you think that Romney was actually going to not only win, but win in a landslide?

Fish on...

Todd

BTW Tod, you didn't ask this question when the Repubs won big in 2010 after you and KK rode the Dem horse limping all the way to the finish.

Hank,

That was the biggest pot-kettle-black ever posted.

Hope this helps.

Nobody can even SEE Todd - except you - and you're right on his heels.

I've been here 8 years longer than you have. You have 4500 more posts than I do.........and I actually post on the front side of the board.

Do the math.

It really is a serious question...if you actually thought Romney was going to win then you either...

1. just listened to the talking heads and parroted what they said.
2. had some information that made you believe he would win.
3. just said it because you really wanted it to be true.

If it's #3, then I actually understand that one...if it's #1, then you should watch FoxNews less, a lot less...and if it's #2, which is what I'm hoping, I'm curious about what that information is, and how it made you believe that Romney would win even win all indications were to the contrary.

I suspect the lack of actual response from the right wingnuts is because it was some combination of 1 and 3.

Fish on...

Todd

Gonna be a lot more people livin' in their parents basements...

Hank,

You have diarrhea of the mouth, no matter what kind of math you employ.

Once again, hope this helps.

lol

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But I failed.

Todd,

I'll respond to your question even though I don't consider myself a right winger. I don't have TV, nor do I watch the news even on the internet. Any "news" I hear, I get from here. I didn't follow the polls nor most of what is posted on the dark side. That being said, I think those who wanted Romney to win probably wanted and/or believed that the polls would be wrong. Probably not unlike the eternal hope that a fish will bite...somehow their guy would overcome the odds and win, which probably corresponds best to #3.

I'm not sure what information people would think they knew that nobody else knew so #2 seems like a long shot.

But then again, there must be enough folks watching Fox to keep them on the air so surely there was a substantial group in the #1 category.

Republicans blew it, big time, on a national level. Even screwed the pooch on the state level.

Get off of that religion/abortion high horse and aim towards the middle and you might actually win more than ONE office in Washington state. Go to Sears and get an alignment. Your wagon keeps drifting to the far right.

Fools.

+ 1,000,000 We really need to shorten this process.

Actually we just need to change the Supreme Court decision that gave corporations the right to donate large sums of money anonymously to the tool of their choice.
Corporations don't have the same constitutionals rights as do private citizens.
We need campaign reform that limits the amount of money any candidate can spend on an election.

When the amount of money spent on just the Presidential election heads toward the billion mark, it really is time to do something different.

Hank...how about answering the question?

C'mon, man!

Fish on...

Todd

I haven't seen Roe V Wade on here lately. Predicted a win for Romney in Florida because of the Jewish vote and that there wasn't enough gays in Florida to support Obama.

Not sure how it worked out in FL, or nationwide for that matter, but I bet Obama took the Jewish vote at least 2-1.

Fish on...

Todd

I was surprised. Now I'm disappointed. I'm mostly a moderate in social issues and conservative fiscally.