Did Howard or Robin report about Dr. Ben Carson at CPAC?

[KillVampires]

Mitt Romney was recorded by a bartender at the event who was in shock at what he was hearing. Carter's grandson does opposition research and the tape was brought to him. Romney goofed up. Not a conspiracy.

Wrong. The bartender was told to record the entire event which he did. The bartender was involved heavily in Democratic campaigning and research. You think he just happened to start recording at that very moment? If he was shocked at what he heard then how did he know to record something before he heard it?

How did he know that Romney was going to mention the "47 percent" line? He would have had to take out his camera within a split second and hit record without anyone noticing what he was doing. He recorded the entire event and then they just edited the parts where they could distort Romney's words and try to destroy him with a soundbite. You think he just happened to get the one line at the most perfect time by coincidence? He had been recording the entire event. You realize that politicians use bugs, wiretaps, and send in people to rival political headquarters to steal information all of the time, right? This is another political game. Bug the waiters and put hidden mics underneath tables and in the vents. It's how the game is played.

And it worked. Jimmy Carter's grandson had arranged the entire thing. Did you read the actual story of how he got the video? He said that he just happened to find the video on YouTube and worked to get the trust of the user who uploaded it. Meanwhile he had already known about the video and had arranged for it to be uploaded without attribution on a channel called "Anne Onymous". Thinking that the media would see that and think "whoah it's anonymous that cool hacker group".

Instead the media ignored it so they had to spam the video to CNN, NYTimes, ABC, etc. to get the video some publicity. That's when it took off. They originally wanted the video to go viral but no one gave a shit. Then the media had to get involved to protect Obama after Benghazi, unemployment, and his disastrous first debate appearance. So the media, corporate controlled and influenced, and in the pockets of the politicians, spread the message and of course took it out of context and buried Romney with it.

As if Romney's stupid fucking lame speeches are more damaging to the U.S. than the assassination of an ambassador and blaming it on "Innocence of Muslims" instead of on Al Queda.

After the election people were starting to catch on that it was a plant. Rather than get caught Carter's grandson came out and said "it was me" but threw out some bogus story filled with lies. He said that he "just happened to find the video by himself".

Yeah sure...after Romney had been hammering Jimmy Carter's presidential legacy at his speeches for weeks the most damaging video to his campaign just happens to be leaked by Carter's grandson. Bury your head in the sand.

[Alisonsbankacct]

Both sides have activists recording everything. This is not new. After watching interviews with the bartender (who said he actually started recording when Romney made some strange comments about workers in China) I don't believe he went in with an agenda. So we differ.

I just don't believe in conspiracies, on either side. I believe in laziness, greed, power, cover-your-ass, sex and ambition as the primary reasons most things happen.

[landfill]

I think it's reasonable to say that by including, specifically, Air Jordan's and crack pipes that some racial intent might be implied

I agree, I just find it funny.

[hey later]

Obama, Romney: Both are supported by the same people behind the scene. They were selected to be in those debates. Romney was supposed to lose. He never had a chance. It was all a dog and pony show. Obama was the key: charismatic, young and half-black. He could push through policies that would normally not be kosher with middle and lower class.

[FlaFlaFlunkie]

I think it's reasonable to say that by including, specifically, Air Jordan's and crack pipes that some racial intent might be implied

...as well as the Internet meme of the black woman with the cell phone.

At best, it was thinly veiled.

[Chuck Kongo]

The new great black hope of the wingnut X-ian Taliban runs all over TV equating gay marriage with NAMBLA and bestiality....and then he goes all over TV giving phony disingenuous "apologies" over it....LULZ

Yep, because consenting adults living with and fucking each other is exactly the same as raping children and livestock.

What an impressive well thought out wingnut token black....I mean individual.

Definitely a rising star in the GOP....he'll go far....LMFAO!