Mitt Romney-Aligned Super PAC Helped By Larry McCarthy, 'Willie Horton' Ad Creator

The New Yorker:

Mitt Romney, in his struggle to wrap up the 2012 Republican nomination for the Presidency, has presented himself as an outsider.

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[errol44]

08:00 PM on 02/06/2012

In the beginning was the Truth. And the Truth was with the people. And the Republicans saw the truth, and they saw that it was against them. And the spirit of the Republicans spoke, "Let there be Lies." And there were Lies. And the Lies were given domain over American politics.

And the Lies said, "Let us create politicians and strategists in our image." From its own excrement, the Lies formed Richard Nixon. The Lies loved Richard Nixon for he was formed in their image. And the Lies said, "Your offspring will be as numerous as the worms in the ground."

And Richard Nixon begat Lee Atwater. And Lee Atwater begat Newt Gingrich and Larry McCarthy. And Larry McCarthy married the Hypocrite, Karl Rove and they begat Fox News. Fox News married the Psychomite, Roger Ailes and they begat millions of Lying children. And these men did lie and lie and lie about their lies in the sight of the Republicans. And the millions of Lying children rejoiced and said in a loud voice, "We shall overcome... the Truth."

[Charles W Noble]

04:10 PM on 02/06/2012

How else are you going to sell policies that brought us to the brink of financial ruin, cost Americans jobs, and risked their retirement? He's gotta go negative and he will. This isn't about how Romney can serve America. It is about how he can serve the 1%.

[loncindy2]

01:11 PM on 02/06/2012

Dear Governor Romney,

As you know, the House Republicans have worked very hard on good bills that, when presented
to the Senate, Harry Reid kills on the spot. Then, President Obama says the Republicans work
against him and do nothing. Would surely appreciate if you would bring this matter up in your
speeches, in case any citizens are silly enough to believe Obama!

Many thanks,

Sandra Miller, Mia, Fl [e-mail]

[Wmof2011]

02:42 PM on 02/06/2012

The President usually complains that House Republicans are not brings good bills to his desk. Because, not matter what the very partisan Republicans want, they should work on bills that have a chance, something bipartisan.

But it's the public who complains that the Republicans create a do nothing Congress. Those are not the President's words.

[loncindy2]

02:55 PM on 02/06/2012

Harry Reid does not let the House Republicans present some very good material on which they
have worked very hard.

I'm not sure if the President knows this. He should, and, if he does, he should not say that the
Republicans do nothing. Paul Ryan had a really good budget blll that never got past Harry Reid or the President, so we still have no budget over 1000 or so days, a record for Congress.
The Simpson budget was refused, too.

No wonder the citizens give Congress such a dismal rating. A lot is proposed, and nothing
much is done.

[ladameennoir]

01:03 PM on 02/06/2012

Negative will work this year because a positive ad about Obama would be either one nanosecond in length or a silent film.

[StillAmused]

06:17 PM on 02/06/2012

Boy, are YOU in for a colossal shock!

[flipie]

12:33 PM on 02/06/2012

This country can not afford to take a first grade to be a President Romney has not been tested yet running a state is different than running a country Obama was a first grader when he took the office to found that things are different in Washington now at least he know how to play a game let us give him a chance.If Romney he want to create jobs thats fine you dont need to be in the White House to create he can be a country CEO,to be a President of US it take more than creating jobs we dont want another WAR.

[Cakey4814]

12:26 PM on 02/06/2012

As if that scares the Obama administration...lol. What McCarthy got away with back then won't happen this time so sorry HPAOL...not scaring off any voters here. What's McCarthy going to do or say? President Obama has had everything thrown at him but the kitchen sink..only thing McCarthy can do is give people a lower opinion of the Republicans than they already have...

[JustABriefThought]

11:53 AM on 02/06/2012

The main difference between Santorum, Bachman, and the others who were told by God to run - Romney gets his commands in a note written on gold tablets and read to him from behind the curtain - Is this how he came up with the "hire a political vampire"?

Thank goodness that even GOP-TP voters are now wise to the last minute vicious lies from compaigns and can see who really has their back (President Obama) and who wants to continue borrowing from China and handing it to large corporations (with billions of $$$ in the bank - but still NO HIRING).

Lots f GOP-TP voters are waking up and will pinch their nose and vote Democrat across the ballot in order to produce fair taxes on the rich - they know that is the ONLY way it will ever happen. Democrats are not that great, but they are not as bad as GOP-TPs who pray for the economy (YOUR job and house) to tank - while keeping their own job and house. They should all follow Gingrich's lead and resign in disgrace. They ARE a disgrace to the voters who elected them (but will not elect them again).

[Wmof2011]

11:43 AM on 02/06/2012

Manipulating money does not make the country strong. And that's all Romney had done at Bain through paying themselves crazy dividends, loans, & bankruptcy (stiffing small businesses). Romney may have called for 20 to 50 bankruptcies.

[den1953]

11:29 AM on 02/06/2012

Mitt Romney is everything the Republican Party stands for wealthy and can buy who ever or whatever they want, when in doubt on any issue you throw money at it as long as there is a return in in. Greed means wealth and poverty has no room in there lives, they aren't worried about jobs for Americans they worry more about the bottom line and whether there can be a great deal of profit in it that is why you aren't hearing any candidate stopping the flow of American jobs going overseas, it is cheap labor and no regulations why should they care if the harm the foreign workers........

[Slysir]

11:25 AM on 02/06/2012

Karl Rove supports Mitt. If that doesn't scream morally corrupt, nothing does.

[DavidofIllinois]

11:24 AM on 02/06/2012

Being a governor DOES not make one a outsider.. Romney will bombard us all with nothing but negative ads, one after another, in the hopes of winning in November. ALL we will hear from this guy is Obama bashing, and fear ads. Stump speeches and "his message" should be what he will DO for this country, not NEGATIVE crap.

[CoronaDischarge]

11:52 AM on 02/06/2012

It might mean he is an outsider, because the person that got elected clearly is not the Romney running now. The man changes so much, it may well be that he is an outsider in his own life.

[booker52]

11:05 AM on 02/06/2012

Mitt shows again that winning at all costs works for him. His hired attack dog has shown that he doesn't have a moral center. I hope other media outlets pick up this story and let it spread like wildfire.

[babyspittle]

11:02 AM on 02/06/2012

poor awkward mitt.

the likely republican candidate gets 100x fewer comments than sarah palin.

[moutonnoir]

10:55 AM on 02/06/2012

The left: "LETS HELP EVERYONE!!"

The right: "WE ARE CORRUPT, SMALL MINDED, UNEDUCATED, AND QUITE PROUD OF THAT"

[separatingwheatfromchaff]

10:52 AM on 02/06/2012

Sorry to say money does influence voters,not so much the political junkies,but the average American who doesn't have time for more than going to work and caring for the family,those ads works.They just have to influence a small percentage of voters as most voters vote their party.Even the ones that vote their party will incorporate the negative ads into their daily lives and make even more converts.The Citizens United decision needs to be overturned asap before we're permanently locked into this corporate nightmare government that's taking over our nation .