# Snakebit GOP **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 26, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758 "2012-08-26T22:45:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/1 "2012-08-26T22:45:44Z")
I’m almost starting to feel sorry for them. Romney insults the UK on a friendship tour to Europe to show what a statesmen he is and the Brits pull off an incident-free Olympics just to rub it in. There was the whole tax return debacle, then as they expect a bounce from naming their VP, Todd Akin does his best to take the focus off the economy and back onto the GOPs ultra-conservative social agenda. Now they have to cancel a day of the convention due to the hurricane which will further remind voters of how badly Bush handled Katrina. Having a series of shootings doesn’t help them use gun control fears to rally the base and the searing heat and resultant drought in the heartland makes global warming a touchy subject as well. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2012, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/2 "2012-08-26T22:53:32Z")
Yes, if only real-world events would stop reminding people of their horrible policies, things would finally be going their way. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/3 "2012-08-27T00:16:54Z")
Cursed reality and its liberal bias! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/4 "2012-08-27T00:43:17Z")
The Akin mess is symptomatic of a bigger problem – the GOP can’t resist bending over backwards to accommodate its crackpot fringe. Romney’s Birther “joke” makes sense in that context: he feels that he just has to throw bones to the peanut gallery, but is trying to figure out how to do so without utterly losing the middle of the electorate. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/5 "2012-08-31T14:40:53Z")
And on Romney’s big night, the crowning event of the convention, the night of his acceptance speech, what’s the headline-grabber and Twitter sensation? A rambling, incoherent, off-color-by-allusion talk by an elderly Hollywood icon addressing an empty chair. The whole thing was a depressing farce. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2012, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snakebit-gop/632758/6 "2012-08-31T15:15:08Z")
I don’t feel sorry for them, but yes, they’ve had a bunch of distractions and screwups that interfered with their messages and the stuff they want to focus on.