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To: Geoff Altman who wrote (484317)	4/24/2012 7:55:59 PM
From: Farmboy	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

I agree with that assessment 110% Geoff. Nice guys do nice things. And that leaves Obama completely out in the cold. If Romney is thinking he can set the tone of the campaign by being civil and 'nice', I can tell him it won't work that way. The left will take every possible opportunity to 'kneecap' Romney, and if they don't see an opportunity, they'll make one up. They'll call him everything but a "nice guy" ....

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (484317)	4/24/2012 8:21:39 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	8 Recommendations Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793843

On the one hand, I get that Romney is appealing to swing voters who voted for Obama last time. But he still has to appeal to his base. This will be a turnout election. It is no use to insult Obama or suggest that he wanted to hurt America. That will turn people off. Romney's tone should be statesmanlike (let his SuperPACs talk about the not so nice stuff Obama has done). But he shouldn't say Obama is a nice guy. He should say Obama may have had good intentions, but his results have been terrible. It turns out you really do need to know what you are doing. "Good intentions" damns with faint praise.

To: Geoff Altman who wrote (484317)	4/24/2012 10:58:58 PM
From: simplicity	11 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793843

Romney saying this constantly almost irritates me as much as McCain saying "my friends" before rambling on ... I've never thought Obama was a nice guy. Nice guys don't do the things he's done to this country..... Amen! I've had it up to here with people who say he has 'good intentions', or he's 'personable', or he's basically a 'nice guy who is in over his head'. His intentions are anything but good as regards the founding principles of our republic. He despises them, and wants to transform our republic into his own brand of elitist socialist utopia. He is not personable. He seizes every opportunity to demonize his opponents -- be they political adversaries or average American citizens. Ask Joe the Plumber. Cruelty and injustice are not aspects of a 'personable' character. He is not in over his head. He is accomplishing, to one degree or another, every part of the 'transformation of America' that he envisioned three and a half years ago. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing. And it those who spout the 'good intentions'/'personable'/'over his head' mantra are simply perception challenged.