Ben LaBolt, Obama’s spokesman for the 2012 campaign, says of Romney’s $10K bet that it could turn into “his grocery store scanner moment.” He’s referencing, of course, the famous gaffe of George H. W. Bush’s when he visited a grocery store on a photo-op during his reelection campaign and expressed amazement at the barcode scanning technology. This was widely touted as evidence of him being disconnected from the daily realities of most Americans.
Ben LaBolt: $10K Bet Could Be Romney’s Grocery Store Moment
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December 13, 2011 4:19 a.m.
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