UPDATE: Mitt Romney Lands in Moon Township in Final Hours of Election Day
The Republican presidential candidate makes a final campaign stop in Moon before heading back to Boston to await results.
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In one of his final appearances of the presidential campaign, Republican nominee Mitt Romney landed this afternoon in Moon Township, exiting a plane at the Atlantic Aviation hangar before leaving in a motorcade.
The stop was brief—Romney did not speak before stepping into an SUV motorcade of five vehicles. After walking out of his plane, he waved to a crowd of cheering supporters packed outside of the runway gate.
Romney campaign spokesman Bradley White said the GOP candidate would be traveling in the region this afternoon, but he said the schedule was kept private.
Romney's stay in the Pittsburgh area lasted just more than an hour—his plane left Pittsburgh International Airport just after 4 p.m. Romney stopped briefly at a Green Tree campaign office after touching down in Pittsburgh, according to reports.
He is expected to be in Boston after polls across the country close this evening.
The former Massachusetts governor cast his ballot in Belmont, MA this morning. He spent the final hours of the campaign making a series of last-minute appearances, including one earlier today in Cleveland to reach out to Ohio's swing voters.
Onlookers gathered atop a parking garage on Horizon Drive to watch Romney's brief appearance. The event was not open to the public.
His running mate Paul Ryan also appeared in Moon in October, addressing a crowd inside the Atlantic Aviation hangar during a 15-minute speech. Romney campaign spokesman Billy Pitman said the Ryan rally marked a renewed effort to reach out to blue collar Democrats in the state.
Pennsylvania polls close today at 8 p.m.
Really?
3:43 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Go,Mitt! Hope your efforts pay off and you have the opportunity to take your vision and business sense to Washington.
Robert F Bearfield
6:29 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I HOPE HE TAKES HIS PLANS TO THE MOON WITHOUT A HELMUT.
cc
11:01 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Go home obummer i'll volunteer to toss your belonging out the window into pick up trucks
USC Lifer
3:44 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 8:00 TONIGHT -- NOT 7:00 as stated in the article.
Mike Jones
3:46 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The story has been corrected. Thank you for noticing that.
Jon Delano of KDKA-TV is reporting that Romney is visiting a campaign office in Green Tree. Media was not invited, but they apparently did bring one pool reporter.
Mo
4:23 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
I couldn't wait to vote today - so pumped for "President Romney"!
I've said it before, Romney is going to win by a landslide. This will happen.
Robert F Bearfield
6:30 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
THE WAY HIS MONEY BACKERS ARE CHEATING IN PA IS REDICULOUS.
Robert F Bearfield
9:03 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
YO MO, LOOKS LIKE YOU ALONG WITH ROMNEY ARE BOTH LOSERS AND WRONG.
tes
1:02 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Hey Mo:
You were wrooooooooooooooooooooong.
Can you say "NO MO"
Drew Lehman
4:36 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Mitt not taking 60 seconds to address the crowd thanking them for coming out and supporting him is proof that he is not a man of the people. Even if staffers had told him not to he should have been smart enough to jump a barricade and act like he actually cares about the people. (FAIL)
Concerned Citizen
4:44 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Jump a barricade? Really, Drew? To eschew his security detail and go off the cuff like that? How irresponsible would that be? You're bashing a guy that you have slandered repeatedly on these posts for not addressing the people?
Let me guess, if he HAD addressed the people, what he said would have been a lie?
I have lost faith in humanity because of this election. Statements like the one above, obviously posted out of emotion, seem to rule the day. Thinking about that post for just 30 seconds more may have made you realize how petty you sound, bashing a guy because he didn't "jump a barricade" to say something that you would denounce as a lie anyway. What is it about people's attachments to a politician that makes them forget common sense?
Lily
6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Amen!
cc
5:38 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
So true Concerned. Thank goodness the House is still under the Republicans and now we need to get more Republicans in the Senate.
Concerned Citizen
4:50 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Keep in mind that I make that statement devoid of loyalty to any political party. Very few people listen with an open mind, Republican OR Democrat. Like the parent in denial, "My kid would NEVER do that"...it's the same here, "My candidate never said that" or "You're taking what he said out of context." If a conservative had said the same thing about President Obama, he would look just as foolish as you did with that statement. No one can communicate anymore. People don't want to hear the truth on EITHER SIDE. To take a candidate to task for his record, or his statements is one thing, but for not doing something ridiculous that you deem appropriate (despite how FOOLISH that would have been for him to do) is absurd.
Roger Overandout
5:03 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Drew I think just the opposite. He landed, thanked the crowd, went to Greentree to thank people who worked on his campaign, then got back on the plain and went to Cleveland. He thanked the people who worked hard for his cause.
proud American
5:08 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
If he was playing basketball while the people in New Jersey and New York are with out heat and food I guess that would make him a better president
Watts
6:04 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
PA voting machines switching Obama votes to Romney, somebody shot this video in the booth today...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpGd74DrBM
Watch you voting closely!
Mo
8:02 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
That's hilarious, you can plainly see the edits. Just another fraud by a self-serving liberal fooling like-minded liberals who want this to be true sooo badly.
Go Mitt - Bring it home brother we're counting on you!
N/A
9:55 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Voting machine glitches are a reality regardless of this video or what evil liberals or conservatives have to say about it. It is a touchscreen. Touchscreens are nonpartisan.
Where are the plain edits? I am no video expert, so I would just honestly like to know. I don't doubt a possibility, but I don't see anything screaming out at me that it is an edit.
Regardless, there have been quite a few articles up already of people reporting glitchy machines, incorrect ballots, etc...
Watts
11:30 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
@Mo
This was actually broadcast on the news, I just went directly to the youtube video just because it was expedient. I don't see anything that leads me to believe that there were any edits.
But you know what? Who f'n cares now?
cc
5:41 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Watts your an idiot, stupid people playing games, to get a rise out of others. It was not reported at the polling place as they would of shut down the machine for the glitch. Moron Dumocrats love to play games.
cc
5:46 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Watts what state and location was this made at and lets see if they actually used a ballot like this to vote.
Watts
6:59 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Here it is being reported in the conservative media:
http://www.examiner.com/article/faulty-voting-machine-blamed-for-mitt-romney-vote-central-pennsylvania
You can do any further research if you want to distract yourself from your pain today.
Kathleen Schawalder
6:37 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Butler county voters are being turned awa
y EVEN WITH a voters registration card. DMV did not get them on The List. county officials say TOO BAD according to the judge of election at our neighborhood poll center.
Airdoc
7:08 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The only reason you need to show an ID is if it is your first time voting. No one should be turned away because of no ID. I would have gone further up to complain.
Jessica Sinichak
7:55 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Kathleen, did this happen to you? Which polling location?
cc
5:50 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
There was one turned away at Baldwin High School when I went to vote, as this was her first time voting and she didn't bring any type of ID with her. The lady said she didn't know first time voters needed Photo ID and was going home to get her license and will be back.
Funny that there isn't anything on the news about people being turned away in Butler as they would of been given a provisional ballot to vote.
NE12Ukid
7:17 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Yeah, wonder how many votes Romney stole before that guy noticed the machine was malfunctioning.
Kathleen Schawalder
8:28 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Happened to my husband...Cranberry Township. He had his id...they still would not let him vote because he was not on their list..
Jessica Sinichak
8:34 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Do you know which specific polling location? Thanks!
cc
5:53 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
If you haven't voted in so many years they are suppose to remove your name from the list. There was a web site out before Elections that you could of checked and seen if your name was on it and then if it wasn't could of registered again before the deadline. According to a friend that worked the polls, they did a good job this time of removing people that were dead and have not voted in years.
HappyGram
8:31 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Jump a barricade...seriously! Are you kidding me. You people were not supposed to be there anyway. He was flying in and out in a matter of hours for crying out loud. Someone leaked it to the internet and you all show up & expect him to get down on his knees & thank you. Did you work for him or make calls for him? His purpose here was to thank those that did....& that's what he did. He could have taken the day off & rested or played basketball...give me a break...!!!!
Robert F Bearfield
9:05 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
mitt = lying piece of crap.
Robert F Bearfield
9:08 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
i don't usually wish people bad, but the republicans cheating at the polls in pa deserve to be fixed, as in cut off their nads if they actually have any.
NE12Ukid
12:01 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Cheaters never win!
Scott Carlson
9:24 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Robert, learn how to spell helmet. You should worry about getting a good education and not people's nads and cheating. Really? People like you shouldn't be allowed to vote
Jacob Pavlecic
11:22 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Obama wins the election!
SBJ
11:24 pm on Tuesday, November 6, 2012
OBAMA wins!!!! YES!!! So happy!!!
HappyGram
5:51 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
If the Republicans were cheating at the polls....you goof...why would they change Romney votes to Obama?...duh!!!
All you Obama people.....hahahahaha....drink your kool-aid this is the beginning of the end...you are so clueless.
NE12Ukid
7:20 pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
PA voting machines switching Obama votes to Romney, somebody shot this video in the booth today...
HappyGram....it was changing OBAMA votes to Romney votes, see?
Now you can finish YOUR kool aid.
Carla Ann Marratto
9:59 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
It makes me sad to see and hear all the back and forth with all the name calling and insultimg. This is the United States of America, where we all have the right to have our own thoughts, feelings, and beliefs. No one way is right or wrong, it up to the individual and the situation. Yes Obama won and Romney list. What's really matters is that we the people work together. If you have concerns contact your local, regional, and national representativea but do so in a well spoken,compassionate way that offers ideas for progression and compromise. Name calling and insulting willingly hurt all parties involved and will make others think twice about working with you towards the goal because you appear/ are close minded. Remember "Treat others the way you want to be treated." I hope that everyone has a great day and that we can all be a part of the a solution and not the problem.
Carla Ann Marratto
10:06 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Please forgive a couple of the word mistakes, my phone has a mind of its own. Then I did not catch them before I hit submit. Just goes to show that no human nor machine are perfect! :-)
NE12Ukid
11:53 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Mo
I've said it before, Romney is going to win by a landslide. This will happen.
And you can say it again if you wish, but it did not happen.
Hope you have a good day anyway.
Congrats to PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA on the win!
Re Re
3:11 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Man CC, your are completely in denial. Im a Republican that had no choice but to vote for Obama. Romney told so many lies I couldn't keep up anymore. How do you go to Ohio & tell Ohioans that their jobs are going to ? At least tell that lie in Florida where they may not fact check you or simply just know the truth. Those people knew they wasn't losing their jobs. He just did stupid stuff. How do you get caught on tape saying stuff about 47% of Americans? People not stupid you meant black people.