Romney Tells Interviewer: No Questions About Abortion or Todd Akin

Anything he says can and will be used against him
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Mitt Romney did an interview today with Denver CBS4 reporter Shaun Boyd — but refused to take any questions about abortion or Todd Akin. An instant classic… but man, how sad and pathetic it is to see journalists agreeing to restrictions like this.

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It would probably be simpler if Romney just told interviewers what subjects they are allowed to ask him about. Much shorter list.

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106 comments
1 AK-47%  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:57:07pm

It's all about jobs!

2 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:57:30pm

And no questions about Bain. And no questions about my taxes. And no questions about my time as governor of that sh$tty liberal state, Massachusetts.

3 Kragar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:57:46pm

OFF THE TABLE!!!

4 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:58:34pm

And no questions about 'Romneycare'.

5 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:58:45pm

Ask the questions anyway. Make him answer or walk away.

What a fucking embarrassment.

6 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 12:59:15pm

Women's issues are just a distraction put out there by the Obama campaign to divert attention from the way he's destroyed the economy

7 Mattand  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:00:07pm

Fine. Then hammer him for 10 minutes about his tax returns or have him explain why he doesn't campaign on his MA mandated health plan.

8 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:00:38pm

And no questions about my many policy flip-flops over the years between my 1994 Senate campaign and my presidential runs. 9/11 changed everything.

9 lawhawk  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:01:00pm

Not surprising - either on the journalist's timidity to ask hard questions, or on Romney pushing to make sure that the question isn't asked.

If a journalist wants the get, they've got to play along or else lose out to a competitor, even though there's more news to be made by asking the tough questions. But if you can't get the person to interview in the first place without the conditions in place, then that becomes newsworthy in its own right.

And this also undermines the notion of a vast liberal media elite - if they were vast, liberal, and part of some conspiracy to get Romney, they'd be asking all manner of gotcha questions. Instead, we get a puff piece.

10 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:01:31pm

Don't think the Obama campaign is going to wait for reporters to ask the questions. That's a nice piece of video--shame if it became an internet spot.

11 Lidane  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:01:58pm

So let's review. We can't talk to Mitt about:

--His tax returns or financial history
--His time at Bain
--His time as Governor of MA
--Romneycare
--His policy plans should he win in November
--Abortion
--Todd Akin
--Paul Ryan's budget
--The GOP platform

What's left to talk to him about?

12 Kragar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:05pm

"Can we just talk about the economy guys?"

13 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:17pm

bah, getting "an error occurred please try again".

14 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:33pm

And no questions about how POTUS got OBL.

15 dragonath  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:45pm

re: #13 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

That's what he said.

16 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:45pm

re: #11 Lidane

So let's review. We can't talk to Mitt about:

--His tax returns or financial history
--His time at Bain
--His time as Governor of MA
--Romneycare
--His policy plans should he win in November
--Abortion
--Todd Akin
--Paul Ryan's budget
--The GOP platform

What's left to talk to him about?

Dancing horses.

17 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:47pm

Transparency.

//

18 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:02:53pm

re: #11 Lidane

Horses...oh wait.
Dogs...oh wait.

19 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:03:23pm

re: #11 Lidane

So let's review. We can't talk to Mitt about:

--x--

What's left to talk to him about?

Obama, and bad things that can reasonably or unreasonably be connected to him. The beginning and end of Romney's campaign, as it always has been and always shall be.

20 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:03:54pm

re: #18 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Horses...oh wait.
Dogs...oh wait.

Viet Nam... nope.

21 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:04:41pm

re: #11 Lidane

you can talk about these things in quiet rooms...

22 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:04:48pm

It's rather interesting to me the timing of this whole Akin mess and the huge split it's caused in the GOP. Just DAYS before the big convention, where the party pretty much had to shelve their disagreements and stand united behind Romney to have any chance in November.

We all knew it was coming, I just didn't expect it to blow up like this before the election.

23 allegro  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:04:49pm

Maybe he should stick to his virile manliness - 5 sons and all.

24 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:05:09pm

re: #20 Gus

Viet Nam... nope.

Boxers or briefs... nope.

25 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:05:09pm

re: #23 allegro

Maybe he should stick to his virile manliness - 5 sons and all.

We have a winner!

26 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:05:20pm

re: #19 erik_t

Obama, and bad things that can reasonably or unreasonably be connected to him. The beginning and end of Romney's campaign, as it always has been and always shall be.

I hope that running as not Obama isn't enough to get this mannequin elected president.

27 dragonfire1981  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:06:29pm

Can we talk to him about his dog?

28 AK-47%  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:06:36pm

re: #11 Lidane

So let's review. We can't talk to Mitt about:

--His tax returns or financial history
--His time at Bain
--His time as Governor of MA
--Romneycare
--His policy plans should he win in November
--Abortion
--Todd Akin
--Paul Ryan's budget
--The GOP platform

What's left to talk to him about?

Fear and loathing of Obama

29 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:06:36pm

re: #23 allegro

Maybe he should stick to his virile manliness - 5 sons and all.

growing up I learned that being a man meant being honest and owning up to the things i did, good or bad. So with romney....nope.

As for his two sons, he didn't give birth to them! He didn't build them if you will...

30 dragonath  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:08:32pm

re: #28 Expand Your Ground

Fear and loathing of Obama

We can't stop here...! This is moonbat country!

31 allegro  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:08:32pm

re: #29 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

growing up I learned that being a man meant being honest and owning up to the things i did, good or bad. So with romney....nope.

As for his two sons, he didn't give birth to them! He didn't build them if you will...

But... but... his virile manly seed! That's the important part. His wife? just a servile incubator to pop out the all important male offspring.

32 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:08:44pm

Man, Mitt's a train wreck. Guy basically wants the press to kiss his ass and ask no difficult questions. Imagine him as president. The empty suit would probably flip if someone questioned a decision made. Guy just is not cut out to be president at all and his whinefest with the media shows it time and time again. He doesn't have to like the media but ignoring their questions is just

33 Charles Johnson  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:09:37pm
34 AK-47%  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:09:58pm

Another right-wing gender-related WTF article:

Obama Girls vs Romney Boys

35 mr.fusion  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:10:11pm

re: #12 Kragar

"Can we just talk about the economy guys?"**

**Discussions about economy can not include questions about the company I founded, my plans for the economy if I become President, my personal finances and how my plans may affect my wealth, or anything I did while Governor (Was I Governor? Let's go with....no....I was never a Governor).

36 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:10:11pm

Can we talk about my baby juice instead?
-- Mitt Romney

37 dragonath  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:11:59pm

re: #34 Expand Your Ground

Another right-wing gender-related WTF article:

Obama Girls vs Romney Boys

...

Meanwhile, the Romney boys, because of their ages, will be more than "cute." They will be what Malia and Sasha Obama cannot be, super surrogates and fund raising machines.

Sick.

38 SpaceJesus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:12:04pm

"ok ok mr. romney, we'll have it your way. i guess that uh, leaves us with just the topics of the weather in the cayman islands, and whether or not obama is a serpent."

39 HappyWarrior  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:13:21pm

"So, Mr. Romney what can we ask you about?"
"No more questions."

40 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:14:15pm

re: #32 HappyWarrior

Man, Mitt's a train wreck. Guy basically wants the press to kiss his ass and ask no difficult questions. Imagine him as president. The empty suit would probably flip if someone questioned a decision made. Guy just is not cut out to be president at all and his whinefest with the media shows it time and time again. He doesn't have to like the media but ignoring their questions is just

'Presidential' is usually a trite and meaningless buzzword. Not this year.

41 aagcobb  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:14:49pm

re: #35 mr.fusion

**Discussions about economy can not include questions about the company I founded, my plans for the economy if I become President, my personal finances and how my plans may affect my wealth, or anything I did while Governor (Was I Governor? Let's go with....no....I was never a Governor).

Ask me how many millions of jobs I'm going to create as President. No, you can't ask me how.

42 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:15:53pm

And no questions about my Let Detroit Go Bankrupt article.

43 wrenchwench  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:16:47pm

"Brewing beer in the White House? I don't think so."

44 jamesfirecat  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:16:52pm

re: #33 Charles Johnson

[Embedded content]

Golf
Opposing Socialism.

Fixing America's problems.
Updating our tort system.
Camping with his family.
Keeping America the worlds dominant power.

Young people and why they should vote for him.
Overturning job killing regulations.
Using America's power to reform the Middle East.
Reinvigorating America's economy.
Seating more conservative justices.
Eliminating America's enemies.
Lives that Obama has ruined..
Fishing.

45 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:17:30pm

From now on, Mitt Romney will only be taking questions about Barrack Obama.

Problem solved!

//

46 allegro  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:18:02pm

Q: I'd like to ask you about your pick for VP...

Romney: I don't agree with anything he has ever said or done. I just picked him for his virile manliness and dreamy blue eyes.

47 Interesting Times  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:19:09pm

re: #46 allegro

Q: I'd like to ask you about your pick for VP...

Romney: I don't agree with anything he has ever said or done. I just picked him for his virile manliness and dreamy blue eyes.

"So blue it's like looking into a smurf's anus."

--Jon Stewart

48 engineer cat  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:20:16pm

NO HARD KWESCHUNS UR HURTING MAH BRANE!!!!

49 allegro  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:20:58pm

re: #47 Interesting Times

"So blue it's like looking into a smurf's anus."

--Jon Stewart

You just made me spit my hippie herbal tea.

50 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:22:46pm

#DontAskMitt

51 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:24:01pm

Journalism is dead. Long live the MBF.

52 lawhawk  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:25:46pm

re: #51 Amory Blaine

Journalism is dead. Long live the MBF.

The MBF will have to get back to you on that.

Magic 8 ball says, your future is hazy. /

53 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:25:50pm

BTW the first lady is in Milwaukee to pay her respects to the victims at the Sikh Temple.

54 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:27:10pm

re: #53 Amory Blaine

BTW the first lady is in Milwaukee to pay her respects to the victims at the Sikh Temple.

BBTW my coworker said to me he hopes someone shoots her in the head. God I fucking hate conservatives.

55 gwangung  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:28:42pm

re: #54 Amory Blaine

And I hope you said to him, "And I hope someone kicks you in the balls. Wearing a dark suit, wearing sunglasses and sporting an ear bud."

These bozos think they're playing games.

56 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:29:01pm

Romney: Entitled to his opinions AND his own facts

he really has gone full metal wingnut.

57 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:29:21pm

re: #56 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Romney: Entitled to his opinions AND his own facts

he really has gone full metal wingnut.

Facts are negotiable, if you pay enough for them.

58 labman57  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:30:08pm

Team Romney suffers from the same weakness as do Palin, Bachmann, Santorum, Cain, and other gutless political lightweights:

Mitt regards any reporter or interviewer who has the temerity to hold him accountable for his previously stated positions to be a bullying, biased member of a left-wing conspiracy, and he views any question for which is unwilling or unable to provide an honest, substantive question to be a "gotcha" question.

In short, Romney and his campaign staff feel that members of the news media should act as though they are working for his public relations department, only asking him the questions that he WANTS to be asked.

It's curious. Romney says that he is highly qualified to be POTUS based on his extensive experience as a "job creator" and fiscal manager while at Bain ... however we should not be allowed to analyze or critique said business experience, nor his ethics and values with respect to taxation policies.

Mitt to news media and Obama campaign:
"Don't discuss my personal finances, don't discuss my business practices, don't discuss my recent overseas trip, the socially conservative policies and legislative proposals of my running mate, and most of all, don't discuss my own policies and programs while Governor of Massachusetts."

Okay, let's talk about something totally benign ... "Mitt, how's Seamus? What? Don't talk about the dog either?"

59 celticdragon  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:30:46pm

re: #54 Amory Blaine

BBTW my coworker said to me he hopes someone shoots her in the head. God I fucking hate conservatives.

That isn't conservatism. It's tribalism.

60 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:31:11pm

re: #54 Amory Blaine

BBTW my coworker said to me he hopes someone shoots her in the head. God I fucking hate conservatives.

Why do libruls keep being all full of hatred and stuff? //

61 Kragar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:31:29pm

I can see Mitt in his hotel room, clenching his fists, fighting back tears as he rants at his advisers, "This was supposed to be MY TIME... AND YOU ARE RUINING IT!"

62 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:31:48pm

re: #59 celticdragon

That isn't conservatism. It's tribalism.

You must know different people.

63 Bulworth  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:32:24pm

If you think Mitt's bad now, wait until he's elected president.

64 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:33:42pm

My own fucking mother, who had a recall Walker sign in her yard, told me she's voting for Romney.

65 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:35:10pm

Hey all!

Someone, please explain this logic.

-Obama is a Marxist
-Obama is creating policy to make us a Socialist Nation
-Since Obama came into office, the Rich are Richer


How does that work?

66 Gretchen G.Tiger  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:35:35pm

re: #59 celticdragon

That isn't conservatism. It's tribalism.

cultism???

67 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:36:27pm

Martin Bashir to RW hack: "You can't provide any facts so I'm not going to talk to you."
(paraphrasing)

68 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:40:36pm

My god this rightwing nut basically just said that the only reason that the generals went after the new swift boaters was because they're under Obama. Bashir was having none of it and basically told him to STFU.

69 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:41:08pm

re: #11 Lidane

So let's review. We can't talk to Mitt about:

--His tax returns or financial history
--His time at Bain
--His time as Governor of MA
--Romneycare
--His policy plans should he win in November
--Abortion
--Todd Akin
--Paul Ryan's budget
--The GOP platform

What's left to talk to him about?

You can't talk to him about saving the Olympics with taxpayer money, either.

70 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:42:46pm
71 celticdragon  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:43:06pm

re: #62 Amory Blaine

You must know different people.

I grok what your are saying. I do think that the actual, historical political philosophy of conservatism actually has nothing to do with what we see now...which is right wing revolutionary religious populism. It is the antithesis of conservatism.

Conservatism is skeptical of change, and when change is necessary then it must be carefully and judiciously administered. The people in the GOP today are right wing Jacobins. They want to overthrow 100 years of law and social policy...and they don't give a shit who is hurt...including themselves. All they want is to damage their sworn enemies, whom they have imagined largely from fevered propaganda.

72 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:43:48pm

re: #32 HappyWarrior

Man, Mitt's a train wreck. Guy basically wants the press to kiss his ass and ask no difficult questions. Imagine him as president. The empty suit would probably flip if someone questioned a decision made. Guy just is not cut out to be president at all and his whinefest with the media shows it time and time again. He doesn't have to like the media but ignoring their questions is just

Remember all the GOP folks making "empty suit" remarks about Obama? We are now looking at a true "empty suit" with Romney.

73 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:44:20pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

My own fucking mother, who had a recall Walker sign in her yard, told me she's voting for Romney.

That's why I don't talk politics with family.

74 Decatur Deb  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:44:33pm

re: #71 celticdragon

Extra point for 'grok'.

75 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:46:06pm

Yiddish Curses for Republican Jews

76 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:46:29pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

My own fucking mother, who had a recall Walker sign in her yard, told me she's voting for Romney.

Wow...she may need her head examined, just sayin.

77 celticdragon  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:47:50pm

re: #73 TedStriker

That's why I don't talk politics with family.

Yep.

My folks...and my mom especially...are Fox News junkies. My mom is convinced that Obama may be the literal Anti-Christ. She actually quoted prophetic scripture from Revelations, Job and Zachariah to me on the phone.

I was so taken aback and astonished I actually laughed, more from not knowing how to even respond to that. Best to stay away from that, methinks.

78 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:48:44pm

re: #76 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

Wow...she may need her head examined, just sayin.

Upding.

79 Kragar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:49:30pm

My parents dropped the GOP before I did. They saw the writing on the wall back during the Bush years. I was the hold out.

80 freetoken  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:49:43pm

E-mail threat on president spurs quick arrest

[...]

According to the affidavit, R.B. said Caluori has "negative views of President Obama and in the last few days, most recently that day, has made negative statements about the president."

After reading Caluori his Miranda rights, Molnar asked him if he knew why the police were at the scene.

"I think I do, but I don't want to say it," he said.
He was shown a copy of the e-mail to the FBI and, asked if he wrote it, said, "possibly," Molnar wrote.

Asked if he had any "issues with the president," Caluori replied, "You don't have a high enough security clearance. Call the CIA or run it up the chain of command," Molnar said.

[...]

Betcha he's an Alex Jones fan.

81 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:49:45pm

re: #54 Amory Blaine

BBTW my coworker said to me he hopes someone shoots her in the head. God I fucking hate conservatives.

Did you tell your coworker what a disgusting excuse for a human being he or she is?

82 Sheila Broflovski  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:49:59pm

re: #23 allegro

Maybe he should stick to his virile manliness - 5 sons and all.

I have more sons that Mitt.

83 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:50:51pm

re: #71 celticdragon

I grok what your are saying. I do think that the actual, historical political philosophy of conservatism actually has nothing to do with what we see now...which is right wing revolutionary religious populism. It is the antithesis of conservatism.

Conservatism is skeptical of change, and when change is necessary then it must be carefully and judiciously administered. The people in the GOP today are right wing Jacobins. They want to overthrow 100 years of law and social policy...and they don't give a shit who is hurt...including themselves. All they want is to damage their sworn enemies, whom they have imagined largely from fevered propaganda.

Real conservatism is dead in the GOP, supplanted with the Bircher-flavored misogynistic RR/TPer "fuck everyone else, I've got mine" philosophy that's currently in fashion.

That's why I, in good conscience, can no longer consider myself to be a Republican; to paraphrase Reagan, I didn't leave the GOP, the GOP left me.

84 R.M, Ramallo  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:56:21pm

All Mitt should have to do is sit in front of the camera, smile, and show off his Anglo Saxon good looks.
How charming.
// just in case...

85 Tigger2  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:56:38pm

re: #68 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

My god this rightwing nut basically just said that the only reason that the generals went after the new swift boaters was because they're under Obama. Bashir was having none of it and basically told him to STFU.

I just saw that it was great, I just wish more people would do that when the wackos go off on their stupid rants.

86 Jolo5309  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 1:59:44pm

re: #13 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

bah, getting "an error occurred please try again".

Were you interviewing Romney too?

87 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:00:59pm

re: #59 celticdragon

That isn't conservatism. It's tribalism.

It's sociopathic.

88 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:01:47pm

re: #64 Amory Blaine

My own fucking mother, who had a recall Walker sign in her yard, told me she's voting for Romney.

I hope you can talk her out of it.

89 MittDoesNotCompute  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:03:00pm

re: #87 Sionainn

It's sociopsychopathic.

FTFY...

90 Kragar  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:03:34pm

Gaffney Upset that Jews, Gays and Feminists Haven't Embraced his Anti-Muslim Efforts

Yesterday on Secure Freedom Radio, Frank Gaffney hosted the vociferously anti-Muslim, anti-gay, anti-Obama Rabbi Aryeh Spero to discuss his new book, “Push Back: Reclaiming the American Judeo-Christian Spirit.” Gaffney asked Spero why women’s rights and gay rights advocates, along with “the Jews who make up many of the most visible members of the international or at least domestic left,” are “making common cause” with Islamists.

In Gaffney’s view, any opposition to efforts by him and other anti-Muslim activists to undermine the religious freedom and civil rights of Muslim-Americans is tantamount to the promotion of Sharia law and Islamism. Spero replied to Gaffney’s ridiculous question by claiming that the left has “partnered up with Islam” and have become “tools of Islam” in order to bring about “the destruction of Judeo-Christian ethos” and “the destruction of the historic American civilization.” Spero also falsely claimed that feminists and gay rights supporters are silent on abuses in Muslim-majority countries, which is of course not the case.

91 Patricia Kayden  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:04:01pm

So are there no American journalists with the guts to say to Romney: "If you cannot answer my questions, I cannot interview you"?
Why are they playing his game? Is there a reason why Royal Highness Romney CANNOT answer questions dealing with relevant, current issues while he's running for the Presidency of the United States? Any reason?
So, is he going to dictate the questions that can be asked during the debates?

92 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:04:53pm

re: #90 Kragar

Gaffney Upset that Jews, Gays and Feminists Haven't Embraced his Anti-Muslim Efforts

It's teh Brooks Bayne LIBRUL JUICE! theory.

//

93 steve_davis  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:05:00pm

re: #21 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

you can talk about these things in quiet rooms...

Do my dreaming and my scheming lie awake and pray,
Do my taxes still relax on a Cayman holiday?

There's a world where Seamus hurls at 60 m.p.h.,
in my room....in my room

94 erik_t  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:05:14pm

re: #91 Patricia Kayden

So are there no American journalists with the guts to say to Romney: "If you cannot answer my questions, I cannot interview you"?
Why are they playing his game? Is there a reason why Royal Highness Romney CANNOT answer questions dealing with relevant, current issues while he's running for the Presidency of the United States? Any reason?
So, is he going to dictate the questions that can be asked during the debates?

Because he'll take his interview-business to someone with less of a spine, and that interview pays the interviewer's bills.

95 Patricia Kayden  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:05:23pm

re: #5 erik_t

Ask the questions anyway. Make him answer or walk away.

What a fucking embarrassment.

AMEN!

96 Gus  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:05:40pm
97 Patricia Kayden  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:07:41pm

re: #27 dragonfire1981

Can we talk to him about his dog?

But not about where it rode when he and his family travelled to Canada!!

98 Amory Blaine  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:08:45pm

re: #81 Sionainn

Did you tell your coworker what a disgusting excuse for a human being he or she is?

No but the incident has me wondering about recording future conversations. He is the office snitch anyways.

99 Sionainn  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:09:38pm

re: #98 Amory Blaine

No but the incident has me wondering about recording future conversations. He is the office snitch anyways.

It would serve him right if he received a visit from the Secret Service.

100 dragonath  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:09:44pm

re: #71 celticdragon

I grok what your are saying. I do think that the actual, historical political philosophy of conservatism actually has nothing to do with what we see now...which is right wing revolutionary religious populism. It is the antithesis of conservatism.

I think this is related to the many people erroneously calling themselves "Classical liberals" ...somehow. American Conservatism was and used to be a pole apart from Socialism and Liberalism, and it's really something seeing disaffected conservatives embrace the term.

101 steve_davis  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:10:05pm

re: #22 dragonfire1981

It's rather interesting to me the timing of this whole Akin mess and the huge split it's caused in the GOP. Just DAYS before the big convention, where the party pretty much had to shelve their disagreements and stand united behind Romney to have any chance in November.

We all knew it was coming, I just didn't expect it to blow up like this before the election.

The problem with houses that are built of cards is that ANY card getting pulled out of the house leaves everyone going, "Wow, who would imagine that that one thing would bring everything toppling down?"

102 BongCrodny  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:17:19pm

re: #96 Gus

"As a general matter, Todd Akin’s position on the issue is closer to the American mainstream than Obama’s."

Well, if you mean "I'm dumb, Akin is dumb, and the American people are dumb"...

Yeah.

103 William of Orange  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:34:01pm

Would have been great if she filled the whole segment with Akin and abortion and only show about 5 seconds of the interview.

104 JDRhoades  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 2:38:35pm

It's rather interesting to me the timing of this whole Akin mess and the huge split it's caused in the GOP. Just DAYS before the big convention, where the party pretty much had to shelve their disagreements and stand united behind Romney to have any chance in November.

We all knew it was coming, I just didn't expect it to blow up like this before the election.

And look! Coming over the horizon! It's the PaulTards!

105 shecky  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 5:11:53pm

re: #34 Expand re: #34 Expand Your Ground

Another right-wing gender-related WTF article:

Obama Girls vs Romney Boys

Your Ground

So that's the reason Mitt hasn't mentioned Dubya this whole time!

106 labman57  Thu, Aug 23, 2012 6:37:12pm

Perhaps Romney -- channeling Todd Akin's ignorance about the human body -- believes that the human brain shuts down when confronted with the stress of questions that it is not equipped to process.


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