Romney stands silent as Obama is accused of treason

[Still a Democrat]

...

“I want to know," she said before turning to another audience member and saying, “Yeah, I do agree he should be tried for treason. But I want to know what you are going to be able to do to help restore balance between the three branches of government and what you’re going to be able to do to restore our Constitution in this country?”

Romney, after waiting for the applause to die down, answered the woman’s question without addressing the treason remark.

“Well, as I’m sure you do, I happen to believe that the Constitution was not just brilliant, but probably inspired,” he said. “I believe the same thing about the Declaration of Independence.”

He continued by criticizing Obama for suggesting that it would be unprecedented for the Supreme Court to overturn the healthcare law that Democrats enacted in 2010, which is now before the high court.

...

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-...olitics%29

[jaxx]

Big Ed is giving Willard hell for this. Showed the McCain video where he told the woman PBO was a good man. Willard has no guts.

[pappy]

(05-07-2012 06:14 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Big Ed is giving Willard hell for this. Showed the McCain video where he told the woman PBO was a good man. Willard has no guts.

Since I had a quiet day today I've had MSNBC on most of the day and this has been a popular topic on every show I have seen.

I suspect it didn't get a mention on FOX.

Michael Steele was unapologetic and even supportive of Romney on this. Paraphrased, "Mitt was just trying to stay on message." Not even Steve Schmidt would have gone there, IMO.

[jaxx]

(05-07-2012 06:19 PM)pappy Wrote:  

(05-07-2012 06:14 PM)jaxx Wrote:  Big Ed is giving Willard hell for this. Showed the McCain video where he told the woman PBO was a good man. Willard has no guts.

Since I had a quiet day today I've had MSNBC on most of the day and this has been a popular topic on every show I have seen.

I suspect it didn't get a mention on FOX.

Michael Steele was unapologetic and even supportive of Romney on this. Paraphrased, "Mitt was just trying to stay on message." Not even Steve Schmidt would have gone there, IMO.

Here is Steele on Rev. Al today:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45755884/#47329736

Willard is a wuss, he only addressed the comment when the press asked him. Rev Al and Rendell were great!

[KonaKane]

Rmoney is an abject coward. At least McCain, when he was running against Obama, publically put that woman who called Obama "an Arab" in her place.

[SeattleGirl]

I heard about this on the radio when I was driving home from an appointment. Apparently Romney told reports after the event that "of course" he doesn't believe Obama committed treason.

Hey Chickensh*t! Why couldn't you say that when the woman at your rally brought it up? Hmmmmmm????

[azmouse]

Willard is a ball-less wonder who isn't even able to stand up to a member of the audience. A disaster for his party and a disaster for this country.

[Born_A_Truman]

Chickenshit coward...if he can't stand up to the wingnutcrazy people, will he hide under his bed in the WH if faced with a real crisis?

This man has no spine.

[There Is No Spoon]

rMoney is a coward who stands for nothing.

No wonder he's the Most Hated Candidate in history.

[suzie]

Romney as CIC.

Uhhmm.

[Brewman_Jax]

Another GOP hypocritical gutless wonder. If PBO or another democrat said something they didn't like, we all know that they'd screaming bloody murder all over the main-scream media.

[Peacetrain]

What a gutless wonder Mitt Romney is..

[Willinois]

So he publicly said that he thinks the Constitution and Declaration of Independence are divinely inspired. That's a Mormon belief.

Does he think the parts that allowed slavery and barred women from voting were inspired? Or, are the amendments that corrected those issues inspired?

[SeattleGirl]

(05-08-2012 11:58 PM)Willinois Wrote:  So he publicly said that he thinks the Constitution and Declaration of Independence are divinely inspired. That's a Mormon belief.

Does he think the parts that allowed slavery and barred women from voting were inspired? Or, are the amendments that corrected those issues inspired?

Wouldn't surprise me if he did.

[pappy]

(05-08-2012 11:58 PM)Willinois Wrote:  So he publicly said that he thinks the Constitution and Declaration of Independence are divinely inspired. That's a Mormon belief.

Does he think the parts that allowed slavery and barred women from voting were inspired? Or, are the amendments that corrected those issues inspired?

God's opinion on those matters is .... um.....divinely evolving.

[jaxx]

Mitt Romney won’t stand up to his own party
By Dana Milbank, Published: May 8

Almost four years ago, I was watching Sarah Palin rile up a Clearwater, Fla., crowd with anti-Obama broadsides when a spectator let loose a bloodcurdling cry of “kill him!”

To his credit, John McCain realized the Obama hatred was getting out of hand, and a few days later, when a woman at one of his events called Obama an “Arab,” McCain did one of the most honorable things in his political career. “No, ma’am,” he said, taking the microphone from the woman and enduring some boos from supporters. “He’s a decent, family-man citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues.”

<..> Some take Romney’s reticence to challenge the right as evidence that he is the “severe conservative” he claimed to be. I suspect it has more to do with weakness: He has been so abused by the right for so long that he lacks the confidence to offend conservatives. Either way, the result is the same, and Romney remains without the Sister Souljah moment Bill Clinton achieved with his 1992 criticism of a black rapper’s racial provocation.

<..> Now Romney has another chance at a Sister Souljah moment. This weekend, he’s giving the commencement address at Liberty University, the Christian school founded by Jerry Falwell. Think he’ll use that forum to tell conservatives to stop questioning Obama’s religion and patriotism?

Don’t count on it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/m...l_politics

I thought this was good, Willard is weak. Oh sure, he can sling the shit but when it comes to what he stands for he's a wet noodle. As we saw last night when WV voted for an incarcerated bigot, the atmosphere is going to be uglier than it was in 2008 on the campaign trail. If it's not tamped down, it can get out of hand fast. I don't want to see that, or the aftermath.