Heated Exchange At Romney Press Conference

CBS News ^ | January 17, 2008, 12:40 PM | Scott Conroy

[JohnnyZ]

So you also can’t distinguish between running a campaign and advising a campaign?

“I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,” Romney said. “I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my … ”

Lobbyists are at the very least tied to his campaign. That is indisputable. Whether his senior advisers 'run' his campaign is a matter of semantics. But Romney has been known to parse words before, famously arguing that it depends on the meaning of the word "saw" when he said he "saw" his father march with MLK.

[no dems]

Romney should just be glad it wasn’t NBC’s David Gregory drilling him. He is ruthlessly rude.

[no dems]

From what I’ve heard about this, the reporter has a long history with Romney.

Apparently; Romney referred to him on a first name basis. But, I betcha he is "history" now as far as covering the Romney Campaign any longer. Care to wager whether or not he got a seat on the campaign bus this morning?

[gruna]

If that fat little jerk of a reporter had kept his mouth shut we might know what Romney was trying to say, but we don’t.

The word saw does not always mean one literally saw something with his own eyes. Surely you understand that.

Look, the bottom line is many in the news media are out to eliminate Romney from this race, no matter what it takes.

If Romney somehow manages to get the nomination, you can bet he will win in November, and many people on the left know it, even if some on the right apparently don’t.

[gruna]

Gregory is rude, but never to liberals.

[ChessExpert]

Mitt handled himself well. Newt Gingrich and Ronald Reagan got this treatment too. I guess George Allen received it in spades and that is why he was not reelected and is not currently running for President. The Clintons, McCain and other favorites get a free pass.

[Badeye]

I’ll take that bet, that he is on the bus as usual.

(I heard they ‘made nice’ last night, after this took place)

[Badeye]

‘Gregory is rude, but never to liberals.’

Yep, never be rude to fellow club members....

[Rameumptom]

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[redgirlinabluestate]

What great comments. Thanks for posting them. Thank goodness there are a lot of people out there who are not fooled by the MSM which is working overtime trying to derail Mitt!