Carville(Democrat): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing.
Romney is an ascendant guy."
Posted on 04/30/2011 1:57:18 PM PDT by ejdrapes
Mitt Romney Makes 'Hang' Obama Gaffe During Unofficial 2012 Debut The spotlight was on Mitt Romney yesterday at the Republican gathering in Manchester, New Hampshire, purportedly a summit on jobs and the economy, but also a showcase of five Republican presidential hopefuls, including Tim Pawlenty, Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, and Romney. Many interpreted the summit as Romney's unofficial debut as a 2012 candidate. And, it seems that Romney got off to a difficult start. The Atlantic writes: But the low point no doubt was when Romney made a Jimmy Carter-Barack Obama comparison about how just as Reagan had hung the "misery index" around Carter's neck, now Republicans would have to "hang" Obama with current economic hardship. But then he realized mid-sentence the trouble with making a metaphor about hanging a black man. The Boston Globe reports:
Video of the comment is below. Romney spokesman Andrea Saul emailed CNN regarding questions over his comment, "It is not what the governor meant and that was very clear in what he actually said. It's a ridiculous exaggeration of his actual comments." Nonetheless, even putting that unfortunate incident aside, Romney still had his critics. Steve Beren for Washington Monthly writes that, "the whole argument was a mess."
Beren's verdict: "The guy isn't ready for primetime." There were some positive reviews for Romney's performance on more substantive issues, however. The Boston Globe writes:
By Ujala Sehgal
April 30, 2011 | 2:34 p.m.
Updated: April 30, 2011 | 4:30 p.m. Romney was off in just about every facet of his performance... [He] remains an exceptionally unnatural public speaker... His tone and affect are like that of an adult doing a dramatic reading of a pirate story to a wide-eyed three year old.
Romney almost immediately caught himself, with the English major declaring "metaphorically" speaking, but the mix of nervous laughter with applause indicated at least some in the audience realized its potency.
Romney mentions Reagan, hoping Republicans will forget he didn't like Reagan in the '80s and wasn't even a Republican at the time. Romney mentions "higher taxation," which is absurd given how much Obama has cut taxes for everyone
[Romney's] answer to the inevitable question about his Massachusetts health plan was about the best that could be expected: A smiling reference to all the controversy about it, a sincere defense of its goals, an avowal to never attempt such a thing on the federal level, ending with a pledge to grant every state a waiver from Obamacare on his first day in office. And when asked about high gasoline costs he offered a mini-lesson on how to tame the futures markets and bring down prices, suggesting there's some substance beneath his somewhat oily presentation.
Mitt’s a douche, but Obama isn’t black.
RomneyCare = ObamaCare
Romney is a big government statist!!
I still can't figure what it was that caused Mitt Romney to believe he could one day be President.Might have something to do with his boatload of money.
They will mostly ignore this story UNLESS he becomes the R candidate. Then it will broadcast 24/7.
Mitt Romneycare has a double measure of Trump's narcissism.
Carville(Democrat): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing.
Romney is an ascendant guy."
I agree, Mitt is a no-go.
IMHO, he has no conservative attraction, he’s an empty suit that would only be supported by the struggling-to-get-funds Republicrat machine.
He would be sailing the U.S. ship of state to collapse just like the Dems, only a bit slower, and most conservatives know that. Mitt would keep right on spending and increasing the debt ceiling, and he would chime in and say it’s the “responsible” thing to do.
The way the dollar, debt-ceiling and spending-enabler Fed are shaping up, 2011 and 2012 are going to be very tough to make it through. What a mess...
Yep,
But if you look at a few of the jokes they’ve put up there in recent times,
Juan McLame?
Bob Dull?
George (compassionate conservative) Bush?
West and Rubio are real early in their careers BUY they are REAL conservatives.
Ah, not this Mitt again!
That’s what I thought when I read that line. What tax cuts by 0bama? That reporter who made that statement probably can’t even name one.
Hopefully the GOP doesn't hang Romney around OUR necks.....and someone NEEDED can come out of nowhere for us....
That’s okay, he wasn’t going to win the party nomination anyway. ;)
The pathetic MSM is who FReepers should be deriding in their posts about this article. Maybe some FReepers think the "enemy of my enemy" when they support the puke press attacking someone they don't like for not being PC. Getting in bed with the MSM, even if they are attacking a candidate you don't like, is a very dangerous game.
I predict Romney will drop out - he hasn’t a chance, and despite his illusions, even he will realize at some point that he isn’t even in the running...
What’s next? Fried Chicken? Watermelon? Basketball?
Didn't he sign an assault weapon ban making making Massachusetts' citizens safer? Between that and Romneycare folks up there will live forever!
If the left doesn’t call for his scalp and if this doesn’t end his political career then he is indeed an Obama plant.
Does anyone recall Macacca and a real candidate?
But thanks to Romney’s support for abortion and homosexual marriage, they’ll breed themselves out of existence.
Too true!
None of Obama's black ancestors were Americans. It would be interesting to know if any of his white ancestors were Klansmen.
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