They asked it over and over, but she was obviously hoping that if she kept talking over them, they would quit asking. They didn't, much to their credit.
IMO, Pam Bondi is a rookie (i.e., unpolished) at poli-speak obfuscation, and this interview displayed that for all to see. Romney's people need to shut her up -- she just compounded her first Freudian slip from Greta's show.
So, my inquisitive mind is wondering:
1. Was Bondi's Friday bombshell a planned thing? It was timed to be after the last FL debate but before the vote, so it's too late for Newt to back Romney into a corner publicly to confront him for clarification. What ARE Mitt's future plans, exactly? Apparently he would "encourage" individual states to implement RomneyCare under the guise of "States Rights." In my own world, what kind of federal funding would Texas lose when Perry tells a President Romney to stick it in his ear?
2. Or, more likely, was it simply a case of an over-enthusiastic Bimbo Bondi inadvertently letting it slip that Romney has no intention of getting rid of ObamaCare -- he just wants to tweak it -- and she has grandiose images of being named our new National HealthCare Czar.
Either way, the end result would be the same.
Bondi wasn’t the only 1 that let the cat out of the bag - Romney advisor, Norm Coleman, did it as well:
Romney Advisor: No Obamacare Repeal
Redstate.com ^ | Wednesday, January 25th at 9:10AM EST | Erick Erickson
Posted on Friday, January 27, 2012 1:29:19 PM by TBP
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2838978/posts
Fire ants, sinkholes, spring breakers, and hurricanes aren’t enough for these people? Floridians want a wonk with liberal credentials, a veritable Al Gore in Romneyskin?
Did Pam Bondi really defend RomneyCare?
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Posted by The Right Scoop The Right Scoop on January 28th,
There is some bluster going around the internets about Pam Bondi’s interview with Greta last night, suggesting that she not only defended RomneyCare, but that she will also help Romney institute it when/if he becomes president. But I’ve listened to the interview and I believe this is NOT TRUE.
I’m not a Romney supporter and I am not going to bat for him here. I just hate when misinformation gets thrown out there and people latch on to it as if it were true.
If you listen to the interview below, you’ll first hear Rush talking about the similarities between RomneyCare and ObamaCare. Greta then asks Pam Bondi, who is currently fighting ObamaCare in court, what she thinks about what Rush had just said. But for some reason, instead of commenting on what Rush said about RomneyCare, she does a switcheroo and compares what Rush said to Romney’s current plan on health care that he would implement as president.
You’ll notice she uses the word “would” a lot in her answer. She’s obviously looking in the future and not in the past, which is weird, because she was asked specifically about RomneyCare.
You can speculate as to why she did that – perhaps she didn’t want to sit there and defend RomneyCare. But the way she answered the question has led people to believe she was talking about RomneyCare, and, because she said she’s been offered a job in the Romney administration helping implement his health care plan, people now believe she’s going to help Romney implement RomneyCare.
You can listen and decide for yourself, but that’s my take:
http://www.therightscoop.com/did-pam-bondi-really-defend-romneycare/
Is that the video you’re looking for?
Backup
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/nakedpolitics/2012/01/mitt-romney-plays-the-pam-bondi-radio-card.html
Whatta ditz ... naive, opportunistic and stooopid, publicly gushing her invitation to be on Romney’s healthcare panel. She’s the attorney general! It’a unconscionable .. another Chicago pay to play scheme, and she’s fighting in that position AGAINST Ocare before the SCOTUS .. no ethical conflicts??? She shouldn’t be political or politicized at all. It’s an irreconcilable conflict, in my view. Wake up, FL voters!
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Pre FL debate, Bondi weighs in on FNC
http://video.foxnews.com/v/1408018968001/florida-ag-pam-bondi-weighs-in/
Bondi insider lawyer foreclosure flap
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/01/mitt-romney-newt-gingrich-bondi-mortgage