Today reporters repeatedly asked Romney about his position on FEMA

[bigtree]

The Washington Post ‏@washingtonpost
Today reporters repeatedly asked Romney about his position on FEMA. He ignored their questions.





____ After speaking briefly to supporters and gathering donations Romney, Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and some campaign staffers headed outside into the cold, rainy afternoon and proceeded to load up a yellow Penske truck with supplies, canned goods and other donated items.

“Governor, are you going to see some storm damage?” one reporter asked.

Several others again asked Romney whether he would eliminate FEMA.

“Governor, you’ve been asked 14 times. Why are you refusing to answer the question?” one asked.

Romney ignored the reporters’ queries and continued loading up the truck. Earlier, during the event, he ignored similar queries.


read: http://wapo.st/T1qxI9

Romney during a 2011 primary debate:http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/10/29/romney_s_fema_cuts.html

“Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that’s the right direction,” he said. “And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that’s even better.”

[sarge43]

1. Good. It's about time the MSM called him out.

It's been pitching plush toys for too long.

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

2. Unprincipled and cowardly.

Not Presidential.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. Asked 14 times and still didn't answer! He doesn't deserve to be President!

What a fool, an upper class twit

[Cha]

20. No class twit. nm

[99th_Monkey]

43. Mitt just can't hear the questions, as he's wired with an earpiece

to Grover Norquist shouting "TELL THEM YOU'LL DROWN FEMA
IN A FUCKING BATHTUB YOU WIMP!!!"

[Democratopia]

4. The hurricane disaster has made it difficult for him to stick to the strategy of not answering any

questions until the election is over.

[renate]

5. I think they smell blood

The election and its ad-dollar bonanza are almost over and they now want to get on the right side of history. Besides, a slow faceplant in progress is newsworthy, too.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

48. exactly,no money,no honey.they all want get off the sinking ship,some quietly,some loudly n\t

[reformist2]

6. Yahoo did a story on this yesterday - 18,000 people responded, vast majority really angry!

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-abolish-fema-campaign-says-no-202301419--election.html?bcmt_s=m#ugccmt-container

[freshwest]

7. Aw, how precious. A photo-op with canned goods. Like Ryan in the kitchen. Loving the 47% now?

All cash donations to go to the 47% who don't pay taxes in the Cayman Islands.

[RomneyLies]

8. The MSM has turned on him.

They have friends and family that were in harms way and they take disasters seriously.

Mitt is hindering Red Cross efforts with his bogus supplies drives.

They're gonna rake this asshole over the coals the next few days.

[MjolnirTime]

10. They are turning on him because he refuses to answer questions. That's how they get paid.

By going mum, Romney is costing them money.

[Matariki]

9. That pathetic collection of canned vegetables IS his answer.

[The Wielding Truth]

11. If that's his repose to this catastrophe,we are in big trouble if he weasels his way back into power

[onethatcares]

14. I don't know

that can of saralee frosting is just what the doctor ordered after your house gets flooded out and
you have a hole in the roof with Thanksgiving but three weeks away.

the smirk, the fucking smirk, he is giving the * smirk and he's a supersized asshole to boot.

[Matariki]

17. Yeah. That smirk. Such a goofy smile considering the surrounding devastation

The guy has a serious empathy problem. I really think he fits the PSYCHOPATH profile.

...psychopathy consists of a specific set of personality traits and behaviors. Superficially charming, psychopaths tend to make a good first impression on others and often strike observers as remarkably normal. Yet they are self-centered, dishonest and undependable, and at times they engage in irresponsible behavior for no apparent reason other than the sheer fun of it. Largely devoid of guilt, empathy and love, they have casual and callous interpersonal and romantic relationships. Psychopaths routinely offer excuses for their reckless and often outrageous actions, placing blame on others instead. They rarely learn from their mistakes or benefit from negative feedback, and they have difficulty inhibiting their impulses.

[onecent]

34. I can't believe he can smirk like that on a day when millions are WITHOUT electricity. asshole!n/t

[heaven05]

40. he's

really an empty person inside his smirky skin. That's all he's got, a rich twits smirk. God, I despise this leader of kolob.

[DollarBillHines]

19. And the Red Cross doesn't want any of it.

It was just a photo-op.

[Matariki]

21. Exactly. He wants to do away with FEMA and rely on 'church' donations

[countryjake]

45. ...and privatize, make profit off of others' misery!

He made his position quite clear last year with his wish to send relief to "the private sector".

He thinks it's immoral not to make a profit whenever possible!

[COLGATE4]

12. Don't worry. If this starts to smart

he'll turn around and declare that he LOVES FEMA.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Smiling Romney looks like he's dancing the Cha-Cha-Cha

while people drown. Give that man a guitar.

[Indpndnt]

15. Willard desperately needs Florida. Florida desperately needs FEMA. He isn't going to answer.

Because many-faced Mitty has painted himself into a tiny corner. A flinch in any direction and his campaign is toast.

[cognoscere]

16. Maybe he's going to be a grocery bagger after he gets blown out of

the election. Personally, I wouldn't trust him to do even that.

[drynberg]

18. WELL, THERE'S WALKING AWAY FROM AN ISSUE LIKE FEMA AND THEN

There's a friggin' sprint...or just plain ole ignoring the question. This crap has worked enough for Williard for him to run that ole play one more time. So much to evade, so little time...

[Cha]

22. I hope People Get that Not Answering the Question Exposes Smirk

as the Coward.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. The Canned Goods President.

[lexw]

24. And that's how he'd run the country as well.

Back to the Bush years.

[Red State Prisoner]

25. Let's ask the most obvious question first....

Why is Mitt wearing Bush's horrible pajama top? It's like the fucking thing just won't go away.

[Uncle Joe]

26. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, bigtree.

[rso]

27. FEMA

I think it's imperative that Biden and other high-ranking democrats start publicizing what robmee said about FEMA during the republithug debates.

[Angelonthesidelines]

28. Token photo ops are thin gruel

Too bad there were no clean dishes he could wash.

[still_one]

29. Romney believes he is not accountable to anyone, and his idiot supporters have no problem with that

[hue]

30. Pics of this HYPOCRITE make me nauseated!!!

[SCVDem]

31. He said he stands by what he said, even if

he doesn't remember it.

Yea, right! Asshole!

[lobodons]

32. Make tht 15 times

“Governor, you’ve been asked 14 times. Why are you refusing to answer the question?” one asked.

Make that 15 times.

[Diclotican]

33. bigtree

bigtree

He can run, but he can not hide.. And he IS trying to run from his former positions, that be at FEMA or other cases where he clearly have spoken about how he want to do, if he was to be the US president..

Diclotican

[Berlum]

35. What a wanker (R)

[lyingsackofmitt]

36. Fuck You Grift Robme!

[Island Deac]

37. It Looks Like He mah

be having a little more gray put in with his hair makeup to appear more 'prezdenchal'!!

[sevenseas]

38. And yet the media will continue to say Romney is winning the race for the white house

[DallasNE]

39. Romney Is In A Lose-Lose Situation

For the rest of the campaign so of course he will no longer answer any questions. It doesn't matter whether it is FEMA, climate change, his testimony in the Staples founders divorce case or the rape comments of the Republican Senate candidate in Indiana or the ad that lies about Jeep moving all production to China. If he answers a single one of these questions then it will be open season on all of the others as well and they all put him on the defensive so you can bet he will refuse to take any questions. But even this is a lose-lose situation for him because it shows a complete lack of leadership. The corner he has painted himself into is of his own making. With so many low information voters it is unlikely to make much of a difference either. And exit polling this year will confirm the extent that this election was decided by these low information voters. But you can bet that they know the color of Obama's skin.

[-LOKI -BAD FOR YA]

49. if you are shark,you can not show weakness or the pack will turn on you... mitt needs stabilizer n\t

your post shows the state of mitts campaign.mitt knows he has lose. he is in pain. the money bomb is not working,thou he will make a profit on the election,that maybe more important.money is god

[countryjake]

41. It's a comfort to see stuff like this...

all over the media on a day like today, with climate-change and super mega-storms suddenly shifting into high gear. Sandy should be the wake-up call for everyone in our country. Just google "Romney FEMA".

With so many in the NorthEast possibly preparing to make their very first contact by actually needing to apply to FEMA for aid, the barrage of attacks that the rethugs have consistently made against federal agencies over the years (defunding FEMA, of all things!), should make it clear that when a region has been struck by calamity or an already struggling state is faced with disastrous recovery, the relief provided by a well-organized, competent, national emergency service is truly invaluable.

Here's just one article that I read earlier which punches that point home quite well:

A Big Storm Requires Big Government

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/opinion/a-big-storm-requires-big-government.html?_r=0



President Barack Obama with the National Response Coordination Center at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C., Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012.

[Mr. Ected]

42. This is what a Romney presidency would look like

"I will tell you what I want to tell you, when I want to tell you, or I will tell you nothing at all. You are dismissed."

[texanwitch]

44. I bet he goes and washes his hands really quick after touching those cans.

Can goods.

That is stuff the little people eat.

Willard is disgusting.

[bigtree]

46. .

[spanone]

47. yet he's only trailing by a point or so....wtf?