Romney stood by silently and allowed his own supporters to call the President a traitor

[MrScorpio]

The question that was asked of him afterwards was not just whether he himself thought that the President was a traitor, but whether he's fine with his own supporters believing that the President is a traitor.

His mealy mouthed answer about "not correcting his supporters" is a tacit admission that he's allowing his supporters to poison the political waters. He apparently has no conscience about what his supporters would say.

What will he say if a supporter came up at town hall meeting and told Romney to his face that it's time to "Lynch that nigger in our White House"?

My money is on the bet that he'd do nothing, just like he did today.

And that, my friends, is the definition of a fucking wimp.

[Politicalboi]

1. But, But,

It's their turn.

[bluestateguy]

2. If Obama at a town mtg got an anti-Mormon questioner we'd never hear the last of it

and there would be incessant demands from the Noise Machine that Obama "reject and denounce" the comments.

And he'd still be criticized even if he did just that.

[nobodyspecial]

10. Actually, I can't imagine Obama letting that go

He would address it directly on the spot.

[Johonny]

26. it wouldn't matter

the noise machine would cut out his answer and simply over and over again complain he didn't respond fast enough, strong enough, with true leadership... It doesn't matter what Obama does it never did before it certainly won't this election cycle. The noise machine is designed to make noise not address reality.

[jberryhill]

13. You think Obama would ignore that?

I believe he would respond quite forcefully to that.

[bluestateguy]

17. Oh I agree he would

But they would attack him anyway.

[pinboy3niner]

3. Craven coward

He could be the poster boy for the Lack of Moral Courage Club.

[JoePhilly]

23. YUP ... he's weak. I think hitting him with the "coward" label is a good tactic.

[teddy51]

4. Anyone that doesn't know that Romney is a flip/flop POS has a problem. Romney would never

stand up to something that he should! If this ass wins the WH I suggest that we all leave the country ASAP.

[gratuitous]

5. But later, Romney said of course he doesn't agree with the woman he egged on

That's gotta count for something, doesn't it? Guys? Doesn't it? Doesn't that cout for something? Whaddya mean, "no"?

[Pigman]

6. Mormon Question...

Maybe someone can ask The President a question about faith...something like: does he wear magic underwear? If so what brand? Maybe something about planet Kolob?

[MrScorpio]

7. Is there a point to this?

I don't know of anyone who asked him that question and the President gave a answer like Romney's.


Do you?

[Pigman]

11. Sarcasm...

I was trying to be sarcastic...however, I do think it is a fair question. If crazy hoarder women are allowed to call then Senator Obama a terrorist and now a token black women can call the President a traitor, then someone needs to question Romeny and his religious beliefs!

Whether the President dismisses the question is one thing...as long as the question is carried by the media, the democrats win. The majority of the American public are unfamiliar with Mormonism. If they begin to hear magic underwears and the planet Kolob, they might just question if Mittens is fit for the Presidency.

[jberryhill]

15. Most Americans would find it an ugly question

So, you don't think Harry Reid should be a Senator, or what?

I agree that Mormonism is a little "outside the box" as far as these things go. However, most people aren't interested in minutiae, and the Mormons they know personally are those well-scrubbed, cloyingly friendly folks who are always doing stuff with their families.

Sure, there's an anti-Mormon vote to be had against Romney, which is still probably not much as a racist vote to be had against Obama. I'll be fascinated by the Missouri vote, for example. But I sincerely doubt that Romney's religion has any traction among folks who really just don't care, and would see a negative strategy around it to be off-putting.

[Pigman]

20. Nothing ugly about it...

It looks like the administration is bringing forward issues that are not all that important in the grand scheme of it all. We should be discussing jobs, unemployment, growth plan and the European crisis and how we need to assist or not assists.

We are discussing women's rights, abortion, contraception, stand your ground, gay rights and whatever else the media chooses to cover. Biden's interview this weekend on Meet The Press stirred up the gay issue. Even though Europe has economic issues and the jobs report shows a downward trend.

By the way, being an atheist, I do believe Romney's belief in magic underwear, celestial marriages, the planet Kolob and putting your dog on top of the roof (not sure if this is a Mormon thing or not), are questions that need to be answered. President Obama had to deal with Rev Wright...Romney should have to deal with the Mormon church, who he donates his money too...the same church that funded the opposition to prop 8 in California.

As for Harry Reid, he is not my Senator...if he runs for President of the United States, then he also needs to be questioned!

[MrScorpio]

18. Well, that's pretty freaking ridiculous

I think that the Prez needs to deal with bigger and better questions about RMoney's lack of qualifications and not some stupid issue over the guy's religion.

[Ruby the Liberal]

9. Better question

why would you ask those kinds of questions to a non-Mormon?

Rmoney isn't the "President" of anything.

[Pigman]

12. Sarcasm

Whether the President dismisses the question is one thing...as long as the question is carried by the media, the democrats win. The majority of the American public are unfamiliar with Mormonism. If they begin to hear magic underwear and the planet Kolob, they might just question if Mittens is fit for the Presidency.

President Obama has been questioned or labeled as everything under the sun. Why not question President Obama about Romney's Religious beliefs or practices?

[jberryhill]

14. Uh, because "let's do what they do" is a stupid formula

[Pigman]

24. What's stupid about it?

Why is questioning a man's faith stupid? How long did the American Public have to deal with the Senator Obama and Rev Wright?

Romney has given millions to religious institution that believes in fairy tale nonsense, moreover, they use those donations to oppose passing laws like prop 8.


What's stupid us to assume that people will think this negative...are we not suppose to vet a potential Presidential candidate.

The president prior to Obama, talk to Jesus on a regular basis...look what that got us...Romney believes Jesus is on Planet Kolob ready to make his return. I think it would be stupid not questioning him and Mormon agenda.

[jberryhill]

25. You raise the Rev. Wright thing....

The Rev. Wright nonsense was a stupid sideshow distraction.

Your question boils down to "Why don't we do the same stupid shit?"

[cyberswede]

31. There are plenty of other reasons to go after Romney

Attacking his spiritual beliefs is completely unnecessary, and I think it's completely beneath the dignity of the President of the United States to do such a thing (or for his campaign to do so).

Freedom of religion includes the right to believe whatever one wishes, no matter how ridiculous. I'm much more concerned about Romney's economic agenda than his spiritual one.

[Skittles]

8. character-defining moment

Mitt utterly failed, as expected

[freshwest]

16. I'm sure he wasn't afraid, he was tickled to death. He may not know dogs, but he knows a whistle.

That was red meat for the GOP faithful.

[cali]

19. au contraire, I think he'safraid

it may be red meat to the base but it's poison to independents. He's afraid of losing more of the base and he's afraid that he won't be able to appeal to those outside the batshit crazy base.

[freshwest]

27. Independents are a myth, or the most gullible voters there are, not knowing what they want all year.

The teabaggers claimed to be such a group, but in the end, they're GOP. I talked to the alleged independents who were sick of Bush and the wars. Those calling themselves independents were trying to escape the Bush taint in 2008 and went to join the Tea Party. They then claimed they were victimized by the GOP since they didn't want Paul.

They and the so-called independents were elected as teabagger Republicans. They will fall in line and vote GOP. They nevervote for Democrats because they're Reaganists.

That woman was there to represent the Alex Jones/Ron Paulies in the audience. And the fundies who have said from Day One that Obama is the anti-Christ. That was red meat for them, and Mitt said nothing so that he'd give the impression he was with them in spirit. IMHO.

[Swede]

21. Gutless move on Mitt's part.

John McCain had the decency to correct a supporter questioning Obama's right to be President.

[Scurrilous]

22. K & R

[datasuspect]

28. hell, even Fucko McCain called these jagoffs on the carpet for that kind of speech

much to his credit.

[Bake]

29. As little as I respect McLame, I respect him for two things:

1. His service during Vietnam, and

2. Telling his whack-job supporter that Barack Obama is not a Muslim, he's a decent family man with whom the Senator simply disagreed on the issues.

Other than that, McLame's pretty effed up, but I give him points for those two things.

Bake

[Rex]

30. Of course he did! He is a tool.

nt.