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Mitt Romney would like to talk about the economy. He would apparently prefer not to talk about marriage equality, education for the children of illegal immigrants or medical marijuana. In an interivew with a CBS affiliate in Colorado, Romney was visibly annoyed after a string of questions that included his stance on gay marriage and civil unions (hes against them), in-state tuition for the children of illegal immigrants (hes against that) and medical marijuana (he thinks pot is a gateway drug).
Arent there issues of significance youd like to talk about? he said, after the string of social issue questions, one of which came from a viewer. The economy, the growth of jobs, the need to put people back to work, the challenges of Iran? Weve got enormous issues that we face but you want to talk about medical marijuango ahead, you want to talk about Medical
Marijuana should not be legal in this country, Romney said finally, before calling pot a gateway drug.
Watch (the testy Romney comes about 2 minutes in):
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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-gets-testy-after-questions-on-gay-marriage
Where the hell is that: I thought I saw tumbleweed. Was Romney lost? Don't answer that.
Flatpicker
(894 posts)That even on the "issues of significance" he comes out on the short end of the stick.
His answers for the economic crisis are proven to not work. We have had too many years of waiting for the trickle down theory to prove itself.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)really caused a melt down if her question on the economy was prefaced by: You recently claimed credit for saving the auto industry...
Romney stomps foot and waves fists: Oh, come on. I meant the jobs and this President's un-American...I mean...China, uh, uh...
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Instead, let's focus on one he's pretty clear on......giving huge tax breaks for the rich while fucking the middle class.
Umm....ok. Let's do it.
treestar
(82,383 posts)President Obama almost never does that. All of the issues of the day - a Presidential candidate should be able to talk about any of them.
SoutherDem
(2,307 posts)The reporter was asking questions sent in by voters. So Romney just told at least 3 voters their questions were not significant. Is that 3 more for Obama? Way to go Mitt, losing the election one vote at a time.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)he is also such a fake
RainDog
(28,784 posts)They're like broken records touting an ideology that has broken the back of this nation - and they don't care.
If their economic policies worked - our nation would not face the problems it does now - the reality is they don't care about the problems - they care about hoarding for the Scrooge McDucks in this nation, to the exclusion of any other issue.
I WISH this nation could have an honest conversation about the economy and look at the impact of thirty-plus years of reaganomics.
Govt. investment in internet technology created the 90s boom that has continued into this decade - it wasn't because some fat fuck got a tax break - it was b/c our govt. had the foresight to invest in infrastructure via govt. programs in the military - the internet was picked up by PUBLICLY FUNDED academics, for the most part, who moved the use of this technology into the public sphere.
After the groundwork had already been done, private entities stepped in to pick the fruits that were planted by tax-led investments.
So, suck it, Republicans. You have nothing to offer.
liberal N proud
(60,302 posts)LadyHawkAZ
(6,199 posts)we can talk about the need to put the people you fired back to work- no? Fine, then how about how your buddies helped crash that economy and what you're going to do about them- not that either? All right, how about the brave way you stood up to Limbaugh and Nugent and the questions it raises about how you will deal with Ahmadinej- Mr. Romney, where are you going? Mr. Romney? Hello...?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)and how that establishes his credentials as a job creator when he was Governor. Mass was nearly dead last under Romney. Oh, but Mitt would say that's another taboo subject. Well, then they could ask him about his Mormonism, right? Offshore bank accounts? How about his tax returns over the last ten years and when he will release them? How self-deportation will work as a real immigration policy? His dog Seamus? Why he didn't condemn Limbaugh for his comments on Sandra Fluke regarding women's access to contraception? Why he didn't ask his gay foreign policy adviser to stay on despite pressure from the right wing? In what State he currently resides and whether he actually lived in his son's basement when he voted in an election in that State? What issues of significance are not off limits with this guy? It must be an extremely short list.
1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)"Why aren't you asking the questions that my campaign gave you?"