Woman tells Romney Obama ‘should be tried for treason’

[hue]

Source: The Ticket Yahoo News

Some of Mitt Romney's best moments on the 2012 campaign trail have come during town hall meetings when the candidate, long criticized as too uptight on the stump, strays off script to take questions from voters.

But the freewheeling nature of voter forums can have its drawbacks. Romney has faced hostile questions on everything from his wealth to his religion. And on Monday, he experienced another awkward moment, when a supporter stood and declared that President Barack Obama should be "tried for treason."

The comment came during a town hall meeting in Cleveland. Taking the microphone, a woman told Romney that Obama had been "operating outside the structure of our Constitution." Pausing after her question, she remarked to another member of the audience, "I agree, he should be tried for treason."

Turning back to Romney, she asked what he would do to "restore balance" between the three branches of government and "restore our Constitution." She did not specify why she believed Obama should be "tried for treason"—a comment that received huge applause from the audience. And when it was his turn to respond, Romney ignored her suggestion about "treason" and instead spoke about how he would "respect the different branches of government."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/woman-tells-romney-obama-tried-treason-201518781.html

[sakabatou]

1. Some people are just... AUGH!

[onehandle]

2. People are idiots. nt

[jimlup]

11. I'd say you've over generalized...

Let's get more specific shall we?

REPUBLICANS ARE IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!

[nanabugg]

19. Wonder how much they paid her? No facts, just phony fury. nt

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Romney - you're no John McCain...

At least McCain stood up to that old kook who said Obama was an Arab. Grow a spine, you piece of shit, and stand up to your lunatic, asshole supporters

[AlbertCat]

6. At least McCain stood up to that old kook

I was gonna say "Was she wearing a red shirt?"

like that dumbfuck woman who doesn't know the difference between an "Arab" and a "Muslim".

[Bladian]

12. Well he sorta did.

Didn't he say "Oh well he's a good person." Didn't do anything to dispel the rumors that he is a Muslim. (That's what I remember, at least)

Edit:Okay, I was wrong. Big Ed just showed a clip of that lady. I was wrong. I apologize.

[Bluzmann57]

4. To be fair

Maybe Romney didn't have any clue how to answer an idiotic suggestion like the woman made. Or maybe he thought it was just too damn stupid to respond with any comment at all.
Or maybe he believes it, who knows?

[Alcibiades]

8. He's a Republican running for the nomination of his party

If he does not know how to handle stupid questions, he's ill-suited to run as a Republican.

[goclark]

10. Interesting again how the camera did not show her face

nor the SIZE of the crowd -- looked small to me, could you tell?

Rev. Al was given him hell today for not responding.

[JI7]

5. did he do the Creepy Laugh in response ?

[NOLALady]

7. Those people

did not become idiots 4 years ago. They had to be born idiots or raised by idiots. Nature or Nurture.

It's amazing that some people live their entire lives with no ties to reality.

[Alcibiades]

9. Yep

They are the George Wallace people. These folks have been around for a long time. There once were folks in the GOP, such as Bill Buckley, who could shame the stupid into silence, but now the stupid has taken over.

[freshwest]

13. They did not get an epiphany the hard way like Wallace. He repudiated what he'd said and did.

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They'd be much happier if they grow up. Many no doubt claim to be born-again Christians but they are not bearing any fruit from it. All the same names have played out in the GOP all of these years since then:

In the late 1970s, Wallace announced that he was a born-again Christian and apologized to black civil rights leaders for his earlier segregationist positions. He said that while he had once sought power and glory, he realized he needed to seek love and forgiveness.[note 3] In 1979, Wallace said of his stand in the schoolhouse door: "I was wrong. Those days are over, and they ought to be over."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallace#Change_of_positions

I've read his accounts how his caregivers took care of him after the shooting. They were mostly black and he was struck their ability to look beyond his skin color and show him kindness. We've gone backwards in this country and I lay it at the feet of hate radio and television, not an inherited, or race-based mentality. It is not ingrained, it is taught, it is learned. People who indulge themselves with such beliefs are taking a luxury against the realities of life. When times are hard, one must be open to change and look at the world with new eyes. just as George Wallace did.

[Alcibiades]

22. That's exactly right

The George Wallace reference I regularly use is to the unreconstructed Wallace, because that's the one most folks outside of Alabama remember. I'm not even sure the bad old George Wallace was all that sincere, or was just playing the racial game that once bested him.

But these folks? Completely unreconstructed. If you go back and read what the segregation folks were writing back then about small government, states' rights, and communists everywhere, it's pretty much the same. They just can't say some things as loudly as they once did.

[lordsummerisle]

14. I guess freedom of speech

includes the freedom of not having to know what you're talking about (in that woman's case).

[Iliyah]

15. If it goes sour for

Mittens because of this women for awhile, goppers will say this "black" women was a plant from the O Admin., serioulsy and most of all severely - LOL

On a serious note, the GOP party have lost their minds.

[Turbineguy]

16. It was actually a test

to find out how many morons supported Romney. "... huge applause..." was the answer.

[edbermac]

17. Lady, you should be tried for Reason.

And found guilty for not having any.

[abolugi]

18. They were probably

sooooo excited to see a black woman at one of Mitts rallys, and when she said that I bet his handlers shit their pants!!

[EC]

20. It was a black woman with a very expensive looking

ring on her finger, so I'm thinking she was a friend of the Romney campaign. And wasn't that an I Phone she was holding? I'll bet she's a chamber of commerce member too.

[goclark]

21. Maybe RMoney had somebody pay her to say it and she decided to get herself a new ring.

She was a plant, that's for sure.

Again, notice the air tight lens -- it's hard to tell if there were 18, 25 or 50 people in the room.

[EFerrari]

24. It's the same language as the anti-Obama ads they run on the "Christian" networks.

They accuse him of shredding the Constitution but if you listen, they never say how.

[mwb970]

23. Romney is a coward.

A lying, filthy rich, opportunistic coward in a fancy suit. It's enough to make you long for the days of Dan Quayle. The republican party continues its downward spiral, even though the presidential clown car has only one clown left in it.