Front-runner Romney fends off SC debate attacks

[EarlG]

Under heavy debate pressure from his rivals, Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney defended his record as a venture capitalist, insisted he bears no responsibility for attack ads aired by his allies and grudgingly said in campaign debate Monday night he might release his income tax returns this spring.

"I have nothing in them that suggests there's any problem and I'm happy to do so," he said. "I sort of feel like we're showing a lot of exposure at this point," he added.

Romney came under criticism from Newt Gingrich, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum across two hours in the first of a pair of debates in the run-up to this weekend's first-in-the-South primary in South Carolina. The former Massachusetts governor won the first two events of the campaign, the Iowa caucuses and last week's New Hampshire primary, leads in the pre-primary polls in South Carolina and won an endorsement from campaign dropout Jon Huntsman earlier in the day.

Gingrich has virtually conceded that a victory for Romney in South Carolina would assure his nomination as Democratic President Barack Obama's Republican rival in the fall, and none of the other remaining contenders has challenged that conclusion.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/01/16/republicans_point_toward_1st_of_2_sc_debates/

[Liberty Belle]

1. Love the title across that screenshot-looks like they're the vegetables!

[truthisfreedom]

2. "I sort of feel like we're showing a lot of exposure at this point"...

As opposed to... shall I say it out loud? COVERUP?

For fuck's sake, Romney, you're a walking job destroyer. You stupid fucking fuck! You have NO HOPE of becoming President of These United States! GROW UP! YOU HARVESTED CORPORATIONS FOR A LIVING! YOU TOOK JOBS, PENSIONS, AND HOPE AWAY FROM CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY! YOU'RE A FUCKING LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ASSHOLE!

Go crawl back into whatever velvet-lined gold-plated mansion you require, and stop trying to pretend you could do anything for our country besides speeding up the sell-out to giant assholes even bigger than you.

[VWolf]

5. "YOU'RE A FUCKING LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN ASSHOLE!"

Can I steal that?

[ellisonz]

3. "Vegetable truck loses load"

[sakabatou]

8. Huh?

[ellisonz]

9. This article linked through the front page.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10176893

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. "They're coming! You're next!"

"It's better this way..."
The load of Republican candidates is here!

[spooky3]

6. Photos like that always remind me that we still live in a country

where members of one minority group continue to have a huge advantage over members of other groups, in access to money and power.

[yellowcanine]

7. They look like a Gospel Singing Group. Who sings lead?