UPDATED: Romney Accepts MSNBC Apology For Segment On Grandson Kieran

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Source: TPM

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JANUARY 5, 2014, 9:25 AM EST

Mitt Romney on Sunday said he accepted MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry's apology for a controversial segment on her show poking fun at a Romney family photo including Romney's adopted grandson, Kieran Romney.

"I think her apology was clearly heartfelt, and we accept that," former Massachusetts Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney said on "Fox News Sunday." "I've made plenty of mistakes myself, and they've apologized."

Romney added that he accepts that he should expect criticism as a public figure, but said it was unfair to make fun of his family.

"If you get in the political game, you can expect incoming," he said, but added that, "children, that's beyond the line."

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UPDATE:

Romney Wishes He Could 'Turn Back The Clock'

CAITLIN MACNEAL – JANUARY 5, 2014, 9:41 AM EST

Former GOP presidential candidate and Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Sunday said he wished he could go back in time when asked about Obamacare and the 2012 election.

"I don't know. I wish I could go back and turn back the clock and take another try," he said on "Fox News Sunday" when asked if he felt he would have won the 2012 election if President Obama had not lied about Americans being able to keep their health insurance plans.

Romney added that he is trying not to focus on the past, though.

"But history is in the past, and I'm not going to worry about what could have happened. What I am worried about, is that you have a lot of people who are going to find their premiums going through the roof," he said. "They're going to find that the doctor they've had, they can't keep. They're going to find the policies they were promised they could have, they're not going to be able to keep. And the American people are going to be very, very upset about that."

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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mitt-romney-wishes-turn-back-clock

[onehandle]

1. Great. Can we have Martin back now? nt

[Paladin]

3. +1000. (nt)

[SHRED]

2. Still waiting for Limbaugh's heartfelt apologies

For going after Chelsea and then Malia.

[onehandle]

6. Fascists have no regrets. nt

[maddiemom]

8. And "MOO chelle." Could we get a lttle balance here?

[legcramp]

26. I think I'll go with Keith on this one.

[JNelson6563]

4. A pleasant surprise.

Being as he's a rather thin-skinned fellow (and Queen Ann all the more so!) I am surprised at his gracious statement on this.

I'm still really, really glad he's not President though.

Julie

[Tom Rinaldo]

24. Yes, better than I expected and, yes, thank god he's not our president! n/t

[JNelson6563]

28. Hi Tom!

I hope everything's good in your world!

Julie

[Tom Rinaldo]

29. Hi Julie. Yep, good, but cold. Probably like your world :) n/t

[philosslayer]

5. What a repulsive individual

He sends his attack dogs out to make a big deal of a non-issue, then smugly smiles and "accepts the apology" after he's stirred everything up.

[BeyondGeography]

7. There's some empathy in that statement

That's as good as you're ever going to get from the Pubs.

[mountain grammy]

9. This was such a benign segment on Harris-Perry's show.

She groveled and apologized and the great Mittens accepted, so she may get to live another day. After all, how dare the libruls attack a man who got so mega rich destroying families and children; the important word being "rich."

[heaven05]

10. she should not have apologized.

of course her 'employer' might have insisted she grovel at the feet of this POS IF she wanted to keep raking in the big bucks. Just saying. He destroyed many families livelihood and security. He is a perfect example of the benign fascist 1%ers.

[totodeinhere]

16. Yes Romney is a scumbag but lets leave his children or the children of other politicians

out of it shall we? And yes the children of President Obama and other Democratic politicians are fair game to the right wing, but as a progressive I like to think that I'm better than that.

But having said that I'm sure that MHP, and I am a big fan of hers, meant no aspersions to any children in the Romney family. I was very impressed with her heart felt apology and as others in this thread have pointed out, you would never get a sincere apology like that from the likes of Limbaugh.

[heaven05]

30. that's the problem isn't?

"as a progressive I like to think I'm better than that". That's been the mantra of the left wing since Obama became POTUS. His children have been put at risk because the right wing has divulged their vacation spots and no telling what I don't know about the hate thrown at the 'first brown family' by good ole boys and girls. Sometime a person just has to get down in the mud and slug it out with an opponent and kick his ass, no rules. Period. He's lucky I didn't run against him, I would've found the dirt on his whole family and divulged it. And laughed while that sociopathic POS squirmed in that mud.

[freebrew]

11. FFFF Romney...

and all his 1% friends.

[classof56]

12. Fie on Mitt and the Rafalca he rode in on.

Melissa has more class than the entire Romney clan, plus all the right wing idiots put together.

I raise my glass to her!

[Plucketeer]

13. Please proceed governor.... NT

[theaocp]

14. Stop apologizing already. Assez. n/t

[FarPoint]

15. Hahahah he is no Sarah Palin...

I feel such sorrow for the adopted child. He will always know he is different and I sense he is a political prop....I could be wrong....

[totodeinhere]

17. This child will grow up in luxury and will lack for nothing. I would feel more sorry

for the many children who are born into and live in poverty.

[FarPoint]

19. Let's not leave out the emotional abandonment.

The not feeling the sense of family while being trapped as a child in such a family is horrible in itself.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. The child will lack love

Something the mega rich cannot buy.

[totodeinhere]

32. So rich people do not love their children? That is quite a leap IMO. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

33. The rich only love money. nt

[truthisfreedom]

18. Perpetuating the "Obama Lied" myth.

Obama didn't lie. The insurance companies did dastardly deeds that nobody foresaw.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

20. "I've made plenty of mistakes myself, and THEY've apologized."

I know what he means but that's really interesting sentence structure.

[dhill926]

23. uh…thought the same thing….weird….

[Frank Cannon]

21. All right, douche, now apologize to the 47% of Americans...

you called a bunch of freeloaders who just want free stuff from the government.

I'll be waiting to hear.

What an enormous fuckwit.

[thesquanderer]

22. Romney complaining about Obamacare?

re: "What I am worried about, is that you have a lot of people who are going to find their premiums going through the roof...They're going to find that the doctor they've had, they can't keep"

So is that what happened in Massachusetts when the same plan was RomneyCare?

[question everything]

25. Good

Wish you had two separate posts, though.

[VanillaRhapsody]

27. Then perhaps Romney should stop with the "dress the multitudes of Romney"

all in the same outfit...so everyone knows we are not into our family having "diverse thoughts"

[Tom Ripley]

34. That was very gracious of Romney; he must think that Harris-Perry is a corporation