Romney Stops Taking Questions

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/02/06/romney_stops_taking_questions.html

February 06, 2012

Romney Stops Taking Questions


Mitt Romney answered his last question from a voter three weeks ago, the Washington Post reports.

"Out are 55-minute town hall meetings. In are 15-minute stump speeches at buffed-up rallies. There are rope lines and hot lights, giant flags and Secret Service agents with wires in their ears. The objective: appear presidential, avoid gaffes and convince Republicans that they have no reasonable option left but to rally around Romney's winning candidacy."

"He has pivoted from a retail campaign based on convincing people at his events that he has a command of the issues to a made-for-television spectacle where the people are simply props helping project an aura of momentum and inevitability to a national audience."

[LiberalEsto]

1. Taking a page from GW Bush's coloring book, I see.. nt

[RKP5637]

2. The brainwashing intensifies ...

[liberal N proud]

3. His handlers are not going to allow him to speak off script

Notice he has not given anymore interviews and they refuse to do anymore debates.

[Ikonoklast]

4. Too late, the Obama campaign has enough Romney sound-bite gaffes to make a dozen ads.

He is hoping that people will forget all that in ten months, but they will be reminded that corporations are people, too, my friend.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. Exactly!! +1!! Mittens' sense of entitlement is absolutely abhorrent!!

Imagine if Obama had said some shit like this: "No more questions!"

[southernyankeebelle]

6. Gee, he beginning to sound like Sarah Palin.

[Whisp]

8. my first thought as well. nt

[southernyankeebelle]

9. Funny. Do you notice that republicans won't really sit down and talk with left leaning reporters or

shows like Rachael, Ed or even Chris all of MSNBC. They'll go on Joe's show and of course they go on the own tv station Fox News. They are afraid to be held accountable.

[FSogol]

7. Katie Couric, your country is calling you.

What newspapers and magazines do you read, Governor Romney....

[K8-EEE]

10. Oh....beautiful....for...spacious skies

Don't you just love this song? Now here's a verse not a lot of people know about....let's all talk-sing it together like Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady, won't that be a good time?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

11. Coward!

What's he going to do with the debates?

[Comedywriter1214]

12. Kinda makes sense...

When you really don't have any answers...the taking of questions is something of an exercise in futility. Thoughts at 3 A.M. http://thoughtsatthreeam.blogspot.com/?spref=tw

[yellowcanine]

13. He can run but he cannot hide.

[sufrommich]

14. The Sarah Palin school of campaigning. More and more

the republican candidates prove themselves too stupid to actaully answer questions off the cuff.

[Alexander]

15. Looking back in history, this stuff really started with Richard Nixon in 1968.

Nixon started holding carefully controlled town hall meetings where anyone who had a question was carefully screened long beforehand to make sure their question wasn't too difficult for him to answer.

A lot of Nixon's platform at the time consisted of vague promises and had very little substance, and he didn't want to have to take sharply defined stances on hot-button issues that would alienate voters.

These faux-town hall meetings worked very well in Nixon's favor. The public was shown Nixon speaking in front of calm, respectful audiences while the nation was being ripped apart by Vietnam protests and race riots. Meanwhile Humphrey was speaking in front of regular crowds and getting jeered and heckled by protesters up until late in the campaign. This contributed to the public viewing Nixon as the candidate who would bring stability and calm to the nation.

This was actually portrayed in the movie Nixon starring Anthony Hopkins, and they did a pretty good job with it.

It seems like ever since, the Republicans have chosen to carefully control their audiences, both to project an aura of stability and to avoid having their candidates have to answer any difficult questions.

[Obama3_16]

16. he still has to debate Obama a couple of times. doh!!

I say Occupy protesters and others get REALLLLY creative in how to undermine his Madonna half time show of a campaign.

[Alexander]

17. You'd think he would want more debates and more tough questions so he can practice.

In fact, that's pretty much what Obama did. I remember his initial debate performances in early-to-mid 2007 as being pretty weak. But after a while he got much better at debating and ended up doing better than Hillary, and eventually, McCain.

[DCBob]

18. Playing rope-a-dope..

He's sure got the "dope" part right.

[Marie Marie]

19. When Willard says no more questions you better comply or

his wife will make you "listen and obey". I shudder at the very thought of the two of these aloof snobs occupying the White House. Thankfully, it seems highly unlikely.