Romney: "I don’t look at all the signs when I’m having pictures taken"

[sabra]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/07/23/romney-says-%e2%80%98lighten-up%e2%80%99-to-sign-critic/

WASHINGTON (CNN) — GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has a message for those who are criticizing him for recently posing next to a supporter’s controversial campaign sign: “lighten up.”

The former Massachusetts governor took heat over the weekend from one town-hall audience member for recently posing with a supporter who donned a sign saying “”No to Osama, Obama and Chelsea’s Moma.”

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“I don’t look at all the signs when I’m having pictures taken,” Romney said during a town-hall meeting in Exeter, New Hampshire when pressed to apologize by one member of the audience. The comments were captured and made available to CNN by New Hampshire Public Radio.

“I have a lot of pictures taken with people, Romney also said. “I don’t really spend all that much time looking at the signs and the T-shirts and the buttons. I don’t have anything to say about a sign somebody else was holding.”

“You know what? Lighten up slightly,” he added. “There are a lot of jokes out there. I’m not responsible for all the signs I see.”

[TechBear_Seattle]

1. Meaning I could go to a Romney fundraiser with a sign that reads....

"I'm a right wing a-hole!" and get him to hold it up for photos? That is very good to know. :rofl:

[NanceGreggs]

7. My thoughts exactly ...

... or a sign that says: "VOTE DEMOCRATIC IN '08!"

Sorry, Mitt. We already have a president who can't read; the last thing we need is a president who chooses not to read.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

2. well, that should disqualify him

from presidentin then.

I want someone who pays attention to at least some detail.

[Raven]

3. I'd just like to know how such a flaming idiot made so much $$$! n/t

[Yael]

4. Um, you aren't posing next to a billboard. You have it in your hands

And if you don't have any more care than to look at what you touch before you touch it, then I hope you at least wear gloves when you shake hands with people ya nasty bastard.

[Richard Steele]

15. Yup. They can't comment on anything without LYING about it, even if just in a small way.

That one jumped out at me as well.

[C_U_L8R]

5. So he just holds up whatever someone hands him ???

this guy is truly an empty suit
(with a big ball of hair grease and a bottle of ever-tan on top)

[tandot]

6. OK. I am going to have a "I am with stupid" sign with the arrow pointing to him

n/t

[Marr]

8. Oh, I see. So he's not too hateful to be president, he's just too careless to be president.

Fine by me.

[spanone]

9. well, mitt, maybe you should. dumbass.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

21. Another Republican who doesn't read things - reminds me of a certain August 6th PDB

[AspenRose]

10. You're an idiot, Romney

And you've just demonstrated you aren't presidential material.

[I_Will]

11. Moma? Looks like "Moran" guy found a girlfriend who's as smart as he is...

[Tyrone Slothrop]

12. She's must be referring to the Museum of Modern Art...

:rofl:

[Richard Steele]

17. Maybe she's geniunely opposed to Art Museums? She's obviously been avoiding art CLASSES...

...so I guess it's possible! :shrug:

[Bluebear]

20. Yo MOMA jokes making a comeback!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=1395616#1396997

[chelsea0011]

13. So he will pose with a "I'm With Stupid" sign?

I've got an idea!

[applegrove]

14. There is no way he could have missed OBAMA/OSAMA. No way.

[Cooley Hurd]

16. Another repug empty suit...

it must SUCK to be a repug nowadays:

At least OUR candidates can READ!:rofl:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

18. Yes, another Republican in the proud tradition of Dan Quayle, George Bush

George Macaca Allen, Fred Thompson, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, etc.

[Old and In the Way]

19. Does he normally hold signs? Sounds like he does this quite often.

He really doesn't read what they say? Or is he just too embarrassed to admit that it's another example of Republican hate speech? That's OK, this refusal to admit he was wrong will just keep it alive.

I hope he likes that sign....he's going to see it alot! :rofl:

[Disturbed]

22. That excuse is as lame as the dog on the roof of the car

enjoyed the ride. This guy is trying to compete with the stupid replies that Busholini has made. I guess he is going for the moron vote. Well...it worked for Busholini.

[BlueStater]

23. That sign is huge and is written in big red letters

He would have to blind to miss what it says. But more likely he's just a lying a-hole.

[pepperbear]

24. the guy doesn't even have the conviction .....

to step up and say..."yeah, I feel the Dems are enabling terrorism. I stand behind the sentiment." instead, it's "I don't pay attention to all the rabble I pose with."

But then again, the misppelling makes him look like an ASS either way.

:rofl:

[Toucano]

25. Excuse me. What is a Moma?

Other than the Museum of Modern Art, I don't have a reference for Moma.

It's MAMMA, MAMA, or MOMMA that mean one's mother.

Moma isn't even a colloquialism or regionalism. It's just a freeperism.

Freepers!