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Mr Romney...The camera's are still rolling....

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Mitt Romney has done it again. First he insulted a medical marijuana user by cutting him off mid conversation and walking away, and now he publicly argued with an AP journalist over whether or not lobbyists from various organizations are running his campaign.

I think we can conclude that lobbyists are "helping" his campaign, but Mr Romney would like to stress that they aren't "running" it...politics, you have just got to love it. You can read up on Ron Kaufman (the man in question) for yourself to decide if he is a lobbyist:

http://groups.google.com/group/alt.politics.bush/browse...

On a side note, telling a journalist to "not be argumentative with the candidate" and that it is "unprofessional" to do so says a great deal about the state of American Journalism. From my own school of thought I'd say its Glen Johnson's job to be argumentative with the candidate?

As ever current users, fire up those webcams into a furious debate.
phillyharper

5 responses // Mr Romney...The camera's are still rolling....

  • http://www.alternet.org/blogs/video/74264/
    American politicians seem to have a magnificent ability to make fools of themselves when there's a camera within 50 feet of them.
    mischabarrett
  • Okay, First things first. I did not vote for Mitt and will not vote for Mitt unless he ends up running against Clinton.

    That said. I don?t think what he said was untruthful. Having a campaign run by lobbyists is not the same as saying there are lobbyist?s working with him. Every viable candidate running has some lobbyists working with them. As for the reporter: Have manners, just because you have a microphone and a camera does not give you a free pass. There is the correct way to ask a question then there is trying to spin the question to get the ?type? of sound bite answer you?re looking for. I don?t think anyone who is a critic of the way politics are today would stand up 100% of the time to a camera in your face watching every cheese burger you at and recording every word you udder. We are all human and to error is human. It is how we respond to the error?s that makes us who we really are.


    This is what I see in America today. No one wants to take responsibility for them self. Everyone wants that big corporation pay over the smallest thing, and every corporation wants to fleece the American people. If we all treated each other fair and with respect we could once again be the great country we once were.
    keepitrealppl
  • agreed philly .

    a journalist has an obligation to ask questions everyone else is kinda thinking anyway but can't really say or afraid to say.

    though glenn ( could mitt romney be anymore patronizing by saying his name ad nauseum ?) may have been a little on the hostile side, i give him props for calling out a politician on his spin words.
    DizzyMsLizzy
  • It's time journalists challenge the spin. Mitt was spinning and I think it's up to journalists to stop the spin, or at least out it as spin. Civility should have gone out the window years ago when spin and fact started being equal! It's time to stop being nice and letting people answer questions with false statements.

    Thanks to Keith Olberman once again for covering it. Maybe journalists will realize they don't have to accept the answers on face value. Challenge spin with facts. Even if all the candidates have lobbyists, Mitt doesn't get to claim he doesn't, if he does. It's an ?Assault on Reason?.
    Conniepae
  • i think your side note of "On a side note, telling a journalist to "not be argumentative with the candidate" and that it is "unprofessional" to do so says a great deal about the state of American Journalism. From my own school of thought I'd say its Glen Johnson's job to be argumentative with the candidate? As ever current users, fire up those webcams into a furious debate. " may be one of the most important comments of this entire thread....................... journalists shouldn't argue with candidates??????????? of course not! this is Russi......... oops.... wait a second.......
    plusaf

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