Romney Refuses To Stand Up To Woman Who Says Obama Should Be ‘Tried For Treason’

[cynatnite]

At a town hall event in Ohio this afternoon, a woman asked Mitt Romney what he would do to roll back the size of government, and commented that President Obama “should be tried for treason.” She didn’t explain why Obama had committed treason — which is punishable by death. Her comments received a big round of applause from the audience.

Romney responded to her question, but didn’t condemn or acknowledge her comments on treason. Watch it:

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While Romney can’t be held responsible for everything his supporters say, it seems reasonable to expect him to stand up to the fringe in his party, especially when he’s providing a platform for their views (it was his microphone, after all).

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) understood this. At a town hall event in October, 2008, McCain fielded a comment from a woman who said Obama “is an Arab.” “No ma’am,” McCain said, shaking his head and taking the microphone from her hand. “He’s a decent, family man, citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with,” he said, earning a mix of applause and boos.

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/07/479577/romney-woman-treason/

[jberryhill]

1. The Romney campaign is not going to discourage this kind of stuff

They aren't going to actively mouth it, but they are going to try to ride whatever waves of crazy there may be while saying, "we're not responsible for what crazy people say."

[Politicalboi]

2. I think she's a plant

And Rmoney isn't going to correct her.

[Jim Lane]

34. Whose?

The incident did Romney more harm than good. The people who agree with that woman were already voting for him, so all that happened was that he lost a few undecideds.

It might make sense for his campaign to plant such a woman so that he could disagree with her, show some decency, distance himself from the Tea Party, etc. (as per the McCain incident that others in this thread have mentioned). Obviously, though, that didn't happen here.

If Romney's going to wimp out like this, it might make sense for US to plant a few pretend-nutjobs in his audiences, to give him more opportunities to show his spinelessness.

[gratuitous]

3. Let's be fair, here

After the event, when the Post and the Times asked Romney's aides about what this nutzo person had to say, they responded that of course Romney didn't subscribe to her lunatic rantings. So, you know, who are you going to believe?

[rurallib]

11. too bad Mittly couldn't get to a mike to refute it at the time

er --- uh ---

[brooklynite]

20. IN other words, he flip-flopped...again

[Old and In the Way]

4. They own the idiots.

If they don't mind letting morons make political statements that ID them as out to lunch, they get the association. Rmoney's lack of courage in standing up to useful idiots is duly noted.

[zbdent]

5. "Romney can’t be held responsible for everything his supporters say" ...

not by today's "liberally-biased media" ...

but if a person who walks by OWS or an Obama rally says something which can be twisted into something by the "LBM" ...

LOOK OUT! IT'S A MEDIA SH*TSTORM!

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

6. Evil will flourish when good men fail to act.

You could ask, "Did Romney allow this ridiculous statement to stand uncorrected because he wasn't sure exactly where the line is drawn for treason?"

You could ask, "Did Romney allow this ridiculous statement to stand uncorrected because he doesn't have the character needed to be a leader?"

You could ask, "Did Romney allow this ridiculous statement to stand uncorrected because he felt 'my people didn't make the statement and if I can benefit, so much the better'?"

You could ask, "Did Romney allow this ridiculous statement to stand uncorrected because she was a plant and that was the intention?"

If you answer 'Yes' to any of these, you can be sure this guy doesn't belong in office.

[goclark]

12. All get YES

Can you imagine this wimp being the President!
If he can't stand up to a person in his "small crowd" how can he stand up for our country?

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

14. I remembered that saying...

...about failing to act. He's just not acceptable.

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. At lerast John McCain had the decency to stop that woman who called Obama a Muslim

Jeez. Romney's real scum.

[uponit7771]

8. Did RMoney really bag on people for the cost of their rain coats at a sports event?

[Bake]

9. McCain earned a little bit of respect for standing up to the nutjob.

Rmoney just showed he has no backbone whatsoever. In other words, he's a COWARD.

Bake

[Bake]

13. I suspect he'll have plenty more opportunities, and will fail them all equally miserably.

Mark my words.

Bake

[Lawlbringer]

15. This is why I have no respect for him.

Don't get me wrong, I hate all of his policies, same with McCain. But at least the grumpy old man seemed to have his own (albeit wrong) ideas. Mitt is just a Norquist puppet.

[DearAbby]

16. And another leadership moment slips by...

Romney believes lies helps him get elected. In my book that is not a quality I view as favorable. I don't want liars to represent me.

[lpbk2713]

17. Probably a carefully selected audience.

Mittens' appearance was probably advertised on the local RW Hatemonger radio stations.
And the Shittoheads dutifully showed up to display their ignorance for all the world to see.

[Rex]

18. Why would he do that? He is the enemy!

Fuck RMoney.

[Scuba]

19. Then he agrees.

So lets start with trying Bush and Cheney, Rumsfield and Gonzales.

[DearAbby]

21. What the hell was he thinking?

The woman calls the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES a TRAITOR(...do they even know what that means?) And he just stood there The disrespect shown to this President and the office he holds is beyond disgusting. Hey lady, look in a mirror. And to Romney, is there a point to the depths, you would say, this is even too low for me?

Greasy used car salesman.

[Mopar151]

31. I used to be a used car salesman

And I was plenty greasy at the time =- being also the mechanic, bodyman, detailer and rental agent. Willard is a bunco artist, specializing in the "bust-out", aka bankruptcy fraud.

[PA Democrat]

22. I'd love to ask that nitwit to define treason as set forth in the Constitution

and to describe specifically what actions Obama has taken that meet that definition of treason.

These idiots that profess to love the Constitution so much remind me of the Bible thumpers who love to speak about the Bible but have a distorted understanding (if any at all) of its contents.

[Initech]

24. My absolute favorite thing about the Tea Party...

Is that they have this like rock hard erection for America and the founding fathers but they never, not once, ever check their facts. They don't know what's actually in the constitution o or our founding fathers actually said about religion (they hated religious nutjobs with a firery passion) or that there's absolutely nothing about religion in the constitution - the two times it's mentioned are both in negative context. They just make shit up and somehow they believe it to be absolute fact. Hopefully people will begin to cut through their bullshit and their stupidity will be their downfall.

[NS2012]

33. That's what I'd like to know.

Which specific act was it? She doesn't know. She just knows that Muslim is up to no good on her native soil. Must be some act of treason in there. Dumb.

[Initech]

23. They're both wrong - who should be tried for treason are Charles and David Koch and their AFP buddies.

What they did is treasonous - Obama mearly inherited Bush's mess that he created. Bill Maher was right - you can't change the world in a day but you can at least get the smell of stupid out of the room!

[Major Hogwash]

25. Nutjobs for Romney

Were sponsoring that woman to go to the rally.
It will happen more often, and the media will ignore it -- just like they ignored the birther controversy that raged in this fucking country for over 2 years, while they did nothing to stop it!!

[CatWoman]

26. I think that woman was a plan

[spanone]

27. 'outside the constitution' the fucking ignorance is astounding

when george w. bu$h* admittedly tortured people....

what a fucked-up country we've become

[Neue Regel]

28. Well, Obama did assassinate 2 American citizens without a trial

I'm fairly certain the Constitution does not give the President the authority to unilaterally kill American citizens he does not like. I don't know that it rises to the level of treason, but it certainly merits more than, "meh".



http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/killing-americans-on-uncharted-1192260.html

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

29. "I believe the Constitution was not just brilliant, but probably inspired"

What did he mean by "inspired"? Is this some kind of code to the fundies that he's suggesting to them it was inspired by God and therefore it's a religious document?

[malaise]

30. How much did they pay that woman to accuse Obama

of treason. Gramps McCain showed way more class in 2008

[bluestate10]

32. One more piece of evidence that Romney is a coreless human being.

People with a moral core know the difference between right and wrong and show courage when courage is required. Romney, time after time, has failed to do what is right when doing what is right was important. Romney followed that pattern during his days at Bain and now during his campaign.

[trueblue2007]

35. well geesh........... WE ALL KNOW THAT ROMNEY IS A TRAITOR!!!

HIDING $$$$$ IN OVERSEAS BANK ACCOUNTS.


HURTING THE AMERICAN DOG by tying pouchie to top of is car with no regard to doggies health

only paying 14% taxes............ AND THE GUY HAS 930,292,059,402,939,502,025.89 IN THE BANK!!!!!


ROMNEY IS A LOSER AND TRAITOR