Romney Tells Letterman: Palin "Has a Rifle, You Know"
(CBS)
Asked about potential rival Sarah Palin, Romney called her "terrific" and added, "she's got energy, passion." He then urged Letterman to "be careful what you say about her by the way," a reference to the feud between the two kicked off by Letterman's comments about Palin's daughter.
Letterman grinned and nodded, saying, "I've had my…," before trailing off as the audience began laughing.
Responded Romney: "She has a rifle, you know."
In his opening monologue, Letterman called Romney a "good looking Republican from Massachusetts," comparing him to new GOP senator Scott Brown, "but with pants."
The two men discussed cars and the auto industry, with Romney telling Letterman he drives a Ford Mustang. They also talked about Romney's father George, the former Michigan governor and auto executive.
They eventually turned to an incident in which Romney was punched on a flight departing from Vancouver last month.
"The fellow in the seat in front of my wife put his seat back during the takeoff procedure," said Romney, who said he "tapped him on the shoulder and reminded him" that the seat had to be upright for takeoff.
"He became somewhat agitated and they removed him from the airplane," Romney said. "He didn't like that, by the way, and gave me a good swat."
"And he broke my hair," Romney added, with a grin.
Later in the interview, the two men discussed the health care reform effort, with Romney saying "the problem is not the insurance companies." He said it was important to change the incentives to make health care more like a consumer market in order to control costs.
In his book, Romney criticizes President Obama for going "before so many foreign audiences to apologize for so many American misdeeds, both real and imagined."
"There are anti-American fires burning all across the globe; President Obama's words are like kindling to them," he writes, attacking Mr. Obama for "the steady stream of criticisms, put-downs, and jobs directed at the nation he was elected to represent and defend."
Romney kicked off the book tour Tuesday, appearing on ABC's "The View" and Fox News Channel's "Hannity" in addition to the "Late Show."
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I like the fact he said nice things about Palin and told Dave to be careful since she can kick his behind. I don't think she threatens him at all. He likes her just fine. He finds her amusing.
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You appear to have the reasoning capacity of a child.
Oh really, Romney? Haven't you heard of the Blue Cross million dollar parties for their executive types, and the billion dollar profit Blue Cross made this past quarter? All this while denying coverage and letting people die. The problem IS the insurance companies. And the Republicans and conservatives. That's IT in a nutshell.
Just like a Republican and con defending the rich and greedy. America will never have true health care until the insurance and drug industries are stopped from practicing medicine. They need to be kicked out of our health care system once and for all.
No one should be denied ANY medical treatment in this rich country, but they are by the millions because the insurance industry has only one purpose: make as much money as possible by delivering a minimal of health care to the fewest people possible. That system will never serve true health care reform.
That's what the republican party has become...a bunch of sabre rattling pantywaists that call for war but shelter their own family members from it. Maybe some servicemen don't mind laying their lives on the line so the elite ruling class can send their children to business school, but I'm of the opinion that this guy is just another Vietnam era deferment republican politician.
In the east coast WTC is held up by the mafia, and on the west coast the Bay Bridge is still being rebuilt, now 21 years after the earthquake made it necessary to rebuild..and the nerve to call it "on schedule"...the materials are all being made in China....Shame again...Shame SHAME Shame.
I think after the one-term, training-wheels Obama presidency the American people will be clamoring for an experienced, wise and competent leader like Mitt Romney.
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This "training wheels" administration as you call it in it's first year has already out-performed the two-term dubya in regards to Afghanistan, allies' cooperation and the economy...
This "training wheels" administration as you call it in it's first year has already out-performed the two-term dubya in regards to Afghanistan, allies' cooperation and the economy...
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Do what ??? Are you ignorant or just stupid ?
I like the fact he said nice things about Palin and told Dave to be careful since she can kick his behind. I don't think she threatens him at all. He likes her just fine. He finds her amusing.
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As do most of us.....but not in a good way, I might add.