Heated Exchange At Romney Press Conference
(CBS)
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- There was an ice storm in South Carolina this morning, but it was even colder inside a Staples store where a Mitt Romney press conference suddenly went sour.
Romney was in the middle of answering a routine question when he said something that caused Associated Press reporter Glen Johnson to lose his temper.
“I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,” Romney said. “I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my … ”
“That’s not true, governor!” Johnson suddenly interjected. “That is not true. Ron Kaufman is a lobbyist.”
Kaufman is a well-known lobbyist, former adviser to President H.W. Bush and Romney campaign adviser who is often seen by the governor’s side while on the road.
Click on the video below to watch as the exchange between Johnson and Romney as it grew increasingly hostile.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- next
See all 72 CommentsThis so called reporter became the story with his childish antics. Democrat or Republican, you do not interrupt the candidate in the middle of his or her statement.
You people are the lowest of low life`s ever known to man.
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/CapePolitics/2006/03/11/ron_kaufman_may_be_mitt_s_new_main_man
Romney is just another two-bit Republican liar who will do anything to enhance his personal power. Get with it Repubs. It''s time we did to the Republican Party what they did to the Whigs: Scrap it and start over. The Whigs were then as the Republicans are now: corrupt, greedy, and self-rightiously hipocritical, not to mention idiots when it came to managing the economy and our foreign relations.
http://www.zianet.com/bwd/
This is what reporters should be doing and are not.
Secondly, it''s amazing how the media (in this case CBS AND Fox - where I saw the headline) make mountains out of molehills. This was a little disagreement between two guys and Gov. Romney clearly won the argument. Where does Scott Conroy get the idea that this was an "ice storm?" PLEASE - I have worse arguments with my grandmother. And this other reporter, and many others, need to simply report the news. Asking questions is fine, too. But he was unprofessional and his persistence obviously displays his leftist bias. Too bad for the Republicans - they simply will not get a fair shake, unless they lean a little left - like Senator McCain. Gov. Romney will not get a fair shake.
The Boston Globe has this on their website and notes that it is an ex-Globe reporter. That explains a few things.
I am a MA guy but not a big Romney fan. It always seems the Boton globe reports a gotchya-like job that is based on some theme that they then go try to support with the weakest points.
Take the famous lawn mowing bust. even if you''re the most hard-line anti-immigrant person, do you really think it is possible to avoid all contact with an illegal? Globe thinks so through its report that romney hired a company to do his lawn. Guess he should have researched the employees of that company and all future applicants. Also, Mitt, don''t drink orange juice, i hear that''s a job associated with immigrants.
The other day they omitted his comments in another opinion driven "report" claiming romney flip flopped on auto emissions. forgot to get his statement on their report but they got in the corrections section the next day, after the michigan primary. better late than never!
The simplest way to see how these boston reporters are biased can be seen in the headlines. Best ex, day after the NH primary, Headlines was as follows:
Clinton edges Obama in N.H.; McCain topples Romney
hillary won by 3%, mccain by 5%. what''s a 7% differential - blowout?
i am so tired of the biasness.
Note that Ron Kaufman''s name is not on the list. Is Kaufman an advisor? Sure he is. Mitt said so. But how do you go from there to saying that Kaufman is a lobbyist "running" Romney''s campaign. Well, first you must be blinded by bias. From there it''s apparently easy.
I just listened to a talking head on MSNBC say rather snarkily that "apparently Mitt Romney wants people to know there''s a difference between someone running his campaign and someone who advises his campaign." Yes, I think that about captures it--without the snark of course. There is a difference.
Question the candidate after the statement is made. Don''t interrupt and make a fool of yourself.
If you are a reporter and ask a tough question of a Republican candidate, you are being rude. If the candidate answers you, then his answer must be taken as fact and it is even ruder if you question him again.
If a Republican candidate changes his positions over and over, it is not flip-flopping.
Anyone who questions a Republican candidate''s statements has a liberal bias.
Anyone who questions a whether a Republican candidate is telling the truth is "Michael Moore, Jr.%u201D
Someone who has 350 million dollars will of course go to DC and look after the little guy.
Having a lot of money means you are not influence by those having a lot of money.
Mitt Romney is responsible for the good economy in MA. Bill Clinton is not responsible for the good economy of the 90''s.
A DC lobbyist is working for Mitt full-time for free because he really believes in him. If Mitt is elected he will just "fade" away not expecting any favors.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than%u2026%u2026., I forget what.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- next
See all 72 Comments