Topic: Romney Blasts Gingrich For Attacking Media and Liberal Moderators

[Pandora]

He doesn’t get it.

Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 11:57 AM
 
 Tone deaf Mitt Romney attacked Newt Gingrich on FOX and Friends today for challenging liberal moderators at the debates.

The Hill reported, via Free Republic:

    Mitt Romney attacked his GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich over what has to date been one of Gingrich’s most effective debate methods — going after the moderators and the media for questions he deems inappropriate.

    “It’s very easy to talk down a moderator,” Romney said Wednesday on Fox News. “The moderator asks a question and then has to sit by and take whatever you send to them. And Speaker Gingrich has been wonderful at attacking the moderators and attacking the media.”

    The raucous conservative crowds at the debates have played a big role in the Republican primary season, often rewarding Gingrich with wild applause for his sharp retorts to the debate moderators.

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The conservatives in America are sick of pantywaist Republicans bowing to the liberal media elites.

Damn right he has!  And they need attacking!

Romney seems to think if he's NICE to them, they'll be "nice" to him.  He couldn't be more mistaken and one would think he'd know that by now.

And, an excerpt from C. Edmund Wright at American Thinker:

It wasn’t the few thousand who rose to give Newt his standing ovations per se, it’s that there were probably hundreds of thousands cheering at their television sets across the nation as well. That something like 60% of all likely voters in South Carolina did watch those debates was merely confirmation of just how important the crowd reaction should be assumed.

[AlanS]

Romney showing more of his lib side.

[Predator Don]

Romney showing he has no clue what conservatives think.......There is a reason.

[Libertas]

Romney, just like J-Mac, thinks the media is there to be courted.  Sure, as long as you have a use to them!  Then you'll be demonized in the general election.  Stupid idiot thinks the media is bipartisan!  A huge reason to send him home with his tail between his legs.  If he won't fight at all for us, why should we give him any credence whatsoever?!

A Romney nomination would be a universal cry for suicide.

[charlesoakwood]

Romney is a deal maker, somebody here said that, and he also
has no moral compass.  He's so smart making more money than
he knows what to do with became a bore so he thinks the next
step up is Prez. He needs to find something that is personally
gratifying where his talents won't be wasted.

[Libertas]

Romney is a deal maker, somebody here said that, and he also
has no moral compass.  He's so smart making more money than
he knows what to do with became a bore so he thinks the next
step up is Prez. He needs to find something that is personally
gratifying where his talents won't be wasted.

Does he like baseball?  I think Bud Selig would like to retire!

 

[charlesoakwood]

Yeah, he could make it America's pastime again and be a hero.

[Libertas]

2 birds, 1 stone!

 

[trapeze]

Jonah Goldberg on Romney:

For whatever reason, Romney seems like a creature put on Earth to blend in with the humans and report back what he finds. He clearly likes earthlings, and they in turn find him pleasant enough, and surprisingly lifelike. Occasionally he finds the right words, but he rarely connects them to the right tone.

From an article that is mainly about Newt and what makes him, well, him.

[trapeze]

TAMPA, FL—From coast to coast, town to town, and in nearly every public meeting place and private residence across America, millions have been captivated, inspired, and in some cases moved to tears by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who now finds himself campaigning before a nation in the throes of full-scale Romneymania.

"The raw energy and enthusiasm Mitt Romney stirs inside people is like nothing I've ever seen," Youngstown, OH auto mechanic Chris Ritenour said Wednesday. "Everything he says resonates with Americans. His moving story of growing up privileged, his inspiring rise from moderate wealth to overwhelming riches, his thrilling work in the highest echelons of corporate finance—he really speaks to the heart and mind of the common man."

"I don't think there's been a presidential candidate this exciting and magnetic in generations, if ever." Ritenour continued. "I am a Romneymaniac."

As Romneymania has grown, the Republican candidate has crossed over from political figure to cultural phenomenon. Countless reverent portraits of Romney have appeared in storefront windows and on building facades throughout the country, often accompanied by one of the candidate's signature inspirational phrases, like "Let Detroit go bankrupt" or "Corporations are people, my friend."

Internet sources confirmed "Mitt" has become the top search term of 2012, while the blogosphere and social media sites have been dominated by discussions of the star candidate's endearing personality quirks, gossip about the relationship statuses of his five sons, and continual chatter over which designers his wife, Ann, wears.

In addition, commemorative plates and various other trinkets featuring Romney's likeness have reportedly been sold out for weeks.

"Mitt's firm belief in unlimited corporate campaign donations is what first got me really excited," said 48-year-old pipe fitter David Flores, adding that another reason he joined "Romney Nation" was because he found it "pretty cool" that Romney pays a lower income tax rate than he does. "Money is speech—that's what the First Amendment is all about. Finally, there's a candidate who speaks directly to me."

As primary season continues, Americans from all walks of life tune in loyally to Romney's stump speeches, with those in attendance so overwhelmed by the candidate's rousing oratory skills that many pass out from the excitement.

While surveys show Romneymania has swept across almost every demographic, Romney's appeal among the nation's youth, in particular, is nearly unanimous. Many young Americans acknowledged they had felt disillusioned by politics until hearing Romney's explanation of how his coordination of corporate funding for the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics renders him uniquely qualified to be president, an assertion they said immediately revived their faith in American democracy.

"Simply put, when Mitt Romney speaks, he inspires people to be better," said political scientist Deborah Klein of Brown University, adding that given his effusive charisma, people are likely to follow the Republican candidate anywhere. "Anytime he meets factory workers on the campaign trail or stands at the podium in a debate, his reputation as a highly relatable man of the people is indisputable."

"It's easy to see why Americans can't get enough Mitt," Klein added.

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[charlesoakwood]

A Bullfrog Takes on Newt

[Libertas]

The Onion does it again!