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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRomney-The Cowardly --- Silenced Gay Spokesman To Avoid Confronting Hate Groups, Misled Reporters
EXPOSED: Romney Campaign Silenced Gay Spokesman To Avoid Confronting Hate Groups, Misled Reporters
Some even called and questioned him afterwards as to why he was absent. He wasnt absent. He was simply muzzled. For a job where you are supposed to maintain good relations with reporters, being silenced on a key conference call on your area of expertise is pretty damaging. Especially when you helped set it up.
Sources close to Grenell say that he was specifically told by those high up in the Romney campaign to stay silent on the call, even while he was on it. And this was not the only time he had been instructed to shut up.
Sources close to Grenell say that he was specifically told by those high up in the Romney campaign to stay silent on the call, even while he was on it. And this was not the only time he had been instructed to shut up.
The Times added information to Sullivans story, also noting that the call was the biggest moment yet for Mitt Romneys foreign policy team:
It turned out Grenell was at home in Los Angeles, listening in, but stone silent and seething. A few minutes earlier, a senior Romney aide had delivered an unexpected directive, according to several people involved in the call.
Ric, said Alex Wong, a policy aide, the campaign has requested that you not speak on this call. Mr. Wong added, Its best to lay low for now.
Ric, said Alex Wong, a policy aide, the campaign has requested that you not speak on this call. Mr. Wong added, Its best to lay low for now.
Its no wonder Grenell felt the need to resign from the campaign. The newly revealed information only bolsters his reasons: the campaign was clearly seeking to mislead the media to downplay Grenells departure. Its not that the campaign cared whether Ric Grenell was gay, an anonymous Republican told the Times. They believed this was a nonissue. But they didnt want to confront the religious right. If Romney campaign cant stand up to a bigoted special interest on personell issues for what they clearly thought was the best man for the job how could a Romney administration be expected to make the politically tough decisions needed to successfully govern the country?
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http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2012/05/03/475950/romney-campaign-misled-reporters-grenell/
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Romney-The Cowardly --- Silenced Gay Spokesman To Avoid Confronting Hate Groups, Misled Reporters (Original Post)
kpete
May 2012
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gratuitous
(82,849 posts)1. Another free campaign slogan for Mitt
Mitt Romney: A reliable tool for knuckleheads and bigots!
Side note to the Romney campaign: Feel free to use this slogan. I do not need payment or credit.
msongs
(67,496 posts)2. when action and words don't jibe, the action is always the truth. nt
Rex
(65,616 posts)3. RMOney - a tool for the 1%.
So afraid of his own shadow, that he will sell what is left of America to anyone with deep pockets.
PATHETIC.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)4. Disgusting. Ric, it's time to rethink your membership in the GOP. nt
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)5. Romney truly is the ultimate chicken-hawk.
Romney campaign privately muzzled Richard Grenell to avoid confronting the homophobic right
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/05/03/1088441/-Romney-campaign-privately-muzzled-Richard-Grenell-to-avoid-confronting-the-homophobic-right
cbdo2007
(9,213 posts)7. This should be a lesson to all the other gay republicans out there.....
THEY DON"T RESPECT YOU and won't even let you work with them!!!!