MUST SEE VIDEO: Romney walks away from a wheelchair patient

[bigdarryl]

Tells you all you need to know about this PHONY!!! Now if Hillary or Obama and Edwards did this the rethugs would be screaming mad. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/10/07/romney.confronted.cnn
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[hisownpetard]

1. What a sterling human being! As long as the photographers got their shot of him bending over

to shake the hand of the guy in the wheelchair, it's time to get along by now.
What a poor excuse for a man that Romney is.

[DrDan]

2. doesn't even have the guts to back up his thoughts on this. . . could it be because he

doesn't have any thoughts on this other than it polls well with neocons . . .

[PatSeg]

3. What an ASS!

I just read about this a while ago, but words can't capture the moment as well as actually seeing him just walk away from that poor guy.

[Atman]

5. But it doesn't even stop at his walking away!

Another reporter asks him why he wouldn't talk to the guy in the wheelchair and he says "I just talked to him!" and continues on with his glad-handing. The man makes me ill.

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[TwilightGardener]

4. OK, I'm going to be contrarian here--he's no different than any other candidate

that gets sort of "trapped" by a guy who wants to keep telling his life story--he said, "I'm not in favor of legalizing", and kept going. A little abrupt, but just because a guy's in a wheelchair doesn't mean he gets a candidate's ear for as long as he wants. I'd say the same thing if it were Hillary or anyone else in this situation.

[bigdarryl]

6. What every you say Romney supporter

[TwilightGardener]

11. Hunh?

[WillParkinson]

9. Actually...

He didn't answer the question. The guy asked him if he would have him and his doctors arrested. Romney said he wasn't in favor of medical marijuana but did not say anything about the guys question.

[Rhythm and Blue]

10. He pretty clearly did answer the question.

"I would keep medical marijuana illegal" means "I would not change current policy as regards arresting you and your doctors."

[Beaverhausen]

14. That's right. He didn't answer the question about arresting the man and his doctors

What would happen if the moderator of tomorrow's debate asks for a show of hands of who would arrest the man and his doctors for using and prescribing medical marijuana?

[progressoid]

21. Yep - He did what politicians do.

Avoid the questions that make you look bad.

I expect the same will/has happened with our candidates too.

[Kixel]

22. I agree with you!

[Colobo]

28. You are right.

[Rhythm and Blue]

7. Anybody remember the opening to Terminator II?

Where you see through Arnold's eyes, as he's walking into that bar? How he has that HUD displaying information on everything he focuses on? That's how I picture Mitt's mind, as he walks through a crowd.

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[radiclib]

12. Excellent

Welcome to DU :toast:

[radiclib]

8. What would it have taken

for this piece of shit to at least fake it and say, "You've given me something to think about" or something like that? I'm sure he felt like he was being honest and sticking to his "principles", but all he does is show his true colors. :puke:

[Yael]

13. I'm going to lose my lunch

But I bookmarked it anyway. I have a feeling I am going to want to put my hands on it again.

[lumpy]

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[Rockholm]

16. K&R. Kick Romney's ass back to Utah.

We really don't want him in Massachusetts. Thanks anyway.

[warrior1]

17. coward

[AnotherGreenWorld]

18. Jesus fucking christ.

I'm watching MSNBC right now and they've said several times that Sen. Clinton scolded a questioner, and yet there's no mention of this...

[ronnykmarshall]

19. Great question for the debate:

Gov Romney, if one of you children or your wife needed medical marijuana to live, would you have them arrested?

[Beaverhausen]

20. That'll be the day

but I'd love to see that.

[graywarrior]

23. I just watched that on CNN. Grrrrrrrr. I really hate that fucker.

That video is PROOF positive that all he carea about is getting elected. What a rude piece of shit. I feel so bad for that kid asking a simple question.

I hope he does get the nomination and gets ripped to shreds. I hope he politically bleeds to death.

[Judi Lynn]

24. Not a shred of normal decency left in that scum. Isn't it a pity! Hope the young man is as thinck

skinned as he needs to be to not take that oafish behavior personally. Hope he knows Romney is a waste wherever he goes.

[saltpoint]

25. Romney had to walk away. He was fighting with all his might the impulse to

strap the man, wheelchair and all, to the top of the Romney family vehicle and blast down the interstate.

The way he did his dog.

[Digit]

26. Wow, this is the first video of him I have seen and that is enough!

Republicans actually LIKE this guy?

[goodgd_yall]

27. I was just watching the video without the sound on.

Romney obviously grew very uncomfortable with the young man. The guy can't handle real people. He is a big phony.