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Romney gets in heated exchange with hecklers at Iowa State Fair
The Hill ^ | 8/11/11 | Michael O'Brien

Posted on 08/11/2011 11:11:58 AM PDT by Nachum

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney’s (R) exchange with a few hecklers turned into something of a shouting match while he was stumping Thursday in Iowa.

Romney faced aggressive inquiries with a liberal bent at the top of the question-and-answer segment of his soapbox speech, which was organized by the The Des Moines Register and broadcast on C-SPAN.

He also waged a defense of low taxes for corporations with a response — “Corporations are people, my friend” — on which Democrats quickly seized.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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To: Jewbacca
The heckler looks like Huckleberry Finn, where the hell do these leeches come from?

He is just one of 61 million on food stamps who wants his freebies.

Set up or not, these left wing thugs are like the rioters in England. Greedy SOBs who should all be deported.

21 posted on 08/11/2011 11:26:45 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Nachum

This is the candidate the Democrats want the Republicans to put up this time?

He has already been painted with a target on his forehead by the Democrat war room. But the duty of the Democrats is to get him nominated in the first place, which makes this early attack just a little curious. At this point, they should be keeping largely silent on Romney, and keep busy with putting little tarnishes of the rest of the Republican field.

But why I be explaining strategy to them? If they want to waste ammunition on Romney by premature attack, then they DESERVE to drain their war chest on futile activity.


22 posted on 08/11/2011 11:27:19 AM PDT by alloysteel (Are Democrats truly "better angels"? They are lousy stewards for America.)
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To: Zathras

Nah, Zero wants Romney to get the nomination.

Romney is completely unelectable with RomneyCare and a flip-flopping track record.

If anything, Obama would be propping up Romney now.


23 posted on 08/11/2011 11:27:40 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Dengar01

>>>It isn’t hard to find lunatic liberals in Des Moines.

There’s a horde of them at the Des Moines Register. :)


24 posted on 08/11/2011 11:29:46 AM PDT by Keith in Iowa (Hope & Change - I'm out of hope, and change is all I have left every week | FR Class of 1998 |)
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25 posted on 08/11/2011 11:30:10 AM PDT by TheOldLady (FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
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To: Brookhaven

I think you nailed it. I heard Dick Morris on O’Reilly last say that was what he needed to do during the debate, move right and get a bit louder to lock in the conservatives before Perry arrives on the scene.


26 posted on 08/11/2011 11:30:30 AM PDT by WinMod70
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To: Jim Scott
I agree I cannot stand Romney however these leeches make me absolutely sick to my stomach. I work for a living so what? I can subsidize some loser on welfare who "works" for a liberal think tank (code word for Obama campaign headquarters)

All I can think of is all the grifters going nutty saying they don't have to pay for anything again now that Obama is President. They are going to be in for a big surprise when this economy goes belly up and their crazy checks from the government stops coming.

27 posted on 08/11/2011 11:30:47 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Nachum

I am not a fan of Romney but I thought he handled the situation very well.


28 posted on 08/11/2011 11:32:14 AM PDT by vicar7
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To: Nachum
Romney faced aggressive inquiries with a liberal bent...

Myth needs to face aggressive inquiries from true Constitutional Conservatives. The libtards are already pretty much in his corner.

29 posted on 08/11/2011 11:34:32 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
liberal think tank

Now there is an oxymoron of epic proportions

30 posted on 08/11/2011 11:34:52 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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To: Nachum

Liberal ambush; this will be the entire campaign - attempts to scare old people into voting for the bankruptcy of the very programs they’re terrified to lose. Obama’s camp is going after him hard now. It won’t stop until Election Day. This stunt backfired though; Romney actually responded cooly and quite well.


31 posted on 08/11/2011 11:35:14 AM PDT by americanophile ("this absurd theology of an immoral Bedouin, is a rotting corpse which poisons our lives" - Ataturk)
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To: submarinerswife

Or romney care that he forced on Mass. And is now trying to run from. He’s a RINO, if he gets the nod, this conservative will write in Porky Pig, there will be no voting for the lesser of 2 evils, because romney is 0bama light. Both will destroy the USA with their socialism.


32 posted on 08/11/2011 11:36:54 AM PDT by GailA (Any congress critter who fails to keep faith with the Military, will NOT keep faith with YOU!)
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To: Jewbacca

^5


33 posted on 08/11/2011 11:37:33 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: McGruff
“liberal think tank”

Isn't that an oxymoron?

Of epic proportions

34 posted on 08/11/2011 11:37:33 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving politicians more tax money is like giving addicts free drugs to cure their addiction)
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To: Jewbacca

You can’t possibly believe that!


35 posted on 08/11/2011 11:39:34 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: Nachum

Romney has had a temporary, conservative prosthesis installed in his tongue.


36 posted on 08/11/2011 11:40:09 AM PDT by pallis
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To: McGruff

Liberals don’t think they feeeeeeeeeeel!!!!!!


37 posted on 08/11/2011 11:41:07 AM PDT by tallyhoe
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To: Nachum

Why would liberals attack Willard? He’s one of them.


38 posted on 08/11/2011 11:41:17 AM PDT by lurk
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To: tallyhoe
Liberals don’t think they feeeeeeeeeeel!!!!!!

They need to be put into mental hospitals and be treated with heavy meds. It seems like every lib they have on Fox foams at the mouth and then you have these thug agitators like the ones in Wisconsin. No jobs, just grifters looking for a handout and expect to continue to leech off the rest of us.

39 posted on 08/11/2011 11:43:02 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Nachum
The Obama socialists are perfecting their "in your face" tactics as they ramp up for the 2012 campaign.

Watch for this tactic to become commonplace at all campaign events for any candidate perceived as a threat to Obama's re-election.

Obama Video: "I want you to argue with them and get in their face."

A leftist's idea of debate is to shout you down and make personal attacks on character.


40 posted on 08/11/2011 11:43:48 AM PDT by Iron Munro (One Trillion seconds = 31,709.79 YEARS / One Trillion dollars = Obama's small change)
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