Mitt Romney Interviewed by Chris Wallace (A disaster?)

RightPundit ^ | Sunday March 7, 2010 | Arriba

[Bigtigermike]

I watched the Mitt Romney interview on Fox News Watch with Chris Wallace this morning. I actually watched twice, I was stunned. What a debacle! Apparently, this was his opening gambit in his 2012 Presidential campaign, since he has written a book. Wallace, by far the most skilled of the talking head interviewers, pressed Romney on his two primary claims: that Obama has spent his first year apologizing for being an American, and that his health care plan is awful.

Romney was unable to delineate any major differences between the plan he developed in Massachusetts and Obama’s, except that the latter is a national policy, whereas Romney’s just applied to one state. He claimed that insurance companies bear no responsibility for rising health care costs, and then said that when insurance companies act ‘badly’, actions should be taken against them, but couldn’t clarify what he meant. When he tried to say a difference was that the Massachusetts plan didn’t have a public option, Wallace nearly laughed out loud. I don’t know if Romney thought that Wallace would give him a free ride, since it was on Fox. If he did think that, he might have wanted to watch the show once in awhile or at least prepare.

I readily admit that he is the presumptive nominee. Wall Street adores him. My guess is that if he gets the nomination, it would be a debacle. Name one Bible Belt state that would support him – perhaps Mississippi. He will bring down a number of Republican House seats in this region. He didn’t say anything that I thought was believable in the last campaign. I had made a bet with a friend that if he and HRC won their respective nominations, we could set up lie detectors on both of them, and make a drinking game out of it. But that’s beside the point. Instead of just foisting another nominee upon the American public, it might be worth the party’s time to actually try to figure out who the voters would support. For his part Romney might try being honest, and see how Americans like actually knowing what he would do. But I sort of think he doesn’t even know what he believes any more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgEIpEQclJQ&feature=youtube_gdata

[Diogenesis]

You were asked to defend Team Romney's attacks on Gov. Palin.
That was post #129

(.....sound of crickets by Peter Horry .....)

Thereafter, you fled (like Mitt Romney fled Massachusetts).
You snuck back to throw a few ad hominems and fled again.

(.....sound of crickets by Peter Horry .....)

Your failure to address Post #129 shows you admit
Team Romney did do the attacks, and that you condone the anti GOP attacks.
Have a great day.

(.....sound of crickets by Peter Horry .....)

By the way, Mitt Romney does not have the courage
or the ability of Gov. Palin's toe nail.

[Dead Corpse]

"Hello. My name is Willard Romney and I am a conservative."

"No... Really... I Am..."

"Please stop laughing..."

[Jim Robinson]

I don’t hate Romney. I hate his lying, his flip-flopping and his political whoring. He’s proven over and over again that he has no moral foundation, will lie and change “bedrock” positions, and do or say anything that he thinks will help get him elected. He’s totally untrustworthy. And the fact that he’s still bragging about RomneyCare proves that he’s a statist who couldn’t care less about Liberty.

Piss on Romney. I wouldn’t support or vote for him if he were the last Republican on earth. If Romney’s in, I’m out.

Hopefully someone will create a WAnkers for Romney forum like the WAnkers for Rudy did a couple of years ago, because FR will NOT be used to support him.

[LeGrande]

There isn’t a person on your list (except possibly your unnamed friend : ) ) that I wouldn’t heartily support.

How come we can’t get a real conservative running for pres?

[Osage Orange]

You would vote for my friend in a heartbeat.....

He's very smart, witty, and he's quick on his feet.

Doesn't suffer fools lightly ...

And he's funny, personable..and a good looking guy.

But he will never run...because he doesn't want the rectal exam that comes with it.

Which probably answers your question........

[Osage Orange]

Oh yeah.....you didn’t give me a list of 10.

[Osage Orange]

Ha!

[LeGrande]

Then you ought to read Sarah Palin's book. It's a complete record of everything she's accomplished in her life. You'll be impressed.

I am not dissing Sarah. If she is the best we can come up with so be it. Unlike McCain who I could never ever vote for I could actually vote for Sarah.

[dforest]

Yeah, it was a disaster, I had to censor my hubby after listening to this interview.

[LeGrande]

My dream list?

This is hard : (

Walter Williams

Thomas Sowell

Victor Davis Hanson

Steve Forbes

David Petraeus

Paul Ryan

Newt Gingrich

Eric Cantor

Andrew Breitbart

John Boehner

Karl Rove (my friend, since you had a friend in your list)

Grover Norquist

Michelle Bachmann

Marco Rubio

None of them are perfect, some on my list haven’t proven their bonafides and certainly would never be candidates, but they would make a good President never the less.

[Windflier]

I am not dissing Sarah. If she is the best we can come up with so be it.

If you take the time to review her actual record of public service, you'll see that she's much better than simply "the best we can come up with."

You actually have to read it to appreciate what a rare and competent individual Sarah Palin is.

[Osage Orange]

As good a list...as any that I can come up with.

As always appreciate your comments....

[yongin]

Out of your list, Mitch Daniels looks the most promising. One man to include would be Rick Perry. Since Perry won the primary, Bill Kristol has been talking him up for national office.

[LeGrande]

We’ll have to go skiing together sometime. Sadly this has been a poor year. The little snow that we have gotten has been heavy and wet. I fear I have become a snob and refuse to go skiing when conditions aren’t good. I used to make fun of those folks when I was younger : (

[Osage Orange]

A hike then maybe.....

I've been building a bucket list...of sorts lately.

Might be fun.....

Been thinking about hiking more of the trails I use to hike...of late. Like to see them again...

Although, I think I need new sights and vista's.....

We shall see.............

[BobL]

“Gosh, I must have missed that one; what has she done or said for you to make that assumption?”

Support of McCain...support of Rand Paul...not really identifying herself with conservatives, at least that I can see (but I’d love her to prove me wrong).