ABC "News" is spouting the DNC meme.
It is a hypocritical stance at the very least and the audience outburst is NOT a campaign issue in the current election.
Posted on 05/07/2012 5:50:28 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Some of Mitt Romney's best moments on the 2012 campaign trail have come during town hall meetings when the candidate, long criticized as too uptight on the stump, strays off script to take questions from voters.
But the freewheeling nature of voter forums can have its drawbacks. Romney has faced hostile questions on everything from his wealth to his religion. And on Monday, he experienced another awkward moment, when a supporter stood and declared that President Barack Obama should be "tried for treason."
The comment came during a town hall meeting in Cleveland. Taking the microphone, a woman told Romney that Obama had been "operating outside the structure of our Constitution." Pausing after her question, she remarked to another member of the audience, "I agree, he should be tried for treason."
Turning back to Romney, she asked what he would do to "restore balance" between the three branches of government and "restore our Constitution." She did not specify why she believed Obama should be "tried for treason"—a comment that received a huge applause from the audience. And when it was his turn to respond, Romney ignored her suggestion about "treason" and instead spoke about how he would "respect the different branches of government."
Afterwards, as he shook hands along the rope line, the New York Times' Ashley Parker asked Romney if he agreed with the woman's comment regarding a "treason" sentence for Obama. "No, of course not," the candidate said.
But by then, Romney's Democratic opponents had already pounced, accusing him of not standing up to "extreme voices" in his party, as Obama's campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt put it.
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Is that a description of the GOP candidate or two different people? Kind of hard to tell.
After she said that everybody behind her probably went and sat down and said she already covered my comment.
As expected.
He forgot to add: "He needs to be impeached first."
She sounds like a plant sent by the DNC. They used similar tactics at Tea Party rallies.
ABC "News" is spouting the DNC meme.
It is a hypocritical stance at the very least and the audience outburst is NOT a campaign issue in the current election.
LOL, there you go.
Its treasonous to dilly dally 10 months before making a no brainer call
Holy cow! At least the rookie Hussein can admit to that!
The fact that Romney didn’t take the bait, and hand the leftwing media a juicy soundbite on a silver platter, says he’s more intelligent than some here think.
Being tried for Espionage and Sedition would be more accurate..
The lady got it right!
Agreed. I do believe Obama and Co. are treasonous, though.
[ The fact that Romney didn’t take the bait, and hand the leftwing media a juicy soundbite on a silver platter, says he’s more intelligent than some here think. ]
That Romney is NOT part of the left wing(himself)...... IS A THEORY..
Republicans running the inventor of Romney-care versus the inventor of Obama-care IS A FACT...
We have identified the traitor.. and the traitor IS US...
RINO Romney and Saddam Soetoro are both liberals. Full ahead for more tax and spend. Romney will have to charge himself with treason and that will never happen.
and all mittens could do was “giggle” severely ... after all, mittens believes (like juan mccain) that Zero is a “really nice guy” ...
Yup. And rather than launch into a defense of Obama like McCain would have done, Romney simply ignored that part of the question/comment. When asked about it by the reporter afterwards he responded appropriately.
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