TCTI: Too Crazy Too Ignore
 Dave Ross

Kiss my BLEEP?

July 31, 2012 @ 8:45 am (Updated: 8:47 am - 7/31/12 )

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Mitt Romney's foreign policy tour has finally wrapped up which has to be a relief to everybody involved. (AP)

Mitt Romney's foreign policy tour has finally wrapped up which has to be a relief to everybody involved.

Reporters managed to find something to criticize at every stop, and after the Q&A in London where Romney had to backtrack on his criticism of security at the Olympics, he just stopped taking questions from the traveling press.

He sat down with the stationary press, like Greta van Susteren and Brian Williams, but not the traveling press and their frustration finally erupted in Poland.

"Governor Romney do you have a statement for the Palestinians," one reporter yelled.

"What about your gaffes?" another reporter yelled.

Now this is of course what reporters DO, except at this particular moment they were in Warsaw, near a memorial to Pope John Paul II, so a Romney aide wants them to shut up out of respect.

"Show some respect," said a Romney aide.

"We haven't had another chance to ask him questions," said a reporter.

"Kiss my BLEEP this is a holy site", the Romney aide responded. For which he later apologized.

Now its true, saying "Kiss my BLEEP, this is a holy site" is itself probably not suitable for a holy site.

As Jeff Greenfield tweeted, saying "Kiss my BLEEP this is a holy site is like saying "You can't fight in here, this is the War room."

But I would just say to the traveling press corps -- look, he obviously doesn't like your questions, and asking them LOUDER isn't going to work.

Plus, you seem to have this idea that US voters somehow care about foreign policy.

You need to get the heck out of the traveling press corps. Let passersby cover him with their iPhones. If you want to get on the air, figure out what's in those tax returns we're not seeing.

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  • ron prevost wrote...
    RIGHT ON !
    July 31, 2012 8:14 am
    the reporter deserved it. .. And, yes, even a priest could tell you to shut the bleep up - but maybe nicer.

    .

    "You can't fight in here, this is a WAR room". From Doctor Strangelove?

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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Romney has managed to make himself inaccessable
    July 31, 2012 8:36 am
    To anyone other then those that will toss him soft ball questions.Heck even you Rightys should be demanding answers to tough questions.After all he was the originator of Romneycare.He has also stated that he plans on increasing the size of the US Military by I believe 100,000 the press has not had a chance to get answers from him on how he plans to get the money to do that.I also would like to see a list of attendees at the Fundraiser he did while he was in Israel.LEt the American public see who wants to influence US policy with Israel
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    I'd like to see his 2009 Tax returns
    July 31, 2012 8:45 am
    To see if he took advantage of the Voluntary Disclosure Program for foreign bank accounts.

    But I doubt if I ever will.

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  • maplefish wrote...
    I'd like to see Obama's
    July 31, 2012 9:29 am
    College transcripts...You know, who he studied under, what his studies included and what his grade point was. My guess is because he studied Marxism and Socialism and got sssshhhhhitttyy grades....And why is it that you pussy Liberals didn't give a flying "F" about John Carrey or Al Gore's Tax returns? Or holding Obama accountable for the $5 TRILLION wasted tax Dollars that haven't created jackshit for jobs....Or how about the fact the Michelle Obama has more people on her White House Staff then any first lady in history.You idiots don't seem to care about you Messiah's total arrogance and incompetence when it comes to money?
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Let us start with the transcripts
    July 31, 2012 9:48 am
    I don't even remember most of my college profs names.

    So so would you support him more if he got crappy grades in "Marxism and Socialism"? I

    I do care if Mitt was cheating on his taxes three years ago a lot more than what grades Obama got thirty years ago.

    How about you?

    And I will say it again. This economy was losing 3/4 of a million jobs per month when he took office. The stock market was in free fall and our country's largest manufacturing company was on the verge of bankruptcy.

    You can hate him and I see that you do but to say things haven't improved is wrong and we both know it.

    Is it as good as it could be? No. Is it as bad as it was? No.

    To me it is simple as that.

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  • Bowlman wrote...
    William...
    July 31, 2012 10:27 am
    He didn't bail out the Auto industry. WE DID. Don't leave that little tidbit out. We now have the debt to show for it, while the auto industry gets a MULLIGAN. Seems to me that the stock market is still on a roller-coaster, day by day. Obama's numbers are anemic, otherwise he would be leading decisively in the polls right now. Think about that. Most Americans believe this great nation is headed down the wrong path, and a majority believe now that we'll never recover. Food for thought...
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    We did get stuck with the bill
    July 31, 2012 10:56 am
    We got stuck with Iraq too. As taxpayers we do tend to get stuck with the bill.

    Remember, Iraq was supposed to be quick and paid for. It was neither.

    IMO, letting the auto industry collapse wasn't a good option. The credit markets were frozen at the time and in all likelihood it would have meant liquidation.

    Even Mitt agreed it was a good idea (only when he was campaigning in Michigan though).

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  • maplefish wrote...
    Well, then William
    July 31, 2012 12:01 pm
    You have your head planted squarely up your jackass...
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Be careful posting that around Mr. Law
    July 31, 2012 12:30 pm
    He showed some impressive knowledge (I had to google it) of perverse sexual acts yesterday.

    Although it didn't involve a head.

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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Made me wonder what goes on up at the Senior Center in Sequim
    July 31, 2012 12:37 pm
    .
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Wiliam Lawn
    July 31, 2012 2:35 pm
    Would be the one with his head up his ....He actually thinks Obama is GOOD with money...HAHAHAHAHAHA. Obama couldn't manage a Taco Bell
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  • vanderleun wrote...
    Simple minds
    August 1, 2012 7:59 am
    come to simple conclusions. Especially those minds, such as yours, which have long ago been fully colonized.
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  • heyjim55 wrote...
    Taxes?
    August 1, 2012 8:29 am
    You care that Romney maybe cheating on his taxes because bought into that made up story? Then you must be concerned about Tim Gietner also right? How about GE they did not pay taxes at all and they are well into Obama's bed. Obama is a failure and you just can't accept it he is also a Marxist nothing has changed from his college days he is just better skilled at his ideology. It must be very hard for people who fell in love with this fraud thinking he was the next JFK or the messiah of Leftism only to learn that he isn't even close to anything but a cheap salesman.
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  • Drool wrote...
    maplefish
    July 31, 2012 12:41 pm
    Have you seen Mitt's transcripts?
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  • maplefish wrote...
    Don't care.
    July 31, 2012 2:39 pm
    He's more qualified to run this country than the Incompetent, Lying, Inept Moron sitting in the White House right now. Obama has done more damage to this Country in 3 years than ALL the Presidents put together. Anyone who can't see what an imbecile this man is, well I guess you get what you deserve. LIARS NEVER FIGURE & FIGURES NEVER LIE. $5 TRILLION WASTED TAX Dollars and NOTHING to Show for it...
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  • Drool wrote...
    @ Maplefish
    July 31, 2012 6:47 pm
    Spreading Glenn Beck BS again? Learn to think for yourself before regurgitating garbage: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/04/glenn-beck/glenn-beck-says-first-lady-michelle-obama-has-43-h/
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  • mpgunner wrote...
    Hey Lawn...
    July 31, 2012 6:05 pm
    Would you like to have a President who is up to the job? Because Obama has proven he is not.
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  • heyjim55 wrote...
    I like to see Obama
    August 1, 2012 8:15 am
    Release his academic records and a whole lot of other information that he has spent over 3 million dollars on trying to hide. Trying to redirect the focus away from your dear leader won't work. By the way what those reporters did in Poland was disrespectful to the Polish people.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    I'm can't figure out what he was hoping to accomplish on this tour
    July 31, 2012 8:54 am
    I mean sniping back and forth with the British PM in the media, then doing what he does best, flip flopping on his assessment of the Olympics was pretty amazing.

    But funny.

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  • Bowlman wrote...
    Yeah, Maybe a chuckle...
    July 31, 2012 10:28 am
    ...But 57 states funny? No.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    Pretty funny, wasn't it?
    July 31, 2012 10:34 am
    I laughed. Didn't you?
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  • Sportfisher wrote...
    Wow, they actually pay you guys for this stuff?
    July 31, 2012 10:09 am
    Hannity was right about the media.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    Sportfisher
    July 31, 2012 12:33 pm
    In case you haven't noticed Hannity is a example of just how bad the media can be.He's a wind up shill for the GOP.Listen to his show and within 30 seconds of any time you tune in he will be trashing the Dems and Obama.He is a true Phony
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  • HLC wrote...
    lawn?
    July 31, 2012 10:21 am
    Why is fine for the Secretary of the Treasury to cheat on his taxes? The correct answer is because most taxacrats are crimminals. Why do you think the labor unions support the lefties? They swim in the same pool.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    You must have me confused with someone else HLC
    July 31, 2012 10:33 am
    If he did intentionally cheat, that isn't OK.

    I think the word intentional was subject to debate in his confirmation hearing. Senator Hatch, for one, agreed as I recall and supported the confirmation.

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  • SeattleD wrote...
    Dumney made a campaign promise to Israel
    July 31, 2012 10:26 am
    If he becomes president Dumney is going to make Netanyahu the commander and chief of the U.S. Armed forces.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    SeattleD
    July 31, 2012 11:45 am
    I heard a guy on TV yesterday state "The only thing Romney didn't promise Israel was to hold his inauguration in Jerusalem" In the photos I saw Romney appeared to look like Netanyahu's surrogate.
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  • Citizen of Krazy Town wrote...
    Would love to see a list of Rahm-isms
    July 31, 2012 10:48 am
    So funny that the best the critical media can do is complain about a staffer uttering a naughty word.
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  • kata wrote...
    An aide cussed?
    July 31, 2012 11:10 am
    *lol* Oh please, the Press has shown so much deference to the President thus far it's almost as if he has an extension to his campaign rather than an actual free press. One nice thing about an (R) for president will be the lack of lapdogs. It's just embarrassing.
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  • William Lawn wrote...
    The (R) worked out so well for us last time
    July 31, 2012 12:22 pm
    Time to try it again.
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  • messiah101 wrote...
    kata
    July 31, 2012 12:41 pm
    Yes sir e bob NO Lapdogs in the GOP not a one.Glad to see guys like you in the GOP.
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  • The Chuckster wrote...
    I love media!!!!!!!!!!
    July 31, 2012 12:56 pm
    I love Obama . His steaming piles are artwork . He stands above it all, he is godlike.....Romney is a wimp!!!! I read Newsweek !!!!! Will Lawn likes to fluff Obamas stuff!!!
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  • The Chuckster wrote...
    Chris Matthews
    July 31, 2012 1:00 pm
    " when I heard Obamas speech, I got a thrill up my leg"
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