Before Granting Interviews, Romney Demands Reporters Agree Not To Ask ‘About Abortion Or Todd Akin’

[maddezmom]

By Annie-Rose Strasser on Aug 23, 2012 at 4:09 pm

On the campaign trail today, Mitt Romney refused to grant interviews to any reporters who wanted to know about his position on abortion, or about Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), the Senate candidate whose “legitimate rape” comments sparked outrage over the weekend from Democrats and Republicans alike.

One CBS correspondent explained that only four local reporters got to talk to Romney because of his conditions. “The one stipulation to the interview,” she explained, “was that I not ask him about abortion, or Todd Akin”:

&feature=player_embedded

This move signals Romney’s ongoing commitment to dodge any press that might be unflattering, even after his commitment a few weeks ago to be more open to press appearances.

more: http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/23/737201/before-granting-interviews-romney-demands-reporters-agree-not-to-ask-about-abortion-or-todd-akin/

[Berlum]

1. Who are the knee-crawling reporters who agreed?

I'd bet a sack of doughnuts they are corporate republican puppet- media creations.

[Quantess]

2. What's he going to do in the debates?

[Mike Daniels]

9. He's going to attempt to do a "Palin" at the debates

My two cents...if the question isn't about the economy he's going to do what Palin did in 2008 and just start talking platitudes until he can work the answer back to what he wants to talk about.

That said, I'm not quite sure how he's going to get away with it as he has three debates whereas Palin only had one where she had to play topic dodgeball. Also, when one debate is almost exclusively about economic issues (IIRC) it's going to be awkward if Romney insists that the economy should hold prime over other topics in the other debates.

But most important, I would hope the moderators are wise to that technique now and will cut off any candidate that gets off topic and make them answer the question that was asked.

[Cleita]

3. Really, a Republican doesn't want to talk about abortion this time around?

It was always their favorite wedge issue to trot out for every election because it made the real issues go away into the scrap heap. Things must really be imploding in GOOPERland.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. or his tax returns, or his tenure at Bain, or his stint as Governor of Massachussestts,

or his religion, or his energy policy, or details of his budget plan, or his tithes to the mormon church, or Seamus the dog, and so on and so on.



Release

Your

Freaking

T A X

R E T U R N S ! ! !

[Tom Ripley]

5. In his parallel universe the job applicant dictates the parameters of the employment interview

His personal planet must be Bizarro World

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

6. So, can the reporters ask him why he banned questions about certain politicians and issues?

[Heather MC]

8. A real reporter would

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Alas, Helen Thomas is retired.

[Heather MC]

7. President Obama said it best, being President is a Priviledge not an Entitlement

This Jerk (Romney) really thinks he can ASSHOLE his way to the White house

[asjr]

10. I thought it was President of the U.S. he was running for--

not King.

[Downwinder]

11. If the reporters had any gumption,

they would take him completely out of the media.

Nobody would try that trick again.