Reporter: "You're just going to ignore a man in a wheelchair?" Romney: "WELL, I SPOKE WITH HIM"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

[Island Blue]

1. What a prick.

And did you notice that inappropriate grin that started to form on Mitt's lips at about the :30 mark? At least he didn't start giggling like he usually does at time like this.

[polichick]

2. The second he realized what the issue was, he started backing away...

This guy has no empathy - and no balls either.

[southernyankeebelle]

24. You knew the answer before he asked it.

[xchrom]

3. Typical Rmoney. Snide & callous. Nt

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. "Well, I spoke with him...

I could have pushed his wheelchair down the steps, but I didn't!" See what a great guy he is?

[freshwest]

18. Yeah, that just makes it all better, Romney!

[hlthe2b]

5. Gawd.. and to think this unspeakable cretin might become President.

I wish that could go as viral as possible.

[Scuba]

6. Why would Mitt answer the question? People in chairs don't often make huge campaign contributions.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

7. Jesus what a

Pr1ck!

[riverwalker]

8. that patronizing smirk

"I dismiss you" grrrr

[Gore1FL]

9. To Romney's credit

he didn't push the guy down a flight of steps.

[freshwest]

35. But only because the reporter was there. Otherwise, it'd have been Yee Haw!

[bayareaboy]

10. folks are gonna set up King Mittens untill election day ...

He needs it!

It brings out the true meglomanic qualities that we all know he has.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

12. naw, he will take steps to screen out set ups, ie normal people who have real issues.

[bayareaboy]

19. Oh, I am sure he will take all sorts of steps ...

But as I turn, step by step, sorry I got carried away, with the whole megalomania thing!

he doesn't have a Karl Rove as of yet and I don't know if he will get they will let Karl into the day to day thing. I think that Mittens and his staff think they have it under control and they want his super pac money but think they can do the day to day as they have in the past. Which to me has been extremely well as Mitt might say is really fabulous! he seems to think that if he is asked something he doesn't necessarily have to answer. I figure this will happen for a while.

[Dustlawyer]

11. K&R K&R K&R

[Smilo]

13. And there you have it folks.......

the true Romney -

[SoutherDem]

14. Compassionate Conservatism

How can anyone when give the choice of voting for Romney not vote for the OTHER guy? Especially those who are Christians who want to be know for being compassionate.

[Lucky Luciano]

15. Wow. As politicians go, Romney is remarkably unsmooth.

He was an absolute dick. Had no idea how to handle being cornered like that - and as such, he exposed his true self.

[unblock]

16. the "you're just going to ignore a man in a wheelchair?" ruins the video, imho

he didn't ignore him. the one decent thing he did was he talked to him.

he gave expressed zero sympathy for his condition or situation, and he gave the response of a rigid ideologue.

but he did talk to him and even offered a (lame) suggestion (synthetic marijuana). he ran away when the easy answer didn't work.


"you're just going leave a man in a wheelchair to suffer?" would have been devastating.

[Speck Tater]

17. Don't flame me, but what would Obama's amswer be?

[bupkus]

26. I won't flame you because it would probably be something along the lines of:

http://justsaynow.firedoglake.com/2011/10/31/white-house-offers-dismissive-response-to-marijuana-petitions/

White House Offers Dismissive Response to Marijuana Petitions

According to scientists at the National Institutes of Health- the world’s largest source of drug abuse research – marijuana use is associated with addiction, respiratory disease, and cognitive impairment. We know from an array of treatment admission information and Federal data that marijuana use is a significant source for voluntary drug treatment admissions and visits to emergency rooms. Studies also reveal that marijuana potency has almost tripled over the past 20 years, raising serious concerns about what this means for public health – especially among young people who use the drug because research shows their brains continue to develop well into their 20′s. Simply put, it is not a benign drug.

Like many, we are interested in the potential marijuana may have in providing relief to individuals diagnosed with certain serious illnesses. That is why we ardently support ongoing research into determining what components of the marijuana plant can be used as medicine. To date, however, neither the FDA nor the Institute of Medicine have found smoked marijuana to meet the modern standard for safe or effective medicine for any condition.

As a former police chief, I recognize we are not going to arrest our way out of the problem. We also recognize that legalizing marijuana would not provide the answer to any of the health, social, youth education, criminal justice, and community quality of life challenges associated with drug use.

In other words, utter and complete bullshit.

[Quixote1818]

20. This needs to be an advertisment used against Romney! Everyone should see this! nt

[DianaForRussFeingold]

21. "Ice-Cold"

Last edited Sat May 12, 2012, 04:34 PM - Edit history (1)

Thank you,for posting the video from youtube! Keith discussed this same video clip on CountDown!
"Keith Olbermann Resurrects Ice-Cold Mitt Romney Encounter With Medical Marijuana Patient" "Mediaite"~ "Holton is a 23 year old who suffers from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), which, as he explained to Gov. Romney when he met him in New Hampshire during the 2008 presidential campaign, is a rare form of the disease. He also explained to Romney that his five doctors all recommended that he use medical marijuana, which helps to relieve his pain and stimulate his appetite, and asked if Romney, as president, would have him or his doctors arrested.

Gov. Romney starts off by raising the issue of synthetic marijuana, which Holton says makes him vomit. Romney says “I’m sorry to hear that,” but he may as well be apologizing for a bowl of cold soup.

"“I’m not in favor of medical marijuana being legal,” Romney concludes, and as Holton tries to press Romney for an answer as to whether he would enforce that position by arresting doctors and patients, Romney has already moved on to pressing the flesh. When a bystander asked Romney why he didn’t answer Holton’s question, Romney wheeled and curtly replied, “I spoke with him.”

Now, Romney supporters would probably call this encounter manipulative, and as the guy hectoring Romney with “You’re just going to ignore a person in a wheelchair?” indicates, they would be right about that, to some degree. Olbermann, for his part, never even bothers to identify Clayton Holton by name.
However, there is a human face to almost any policy, and a candidate for high office needs to be able to defend political positions to those human faces. If Romney’s position protects some greater good, then he ought to be able to articulate it, especially in a situation like this." "Midiaite"http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olbermann-resurrects-ice-cold-mitt-romney-encounter-with-medical-marijuana-patient/

[FailureToCommunicate]

22. Meh. I don't see the big deal...

Doesn't matter that the guy is in a wheelchair. Romney had gone as far as he was comfortable on that subject, and moved on.

He is still Romney Robot.

[GeorgeGist]

23. His classmates knew.

[The Wielding Truth]

27. Is that a gun under his chin?

[rexcat]

25. Romney has not compasion for his fellow human beings...

or for that matter any living creatures. Typical bully.

[DeSwiss]

29. A bully is one way to describe him. Here's another:

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is described by the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition (DSM-IV-TR), as an Axis II personality disorder characterized by "...a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others that begins in childhood or early adolescence and continues into adulthood."{1}



K&R

[rexcat]

30. One in the same!

[nonoxy9]

28. Yes he will! And so will Obama! Eric Holder's already cracking down in Colorado!

[jillan]

31. You know what this says to me? That this empty asshole CANNOT think on his feet.

He couldn't say that he understands and when he is President (not that that will happen) he will look into this because he understands there are cases such as his?

He couldn't come up with a thing to say to this man???

No thanks - I don't want a President that is not a quick thinker.
There are just too many important decisions to make when you are the leader of the free world.

What a prick! A soulless prick!

[Amerigo Vespucci]

32. He goes right up the edge of his canned response comfort zone, then bails mentally.

He really does shut down, and if he's challenged at that point, he becomes belligerent. Just look at his famous / infamous Fox interview for proof. If he becomes agitated when being interviewed by FOX NEWS, that's NOT a good indicator of his overall mental health.

[grantcart]

33. Give the guy a break. Romney held back on his compulsion to give the guy a hair cut and shave

his beard.

He wouldn't even have to have 5 other guys hold em down either.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

36. Yep, for Mitt, the wild & crazy college prankster, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel

And having said that, I'll even bet he has LITERALLY SHOT FISH IN A BARREL.

[CoffeeCat]

34. I guess we should all be grateful...

...that Romney didn't strap him to the roof of his car and drive full speed to Canada.