‘Real News’ War Room: What Do Romney Aides Say About the Candidate?
- Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:48pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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Romney’s campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul has ticked off some conservatives after apparently stepping off message during an interview with Fox News, where while responding to the Obama SuperPac Ad accusing Mitt Romney of the death of a steelworker’s wife, Saul said the woman would have had health insurance if she lived in Massachusetts under Romneycare. While a great deal of analysis has centered on Saul, the quiet appointment of Bob Zoellick as the head of national security planning to the Romney transition team has drawn less attention than perhaps appropriate.
Foreign Policy notes that Zoellick, a former Bush Administration official, seems to some to be a little too pro-China, while not supportive enough to Israel.
On “Real News” Thursday the panel analyzed what we can learn from Romney by examining the advisors he has placed around him. Looking at the background of Zoellick and recent actions by Saul, is there a reason for conservatives to be worried? Watch a clip from the show below:
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Posted on August 10, 2012 at 10:54amI have seen alot of attacks on Fox Nation allowing Progressives to comment and attack Conservatives, and also trying to send files to their computers..The websites are not monitored to stop this from happening… The ultimate result will be that you have liars and riff raff Occupying your website…shutting out honesty and truth…I hope you are happy with the results.
Report Post »Mugatu
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:07pm“and also trying to send files to their computers.” Wow just randomly making things up, did you get that nugget of wisdom from some post and assume it is fact?
How amusing.
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:51amMitt Romney is a man that has made his fortune on the broken backs of hard working American employees who’s companies were bought up and spit out for pure profit taking away 20, 30 and 40 years of service who‘s life’s are shattered while their once guaranteed pensions are now sitting tax free in the Caymens and in Swiss accounts.
Here is a man who takes his profits and donated them back to his Church / Racket business who is the only church by the way that can self appoint their members from serving in Vietnam or any war because they can self appoint themselves Priests abusing our Freedom of Religions laws that my family fought and died for since the Revolutionary War. My family back then were Puritans but 3 generations of them were at Bunker Hill that day at the sight of Warren when he fell. They didn’t hide behind their religion to avoid making this country. Romney is a Coward.
This Man is a Liar and a Tax cheat and above all a self serving despicable ugly human and an embarrassment to be considered an American. Just a disgusting waste of human greed.
Romney’s company BAIN and the companies in his line of work are not job creators, they are wealth creators concerned only with squeezing the **** out of a Buffalo Nickel for profit and killing and destroying American families in their wake.
Report Post »Wool-Free Vision
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 2:18amSo biased it had to be stated twiased?
By the way, who’s is not the same as whose. And life’s is not the same as lives. And a church is not a racket business. And I am pretty sure all churches appoint their own members when choosing leaders. And sight is not the same as site. And buffalo nickels are no longer in circulation (though I‘m pretty sure you couldn’t squeeze asterisks out of them even when they were).
So, I guess you’re gonna be voting Romney?
Report Post »13th Generation American
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 11:06pmHere is a man that has made his fortune on the broken backs of american employees who’s companies were bought up and spit out for pure profit taking away 20, 30 and 40 years of service who‘s life’s are shattered while their once guaranteed pensions are sitting tax free in the Caymens.
Here is a man who takes his profits and donated them back to his Church / Racket business who is the only church by the way that can self appoint their members from serving in Vietnam because they can self appoint themselves Priests abusing our Freedom of Religions laws that my family fought and died for since the Revolutionary War. My family back then were Puritans but 3 generations of them were at Bunker Hill that day at the sight of Warren when he fell. They didn’t hide behind their religion to avoid making this country. Romney is a Coward.
This Man is a Liar and a Tax cheat and above all a self serving despicable ugly human and an embarrassment to be considered a America, Just a disgusting waste of greed.
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:50pmRomney must be doing great. You can tell from this thread that the Paulbots are scared to death that 0bama is going to lose.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:08pmscared to death of the next hitler yeah, and Obama will win in a landslide against that monster.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:46pmI don’t want Obama to win. I don’t want Romney to win. I guess in the grand scheme of things, I feel the election is already over and America lost. I hope everything works out, but I’m not holding my breath. I keep hammering away at the liberty movement‘s message in hopes we can get it right 2016 provided we’re still around, but I even doubt the social progressives and consitutionalists will be able to bridge the gap and we’ll end up with the same liberal / progressive R in 2016 because conservatives were split.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:41pmZionist foreign policy basically.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:48pmINDI, What about the Blacks, the Irish and the ******? They are ruining America too, right?
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:54pmNice for a change, would you say?
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:57pm*******= late 20th century slang for “Chinese”
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:02pmLate 19th Century Slang…..
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:07pmNo fighting their wars, increasing deficit and raising taxes to fund it is bad, Obama foreign policy is bad but not as bad as Bush’s was.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:18pmINDI exposed as a full-fledged Obama supporter (as if that surprises anyone), “Obama foreign policy is bad but not as bad as Bush’s was.”
Report Post »Any pretense of actually even being a Paul supporter is out the window with that gem. Obama has engaged the US in MORE wars than Bush, and as Increased foreign aid to our sworn enemies from Bush levels. What INDI likes is that Obama will actively seek the destruction of Israel, unlike Bush.
MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:40pmBlazers know all too well that, in the past, Leftists called themselves “Progressives” until their failed policies forced them to rebrand as “Liberals”. Once again, Leftist’s failed policies called for a re-rebrand. Being of extremely limited ideas, they settled on……….. “Progressive”. Now that their failed policies have, yet again, demanded a re-re-rebrand, the absolute “smartest” among them have actually come up with a new tack. It is what we have come to identify as PaulBotism.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:16pm“What Do Romney Aides Say About the Candidate?”
Not much directly….But when his own candidates cannot make the case for a Mitt Romney presidency – you KNOW he is a bad candidate
Report Post »qpwillie
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:09pmsoybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:19pm
@kaydeebeau
There are actually lots of choices. But your options are limited to two if you vote based on who can win
________________________________________________________________
Let me tell you how this works. Anybody who can’t win is not going to be president.
I’ll bet you dye all your Easter eggs white, don’t you?
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:25pm“Let me tell you how this works. Anybody who can’t win is not going to be president. ”
SHOCKING!!!!
Report Post »bitterclinger
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:14pmReally, Willard? Are you planning to throw the election just like McLame? You’re off to a rousing start — and don’t forget your “no comment” on the Chick-fil-A protests.
What a douche.
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:17pmso petition for him to step down – the convention has not occured
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:24pmAgreed – If this is the best the Republicans can do – the male candidate in the pink frilly apron cooking bison burgers – the party needs to merge with the Dems and let the real Americans form up a party that stands for something–the Constitution and liberty. America cannot afford 20 more years of Obama Supreme Court appointees, but if GOP candidate can’t decide if he is for the liberal program in question or against it, the GOPs days are numbered.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:45pmZIPZAP
Report Post »Ever hear of the Tea Party?
soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:29pmwho is the tea party candidate in november
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:14pmAs usual, Buck brings up the best points. And yes, Romney bringing in Bush’s Noeconservatives national security advisors is a big deal. They are lying maggots. I don’t want them anywhere near the WhiteHouse ever again.
Oh and it was a little insulting to hear Will saying that the average American doesn’t know who so and so is… It’s your job in the media to inform us on important facts! Most Americans are too busy busting their asses trying to make ends meet to dig through all this crap, so the media must inform them of important information.
Report Post »resme
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:38pmIf you ever have the time, You should watch this video it’s a little lengthy. He was on Beck’s program when beck was half way decent. Just finished watching it, Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_VqX6J93k
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:39pm@just
When do you know your a liberal? When you make statements such, ‘It’s your job in the media to inform us on important facts!’
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:49pm@the
What exactly is the job of TV news, talk radio, and news websites other than to inform?
Report Post »therealconservative
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:59pm@mutiny
As I said ‘When do you know your a liberal? ‘ Those of us that are conservative/think for ourselves, don’t rely on the media to tell us what to know/think.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:18pmTV Media is garbage because its done and controlled by the rich but online news can be put on by the common man so its much better and more accurate.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:46pm@resms
I hope you find this post. I’ll keep an eye out for your posts if you do not.
I now remember having a similar issue using Firefox. The problem was that I was using IE first, then switched to Firefox. I had to clear the cache in IE first before my avatar would change in any browser. Were you using IE first and then switched to Firefox? I’d like to stick with this issue until it is solved.
Report Post »resme
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 11:25pm@themonk, Nah i’ve always used firefox. Maybe the addon ad block plus i use to block youtube commercials and annoying blaze ads. I’ll try to update my profile with IE or another computer.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:42am@resme
Thanks. Keep me informed. I want to help you through to a satisfactory conclusion of your issue.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 1:44am@Real, Liberal/Conservative are relative terms. By today‘s standard defnition I’m fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I know I’m not a progressive.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 7:06amJUST wrote… “I’m fiscally conservative and socially liberal. I know I’m not a progressive.”
Nothing more than a thrifty-Liberal. But it goes well beyond that simple description.
The links between the modern day Libertarian (those who support Ron Paul) and Socialism is uncanny. Just like Lenin and Stalin, today’s Ron Paul Libertarians advocate near anarchy like conditions between populace and government (”kill the government, save the worker”).
True Conservatives understand this Libertarian link to Socialist-like ideals and should shun this supposed “liberty movement” and it’s supporters like the plague.
Ron Paul Libertarians use, distort and abuse the Constitution to suit their agendas and their flights of fancy and fantasy. All you have to do is read Ron Paul’s “The Revolution” where he tries to marry the Constitution to “isolationism” (ooops, “non-interventionism) through Washington’s Farewell Address and his obvious compassion for Jihadists. Ron Paul and his supporters live in an alternate universe… they are… and will continue to be… a danger to this nation well after Ron Paul leaves this planet.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 8:03amWell Time2, I’m an originalist like Justices Scalia and Thomas. I don‘t think sharing the view on constitutionalism with the two most ’conservative’ justices on the court is consistent with any of the stuff you wrote. (Scalia has abandoned this theory at times Gore v. Bush, his latest on gun control) But as I’m finding out, I’m really more a libertarian leaning constitutionalist rather than a true Libertarian. I think it’s laughable that I would be considered “dangerous” in any way. I’m not the man I used to be, and I highly doubt my words on the Blaze comment section are influencing anyone in the least. I can’t even get people here to stop swooning over the 2010 Tea Party folks that abandoned their principles the minute the arrived in Washington.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 8:27amYup, I’m going to subvert the soccer moms at play group. Watch out for the convoy of minivans heading to Washington. We’re going to hold the neocons down, lick our napkins and wipe the food off the corner of the mouths. And if they don‘t repeal the NDAA we’re going to break out our secret weapon… the ‘Tickle monster’.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on August 10, 2012 at 12:01pmTime2, You should have seen the moms and I today at arts and crafts. We discussed the overthrow of capitalism while doing macroni art. Then “the man” kicked us out early for huffing the Elmer’s glue. (you know how us libertarian/constitutionalists are) I didn’t even get to finish painting my pink and purple ceramic kitty.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:10pmAndrea Saul should be fired.
That was the DUMBEST response anyone could have come up with.
If Romney‘s campaign people are from McCain’s campaign, Romney
needs to GET RID OF THEM – IMMEDIATELY!
AND – distance himself from McCain – that WEASLE practically GAVE
Obama the win in 2008.
When I saw Romney laughing in his reponse to the Obama Ad, it
reminded me of the time when Obama told McCain, ” John, John, We Won”,
and McCain sat there like a “Lab Rat” , grinning.
And, Romney recently asked, ” What happened to all the hope & change?
basically saying, where‘s the civility in Obama’s campaign tactics..
.
Well, GUESS WHAT ROMNEY – WELCOME TO REALVILLE -
YOU‘RE DEALING WITH A CHICAGO THUG WHO DOESN’T HAVE ANY RULES.
NOW WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? PLAY PITTY PAT?
OR- are you going to sit, cry & complain that HE isn’t playing FAIR?
Look – KUDDO’S to want to play fair, nice and good – BUT-
THERE COMES A TIME…AND ROMNEY’S TIME IS NOW!
GROW SOME OR EXPECT TO BE FLATTENED BY A STEAM ROLLER.
Report Post »FIGHT BACK – FIGHT HARD – FIGHT FURIOUSLY AND FIGHT NOW!
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:55pmAgreed, well said. No more Mr. nice guy like McSlain was. Romney needs to tear into Obama and remind America of ALL the lies, money stolen, and the corruption this Administration has committed these last 3 3/4 years. Romney all needs a shake-up in his campaign staff and he needs to pick a young Constitutional conservative as his VP.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:01pmRomney is worst candidate the GOP could have come up with by far. Thanks establishment.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:13pmI am not so sure Romney is that bad so much as his handlers and advisers are rotten, then again he has been VERY successful so he must no how to surround himself with the right people and then again, how is it that there are so many McCain-like moments. No Matter – O must go. There are 2 choices – O or Romney. I know for a fact the tyranny I will get with O, I am willing to take my chances with Romney. At least he will slow the bleeding and give us time to catch up.
If O is re-elected we are doomed. With Romney we have time and a chance. I can live with that -we cannot survive with 4 more years of O – no way, no how – end of US
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:19pm@kaydeebeau
Report Post »There are actually lots of choices. But your options are limited to two if you vote based on who can win
MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:25pmObama/Paul 2012: Yes We Can Obstruct a Border Fence!
Report Post »soybomb315_II
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:38pmRomney / Pelosi 2012
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:42pm@model
Yes if we only built a border fence that would fix it.
Another video to educate you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdGvIZut068
Penn and Teller pay illegals to build the typical border fence we have been building. It takes them hours to build the section. It takes them less than a minute to go under, over, and through it.
WAKE UP MORON.
Report Post »Mutiny
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:46pm@model
Here is another border fence for you idiot. This one has girls climbing over it. I am sure you dont see them in person so it might help you later on.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHjKBjM1ngw
therealconservative
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:49pm@mutiny
Wrong Paul is against a border fence and border agents, meaning OPEN BORDERS.
WAKE UP MORON.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:52pmMUTINY, Why do you keep arguing with and attempting to insult my posts? The Obama/Paul 2012 ticket would give you all the things you’re whining to me about wanting. If you have any character or honor, you MUST DEMAND an Obama/Paul 2012 Ticket at the Democratic National Convention. Idiot.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:22pmRomney/Warren 2012, illegals get tax payer services under them.
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:30pmThat, Ladies and Gentlemen, is what is know as Complete and Total Capitulation by INDI. (and MUTINY, and whatever other User Names the poor Loser is using). I win “They” lose.
Report Post »resme
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:55pm“notes that Zoellick, a former *Bush* Administration official, seems to some to be a little too pro-China, while not supportive enough to Israel”
That‘s all i need to know about romney’s foreign policy. World war 3 here we come….
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:07pmAccording to Revelation (Daniel, Ezekiel, Isaiah, Zechariah, Joel, etc) we can’t avoid WWIII – just matters whether you have accepted redemption or not. Are you ready?
Report Post »resme
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:18pmOne can never be too ready kay, Wait a little longer please jesus song comes to mind.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NlWrKBSwzw
Report Post »orlandojon
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:52pmThe Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns the vote from 43%.
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:30pmThe question is which state do the 47% live in? We need half of Idaho to move to Colorado, We need everyone in the heartland to pick their favorite swing state and move immediately and register to vote. We don’t 80% of the vote in Texas – we need 51% of the vote in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Ohio, and Florida.
Report Post »Individualism
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 10:19pmlatest electoral map shows Obama 290 and Romney 190.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 8:52pmThese are left over McLame operatives .. they need to be REPLACED NOW!
Report Post »zipzap
Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:33pmIf you have served in the GOP machine in the past, you should be ineligible. We need fresh, connected minds running the assault. I refuse to call it a campaign. Campaigns are for losers. Assaults are for people who have the cajones to bring home the victory and leave a smoking brand on the Democrat party’s fleshy hindquarters saying “Hands off!, I own this B*tch, sincerely Mitt Romney.”
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