Romney Refuses to Answer Hannity‘s Questions About Obama’s Dog-Eating Past
- Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:53am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Flash: the 2012 presidential right now hinges on — dogs.
The four-legged friends have dominated the news the last two days after the media remembered that Obama admitted to eating dog in his memoir, “Dreams From My Father.” And that was noteworthy because the Obama campaign has continually drudged up the fact that Mitt Romney once tied his dog’s kennel to the top of his car during a road trip.
Enter Sean Hannity, who on Wednesday tried to get Romney to respond to “dog-gate,” as he’s termed it. He asked Mitt Romney if he wanted to respond. But Romney wasn’t having any of it.
“Sean,” he said while laughing, “I’m going to talk about jobs, and the economy, I’m going to talk about the debt, I’m going to talk about the measures people care about.”
“You’re not going to take the bait, huh?” Hannity responded, chuckling himself.
Mediaite has the relevant portion:
The full interview, with much more substance, is below:
(H/T: Mediaite)
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Comments (147)
audiemurphy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:50amDidnu ever think the “ nice person” line is brilliant.
Report Post »We all know bHO is not nice. But ……. alot of uniformed BHO supporters think he is. And when he shows how not nice he is during the general the nice line will haunt him as it will point out he is not nice in people’s minds.
Romney is no fool and he has a staff of coaches helping him with all his word choices.
Cmon this is a top CEO and pres candidate.
Keep all things in perspective and think outside the box .
jujubeebee
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:01amMy experience with BHO supporters is that they will ONLY believe what they want to believe. It is like a cult. You can lay out all the facts for them and they will still only see or believe what they want to. I think going after voting groups and pandering to them is silly. Listening to the commentators on tv saying how to get this group’s vote almost makes me mad. Focus on the economy….not on how to get certain groups to vote for you. Forget about swaying certain groups and stick by your beliefs. Laura Ingraham should take over O‘Reilly’s job.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:48amObama doesn’t impress me as a nice guy. He is a phony.
Report Post »I do think Romney reacted presidential in not stooping to the lefty campaign tactics. Let others do it for him. I have laughed so much over this dog war. It is just so funny. When the right uses the left’s tactics (Saul Alinsky Rule #5 ridicule) right back at them the left gets defensive and doesn’t get the joke. That is almost as funny as the jokes going around about Obama eating dog. This has been fun. The jokes are hilarious and so is the left’s reaction to the joke. Axelrod started this to distract from the economy and they took it and pushed back with the same stuff that is constantly thrown at them. I just loved it. But Obama is not the nice guy he is protraying. He is a phony. It is showbiz politics and the campaign of perception is reality. I am not falling for the nice guy persona.
progressiveslayer
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:01amSean says to Mitt, Governor what’s your take on Obama eating dog?
Sean why you be doggin me on dis dog keep it real yo.
That‘s the response I’d like to have seen but these minor issues are really just that minor,and the main thing is firing Barry come November.Mitt isn’t the best choice but Barry has evil intent for this country with his policies,BO gotta go.
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:47amWhat no comment from PeTA or the ASPCA?
Report Post »9111315
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:08amPETA would not be involved as dogs are not considered tasty animals.
Report Post »lynnissmart
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:46amJust stick to the issues Mitt and you will be fine!!! Great job…
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:20amRomney can’t beat Obama.
Report Post »Small World
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:44amRomney is so PC it worries me. Think he’ll be there for Ted Nugent?
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:05amTed Nugent is a sound bite. Romney needs to stay out of the fray and continue to be focused on Obama, the Presidency, and talking about important issues…. not Nugent and dogs.
Report Post »pwatkins
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:43amGlad pops fed Obama dog when he was young bc it put him in his place today, another childish political call Romney can now ignore. Good for Romney and Hannity for putting the dog on the car blocker out there and handling it so well. Like Romney said let’s stick with our real problems, but the only problem I have left is Romney calling Obama nice….gotta stop. The people planning to cast our votes for Romney do not think Obama is nice and that is why we will vote for anyone to get him out of the White House, so Mr. Future President, please speak the truth.
Report Post »DaveIn84
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:39amHannity is a knucklehead.
Report Post »BehindBlueEyes
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:03amI can tell your a deep thinker.
Report Post »DaveIn84
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:05amDeep enough to know that it should be “you’re”…….
Report Post »IndyGuy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:30amTo be honest…I‘m a little more concerned about Obama’s mention in his book that he SOUGHT OUT the MARXIST Professors…
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:43amThat‘s the most important part of Barry’s story and these issues of eating dogs is a non issue.Barry was influenced by communists,Marxists and Frantz Fanon an anti-colonialist.These people and Barry‘s father created the Marxist that’s currently trying to end capitalism.
Based on everything I’ve read about Obama prior to the 08 election I was convinced he was a Marxist with utter contempt for America as founded.
Report Post »IvannaJerb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:20amhonestly, learning about communism is Extremely important if you are going to be a constitutional professer…also objectivity is important in all facets of learning, especially when you learning to teach the subject.
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:29amyoudidthis – have some dignity with your posts!!!! Paul is a wasted vote at this point.
Report Post »LibertyOrDeath12
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:24amThe only ones wasting there votes are the ones going for Romney.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 12:43pmABO…anybody but obama.
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:27amJust listened to the interview:
Romney, I agree with your decision to focus on the President’s Record; and I understand the Politics: But….
Let ME set the record straight, (since I’m not running for anything,) The President is NOT A NICE GUY!
Nice guys don’t trick young people into campaigning for their own future as SERFS!
Nice guys don’t plan to FORCE rationed healthcare on the neediest and most helpless people in a society, THE ELDERLY, who created the PLATFORM from which we all can SUCCEED!!!
Nice guys don’t party, golf and vacation on the dimes of people who are in the WORST ECONOMIC TIMES of their ENTIRE LIVES!
Nice guys don’t foment COVETOUSNESS, GREED and DIVISION among people who need to UNITE to SURVIVE.
Get Real!!!!
Report Post »altannt
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:27amHey youdidthis is the right name youdidthis and voted for Obuma in 2008
Report Post »Clawdewd
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:26amI don’t believe this has anything to do with not “stooping to the same level”,
Remember, Mitt did a lot of missionary work in and about Asia as a young man. Being a guest, he would have been expected to eat as the native population would.
He MAY have eaten dog himself.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:53am“may?”
Report Post »stretching?
southern_charm
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:53amMitt actually served two years in Europe not Asia. I believe it was Italy or France.
Report Post »cemerius
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:20amCool, I have eaten monkey, cat dog and maybe horse too!! Put terriaki sauce on it and most anything is edible!!! I believe that the Romney defense was flawless to counter a dog against a dog! Figuratively speaking, the “dog” in the Whitehouse needs to be sent to the “pound”!
Report Post »rickbob
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:20amHis missionary work was in France (i.e. Europe) not Asia.
Report Post »Philo Beddoe
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:24amMitt played it smart on this one.
We can all laugh about eating dog, but we’re all going to be crying if the obamunist is re-elected
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:30amI agree. By not answering the question, if Obama keeps hammering on the dog on the roof thing, it makes Obama look small and not interested in the important things. This was a win for Romney and the classy thing to do. That being said, Obama will keep hammering on the dog on the roof. He has no class and a terrible record to run on. But Romney looks like the adult in the room.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:18am.
Report Post »Mitt showed some class by not talking about Michelle….What? Oh, My Bad Ya’ll Wrong Dog…..
youdidthis
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:16ampl$$ off…you can vote for mittens all ya want.
i will vote for ron paul.
only one that supports the constitution.
you can vote for obama white.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:07amJust vote for Barry, Knucklehead
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:16amI think we need to make bumper stickers…
Report Post »I will not vote for someone who eats dog…or
Obamas recovery plan..dog meat…or
It’s a dog eating dog world…or
maybe the best,,,Has anyone seen Bo layely?
disenlightened
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:21amBo . . . the other white meat.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:50amDon’t worry it is not pink slime. Bo? Bo, here boy.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:56amI am laughing. This has been a break for me to be able to laugh in spite of what Obama is doing. I love all these jokes. I needed the distraction from the economy. Mitt Romney acted presidential on Hannity but I do like having this out there for the jokes!
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:16amBarry is eying your Dog. A State dinner with Kim Jong Dead and his new puppet Kim Jong Undead is coming up. North Korean’s love Canis.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:14amWay to go Mitt, way to show your class! The “so educated” but “truly ignorant” children hangin‘ at the taxpayer’s Whitehouse keep stepping in there own dog poo!
I love it, it just gives the RNC more video of foolish and ingnorant fools who are wasting taxpayers hard earned money to run during this election cycle. No better spokeman for the reason these fools should not be elected than their own words and actions.
BTW I am hiding my lab … she doesn‘t want to end up on Barry’s table!
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:30amDear MetroSexual: Africa, the Middle East, Asia, South America… they all eat Dog… so why offend the people of other Nations? Support Obama… eat your Dog!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:12amBack him or back Obama. That’s your only choice now genius.
Report Post »PoliticiansRCrooks
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 11:21amNope, your wrong. There is another choice. Ron Paul who gets 6 times more people at speeches than all of the candidates combined.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:12amThis will be Mitt’s downfall – he has trouble pointing out his opponents’ weaknesses, just like McCain, and the end result will be the same.
If you cannot find the inner strength to call the ball, you’re wasting your time.
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:17amthat be the truth
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:21amNo, not this one. He needs to stay above this one and let people like you and me use it to full advantage. This is a gift from heaven – Obama eats dogs. It‘s got a life of it’s own and Romney could only hurt himself by using it – after all, he was just a little kid they’d say. Romney looked presidential by keeping his distance.
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:25amObama doesn’t want us talking about his record. He would rather have us talking about dogs.
Report Post »Living In NYC
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:36amHauschild…I think Mitt did the right thing…lets talk about Barry record and let the rest of the media have fun talking about dogs..I do hope to see some funny bumperstickers and signs though!
Another Barry distraction…Mitt don’t take the bait…let the fools show their ingnorance and stupidity!
Report Post »youdidthis
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:43amgrimmy,
Report Post »you seriously can not be that dam stupid.
hauschild
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:25amThis is simply a pattern of RINO behavior and it ends up costing them the election every time.
McCain took the high road every chance he could, and look where that got him.
When you’re up against bottom feeders, anything goes – on both sides.
Report Post »JQCitizen
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:08amGOD DELIVER US from the Nah, Nah, Back-at-you sydrome. Keep it up, Romney!!! We can’t let Obama Rope-a-Dope us into these Rabbit Trails.
I think Hannity gets too hung up on the media and let’s them pull him into these DUMB DISPUTES, anyway. Maybe this will be an awakening for him.
Report Post »altannt
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:08amHe’s right he should not talk about dum things. I don‘t know why this story is on the blaze it makes Romney look good and that’s not what Glenn Beck wants. I still haven’t figured out why Glenn Beck hates Romney so bad.
Report Post »dsm
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:11amHe doesn’t hate Romney. Romney is no conservative. If you go back through the years and listen to Romney speak on certain issues, he is a flip-flopper. He is a RINO. He will be another John McCain. We all know what happened there, don’t we???????????????
Report Post »altannt
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:18amMcCain lost because he is a progressive and to soft and his VP pick was wrong choice.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:59amI saw it and I thought Romney handled it well. He looked a heck of a lot more Presidential than Obama whining because his mother‘s silverware wasn’t up to his standards.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:16amI felt the same because Romney has more dignity and class than Barry, those two qualities are void in the Marxist in chief.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:19amReally Gonzo…How good does your silverware need to be for dog meat?
Report Post »NHwinter
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:26amI agree Gonzo, but I wish Romney would stop saying Obama is a nice person, he really isn’t.
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 8:50amSilverware needs to be good quality for that “tough” dog meat.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:04amNHWinter, that works my nerves too. He’s an arrogant, marxist. I know Romney can’t say that, but calling him a “nice guy” is a bridge too far for me.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:05amDoggy, ask Barry, he’s the one crying about it…and eating dogs.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:58amSoylent BoBo… the Friendly Meal!
Report Post »9111315
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:10amAny attack of the first family may get you a visit from the SS.
Report Post »huey6367
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 7:57amI have to agree with Romney on this. Don’t stoop to the same tactics Obama would. Obama wants to beat up Romney about the dog kennel ties to the roof – his choice. Romeny will stick to the issues like a true President should.
Report Post »IvannaJerb
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 9:23amdidnt stoop? he is a prominent member of the Mormon church, in fact he would fulfill a “prophecy” by being a mormon president and he sold himself out with christian rhetoric “one nation under God”, this man will say anything for money
Report Post »PVChapin
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 6:02pmWhat are you talking about Mitt is a prominent Mormon? I guess the Mormons know who he is, but he isn’t a big leader or anything. I guess he held some important callings, but not important enough to call him prominent on a national scale. As to the “Mormon Prophecy” the only one that I am aware of regarding the presidency is a long way from being fulfilled.
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