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Mitt Romney has canceled his appearance on "The View," set for Thursday, co-host Barbara Walters said during today's show. He was scheduled to appear with his wife Ann, who will still go on the show.
Romney campaign press secretary Andrea Saul told TPM: "It was no longer going to work in the campaign schedule but Mrs. Romney is very excited to join the ladies of 'The View'."
During Mitt Romney's "47 percent" comments, the GOP presidential candidate also called the daytime talk show "high-risk, because, of the five women on it, only one is conservative, and four are sharp-tongued and not conservative.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/mitt-romney-cancels-on-view
This is the coward some are pushing as "strong"
The Morning Plum: Romneys 47 percent problem just wont go away
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021541788
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)CakeGrrl
(10,611 posts)If America is too stupid to see through this no-character jerk, then we're obviously all in trouble. I hope enough people are scared out of their chairs and into the voting booth.
mountain grammy
(26,648 posts)almost as much as living in a country with enough stupid people to elect him.
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Having Willard as president would be awful, but being surrounded by people stupid/insane enough to vote for him would be worse. If he were to 'win,' they'd feel empowered to bring the crazy even further out of the closet - and they're already flying those crazy flags too high!
Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)Typical behavior for an Authoritarian in a Patriarchal organization.
Tumbulu
(6,292 posts)Raster
(20,998 posts)Yes-sir-ee We have a WIN-NAH!
medeak
(8,101 posts)Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)I hate his (weenie) guts.
Lex
(34,108 posts)Wow.
formercia
(18,479 posts)What a poser.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)Just not Whoppie Goldberg.
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)to Putin: "Take our jobs... please!"
Faux pas
(14,690 posts)formercia
(18,479 posts)They might just call out your bullshit, Mitt.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)his mental state. They might ask things that make him look bad.
Kolesar
(31,182 posts)I loved that line.
Dem2TheCore
(220 posts)I guess they couldn't agree on an MOU Mitt's campaign proposed that only Hassleback could ask questions and the sharp tongues had to take the day off?
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)So he needs to stay with Fox, stacked partisan crowds who can't ask questions, Boy Scouts forced to be in his photo op at the airport and his own 30 sec ads.
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)Give him high points for having a strong survival instinct.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)...but I'll send Ann to show them how it's done".
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)And Rmoney is no Marcus Bachmann. What a chicken shit.
Not surprised.
louis-t
(23,297 posts)Hasselbeck will fawn over her but the rest will take no prisoners.
Lex
(34,108 posts)Dave says he's asked him numerous times. McCain and Dubya and Obama all appeared at various times on Dave's show. Even Michelle Obama has been on Dave's show a couple of times.
FSogol
(45,525 posts)A true coward.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)If he can't handle 4 sharp tongued ladies, how the hell is he going to run an entire country? Chickenshit mitt.
kimbutgar
(21,188 posts)Gin
(7,212 posts)The mitt that surfaced for the first debate knows town hall is not his best acting venue....
Wonder which of his personalities will appear on Tuesday.
ecstatic
(32,731 posts)"'The View' is high risk because of the five women on it. Only one is conservative and four are sharp-tongued and not conservative, Whoopi Goldberg in particular," he said. "Although the last time I was on the show, she said to me, 'You know what? I think I could vote for you.' And I said, 'I must have done something really wrong.'"
"Well Mr Romney the man I was talking about turned into a man who flushed his ideals down the drain," she wrote. "Yes once I thought there was the possibility of a moderate republican who could make the race with Obama at least interesting. But that was Months ago before your desperation to be Presedent made u forget your ideals."
Her tweets: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/whoopi-goldberg-rips-mitt_n_1898799.html
old guy
(3,283 posts)why bother having her on. Makes no sense because she will not be allowed to answer any policy questions and will become a worthless exercise in fluff. He don't show, tell her to take a hike too.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)which is supposedly Ann's job, while not exposing Mittens to any damaging policy discussions. The View should either make Ann answer to Mitt's policies, or refuse to have her on. It's a win win for the Romneys, otherwise.
summerschild
(725 posts)she has her own un-reality show where the unpaid poor kids from Brigham Young clean all her houses, feed her grapes, and tell her how beautiful and compassionate she is as they call her "Your Highness".
libodem
(19,288 posts)She is not, but she Palin on tv.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)let me guess, he has to go be a missionary in France.
graham4anything
(11,464 posts)I would if I were them cancel Ann
either all or nothing
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)...and be representing our country there."
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)That was undoubtedly a good thing, for anyone he might have served with.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)He'd be more likely to shoot himself in the foot to get out of the field. A 'million dollar wound' would be right up his alley...
bullwinkle428
(20,630 posts)formercia
(18,479 posts)We had a guy like him.
Shot himself in the foot too.
Either that, or someone would have dropped an M26 in his foxhole that he paid someone else to dig.
Sugarcoated
(7,728 posts)you gutless wonder
jsmirman
(4,507 posts)Mitt's greatest fear is a woman who won't bow and scrape before him.
Chickenhawk doesn't begin to cover this fraud.
What would be great is if the women of The View get freaking real with Stepford Ann and don't let her softball her way through.
I'd love to hear her try to defend all the bull her husband has pulled.
wtmusic
(39,166 posts)and do their best to fend off all those sharp tongues.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)maxsolomon
(33,400 posts)Romney gains nothing by debating intelligent women whom he's already offended ("sharp-tongued" will even piss Hasselback off). He'll just go around The View and talk to Fox, Fox affilliates, etc.
He doesn't need The View to reach the undecided flibberdigibbets who vote on whim or spite. It's all risk, and the rewards for standing up to Whoopi Goldberg are what, exactly? Conservative women will cast 2 votes each?
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Imalittleteapot
(3,377 posts)for going on The View and not meeting with Bibi. Maybe he's a little scared of those gals too.
Erose999
(5,624 posts)Berlum
(7,044 posts)Dodges the draft. Dodges his taxes. Dodges a moment of truth reckoning with women.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)I assume he means Elisabeth Hasselbeck (R-Twit). But what about Sherri Shepherd? She's a fundie dolt who thinks the Earth is flat. That's not "conservative" enough for him?!
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)All righty then.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Like when he spray-painted his face brown before he went on Univision.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,036 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)He'd make a split second power decision just because he's mad, mad ,mad (stomping feet furiously).
What are you afraid of Mitt?
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)the protection of his Magic Underware. What a Wuss!
Hubert Flottz
(37,726 posts)Like Bush had to have everywhere he went too.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)She told me that he also refused to give an interview for Cosmopolitan magazine and that she enjoyed President Obama's interview.
toby jo
(1,269 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)"life is hard" "no one understands how HARD our lives are." "I'm not well..." "we were SO poor, and it was hard." "we have so many children, and it's hard." "we struggle like everyone else, and it's hard." She could phone it in.
George II
(67,782 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)budkin
(6,714 posts)What a piece of shit
libodem
(19,288 posts)Calling them....harpies. Go figure.
catbyte
(34,447 posts)Wednesdays
(17,408 posts)Mittens would fold to a delegation from San Marino!
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)about the women on The View and probably about half his fellow US citizens he calls the 47%.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,194 posts)is it too late to suggest Whoopi Goldberg as a replacement moderator?
summerschild
(725 posts)gollygee
(22,336 posts)He'll end up saying something stupid, and his campaign advisors know it. His best bet is to keep his face off TV until the election. Except for the debate, where he had the ability to prepare carefully, every time he speaks to people, it ends up being a gaffe-a-thon. I'd keep my mouth shut too.
George II
(67,782 posts)I'm sure they're happy to hear it condescendingly worded that way - what a freaking elitist that woman is.
I hope Whoopie makes her pee in her bizarre Mormon pantaloons!
Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)CanonRay
(14,113 posts)when he can't face Whoopi. What a wimp-ass coward.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)Whoopi would make him her bitch. Cowardly mo fo
doc03
(35,364 posts)maddiemom
(5,106 posts)Those 1% ers appreciated they had more money than they could possibly ever spend, and set about pursuing a political legacy, for the good of the the rest of the country...oh no, not just in an altruistic way. Certainly their historical heritage was a big factor, Also, philanthropists like Andrew Carnegie and the Mellons were out there. It's even in question how much Mitt contributes in narrow philanthropy to his church, but he sure resents any foreclosure of his personal finances. Everything about Mr. Romney screams his self absorption. The Olympic thing with Ann's horse was unfortunate timing, but he was totally a dick to blow off any support to something obviously important to her to look good politically.
Whovian
(2,866 posts)Great Caesars Ghost
(532 posts)Cut and run
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)It does make a person wonder what the campaign is thinking when the audience of that show is primarily women, and Willard needs all the women-folk he can get.
David Zephyr
(22,785 posts)K&R
uponit7771
(90,364 posts)flyguyjake
(492 posts)Let's hope that there are men & women in that debate audience TUE that will "drill baby drill" him a new ASSHOLE!!!