CARTOONS: Romney, Global Warming, FEMA

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1. "There he goes again" ... running from questions (whether it's tax returns or FEMA)

Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event

By Sabrina Siddiqui

Mitt Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about how he would handle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after a Tuesday "storm relief" event in Ohio for Hurricane Sandy.

From the Romney pool report:

TV pool asked Romney at least five times whether he would eliminate FEMA as president/what he would do with FEMA. He ignored the qs but they are audible on cam. The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him.

A follow-up report noted the specific questions Romney ignored, as he was collecting hurricane supplies following his event:

"Gov are you going to eliminate FEMA?" a print pooler shouted, receiving no response.

Wires reporters asked more questions about FEMA that were ignored.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/30/mitt-romney-fema_n_2044213.html

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2. Rommey Flip Flops on FEMA (surprise surprise)

Romney Says He Supports FEMA

by Byron Wolf
November 1, 2012

With so much attention this week on Hurricane Sandy and the response to its ravaging, year-old comments by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney suggesting that disaster relief should fall more to the states and the private sector have received new scrutiny.

Those comments from a GOP primary debate coupled with the budget cuts proposed by GOP running mate Paul Ryan would cut by 40 percent the account that funds FEMA, and have raised questions about how a Romney administration would respond to a disaster.

Romney, who suspended his campaign rallies in favor of donation drives for Sandy on Tuesday, stated his position on FEMA in a statement to ABC News Thursday.

“I believe that FEMA plays a key role in working with states and localities to prepare for and respond to natural disasters,” he said. “As president, I will ensure FEMA has the funding it needs to fulfill its mission, while directing maximum resources to the first responders who work tirelessly to help those in need, because states and localities are in the best position to get aid to the individuals and communities affected by natural disasters.”

But during a GOP primary debate sponsored by CNN in June 2011, Romney was specifically asked about FEMA’s role in the government and whether states should play a larger role in disaster response.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/11/romney-affirms-support-for-fema/

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