Candidate Romney Will Finally Meet the Press

[trailmonkee]

Source: politico

Mitt Romney has made the gentlemanly decision to lay low during the Democratic National Convention, but Politico reports that he'll come back swinging this weekend with a taped interview on Meet the Press. Romney hasn't been on the show since December 2009, and it will mark only his second appearance on a non-Fox News Sunday show during this election cycle. He and David Gregory have a lot of catching up to do.

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[BattyDem]

1. I'm sure David Gregory will ask him some very tough questions.

[gateley]

2. Yeah. Yawn.

[Mz Pip]

6. Yeah, like

How are you holding up under the relentless Democratic attacks?

Though Gregory will probably say "Democrat attacks."

Is there anything we can do to make you feel better?

[trailmonkee]

9. 20 mins of questions.... 40 mins making out.......

[Cane4Dems]

10. David Gregory's "hard" questions

David: Is your name Mitt or Williard?
Mitt: Oh David that is a very good question...blah blah blah

THE END

[BattyDem]

13. He'll say "Mitt" ...

and then 5 minutes later, he'll say "Willard" and 10 minutes after that, he'll say "Mitt" and by the end of the interview, he'll say, "I don't remember what I said, but I stand by whatever I told you my name was."

Welcome to DU!

[ejbr]

22. + 1 n/t

[TeamPooka]

32. "Heh heh heh I'll tell thye American people my real name after they elect me."

[DallasNE]

16. Since This Is Taped

Did Gregory agree to allow the Romney camp to selectively edit the tape and remove gaffes before it is broadcast? My guess is that the answer to this question is shamefully yes.

[tclambert]

28. I edited it for them:

Gregory: Good morning, Governor Romney.

Romney: Good mor--

Gregory: --and that's all the time we have. Thanks for joining us, Governor.

Romney: You people are welcome.


(Oops, I think I let one slip through.)

[C_U_L8R]

3. Taped

Too chicken to field live questions.
Mitt's pathetic.

[oldhippydude]

4. taped interview?....WTF

how's that anything other than free air time.?

[ellisonz]

5. He'll manage to screw this up too. n/t

[Mz Pip]

7. I'm sure the editors

will be doing a bang up job editing the video to make Mitwit look and sound as Presidential as possible.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. David Gregory layng on the heavy duty chapstick in preparation

He wouldn't want to chafe Romney's ass when he spends the entire hour kissing it.

[lunatica]

30. He might leave a hickey though

[MADem]

11. Taped interview, eh?

I'd love to see the OUT-takes. We will want to watch closely for unusual breaks in the conversation.

[rockingirl]

12. oh so brave

and o so crap! o so very nice that he'd grace us with his presence!

[SoapBox]

14. Great, just great. So that Gregory can roll over and play dead.

It's gonna be a joke.

Lies, Lies, Lies.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. Then Romney will strap lap dog Gregory to the roof of his car

[progressivebydesign]

15. It's so weird. I have never seen such a lie-filled campaign. How do you do an interview?

I mean.. eventually isn't the press going to like.. CALL HIM on anything? They keep spewing lies, and now they're lying about the jobs numbers, and other facts revealed at the DNC Convention. I know that we saw Romney ON camera saying "let Detroit go bankrupt." then you see him on camera taking CREDIT for its rebirth?

So is he going to do an interview and just lie his way through it? What if they call him on his lies, finally? I really mean it. Have you ever seen a campaign so lie-based? It's the weirdest thing. They have no plans that they'll reveal, they just whine and scream about things they make up or take out of context. They lie about things, then say that they aren't beholden to fact-checkers.

I think that Romney and Ryan are the most despicable people in politics.. along with Rove. I've never seen such a thing.

[MrMickeysMom]

17. If only you had....

a "wanking" emoticon

David: (wanking)

MR: (catching)

[davidpdx]

18. ASS KISS FEAST

On Meat Depressed

[Wednesdays]

23. Meat Depressed, LOL!

Or as Bartcop would call it, "Press the Meat."

[RDANGELO]

20. There is no way Romney would do this, unless he thought Obama had the upper hand.

Trust me, things are moving in the Presidents direction.

[Iliyah]

21. EWWWWWWWWWW, Ryan didn't huh.

Prepared questions for the Mittens.

[thelordofhell]

24. Such incredible bravery from Mitt Romney.......hiding under a pre-taped skirt

Of his bitch media...........my apologies to all the bitches out there for comparing you to the lapdog conservative press.

[Jamaal510]

25. Come on, Mitt. Be a man and go on Al Sharpton's show instead.

Stand up for your beliefs! It doesn't look presidential to duck hardball interviews.

[BootinUp]

26. David Gregory will hold his feet...

and wash them.

[JohnnyRingo]

27. I don't think Romney would go on without a stacked deck

I wonder if MTP is so desparate for the ratings that they'd accept a list of "acceptable" questions? If so, that is everything that is wrong about the media.

on edit:
Maybe the campaign has reserved the right to edit the interview. That's even worse.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

29. Will MC Rove's backup dancer spit or swallow? nt

[beac]

31. "gentlemanly decision" my ass.

Mitt hasn't done a gentlemanly thing in his entire sorry life.

He was "preparing for debates" (aka HIDING and praying the tax return issue will go away) by his own campaign's admission. Now that he's been called cowardly and scared b/c of it, this "gentlemanly decision" excuse pops up.

And MTP? Why not just send Mittens for a day at a spa? Although, come o think of it a pedicure MIGHT be a bit more uncomfortale that any of David Gregory's "questions."