As Partisan As I Am I Can't Hold Romney Responsible For Every Inanity Uttered By A Wingnut

[DemocratSinceBirth]

But He Endorsed Richard Mourdock And Owns Him:

[s-cubed]

1. But he is responsible for condemning them. nt.

[Firebirds01]

12. Which, for the record

he has not done.

[Flashmann]

2. Can't Hold Romney Responsible For Every Inanity Uttered By A Wingnut

For insane utterances not immediately condemned by willard,or at all,he is by that delay or omission,complicit..For those,and there are many,I can and do hold willard responsible..He is,after all.as the top candidate,the leader of his party,right?....

[geek tragedy]

3. Romney rejects accountability for his own inane utterances. nt

[Zambero]

4. He can be held accountable for untreated Romnesia however

Once on record as being a pro-choice social moderate, he has since positioned himself to the extreme right by declaring that he would favor more restrictive abortion policies AND repeal of Roe v. Wade. He did this during the primary season in order to appeal to the uncompromising pro-life element in his party. And it paid off for him. Now he is attempting to backtrack and he's even been able to muzzle Paul Ryan. Nevertheless, his party's platform is extreme, candidates he supports are extreme in their views and pronouncements, and he deliberately aligned himself with these people earlier this year. Unless he renounces the likes of Mourdock and withdraws his support, as leader of his party Romney can certainly be held accountable for their actions. By doing nothing more than a verbal slap on the wrist, he is actually providing tacit support for Mourdock's comments. Romnesia in this instance would have to be regarded as an end-stage political disorder.

[jsr]

5. Yep. Huge difference.

[courseofhistory]

6. Romney not recinding his endorsement

says it all. He is wimpy, has no principles, continues to endorse this cretin and only SAYS he disagrees with his statement, nothing else. Well, if someone cannot separate themselves from someone like Mourdock, then we have to realize that Romney wants him in Congress with his radical beliefs -- all of them. That is tacit agreement with this POS!

[ProgressiveEconomist]

9. But can you hold him responsible for something he's DOING: continuing

to run saturation endorsement ads for the most extreme misogynist rape advocate imaginable AFTER the wingnut mouths off in a televised Senate candidate debate?

That's something Romney is DOING DELIBERATELY, not something somebody else said.

[Arkana]

7. I can't either, but the only ad he made was one endorsing Mourdock.

And he has not withdrawn his endorsement.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. If Romney Had To Criticize Every Wing Nut Inanity He Would Have Time For Nothing Else

But he endorsed Richard Mourdock.

[Arkana]

10. Exactly. Just as I can't hold Obama accountable every time PETA throws red paint on a KFC patron,

I can't tell Romney to denounce every revival-tent nutbar in the country.

But he made a commercial endorsing Richard Mourdock. That's what sets it apart.

[UCmeNdc]

11. I hold Mitt Romney accountable.....

Mitt Romney continues to support and endorse Richard Mourdock so Mitt must support his ideas and behavior.

[TexasCPA]

13. Don't forget Ryan

Ryan is just as extreme as Mourdock.