AP Reporter Calls Mitt Romney A Liar About Lobbyist Running His Campaign, page 1

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Topic started on 6-1-2012 @ 02:46 PM by JibbyJedi

I did a bunch of searches and didn't see this posted, please remove if it's a duplicate.

Mitt Romney is doing the public relations campaigning thing at a local department store when reporter Glen Johnson from AP speaks out of turn and calls Romney out about his statement of having no lobbyists tied to his campaign.

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This is an argument over semantics. A lobbyist is 1 of his senor advisers, but says he's not running his campaign. Romney is the prototype politician.

ETA: Apparently this is from January 2008. I still did not see this posted on ATS though.

edit on 6-1-2012 by JibbyJedi because: (no reason given)

reply posted on 6-1-2012 @ 02:51 PM by heyitsphil

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Look how agitated and annoyed Mitt got when the reporter confronted him.

Just gives me more reason to believe this guys got a entourage of lobbyists behind his campaign, man we gotta get the money out of politics.

Thanks for posting.

reply posted on 6-1-2012 @ 02:56 PM by caladonea

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My audio is not working....would you please type what the reporter asked and what Romney's response was? Thank you ahead of time.

reply posted on 6-1-2012 @ 03:06 PM by Praetorius

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While entertaining, this is actually an old video that's just been reuploaded:

On Thursday, January 17, 2008, Mitt Romney's assertion about lobbyists and his presidential campaign was challenged by Associated Press reporter Glen Johnson in Columbia, S.C.

Romney: "I don't have lobbyists running my campaign. I don't have lobbyists that are tied to my-"
Johnson: "That's not true, Ron Kaufman's a lobbyist."

The confrontation intensified as both persisted to make a point, culminating in awkwardness as Romney approached Johnson, still in front of cameras, after the public segment was completed.

Totally not enough grey in Romney's hair to be recent.

EDIT:
I certainly don't doubt that Romney might have lobbyists in his current campaign, however.

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reply posted on 6-1-2012 @ 03:17 PM by JibbyJedi

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Thanks, I updated the OP with the correct date.
Strange I didn't find this posted on here. As far as the grey hair goes, I see grey come and go at different levels on a lot of these guys. That recent one of orange Obama had more grey than he should have. Everything is airbrushed for the public. Still a good little tantrum from Romney showing his insecurity with his spin on the facts.

reply posted on 6-1-2012 @ 03:38 PM by InsideYourMind

I like the end;

"keep your opinions"
"don't confront the presidential candidate"
"act professional"

That, was professional journalism... straight to the facts by speaking out and questioning his statements. What is a democracy where you are not allowed to point out something you know about a candidate?

A journalist wouldn't go out of their way to smear or disrespect a presidential candidate (unless they wanted to lose credibility and/or their job) "just like that", so the guy knows something was up with his statement at least.

Does anyone know if this is true, as to what the journalist claims? I honestly don't know much about this romney guy, but it would be interesting to find out.

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