# "Kiss my ass" \[Romney and the press\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 31, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962 "2012-07-31T15:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/21 "2012-07-31T18:21:54Z")
The debate is “Lol”? ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/22 "2012-07-31T18:25:27Z")
Like he’s visiting the ‘holy site’ because he cares so much and it’s not at all a photo op to make him look stately. Do me a favour. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/23 "2012-07-31T18:34:21Z")
That’s also a fair point. Romney has no official diplomatic standing and he went to Israel and Europe to burnish his foreign policy status. The idea that it’s OK for him to get all this attention from the U.S. media but it’s unseemly for a reporter to yell a question is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/24 "2012-07-31T18:36:43Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > The debate is “Lol”? I dunno, how many quarries are there in Poland? ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/25 "2012-07-31T19:03:54Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I dunno, how many quarries are there in Poland? All of it. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/26 "2012-07-31T19:08:09Z")
I’ve expanded the thread title. And while some debate has developed here, **IceQube** , we prefer your OP include at least a discussion topic rather than just a quote and “LOL.” ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/27 "2012-07-31T20:08:54Z")
That’s awesome. Personally, I think that sentiment could apply to all of the members of the liberal press all of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/28 "2012-07-31T20:16:36Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > That’s awesome. > > Personally, I think that sentiment could apply to all of the members of the liberal press all of the time. You seem to be unclear on the concept of the press. They are there to get answers for us their readers, not to support or protect candidates who are scared or unable to answer legitimate questions, and who seem unable to think on their feet. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/29 "2012-07-31T20:17:01Z")
You know, **tullsterx** , Mitt Romney may be looking for another spokesman soon. That kind of repartee shouldn’t be wasted. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/30 "2012-07-31T20:17:10Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Personally, I think that sentiment could apply to all of the members of the liberal press all of the time. Personally, I wish conservative candidates would express that sentiment to the press more often. Just get it out, quit sucking up to the press, tell them what you really feel about them, and do it often. It will make you feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/31 "2012-07-31T20:18:28Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It won’t help him, but it’s not going to hurt much. The election is a few months away, and the most it does is undercut Romney’s claim that he can be a good diplomat and that he’ll repair the relationships with these countries Obama has supposedly neglected. (This is being discussed in the ‘Mr Candidate Goes to London’ thread; maybe this one should be about this incident and Romney’s relationship with the press?) Anything that isn’t helping Romney at this point is hurting him. If Romney just coasts along where he is now, he’s going to come in second place in November. He needs to move forward and pull ahead of Obama if he’s going to win. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/32 "2012-07-31T20:19:36Z")
Mitt Romney’s a big fan of the press. He is great friends with some of the people who own it. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/33 "2012-07-31T20:23:21Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Mitt Romney’s a big fan of the press. He is great friends with some of the people who own it. He’s working on a special box for them to ride in on top of Air Force One. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/34 "2012-07-31T20:23:51Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > That’s awesome. > > Personally, I think that sentiment could apply to all of the members of the liberal press all of the time. On that note, one of the people complaining about how Romney won’t talk to the press is [Greta Van Susteren](http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/30/notes-from-travel-with-gov-romney-in-poland/) of Fox News. If Fox News is the liberal press, who’s the conservative press? ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/35 "2012-07-31T20:24:43Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > …Romney has no official diplomatic standing and he went to Israel and Europe to burnish his foreign policy status. The idea that it’s OK for him to get all this attention from the U.S. media but it’s unseemly for a reporter to yell a question is stupid. You hit the proverbially nail in the proverbial place. If you’re going to be an attention whore, don’t get holier-than-thou when the attention comes on. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/36 "2012-07-31T20:25:10Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > That’s awesome. > > Personally, I think that sentiment could apply to all of the members of the liberal press all of the time. Yeah, what do those liberal pantywaists over at [Fox News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/30/greta-van-susteren-mitt-romney-press_n_1719416.html?utm_hp_ref=media) expect— to actually be able to ask a U.S. Presidential candidate questions? And have him _ad-lib_ the answers? ETA: Sniped by **Nemo** , dammit. ---
**Author:** ![tullsterx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tullsterx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tullsterx)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/37 "2012-07-31T20:26:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > You seem to be unclear on the concept of the press. They are there to get answers for us their readers, not to support or protect candidates who are scared or unable to answer legitimate questions, and who seem unable to think on their feet. Ummm. . . Kiss My A$$ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/38 "2012-07-31T20:28:03Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Ummm. . . Kiss My A$$ This isn’t appropriate for this forum. Knock it off. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/39 "2012-07-31T20:54:08Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > . . . the liberal press . . . :rolleyes: [Seriously?](http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Liberal_media) ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/40 "2012-08-01T02:00:11Z")
The Mittens global charm offensive was a fiasco but don’t worry, he’ll certainly redeem himself on the US bus tour which starts on Aug 10. Imagine Mittens interacting with the voters. “My bus is coming through and if you don’t like it, you unsuccessful, culturally inferior voters can shove it!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962.md?page=3)