# "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:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/41 "2012-08-01T03:30:04Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’ve expanded the thread title. And so accurately . . . ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/42 "2012-08-01T03:41:56Z")
Now that this clip has made the rounds on Comedy Central, I notice that one of the reporters made this exact point. Reporter: “We haven’t had another chance to ask him questions.” Gorka: “Kiss my ass. This is a holy site for Polish people.” ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/43 "2012-08-01T06:47:33Z")
It’s sort of obvious that Romney isn’t answering questions because he is afraid of critical scrutiny. And his base loves him for it: within Republican circles the most respected hawks are chicken hawks. All talk and chatter. Those of strong character expect others to stand up for what they believe, put forth solid evidence and shape their assessments by the goddamn facts. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/44 "2012-08-01T08:50:43Z")
From afar, it’s quite curious to see another US politician not speaking to the public - after all that’s what they do, via the press. It seems like GWB did this for most of his tenture, as well - apart from planted questions. Politicians want to speak, speaking is part of their core business, it’s the way they seek to impress. Romney feels more and more like a businesman with an agenda seeking election, just like GWB did. Very little feel or interest in politics or the world. I don’t understand how this is state of affairs comes to pass. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/45 "2012-08-01T12:30:01Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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? WND, of course! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/46 "2012-08-01T12:48:09Z")
Wow… so Romney’s handlers are going Palin on the public. Next all information will be filtered through a Facebook page and Twitter feed. (Mitt’s Twitts) I’d never thought of our Tomb of the Unknown soldier as “Holy”, sacred maybe, but did the Catholic Church take control of their Tomb for Unknown soldiers? And I agree… “Kiss my (bleep)” at a Holy place is just too good to not make headlines. Next stop, tantrum at the Vatican where Romney aids hurl insulting slurs about the mothers of reporters. Most accurate statement from Romney’s London fiasco… “Worse than Palin and McCain knew it.” ---
**Author:** ![gamerunknown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/6bbea6/32.png) [@gamerunknown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gamerunknown)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/47 "2012-08-01T13:31:14Z")
> [@Fear Itself](#): > > Personally, I wish conservative candidates would express that sentiment to the press more often. I wish they’d express the sentiment to the public more often. Kiss my ass, suppressing the press is a holy Polish tradition! > [@Little Nemo](#): > > f Fox News is the liberal press, who’s the conservative press? Pronouncements from the pulpit, preferably by Joad Cressbeckler and preferably about lynching. None of them populist liberal technological advances, nosiree. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/48 "2012-08-01T19:08:43Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > 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. The country needs for him to not win though. ---
**Author:** ![PrettyVacant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/49beb7/32.png) [@PrettyVacant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PrettyVacant)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/49 "2012-08-10T08:42:20Z")
Just came across this: > [@](#): > > **Mitt Romney completes tour of Europe by urinating on Lenin’s tomb** > **[Mitt Romney completes tour of Europe by urinating on Lenin's tomb](https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/mitt-romney-completes-tour-of-europe-by-urinating-on-lenins-tomb-2012080236702)** > > REPUBLICAN presidential candidate Mitt Romney has concluded a visit to Russia by relieving himself on the casket containing the enbalmed body of Lenin. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2012, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/50 "2012-08-10T18:51:01Z")
I think we’ve been mis-parsing this statement. Gorka wasn’t saying that the _tomb_ was a holy site for the Polish people: He was saying that the ass which the reporters had just been invited to kiss was a holy site. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/51 "2012-08-11T04:05:24Z")
> [@PrettyVacant](#): > > Just came across this: > [Mitt Romney completes tour of Europe by urinating on Lenin's tomb | The Daily Mash](http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/politics/mitt-romney-completes-tour-of-europe-by-urinating-on-lenins-tomb-2012080236702) It’s funny 'cause it would actually earn him votes in this country if he did it. Getting out of Russia afterward in time for the election might be a bit of a challenge. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962/52 "2012-08-11T05:26:34Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > 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!” And why was it a fiasco? It was quite offensive, so it met its definition. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kiss-my-ass-romney-and-the-press/629962.md?page=2)