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Andrea Mitchell Scolds Romney For Negative Super PAC Ads

By Mark Finkelstein | December 30, 2011 | 14:57

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Has Andrea Mitchell appointed herself hall monitor of the 2012 elections?  On her MSNBC show today, Mitchell asked Mitt Romney whether he had "an apology to make to the voters" for the negative ads against Newt Gingrich being run by Romney-friendly Super PACs.

For good measure, Mitchell scolded: "is that the kind of campaign you want to run: a negative campaign?" Video after the jump.

2011-12-30MSNBCAMMitchellRomney.JPGAnyone care to speculate whether, next time Mitchell's granted an interview with Barack Obama, she will similarly scold him for the barrage of negative advertising his campaign will unleash? 

ANDREA MITCHELL: Newt Gingrich has tanked, and by all accounts it's because of the Super PAC barrage of ads from both you and some of the other campaigns. But the Super PACs that are supporting Mitt Romney have just been savage against Newt Gingrich. I know you've said you'd go to the Big House if anyone can establish that you were involved, but the fact is it's your former colleagues, your friends, former colleagues contributed anonymously a million dollars.  Do you have an apology to make to the voters in Iowas and around the country for the kind of negative advertising that's been run?

MITT ROMNEY: Actually, Speaker Gingrich's numbers have gone done more in New Hampshire than they have in Iowa. And I don't think there are any negative ads in New Hampshire at all.

MITCHELL: But they've really plummeted here, Governor --

ROMNEY: They've gone down even more--

MITCHELL: Because of those ads.

ROMNEY: They've gone down even more in New Hampshire than they have in Iowa. And the nature of a campaign is that you're going to have attacks coming from the Obama team.  Their Super PAC has already gone after me, the Obama PAC has.  If you can't stand the heat in this little kitchen, wait until you get Obama's hell's kitchen. It's going to be a battle of ideas, but of course, recognize that campaigns are going to point out distinctions between the candidates. And I can handle the heat.  I've got big shoulders. I know there are tough blows that will be coming my way. But I know how to deal with it.

MITCHELL: Is that the kind of campaign you want to run: a negative campaign?  
 

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liberal media

Submitted by kinijane on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:10pm.

What the hell does she think Obama and the press is going to do next year?
Play Nice!!!

kinijane
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gun control

Submitted by MidAmerica on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:18pm.

The media is worried about the fact that the attack ad strategy used by Republican candidates on each other will eventually be used against obama.  So the effort will be to push Republicans into adopting a 'positive' campaign posture.  The media will deride, mock and use character assassination to intimidate the Republicans so they won't deride, mock and character assassinate obama.

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Romney's answer to her last

Submitted by inquiringmind on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:31pm.

Romney's answer to her last question should have been, " let me know how Obama answers that question next time you talk to him".

And then just move on as though she wasn't there.

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Understandable

Submitted by zenman1661 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:34pm.

MSNBC feels they have the exclusive right to attack Republicans.

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Mitchell Is Past Her Bedtime

Submitted by Bourbeau on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 3:36pm.

Why is it we are stuck with the likes of these clowns forever - do any of them
know when their five minutes of fame are up. They are constantly be re-cycled.
We want you gone, finito, retired - go hit the dog track. We'er sick and tired of
your mindless preaching while you're sipping your champaigne and tasting your
caviar. Scram!!!!!!

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Will Mitchell Similarly Scold OBAMA?

Submitted by ChrisNH on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 4:00pm.

We all know that Obama's only, slim hope is to run a negative campaign. So it will be interesting to see whether these Leftist media hacks...lusting after Obama as they do...will similarly chastise him. Obviously they won't, and Romney should bludgeon them for it.

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She should have been scolded right back!

Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 4:59pm.

For her shrieking, chafing and ignorant whining and her inoperable rectocranial impaction, Mrs. Greenspan needs a good verbal takedown and reminded that her audience consists of those in the control room and those few moron liberals who watch her frothing diatribe.

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I wonder

Submitted by Tatfreak79 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 5:32pm.

One can safely assume her fans are not gonna vote for Mitt. So why subject himself to her hypocritical harping, veiled as a newsworthy question?

I have many leatherbound books...and my house smells of a rich mahogany
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Will She or Won't She

Submitted by insatty on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 6:07pm.

Before she puts on her presidential knee pads to grovel at his presidential feet, will Andrea Mitchell (NBC News Washington [in nasily voice]) pose this question to The One?

insatty
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Journalists just need to

Submitted by Soldat44 on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 6:33pm.

Journalists just need to REPORT the news. Not make it or embellish it.

'One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church'
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Sure......

Submitted by Joe W. on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 6:59pm.

In our collective dreams and on another planet, "journolists" will REPORT the news. Awake and in the good old U.S.A., they will lie, cheat, defame, and use any means necessary to further their agenda of progressive liberalism. And with half the country not paying any taxes to support the regime, the populace is lapping it all up. If you listen carefully, you can hear the people speaking: "Baaa...baaaa"....

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Married to Greenspan ....

Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 7:41pm.

.... showing that she has no common sense.

JMigyanka
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Obama spokesperson Bill Burton has a pro-Obama super PAC

Submitted by OxyCon on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 7:52pm.

...and he has run numerous negative ads against Romney already. Don't hold your breath waiting for Andrea Mitchell to badger Obama into apologizing for any of them.

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First candidate to taser

Submitted by the struggler on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 8:17pm.

First candidate to taser Andrea gets my vote.

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Why

Submitted by grammajane on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:26pm.

don't these candidates speak up when a has been like mitchell confronts them?? He could have come back with "why did you praise, fawn and cry over kennedy when he crooked after the horrible life he led of drinking and driving off bridges and killing a young lady

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Andrea Mitchell is still here?

Submitted by KyWriter on Fri, 12/30/2011 - 9:27pm.

Looks like another banner year for makeup manufacturers and drywall trowels.

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Holy dog poop, I had no idea that old harpie was

Submitted by no tingly legs on Sat, 12/31/2011 - 11:20am.

STILL polluting the airwaves. She should concern herself with where she can get volume discounts on packages of Depends, not with trying to brainwash her audience of hundreds with her biased, ignorant views.
Maybe devote more time to applying her joint compound, I mean make-up, each morning.

JAN 20, 2013:   Change I can believe in.
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