MSNBC's Wolffe Lumps Romney With John Edwards: 'Moral Questions' About Fitness For Office
In one of the uglier MSM smears of the presidential campaign to date, MSNBC's Richard Wolffe has tried to tie Mitt Romney with one of America's most reviled men: John Edwards.
Appearing on Al Sharpton's MSNBC show this afternoon, Wolffe somehow suggested that Romney's decision to invest overseas and legally trim his federal tax bill was akin to Edwards reprehensible behavior. According to Wolffe, there is a "moral question" hanging over Romney, just as there was regarding Edwards. Video after the jump.
I'll be back with the transcript, but in the meantime, watch Wolffe launch his shameful slur.
RICHARD WOLFFE, MSNBC Political Analyst: It's not just a question of what is legal. That's not the only bar here the presidential candidates have to cross. We can all agree, for instance, that John Edwards' behavior was reprehensible, unpresidential and excluded him from ever being elected president. It wasn't illegal for him to have an affair and a baby out of wedlock, but it's not appropriate. It's not appropriate in similar ways -- but obviously in a very different circumstance -- about what kind of leadership Mitt Romney is showing here....
And there are moral questions. It happened in the UK just recently, and a conservative Prime Minister called out entertainers, showbiz folks who put their money overseas, he said it was 'morally repugnant.' There is a moral question here.
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To libs, there's no "moral question"
Submitted by UpNorth on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 7:45pm.
hanging over Edwards. He did what Slick did, who did what JFK did. And, not a peep from that side of the aisle.
And, if we're going to talk about "moral questions", how about a candidate taking money from a man with ties to the Nazi regime, and taking money from those who would perpetuate the Holocaust?
Where
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 7:46pm.
did this sharpten lover come from? Does he even have a brain in his radical head. Just shut the hel up, you uneducated blank blank blank
Jesus H. Christ!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 7:47pm.
The libs are really reaching now. If this is what they must resort to this early in the campaign, what the hell do we have to look forward to.
Romney investing his money overseas (as well as the USA) is somehow the moral equivalent of John Edwards chasing tail while his wife is croaking? FYI, he was chasing tail way before that time in her life, as was Bubba Clinton while he was getting BJ's in the Oral Office. Good thing, old Bubba didn't have any money to invest overseas, huh?
Meanwhile, Obummer is investing OUR FLUKING MONEY overseas, and not a peep out of this little faggot about that.
Time for conservatives to lower the boom on this pack of cork sockers.
Meanwhile the Republican establishment is standing around wanting to know what the rules are for this knife fight.
Good evening Bubba
Submitted by cocodrie on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 10:17pm.
That's my Lord's name you're abusing there.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Back off on the blasphemy.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 9:53am.
Bubba!
call the media out
Submitted by ferv888 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 7:55pm.
where ever you see them, airports, events, eating, call the buggers out, hold up signs behind them when they are doing field reports do not let them get away with it. Be ugly without being physical.
CALL THEM OUT!!!!!!
What's the matter Wolffe?
Submitted by Soldat44 on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 8:11pm.
What's the matter Wolffe? Romney got your panties in a bunch? Literally!
LOL. Sez the guest worker of the United States who
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 8:40pm.
was once banned, from, wait for it, OLBERMANN's show.
So when do we start start exporting our libtards to the UK? It's way past time.
Barry
Submitted by grammajane on Tue, 07/03/2012 - 9:00pm.
is now asking for campaign money from foreign countries. Is that an immoral move or totally an accepted policy? Is wolfe related to anderson cooper or just a "friend"
Why not, Gramma?
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 9:58am.
He's spending our nation's (although, I'm sure he doesn't consider it "his" nation except in a sense of ownership) birthday in a country that just elected a socialist president/premier/whatever. Two socialists, or a socialist and a muslim, commiserating.
And there are people who think Dear Leader is doing a marvelous job....... :-\
Which foreign countries, gramma?
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 10:21am.
Details?
Jer
Jer, I do believe you know which ones.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 2:05pm.
Or, did someone hijack your s/n in this thread?
Incorrect UpNorth...
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 7:24pm.
That thread dealt with a couple of AMERICANS Abroad for Obama events. gramma referred to the solicitation of campaign funds from FOREIGN COUNTRIES. Big difference.
But you knew that.
Jer
Yeah, right, Jer.
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 9:51pm.
If you really, truly believe that, I've got some biodiesel for sale, it's only $26.00/gal, as opposed to today's market prices. They're in foreign countries, soliciting money for Obama. And, I'm sure, just absolutely sure, that Clooney, et al., will make sure every dollar came from Americans abroad.
So, UpNorth, it's the ole "Oh yeah?...says you...don't be silly"
Submitted by Jer on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 10:27pm.
argument. Classic weaselzipperish ultra-partisan speculation and wild exaggeration parading as fact.
Hey, I know...Get this: I hear Romney is exploiting the Citizens United SuperPAC loopholes and pocketing hundreds of millions in campaign dough from Saudi oil sheiks. And if you don't believe it, you're absurdly naive. [note: manufactured example for purposes of point illustration only]
Jer
"Ultra-partisan speculation" says the house lefty on this ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 12:30am.
conservative site, "--and wild exaggeration parading as fact".
He knoweth whereof he speaketh, cuz he doeth.
MD
Really, Jer?
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 10:43am.
Every dollar raised overseas will be flowing from American hands to President Present's campaign? You can state that with 100% certainty?
No, UpNorth, I can't...
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 2:09pm.
Can you state with 100% certainty that not a single dollar which flows into Romney's campaign coffers or is contributed to a pro-Romney SuperPAC will come from a foreign source?
Why don't we stop this silly game and return to the original issue. Will you concede the unqualified assertion Obama is soliciting campaign money from foreign countries is a misstatement?
Jer
➚ Jer
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 2:30pm.
In for a penny - in for a pound, eh?
what are obama's henchmen doing
Submitted by cocodrie on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 2:41pm.
what are obama's henchmen doing in europe? Playing golf?
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Nope, but thank you for admitting that your Romney
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 9:21pm.
reference is not germaine to what we were talking about.
UpNorth...To which of my three questions was your "Nope"
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 1:46pm.
directed?
Jer
Yes, Jer.
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 9:21pm.
We were not discussing Romney and his fund raising. Is that enough of a clue for you?
I think so,but I don't understand your reluctance to post direct
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 9:30pm.
responses.
Be that as it may, what is your evidence that Obama is soliciting campaign funds from foreign countries?
Jer
Well, lets see.
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 9:41pm.
First theirs the Saudi's, then theirs this Clooney thing, oh, lets not forget everyone else?
You'll have to do better than that, Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 9:56pm.
I quickly skimmed the Saudi article, but is it your contention that the interviewee's speculation that the Saudis may be holding down oil prices to help Obama is an example of his "solicitation of campaign funds from foreign nations"? If it is something other than that, please specify.
The claim regarding Clooney has already been debunked, and is related to the information provided in your third linked source, part of which is quoted below:
Obama is tapping the network of American citizens living outside the 50 states more than any other presidential campaign has before, with more than a dozen bundlers who have pledged to raise as much as $4.5 million.
The president’s overseas power centers include London, where high powered execs like Warner Bros. Josh Berger and Anthony Gardner of Palamon Capital Partners have promised to deliver as much as $500,000 each to the campaign, and Shanghai, where businessman and Technology for Obama co-chair Robert Roche has committed to bringing in more than $500,000.
It’s all legal - the donors are American citizens who pay U.S. taxes - and the net income to the campaigns is paltry compared to the hundreds of millions of dollars raised stateside. But while presidential campaigns have long taken in campaign donations from expats and people living in U.S. territories, Obama’s campaign is focusing on it more than ever before.
To be fair, this isn’t exactly a novel campaign strategy. And, as noted in the article, Mitt Romney has already attended fundraisers in London and plans to do so again later this summer.
[my emphasis in bold]
Thanks for helping me make my case.
Jer
So I guess your not buying that
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:04pm.
Every time a news program bashed Mitt and praises Obama, that also doesnt count as a "contribution" eh?
And remind us all, who claims Clooney is only soliciting Americans? I rest my case, good luck with the Jury of Americans Jer.
Who cares what you, or they say? Because us regular folks, who understand the results, know what the heck is going on. And all your denial means squat
Also,
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:15pm.
There is the collection of bs donors our very own Tom helped put together. This Obama must be some saint for you. Your very trusting toward a man who cant help but lie every time he opens his mouth. And your trust in the medai who lies even more is astounding.
"To be fair"
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:21pm.
My fanny, this is simply more media bs. Trust me, the media will be watching Mitt like a Hawk, while winking at Obama.
Again, counselor, where did I say that?
Submitted by UpNorth on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 9:44pm.
Or, how about this, Clooney is soliciting funds in France and Switzerland. He's a fund raiser for Obama, ergo, Obama is soliciting campaign funds IN foreign countries.
I see.."IN" not "FROM" foreign countries.
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:00pm.
Okay. That's true, but why didn't you warn me you were moving the goal posts?
Jer
Moving goal posts, indeed, Jer; though you are the ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:14pm.
culprit.
If money is being solicited IN foreign countries, it is definite that any donated monies garnered as a result will come FROM said foreign countries.
If it Is your contention though, that all monies are to be extracted only from the purses and wallets of expatriate Americans - then your contention is ridiculous.
MD
Okay, when you sink to actually beclowning yourself,
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:19pm.
I know my argument has been validated.
Q.E.D.
Jer
You think
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:22pm.
all your arguments are validated. And by whom I might ask, Bal?
The only people on these threads, Jer, who ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:27pm.
actively engage in donning the 'beclowning' mantle, are liberals who defend and support the pos in the Oval Office.
That pretty much absolves me of the charge of suiting up in the Clarabelle costume.
MD
Here ya' go matthew*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 11:11pm.
Jer's goal posts
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/images/B003Y7ARD6/ref=dp_image_text/178...
Shooweee
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 11:15pm.
Dont show em that Deuce, we'll never catch dem post again!
Now thats funny,
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:16pm.
Ha, hum
Wartch it, UpNorth, or your ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 10:02pm.
reluctance to post direct responses to Jer may put you on probation - and any future failure to snap to might just land you in Jer's gulag for engaging in gratuitous snubs.
MD
I know, MD.
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 10:20am.
Sob, how will I ever get by. Oh well, time for coffee and some programming on the Military Channel. Meanwhile, everyone here, but Jer, knows what's going on in Europe, and elsewhere.
What was the name of that river, oh yeah, Denial.
"Soliciting funds from foreign countries"
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 10:25am.
implies, or even states, that he's trying to get money from the governments of those countries. I don't believe anyone made that leap. And, I never said he was soliciting funds from foreign countries.
I am implying he is
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 07/07/2012 - 4:17pm.
Soliciting fund from foreigners. And I dont care what Jer or the media claims. Face it, who is going to stop it, or hold him to account?
I know you are implying it, Boudin...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 2:09pm.
The problem is you haven't provided a shred of evidence of his doing so.
Jer
Bull
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 2:13pm.
You just refuse to acknowledge it,,,,, as usual.
gramma made the explicit claim, UpNorth...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 2:17pm.
She's perfectly free to clarify it or at least respond to my question. Thus far, she had done neither. Unless and until she does, all of this parsing, deflecting, and moving goal posts by you, Boudin, and Matthew is a waste of time.
Jer
Jer, that's kinda how we all view your ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 4:50pm.
lefty posts - parsing, deflecting, and the moving of goal posts.
Entertaining, but ultimately a waste of time.
Heh.
MD
Well, it would be interesting to add up the total number
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:07pm.
of hours you have spent wasting your time responding to virtually every comment I've posted over the past two and a half years.
Jer
I respond to your comments, Jer, because ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 9:54pm.
MD
I didnt move squat,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:04pm.
It's you, it's always you. Everyone stays on topic, until Jer gets his drawers in a wad, then it's claim victory and off we go in a huff.
Just another example of this above.
Sorry Boudin...not only did you move squat,
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:11pm.
but you failed, miserably, to prove squat.
Jer
Squat?*
Submitted by cajun2 on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:29pm.
I see the word "squat" in several posts so I came over to see what has Jer done now.
Ask Boudin, deuce...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 5:54pm.
He's the Sultan of Squat.
Jer
Yea sure,
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 8:02pm.
I aint much good at convincing Rocks to flip over either.
"Moving goal posts"?
Submitted by UpNorth on Sun, 07/08/2012 - 7:25pm.
Really? Your posts are getting down to the level of Sammy John's, Jer. Except they aren't near long enough. I thought you asked me to clarify what I meant, so I did. I stand by my clarification.
I don't speak for Gramma. Are you still speaking for the Obama campaign?
Sorry for the delay in replying, UpNorth...
Submitted by Jer on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 1:21am.
but I just now became aware of your post and your question.
No, I do not speak, nor have I ever spoken, for the Obama campaign.
As far as your being a spokesman for Gramma, I don't believe I have made any such claim, at least not directly. However, as you may recall, grammajane clearly and unequivocally contended that "Barry is now asking for campaign funds from foreign countries." [Goal posts firmly planted.] Addressing that very specific allegation, I asked grammajane to name those foreign countries. [Goal posts remain firmly planted.] She has yet to identify such countries or otherwise respond to my question. [In fact, the countries are unidentifiable for the simple reason that they are nonexistent.]
Curiously, you responded to my question which was posed explicitly to grammajane, putting your own spin on the issue. [Goal posts moving accordingly.] So, upon reviewing the sequence and content of the exchanges, it does seem that a presumption you were speaking for Gramma would not be an unreasonable one.
Now that this thread has been neatly tied in a bow, we can move along to other matters.
Jer
And once again, Jer declares himself the ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Thu, 07/19/2012 - 5:07am.
winner by virtue of:
"He says so."
Day-um
Didn't see that coming.
MD
I don't have the link but it's been on Drudge
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 2:51pm.
That George Clooney is raising money overseas for Obama.
Gramma
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 2:53pm.
Of course we have to ask ourselves what's in it for these foreign countries to want Barry to win. We know what's in it for Russia, more "flexibility".
Gramma
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 2:53pm.
Of course we have to ask ourselves what's in it for these foreign countries to want Barry to win. We know what's in it for Russia, more "flexibility".
of course these other
Submitted by TruthMonger on Thu, 07/05/2012 - 10:57am.
of course these other countries have our best interests in mind
Congratulations Jimmy Carter!
Catholic/Romney
Submitted by rusino on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 10:49pm.
I am a Roman Catholic. As such I recognize, regardless religious deference, he is a moral man. He will make a wonderful President of The United States of America! If you are intelligent, vote for Romney!!