Romney Scolds CNN's King: 'You Get to Ask the Questions You Want, I Get to Give the Answers I Want'
There was a delicious moment in Wednesday's Republican presidential debate when CNN moderator John King tried to reel Mitt Romney in to respond to his query.
Not allowing himself to be bullied, the former Massachusetts Governor marvelously said, "You get to ask the questions you want, I get to give the answers I want" (video follows with transcript):
JOHN KING, CNN: Governor Romney?
MITT ROMNEY: We’ve got to restore America’s promise in this country, where people know that with hard work and education that they’re going to be secure and prosperous and that their kids will have a brighter future than they’ve had.
For that to happen we’re going to have to have dramatic fundamental change in Washington, D.C. We’re going to have to create more jobs, have less debt, and shrink the size of government. I’m the only person in this race…
KING: Is there a misconception about you? The question is the misconception.
ROMNEY: You know, you get to ask the questions you want, I get to give the answers I want.
KING: Fair enough.
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A politician didn't answer a
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:13am.
A politician didn't answer a question directly, and when called on it staunchly defended his prerogative to evade answering the question? That is bold.
⇒ Balboa
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:29am.
"Won't answer a question directly? Defends his right to evade answers?"
Sounds like somebody here at NewsBusters.
Not mentioning any names, mind you.
What questions from you have
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:35am.
What questions from you have I not answered.
Right here troll.
Submitted by The Vet on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 3:04am.
Where is the evidence you claim to have that absolves the two convicted cop killers you love so much. Cop killers you yourself proclaim innocent.
Where is the evidence?
Troll.
Whatever poltroon.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 10:33pm.
I see you are off posting elsewhere again. Chicken livers still won't answer the question. Yep, that has got me off a troll's tail every single time, huh?
Asata, Mumia and I are very patient. We will wait for you to come up with that evidences that frees 2 of us.
Bal, Sounds more like your
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 4:09am.
Bal, Sounds more like your heroes obama and holder.
bal
Submitted by gfrrman on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:29am.
maybe you can't comprehend the meaning of this sight!! BIAS IN THE MSM.....and questions by this snot-nosed left wing teleprompter reader were just that. Maybe YOU missed the part where Newt made the point about the questions about contraceptives.......where were those in 2008 asked to BHO???? Just clueless..
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Yeah ....don't ya just hate that?
Submitted by ThePickle on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:32am.
Well you know how some politicians are. I mean.. "Come on Guys!" when you are asked a direct question from a member of the media maybe you should just answer the question. Right?
I wouldn't have minded if
Submitted by balboa on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:38am.
I wouldn't have minded if someone called him on that.
My whole point is....
Submitted by ThePickle on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:47am.
And my point was that no one did.
Sounds like we have an
Submitted by rinohunter on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:42am.
Sounds like we have an establishment Romney-hater thats upset about Rick's bad night.
Romney is part a of the
Submitted by GreenTea on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 5:05am.
Romney is part a of the establishment not Rick
There is nothing conservative about Balboa
Submitted by Denny Crane on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:01pm.
We have a liberal that loves to argue on a conservative site. You would think someone that has been here for over a year would know that.
We Are The 53%
Have you stopped beating your wife yet, Bal?
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 10:31am.
If 'yes', please provide documentation.
Not sure that applies here.
Submitted by balboa on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 9:39am.
Not sure that applies here.
Husband
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 9:41am.
Then?
Get thee behind me!
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:15am.
We have candidates who are competing to be the most powerful President in the world. They are not outranked by snotty TV personalities and it's time they were shown that.
I think the candidates are finally getting the message
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:37am.
that we want them to stick up for our principles over these elitist liberal media snobs.
Damned elitists!
Submitted by bargal20 on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:23pm.
Thank Moroni there are common everyday joes like Mitt Romney out there willing to stick up for our principles over these elitist liberal snobs!
Well the angel Moroni did speak to Smith
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 2:36pm.
in creating Mormonism but I'm not sure what this has to do with Romney taking on the liberal media establishment. I would rather thank Jesus Christ than Moroni.
I smell a plant
Submitted by Denny Crane on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:04pm.
But maybe it's just my tinfoil hat buzzing.
We Are The 53%
Denny, what was the tip-off?
Submitted by UpNorth on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:58pm.
The fact that bargal has been a member for almost 5 years and this is the first post?
Or the oh-so-superior attitude evident in it's post?
It was the trying to sound like a Mormon
Submitted by Denny Crane on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 1:06am.
And failing miserably. As well as what you said.
Looks like a pathetic attempt to start a conversation about the Mormons being a cult or some such gibberish.
We Are The 53%
Yeah I noticed that as well and it seems like bargal
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 02/25/2012 - 2:24pm.
was trying to use the Christians on here to take on the Mormon candidate in lieu of focusing on the real issue.
Good for Mitt! Hope he keeps
Submitted by okie-pastor on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 1:20am.
Good for Mitt! Hope he keeps it up. All of them for that matter.
Good for Mitt!
Submitted by NascarShizzle on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 3:27am.
John King was *clowned* by Newt...expect the liberals to circle the wagons around him....again.
The problem is
Submitted by KornKing on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 10:47am.
The lapdogs are all cheering John King every time he gets his butt handed to him
Romney is correct
Submitted by MidAmerica on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 7:53am.
In a debate the moderator only asks questions. The candidate answer that question as he/she sees fit. Those judging the debate judge the quality and accurrateness of a candidates response. A debate is not an interview where the candidate can be pressed to answer in any way specifically by the moderator. BUT the other candidates in the debate can point out a poor response to a question because they ARE debating each other.
It was a stupid question, not
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 8:59am.
It was a stupid question, not just because it's the kind of question that gets lobbed at Obama, but because of its futility. Debunking the most common misconception people have about a GOP candidate isn't going to change a damn thing in how he's portrayed by the MSM, and subsequently perceived by the masses. Does anyone think for one minute any journalist is ever going to start off an interview with Santorum, e.g., by assuring him there'll be no questions about contraceptives or theology or Satan, that effective immediately they've declared it's "a Satan-free zone"?
I think the candidates would be better assured
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 9:06am.
If the media dint make crap up about them. For instance, the media claiming Santorum wants to BAN contraceptives, thats nothing more then a bald face lie.
A better way to phrase the
Submitted by kareling on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 9:49am.
A better way to phrase the question might have been, "What's the biggest lie we in the media keep perpetuating about you?"
Obysmal's purposeful agenda
Submitted by Tomorama on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 10:27am.
In Arizona we GET NO MENTION OF FAST AND FURIOUS at all.
WE GET NO MENTION of issue number 3 in the country (and rising like a bullet) GAS PRICES.
Nope, Obysmal is getting his way by the media whores talking about social issues that barely crack the top 20 on this list of stuff we care about.
Good for Romney.
Too many debates on lefty channels with lefty pu%%ies asking the questions.
Question: you're invited to a party...
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:25am.
After you arrive, the host, who you know to be an obnoxious drunk, insults your wife and picks a fight with you and the other guests. You all leave in a huff.
A month later, the same guy invites you to another party.
What to do, what to do?
One more thing about the most hacktastic moderator of all time.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 11:35am.
This is what frosted me more than anything else: "You're too stupid to understand the question, so let me re-phrase it for you."
So the 'questions from the audience' part was supposed to be just that: someone poses a question, and the participants respond to it. Simple, right?
But no. After every question was asked, King had to step in BEFORE anyone could answer and re-frame it in his own partisan way. All of the audience questions were simple enough and needed no interference from King.
Sounded great at the time, still does.
Submitted by CT on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:14pm.
Especially now as you hear the libs getting all pissy about it.
True! The most important thing is to annoy the libtards.
Submitted by bargal20 on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 12:26pm.
It doesn't matter how unpopular the Republican candidate is, or how badly he loses in November. I'll be happy if liberals get pissy.
Welcome to NewsBusters
Submitted by GW on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 6:13pm.
4 years, 48 weeks, 1 post. Have you met The Vet yet?
Did you hear the audience's mixed reaction?
Submitted by T D on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 5:42pm.
Mitt's statement wasn't a home run because the answer he was giving before King interrupted was small ball--just platitudes. That was reflected in the audience's mixed reaction. It would have been a great come back had he been talking about something important or even of interest (as the other candidates did in their responses).
According to the "Baracko Rule"...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Thu, 02/23/2012 - 7:45pm.
....You still have 14 more minutes to talk about anything and everything BUT what was asked and evade any attempt to be pinned down to any type of direct response to the subject at hand. This technique was mastered by the current POSPOTUS occupying the Whitehouse...
Let's review the "bullying" of Romney...
Submitted by Jer on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 5:13am.
In wrapping up the debate, King says each candidate will be asked what he considers to be the biggest misconception about himself. He first asks Paul who gives a direct response. Then Rick Santorum provides a brief but direct answer before finishing with a "why I should be president" soliloquy. Next up is Romney who completely ignores the question and immediately launches into a rousing stump speech about the coming glories of a Romney presidency. After a time, King interjects in a very matter-of-fact fashion that the actual question concerned the biggest "misconception"--which elicited the prompt retort from Romney that he would answer in whatever way he wanted.
King says "Fair enough."
Would someone explain to me how that was an example of King trying to "bully" Romney?
Jer
Invalid question.
Submitted by The Vet on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 7:24am.
What is the biggest misconception about the Veet?
Hmmm. That I am a nice humble guy. Now shut up and get me a hamburger. I'm hungry.
If an invalid question is put to you, you have a right to ignore it and speak on any issue you want. See my conversations with most trolls. (exhibit A)
Sincerely,
A hungry veteran of a 1000 psychic wars
Exhibit A - Say, what are you doing down here? I said to see my conversations with most trolls.