Romney Calls Media 'Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy'
Mitt Romney on Tuesday channeled his inner Hillary Clinton by calling the media a "vast left-wing conspiracy."
During an interview with Breitbart TV's Larry O'Connor, the Republican presidential candidate also said, "Many in the media are inclined to do the president's bidding and I know that's a battle, an uphill battle we fight with the media generally" (video follows with partial transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):
MITT ROMNEY: There will be an effort by the quote vast left-wing conspiracy to work together to put out their message and to attack me. They're going to do everything they can to divert from the message people care about, which is a growing economy that creates more jobs and rising incomes. That's what people care about
And the Democrats know that given the president's record over the last three and a half years they cannot run on that record, and therefore they will try and make this race about anything but the president's record and the economy. […]
Many in the media are inclined to do the president's bidding and I know that's a battle, an uphill battle we fight with the media generally. But fortunately there are some other voices like yours which have in many cases a lot more credibility. And when it came for assistance to the ObamaCare fight, you guys have won the fight.
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It's about time he called
Submitted by hardrock01 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 7:57pm.
It's about time he called them out.
Just proof that
Submitted by DC2280 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:00pm.
Rommey has never had an original thought.
And he is still way ahead of you, DC2280, in that ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:04am.
regard.
MD
It's interesting that those who made fun of conspiracy before
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:31pm.
have become instant "conspiracists," now that the king of flip flopping borrowed a line from the queen of White Water.
➚ lrgon
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:41pm.
Why is it interesting? The MSM has already admitted to being predominantly Left-Wing.
Well look at that
Submitted by dzejk113 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 7:59pm.
Romney has already spoke more truth in that statement alone, than Obama has in his entire political career
Encouraging,
Submitted by Boudin on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 8:12pm.
Never forget it Mitt. Start anticipating their efforts. And listen to Levin's advice.
It's good that he recognizes
Submitted by CM on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 8:26pm.
It's good that he recognizes the bias. McCain kept thinking that the media was on his side.
Well spoken. I'll never
Submitted by Slyrr on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:22pm.
Well spoken. I'll never forget the stunned look on his face when the NYT and all the rest of the liberal media started savaging him the moment he got the GOP nomination.
He'd spent so long being their pampered darling as 'the maverick' - the senator who was willing to 'cross the aisle' (i.e., turn traitor). He really thought the media would still love and adore him.
It just shows what a clueless load he was - and that is one of the many reasons why he lost the election.
Romney can beat Obama - IF he doesn't pull a McCain and try to play patty-cake with Obama 'because he's the black guy'.
And that's why you voted for him?
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:38pm.
...the Alf Landon of the 21st century --a liberal to the hilt.
Romney seems to better understand what he's up against
Submitted by Free Stinker on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 8:38pm.
Romney seems to better understand what he's up against than McCain did.
And, Romney didn't hire Steve Schmidt[1] to run his campaign so it's clear he's already starting off better than McCain. Let's hope this continues.
1 - And yes, Schmidt is the guy that had a nervous breakdown during the 2008 campaign.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Now call them out by name
Submitted by gwalt on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 9:02pm.
Just calling them the "media" is not enough.
Mitt Romney (on GMA) answering a Stephanopoulos question: Of course George we know you are a Liberal as yaou have admitted many times to Oreilly and Hannity and of course you are an Obama supporter
Stepphie: but, but---
Romney: ........but the American people are on to your bias. Your audience is basically Democrats so let me try to reach out to them without your DNC talking points....
"A lot of briefing for a 2 hr. special with Dan Rather. Saw the show & wonder why we bothered". Ronald Reagan
It's a start
Submitted by Andante on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 9:06pm.
First he tells Obama to "start packing" and now this. I think Mitt is learning how to play this game.
Keep it up Mitt. If they throw stones you must return fire with bricks.
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"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." --Martin Luther King, Jr.
Except for Fox News, who has
Submitted by redfish on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 9:43pm.
Except for Fox News, who has been supportive of Romney in the primaries, attack Obama, and has higher ratings than the other news networks.
Except...
Submitted by needle on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 10:00pm.
When Hillary called the media a "vast right-wing conspiracy" it was a howler... and a huge red flag for just how out of touch she is.
In Mitt's case he is spot on, but how many points do you get for calling water wet?
For Hillary: Huh?
For Mitt: Duh.
But as others have noted above, it certainly is encouraging that Mitt is fully aware that the MSM will not carry one drop of water for him. McCain often pulled his punches so as to suck up to the MSM; let's hope this does not happen with Romney.
- Looking forward to the self-annihilation of the Manipulated Stories Machine.
Just how "vast" is this media conspiracy
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 12:51pm.
in your opinion?
Does the conspiracy spread across the entire spectrum? Newt Gingrich has said that Fox spurned him because Fox was totally sold on Romney. If Newt is correct on his assessment of Fox news, is the Rupert Murdock network guilty of favoritism and is not truly "fair and balanced" news as they claim?
But Newt has always played both sides to advance his career so maybe his opinion of Foxs' biasness is based on "bitterness" as the Fox execs opine.
Romney Understands
Submitted by bmac32 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 10:46pm.
I think he understands the media better than they understand themselves. Now will he be ready to fight off the last minute junk that is made up by the media.
It is not the last minute made up junk that
Submitted by DC2280 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:08pm.
Rommey has to be worried about, but rather the facts that he should be concerned with. He best get prepared for the deluge that is about to come crashing down on him in the coming weeks and months.
But your preznent Obama has
Submitted by Trix Rabbit on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:18pm.
But your preznent Obama has nothing to worry about?
During the Presidential debates, Barky will be nothing without his teleprompter. Romney on the other hand could place a cardboard cutout of himself at the stand and he will still come out the victor.
For the MSM: In your pomp and all your glory, you're a poorer man than me. As you lick the boots of death born out of fear.
Ian Anderson "Wind up"
You are going to have to get
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:50pm.
You are going to have to get better material if you ever hope to advance from useful idiot to liberal flunky. You just don't seem intelligent enough to ever earn the exalted title of minion.
We are not stupid. We recognize biased reporting when we...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 3:27am.
see it. Romney can use the biased reporting against him to his advantage.
When liberals say stupid and crazy things that no one except the far left believes, then that stuff will backfire on them, just like the "War on Women" stuff backfired on them.
I think that is the reason Romney is ahead in the Gallup tracking polls right now.
It was right for
Submitted by redfish on Tue, 04/17/2012 - 11:19pm.
It was right for conservatives to point out that the "war on women" was a fake media narrative from the left, it was wrong to respond to it with a fake "war on mothers" narrative.
The media is the problem, but not just the liberal media.
Romney understands voters are forgetful of his liberalness
Submitted by lrgon on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 1:05pm.
and the media helps him sell that image as the "conservative" challenger to Obama. The real dummies are the Republican voters that buy into this media conspiracy of building Romney as another Reagan!
The fact of the matter is that Mitt put on his white lab jacket to create the "government healthcare" monster called Romnerycare that socialist patent thieves stole to create the even bigger monster- ObamacARE! And now the cousin of Doctor Frankenstein is claiming he will repeal ObamacARE! What a freaking joke.
➚ We are not forgetful
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 1:08pm.
We are mindful of the Obama's National Socialist Movement and its similarities to another cult of personality that consumed a nation.
Good! I hope this means Romney, unlike McCain, realizes...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 3:19am.
the media is not his friend. In fact, they will do all they can to see that Obama is re-elected and if that means hurling hardballs at Romney and flipping softballs to Obama, that is what they are going to do.
Romney must do what Reagan did and that is, speak over the media and straight to the people. Romney has two big advantages and possibly three, that Reagan did not have: Fair and Balanced Fox News, talk radio and friendly web sites on the internet.