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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssaulting the President is still a joke to the romneys....
The Huffington Post reported the following about ann romney's appearance on The View:
"Also appearing was the Romneys' son Josh, who was asked about brother Tagg's joke after this week's contentious debate that he wanted to "take a swing at" President Barack Obama. Josh Romney said as someone who's been slugged by Tagg, he can assure Obama he has nothing to worry about."
First of all, tagg was not joking. From the look on his face in some of the photos, I have no doubt that he wanted to assault the President. Secondly, josh romney did not say that tagg was joking. On the contrary, he said that the President did not have to worry, because tagg not that great of a "slugger."
This is not a joke. By their actions, the romneys clearly demonstrate a superiority complex that if given the power, would take drive country into ruin.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/18/ann-romney-no-more-campai_n_1980322.html
Freedomofspeech
(4,224 posts)Just like Daddy.
valerief
(53,235 posts)EasyGirl
(89 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)Javaman
(62,530 posts)I guess I have to spell it out for you.
When you say,"LOL.....I could kick his ass !!!" you are referring to Tagg, yes?
EasyGirl
(89 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)EasyGirl
(89 posts)I'm pretty tough for a chick. lol
Javaman
(62,530 posts)then what was your comment, "LOL.....I could kick his ass !!!" referring to?
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Or she's just being a dingbat. LOL.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)I think she's being purposely obtuse. If she never replies, we have our answer.
Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Her response was hidden by a jury
greatauntoftriplets
(175,735 posts)Response to Catherine Vincent (Reply #25)
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TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)PUNCHING THE PRESIDENT?
EasyGirl
(89 posts)NOLALady
(4,003 posts)is a "white privilege" joke.
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)Imagine the outrage. It would have been on CNN and the rest of the media nonstop.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)I hope they keep it up.
porphyrian
(18,530 posts)...and hand the President some literature. Roughly. The Secret Service better be on alert.
desertduck
(213 posts)As well. I doubt they would talk like this is obama was white.
moc
(1,750 posts)it's okay to joke about pummeling the president.
Apple not falling far from tree and all that.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)It's a distraction from the stuff that matters and it
makes everybody sound like birthers.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Good luck with that.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)have at it.. and good luck to you too.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)Robb
(39,665 posts)He's supposedly an adult. And he talks about "taking a swing" at people.
You equate reacting to a violent public statement to thinking Obama was born in Kenya? Really?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)asked you how you felt, is there any chance you
might have said you felt like punching him? I sure
did, and I've often felt like clobbering a lot of liars.
There's a difference between having a passionate
angry feeling, and making threats or exhibiting real
violence. Do you disagree?
I'm not equating Bush's lies with Obama, not by any
kind of short or long shot. And no way I want to
excuse any of Romney's cheat and deceit. If his
kid was angry, I don't blame him. I don't believe he
was threatening the president, nor exhibiting
violent proclivities. Maybe I'm wrong.
The reference to birthers was because it seems too
many people are seizing on this statement of Tagg's,
and -- this is only my opinion -- it makes them look
silly, the way birthers look silly. Are silly.
Robb
(39,665 posts)The kind of disconnect from reality required to where it strikes a person as appropriate to tell a reporter you want to "take a swing" at a sitting president is NOT something I possess.
42. The "kid" is 42.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Some loon will take it to heart.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)bemildred
(90,061 posts)He can find another way to say it. I'm not asking him to like Obama or hate his Dad, just to watch his mouth, which he better learn real fast anyway if his Dad wins.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)but is the ADULT son of a Presidential candidate.
Not a child, not a girlie girl, not a DU'er.
And you have resorted to calling those who disagree with YOU "dumb and desperate."
AND you have suggested that we ALL have wanted to so slug a politician (I presume you speak from within your own emotional experience).
So for all the above: Practice what you preach.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)and I ask that you step back and reconsider.
KurtNYC
(14,549 posts)while his son was impersonating Damion the 666th in the stands.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)I'm not saying Tagg's not a violent person, maybe he is,
I have no idea.
But simply saying he felt like punching the president
isn't evidence, in my opinion. Haven't you ever felt like
punching a president? Is it the same as making a threat,
or exhibiting a violent nature?
sad sally
(2,627 posts)Mrs. Mitt-Ann, the lady that calls the President Obama's campaign "a petulant child," seems not to have raised adults, so doesn't know the difference between what's right and wrong:
Ann Romney looked shocked when the press informed her that her youngest son, Craig Romney, had stuck a bug down the pants of her other son Josh Romney when they were saying goodbye in Florida today. Josh Romney had taken to Twitter to post the photo of the critter.
No! My Josh? My Craig? Ive got to see that, she said.
No, its great. They still havent grown up. Which is really terrific. Im still proud of them, she said.
a first lady - not!
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts).. the values about the appropriateness of using violence instilled into his spawn by someone who would have the keys to the largest nuclear arsenal and fighting force on the planet?
Is that your final answer?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)but there have been plenty of occasions when I
would love to have punched Romney, or Ryan,
or Sarah Palin, and I'm not a violent person, nor
making threats, blahblah.. I just think the whole
Tagg violence thing is rather silly.
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... speaking to the pubic as a surrogate of that candidate. That you consider it "silly," says much about YOUR judgment. What you may of may not have done is irrelevant.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)That's the best way to derail a decent
communication.
We see this thing differently, that's all.
Probably we see many things similarly.
I have no reason to insult your judgement.
Please reconsider.
Response to Voice for Peace (Reply #39)
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Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)I'm sorry -- I really don't want to argue.
Your inference is 100% wrong.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)... "take it personal" when you call their opinions "silly" where I live.
Physician heal thyself.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)had no insulting intent, nor does, in its use, where I
come from?
such that your interpretation is incorrect? are you willing to
consider that?
99Forever
(14,524 posts)sil·ly
adjective \ˈsi-lē\
sil·li·ersil·li·est
Definition of SILLY
1
archaic : helpless, weak
2
a : rustic, plain
b obsolete : lowly in station : humble
3
a : weak in intellect : foolish
b : exhibiting or indicative of a lack of common sense or sound judgment <a very silly mistake>
c : trifling, frivolous
4
: being stunned or dazed <scared silly> <knocked me silly>
Words have meanings.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts).. being so dismissive.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)or how I've been dismissive. If you're not willing to take
equal responsibility for whatever miscommunication is
happening here, I don't know what you hope to gain.
I don't dismiss people, I don't insult people.
99Forever
(14,524 posts).. honest with yourself, what can I say?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)... repeat the dismissive insult. How did I know you would do that?
BTW, in these parts, passive/aggressive is an art form. They call it Minnesota Nice.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)99Forever
(14,524 posts)Find someone else to run your game on. It bores me.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)I do not insult Obama supporters. I just thought the
issue was not going to be seen by most people the
way it was being discussed here. Most people have
felt like punching somebody at one time or another,
but it doesn't mean they will. Having a feeling and
making a threat are different things.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)My point of view is only my opinion. It's not a claim
to be right, or to be smarter than anybody else.
It wasn't intended as an insult to DUers but has been
taken that way by a few people. I'm sorry if anybody
has been made unhappy by my words, it was never
my intention.
SleeplessinSoCal
(9,120 posts)Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)He is way better shape. And he is from Chicago.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)And as much as I despise Mitt and Ann and Tagg I don't take what he said seriously. He's just answering a question without thinking that what he says is under a microscope. They're rich, privileged, spoiled people who simply never get criticized no matter what they do. It's different when you go public though, and they're finding that out.