Axelrod: Romney gave ‘cowardly answer’ on Limbaugh controversy

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http://thehill.com/video/campaign/214311-axelrod-romney-gave-cowardly-answer-on-limbaugh-controversy

Top Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on Monday blasted Mitt Romney, accusing him of failing to appropriately criticize radio host Rush Limbaugh for his attacks on a college student who testified before Congress.

"I was kind of shocked, Anderson, when Gov. Romney, all he had, all he had to say about the thing was, 'Well, that isn't language I would have used.' What about the spirit of what was said? I thought that was a cowardly answer and it was a test of leadership, and one that he failed," said Axelrod on CNN to host Anderson Cooper.

Last week on his show, Limbaugh called Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke, who testified before Congress in support of President Obama's contraception mandate, a "slut" and a "prostitute."

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"I thought it was unusual that so many leaders on the other side of this debate, in terms of the political debate, took a pass on this whole thing — a powder on this whole thing," said Axelrod on Monday. "Everyone should have stood up and said this was inappropriate as apparently many of Rush's advertisers now have said it was inappropriate."

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1. Did anyone seriously expect more than glibness from Romney?

As though, we suddenly expected him to change his behavior and give an unequivocal answer?

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2. Axelrod hits the bullseye

Romney's mealy-mouthed clucking over that vile human being's "language" certainly does indicate that he agreed with the sentiment; he just wouldn't have used two particular words. But all the rest of it? Yep, Romney's right there in spirit with that vile human being as he spent three days on his nationally-syndicated radio program hammering on a third year law student. Not only does Romney like firing people, he apparently really likes rooting for the bully in an unfair fight.