Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:04 AM

Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland

Source: CNN.com

Warsaw, Poland (CNN) - The traveling press secretary for Mitt Romney lost his cool and cursed at reporters who attempted to ask questions of the Republican presidential candidate in a public plaza near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw Tuesday.

After Romney paid his respects to Poland's war dead and shook hands with a small gathering of the nation's military veterans, the GOP contender walked approximately 100 yards away from the memorial as he chatted with Warsaw's mayor.

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Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland (Original post)	Gabby Hayes	Jul 2012	OP
Cursing. Yet another occult Republican "Family Value."	Berlum	Jul 2012	#1
"Kiss my ass" and "Shove it"	Skinner	Jul 2012	#2
How culturally insensitive are these guys?	Hassin Bin Sober	Jul 2012	#28
of course that's the way the aristocracy handles the rabble, you know	wordpix	Jul 2012	#48
why, that's extraordinarily respectful of him, on the holy site	Voice for Peace	Jul 2012	#50
How's that international tour going for you, Willard???	ohgeewhiz	Jul 2012	#3
Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour!	tanyev	Jul 2012	#22
Nit-Mitt's "Magical Misery Tour" n/t	Earth Bound Misfit	Jul 2012	#29
Nit-Mitt's "Magical Misery Tour"	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#49
Ha I picked it up tanyev	R0ckyRac00n	Jul 2012	#47
We weren't quite sure, we had a few doubts...	redwitch	Jul 2012	#63
Gee, what a crackerjack staff!! Kiss my ass and call me yer valentine!!	MADem	Jul 2012	#4
playing devil's advocate.....it must be a very tough job to have -- having a client who refuses	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#21
It can't have been a surprise to the guy. No sympathy from me.	MADem	Jul 2012	#30
Oh, I agree, the more fuckups the better ! totally. wish there were more	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#37
You know what's even more difficult?	GoCubsGo	Jul 2012	#32
It's really an interesting subject to me -- how much influence/affect does a pool reporter have in	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#40
To many of them seem to be afraid of being "Dan Rathered".	GoCubsGo	Jul 2012	#56
just heard Jim Acosta of CNN on the phone...he said that they were 100 yds away and that	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#60
Greta Van Susteren, who went to Faux because they paid for her facelift, called the whole mess a	MADem	Jul 2012	#55
right...but thought that quote referred to the way all the people were surrounding them and looking	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#62
Go against their corporate masters?	dawn frenzy adams	Jul 2012	#72
How do you say	Heather MC	Jul 2012	#5
Great observation!	ohgeewhiz	Jul 2012	#9
Kiss my ass, this is a goddamn holy place, for Christ's sake.	LuvNewcastle	Jul 2012	#27
And the further irony . . .	siligut	Jul 2012	#38
Exactly'!!!! (response to post 5)	Gin	Jul 2012	#33
You Cannot Write Better Comedy Than That	Yavin4	Jul 2012	#66
If the GOP had any sense	DonCoquixote	Jul 2012	#6
I'll bet it's not so quiet in their "quiet rooms"	corkhead	Jul 2012	#10
They would be in panic right now.	AlbertCat	Jul 2012	#54
In a related story.......	Gabby Hayes	Jul 2012	#7
The Poles stopped him by saying...	jberryhill	Jul 2012	#12
omg, now dat is funny!	lonestarnot	Jul 2012	#44
It reads like a line from Dr Strangelove	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#8
Beat me to it!	VWolf	Jul 2012	#31
Really letting us know who they are. nt	bemildred	Jul 2012	#11
Looks like it's time to promote the assistant to the travelling secretary	alcibiades_mystery	Jul 2012	#13
The media can effect this election	liberal N proud	Jul 2012	#14
Looks like Mitt's going for a trifecta	Godot51	Jul 2012	#15
I had no idea they could dig up a worse candidate than Palin -	TBF	Jul 2012	#16
And he can't even hire people with sense	get the red out	Jul 2012	#19
Just imagine the flack if President Obama's press secretary behaved like this.	Chorophyll	Jul 2012	#17
I have no doubt that	Spirochete	Jul 2012	#18
wtf?	usregimechange	Jul 2012	#20
If Romney and his crack staff don't start up WW III before they return home, it'll be a miracle.	bulloney	Jul 2012	#23
I see lost mittens has continued on his "fuck up then suck up" tour of stupidity.	Javaman	Jul 2012	#24
"Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."	ehrnst	Jul 2012	#25
On paper it almost sounds like he is calling his "ass...a holy site"	KurtNYC	Jul 2012	#39
The Romney campaign has a history with pronoun trouble...	ehrnst	Jul 2012	#41
Should be the headline!	lonestarnot	Jul 2012	#46
SNL, Colbert and Jon S can make major laughs on this one	wordpix	Jul 2012	#52
These fuckers must think they are some kind of royalty.	EnviroBat	Jul 2012	#26
He	Madmiddle	Jul 2012	#34
What the guy really meant was...	Hubert Flottz	Jul 2012	#35
The whole Mitt experience just baffles me. For the LIFE of me,	pnwest	Jul 2012	#36
Palin handlers pretty much gave up on her and went with the "let's just make her	Laura PourMeADrink	Jul 2012	#43
Joe Scab today admitted Rmoney has little political experience & is a businessman	wordpix	Jul 2012	#53
i think Romney IS Stupid , all of this is proof he got where he was	JI7	Aug 2012	#74
3 for 3?	SmittynMo	Jul 2012	#42
re:Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland	allan01	Jul 2012	#45
Can't even take the pressure of a few pressers asking questions during a promotional/publicity tour	suffragette	Jul 2012	#51
That's just for asking reasonable questions. Can you imagine if he was really provoked . . . . .	no_hypocrisy	Jul 2012	#57
obviously his handlers are keeping Rmoney from the press, just like Palin after the Couric interview	wordpix	Jul 2012	#58
Must not be going well for them. nt	Cognitive_Resonance	Jul 2012	#59
oh my, it's a 3fer!!!!!	magical thyme	Jul 2012	#61
If I were Romney's aide I would be swearing, too.	Quantess	Jul 2012	#64
It's going to get worse. I can see it now.	randome	Jul 2012	#67
That is one hell of an oxymoronic statement!	askyeshua	Jul 2012	#65
and the Romsters know what they can kiss...	B Stieg	Jul 2012	#68
Then again, in Polish, Jeb! is a swear word	KamaAina	Jul 2012	#69
Romney's people love to "demand" respect from the reporters.. not the first time.	progressivebydesign	Jul 2012	#70
“Shove it...Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”	rocktivity	Jul 2012	#71
I'm loving this overseas trip. It's like Christmas in July! n/t	Akoto	Jul 2012	#73
Sounds like the Romney campaign tried to set the press up in a gotcha moment and fell ....	marble falls	Aug 2012	#75

Response to Gabby Hayes (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 07:07 AM

Berlum (3,726 posts)

1. Cursing. Yet another occult Republican "Family Value."

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Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland

1. Cursing. Yet another occult Republican "Family Value."

2. "Kiss my ass" and "Shove it"

28. How culturally insensitive are these guys?

48. of course that's the way the aristocracy handles the rabble, you know

50. why, that's extraordinarily respectful of him, on the holy site

3. How's that international tour going for you, Willard???

22. Let's hear it for the Rainbow Tour!

29. Nit-Mitt's "Magical Misery Tour" n/t

49. Nit-Mitt's "Magical Misery Tour"

47. Ha I picked it up tanyev

63. We weren't quite sure, we had a few doubts...

4. Gee, what a crackerjack staff!! Kiss my ass and call me yer valentine!!

21. playing devil's advocate.....it must be a very tough job to have -- having a client who refuses

30. It can't have been a surprise to the guy. No sympathy from me.

37. Oh, I agree, the more fuckups the better ! totally. wish there were more

32. You know what's even more difficult?

40. It's really an interesting subject to me -- how much influence/affect does a pool reporter have in

56. To many of them seem to be afraid of being "Dan Rathered".

60. just heard Jim Acosta of CNN on the phone...he said that they were 100 yds away and that

55. Greta Van Susteren, who went to Faux because they paid for her facelift, called the whole mess a

62. right...but thought that quote referred to the way all the people were surrounding them and looking

72. Go against their corporate masters?

5. How do you say

9. Great observation!

27. Kiss my ass, this is a goddamn holy place, for Christ's sake.

38. And the further irony . . .

33. Exactly'!!!! (response to post 5)

66. You Cannot Write Better Comedy Than That

6. If the GOP had any sense

10. I'll bet it's not so quiet in their "quiet rooms"

54. They would be in panic right now.

7. In a related story.......

12. The Poles stopped him by saying...

44. omg, now dat is funny!

8. It reads like a line from Dr Strangelove

31. Beat me to it!

11. Really letting us know who they are. nt

13. Looks like it's time to promote the assistant to the travelling secretary

14. The media can effect this election

15. Looks like Mitt's going for a trifecta

16. I had no idea they could dig up a worse candidate than Palin -

19. And he can't even hire people with sense

17. Just imagine the flack if President Obama's press secretary behaved like this.

18. I have no doubt that

20. wtf?

23. If Romney and his crack staff don't start up WW III before they return home, it'll be a miracle.

24. I see lost mittens has continued on his "fuck up then suck up" tour of stupidity.

25. "Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect."

39. On paper it almost sounds like he is calling his "ass...a holy site"

41. The Romney campaign has a history with pronoun trouble...

46. Should be the headline!

52. SNL, Colbert and Jon S can make major laughs on this one

26. These fuckers must think they are some kind of royalty.

34. He

35. What the guy really meant was...

36. The whole Mitt experience just baffles me. For the LIFE of me,

43. Palin handlers pretty much gave up on her and went with the "let's just make her

53. Joe Scab today admitted Rmoney has little political experience & is a businessman

74. i think Romney IS Stupid , all of this is proof he got where he was

42. 3 for 3?

45. re:Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland

51. Can't even take the pressure of a few pressers asking questions during a promotional/publicity tour

57. That's just for asking reasonable questions. Can you imagine if he was really provoked . . . . .

58. obviously his handlers are keeping Rmoney from the press, just like Palin after the Couric interview

59. Must not be going well for them. nt

61. oh my, it's a 3fer!!!!!

64. If I were Romney's aide I would be swearing, too.

67. It's going to get worse. I can see it now.

65. That is one hell of an oxymoronic statement!

68. and the Romsters know what they can kiss...

69. Then again, in Polish, Jeb! is a swear word

70. Romney's people love to "demand" respect from the reporters.. not the first time.

71. “Shove it...Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”

73. I'm loving this overseas trip. It's like Christmas in July! n/t

75. Sounds like the Romney campaign tried to set the press up in a gotcha moment and fell ....