Mitt Romney To Donors: I Would Explain My Energy Plan, But Reporters Are Here

[kpete]

Source: Huffington Post

Mitt Romney To Donors: I Would Explain My Energy Plan, But Reporters Are Here

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney started to lay out his energy plan at a Tuesday event, but because there were reporters in the room, he decided against doing so.

During a Houston fundraiser, Romney told a room of about 125 donors that he planned to unveil his comprehensive energy plan this week. He said his proposal will specifically relate to fossil-based fuels. But then, he said no more.

"I know that we have members of the media here right now, so I’m not going to go through that in great detail," Romney said, according to a pool report from the event.



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[my2sense]

1. Unbelievable n/t

[ejbr]

23. Oh my God!

Just as I was saying, "unbelievable", I read your post.

[wordpix]

2. anyway, we know what his plan is: more fracking, more oil wars, more drilling, end the new CAFE

standards, end any and all subsidies and R&D for wind, solar and biomass, make the rich oil barons richer...
you get the picture.

[Raster]

7. But of course. And the new Energy Czar will be Darth Cheney*

[treestar]

3. Tell me this is the Onion

Please!

[sakabatou]

4. "It's vewy, vewy secwet."

[SoapBox]

14. ...you waas'ka'ly wabbit!

Dang! You beat me to it!!

[Viva_Daddy]

5. He'll save the details (if there are any) for the Koch brothers...

but heaven forbid the public should find out what the details are.

[hifiguy]

24. The Kochroaches probably wrote it.

No secret to them.

[AKing]

6. Yeah,big secret......Drill,Baby,Drill

[liberal N proud]

8. Why does the "media" keep giving this idiot a free pass?

[Amonester]

11. Because the "media" want a horse race, for its big almighty dollaR$...

from the kkkoch bros & co, and they want more, more, more.

Robmehood is going to run the executive branch like he runs bain's board: in secret.

That's all he knows how.

The "media" doesn't care about that one bit.

[paparush]

43. Complicit media: Keeping the election "close" enough to steal.

[Bozita]

9. Didn't Nixon run on a secret plan to get out of Vietnam?

And how many YEARS did it take to extricate ourselves?

[beac]

26. Remember McCain's "secret" plan to get bin Laden that we had to

elect him in order to be privy to?

"I've got a SECRET!!!" seems to be the trend in doomed GOP presidential campaigns. One more confirmation of my growing belief that the entire GOP is based on the politics of Middle School.

[oldsarge54]

31. Be Nice

Please, comparing Republican politics to middle schoolers is unfair to the kids. I used to teach middle school, and at least they have the excuse of being bundles of hormones. The Republicans, however...

[beac]

35. I think the GOP is a bundle of hormones.

How else to explain their obsession with other peoples sex lives and their constant angry outbursts?

But yes, it's not nice to lump young people in with much less mature adult Republicans, mea culpa.

[CanonRay]

38. Lots of secrets, but no ideas

That's the GOP way!

[progressivebydesign]

10. I can't tell anymore what is from the Onion, and what is real. Is this REAL??

OMG... what a fool. I mean.. tool. I mean if someone reported on his plan, then people might "attack them" the way Ann Romney whined regarding the tax returns.

[calimary]

12. What the fuck is that supposed to mean?

She asked, rhetorically speaking - 'cause I know DAMN WELL what he means!

Just how bad do you want to smell, mittski?

[Berlum]

13. What an asshole Willard (R) is. He thinks the voters have no right to know his plans?

Freaking Republicans are beyond help -- they just do not like America or democracy.

[SoapBox]

16. "He thinks the voters have no right to know his plans?"

...just like his taxes.

Everything is a secret.

[The Wizard]

15. He's a walking talking

bag of hammers.

[wordpix]

17. we've seen this "secret energy" plan before from Darth Cheney -a cake walk in Iran this time, maybe?

[SoapBox]

18. Oh ya...remember DicKKK's double top secret energy meeting?

That we have never, ever found out about.

[wordpix]

39. and the result was the Iraq War - we've seen this movie before

[Beartracks]

19. His energy plan is all right there, with his tax returns.

I mean really, Mitt -- are you really just running to be the president of your donors? America is a democracy, or a democratic republic; who wants a president that's only beholden to a few rich people?

It's clear you don't trust the American people. Don't trust 'em with your financial background, don't trust 'em with your policy ideas... What, are you the Great Oz hiding behind your curtain?

And didn't you at some point criticize Obama as being un-transparent?

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[chollybocker]

20. Because that strategy worked so well for John McCain...

"I have a plan to take out bin Laden, but it's a SECRET."

Déjà vu, all over again....

[bucolic_frolic]

21. Romney's Energy Plan: Drill in National Parks and Sell Federal Lands

Don't know why he won't talk about it

One of his advisers announced way back in March

what they were up to

[99th_Monkey]

22. Mitt "Quiet Rooms" Rmoney's MO on economic disparity, tax returns & energy policy

my oh my....
such a secretive guy,
must have something to hide,
or can't remember if he lied.

So he'd best zip those lips,
lest some horrendous tips,
of his iceberg callous coldness,
slip out ...drip, by drip, by drip.

[Flatpicker]

25. It's only

Because the slide would have been pornographic.

How could he show a representation of the 99% getting FuC@#d when it would have to be censored on the front page.

[TomCADem]

27. Thanks To Sugar Daddy Rove, Koch and Adelson

He can pretty much flip the bird to the media because he does not need them. Worse, he already has them in his pocket as is the case with Fox News.

[randome]

28. He is such a coward. And he proves every time he opens his mouth.

[Flatpicker]

42. I don't think

He's a coward, more than he is exactly what Grover wants.
A rubber stamp for their agenda.

Mitt knows it, and agrees with it.

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. One would think ...

That this would be the lead story for every media outlet that was present ...

"How can the electorate vote for a candidate unwilling to publically state his policy provisions ... Film at 11."

[Fozzledick]

30. So he knows if the voters knew the truth they would be against him.

Even for a rapepublican this guy is setting new records for cynicism.

[davidpdx]

32. Que Rachel Maddow...

It's Mitt Romney's top top secret energy plan. Shhhh no one can know about it.

[avebury]

33. It boggles my mind that this election is even anywhere near

being a close race. People should be required to take a sanity/intelligence test before they are allowed to vote. There is absolutely no doubt that the race has to be the primary issue in this election because why on earth would anybody agree to vote for any candidate who refuses to talk about the DETAILS of what he/she wants to do once he/she becomes President. All Romney is saying effectively is - I am the other guy just go ahead and trust me because I'll tell you the details after you vote for me. It is totally insane.

My mantra these days is that I am so grateful to be as old as I am. I held my breath to reach the age of 55 before the Republicans had a chance to blow up medicare and I still cross my fingers that I will squeak in with some relatively decent level of coverage when I retire. You look at the Republican platform and I am so glad that I don't have any children, particularly daughters. The Republicans are driving us into the direction of becoming the type of government/country that most of our ancestors fled from when they came here.

[Sunlei]

34. look at what he and friends are invested in and can gain more profits off consumer sales

Natural gas especially has room for a huge price increase at the state tax and retail level.

[Javaman]

36. In other words...

he doesn't have squat.

[Digit]

37. Yeah, yeah, yeah, another excuse not to discuss anything

He doesn't have a plan, hell, he doesn't have a CLUE!

[BREMPRO]

40. eerily reminiscent of Cheney's closed door industry written energy plan..

darth vader's back!!!

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Oooh! I'm getting something! I see Rmoney's plan is to 'drill, baby, drill!

[tclambert]

44. New Romney campaign slogan: "SHHHHH!"

That might be his best plan yet, considering how many boneheaded things he and his staffers and fellow Republicans have said. He won't be able to carry it through, though. The voices in his head urging him to say something stupid just won't be denied.

[Jankyn]

45. I dunno...

He's got a scheduled roll out of his energy plan on Thursday. No one expects any surprises. This doesn't seem like the big deal that HuffPo is making it. If you don't want it public before the embargo's up, don't talk about it in front of journalists.

He's done a lot of stupid and mean things, but I don't think this qualifies.

[JDPriestly]

46. This takes some translation. Romney is quoted as saying:

"I have a different approach I think, generally, to the role of government as it relates to energy, as well as other aspects of our economy. And it flows from a growing perspective I have throughout my life and, frankly, during this campaign about the power of individuals as opposed to government, individuals pursuing their interests and dreams."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/21/mitt-romney-energy-plan_n_1819682.html#slide=901317

Remember, in Romney speak, corporations are people. Corporations are the same as individuals. So we can assume that Romney really meant:

"I have a different approach I think, generally, to the role of government as it relates to energy, as well as other aspects of our economy. And it flows from a growing perspective I have throughout my life and, frankly, during this campaign about the power of [CORPORATIONS] as opposed to government, [CORPORATIONS] pursuing their interests and dreams."

The bracketed words are my translation.

[Make7]

47. RE: The bracketed words are my translation.

Um... what bracketed words?

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