"You'll get your chance, I'm speaking"

[Scootaloo]

I decided to go into the debate blind after work; no pre- or post-debate gibberish, no reading DU posts on it, just come in and plop my butt in front of C-SPAN and take it in.

I am interrupting that now because of the line in the title.

Eighteen minutes into the debate, Romney interrupts the president's time, demanding a question of him, then Oreilly-like, talks over him for a while. After the president finally gets to answer, Romney butts in again, taking a monologue. When hte president stands up to rebutt, Romney waves him down, and utters what might be hte most patronizing thing I've ever heard from this whole election season (barring Akin, of course.)

"You'll get your chance; I'm speaking"

I had to pause and take a breath there. That's some fucking nerve. Did anyone else catch this? Am I the only one who had a severe earch to knock him in the fucking mouth?

[progressivebydesign]

1. that was a VERY noticed moment on Twitter. People were pissed! nt

[tblue37]

3. Do you have a link to the twitter page?

[tblue37]

2. I freaked out at that one, too. I turned to the friend who was watching

with me and said, "That jerk just told the president of the United States to shut up!

[pnwmom]

17. But I read at least a couple commentators saying how that moment made Romney

look "Presidential."

[kag]

26. Really?

I think it just made him look like the rude, uppity, obnoxious, bloviating, asshole that he is. I watched for about forty minutes--all I could stand--and I got seriously sick of Rmoney butting in on the President and on the moderator, asserting that it was his "right" or something to make the rules, to butt in, to be completely rude and...well, rude whenever he felt like spewing something. If that's "presidential" then get in line behind Donald Trump!

[Tigress DEM]

47. The people who vote for Robme have a WHOLE different idea of authority figures.

In their world view, this guy is the misunderstood hero.

[Bake]

70. That's Haley Barbour, former Mississippi Guv and former head of the RNC ...

That's who it is, right?



Bake

[Tigress DEM]

71. Close. Boss Hogg of the Dukes of Hazzard.

[AverageJoe90]

77. And Barack and Joe are the Dukes, right?

Hillary would be Daisy. LOL. =)

[XemaSab]

31. That was my reaction

There's sparring with a political opponent, then there's getting all up in the grill of the President of the United States of America, Commander in Chief, Leader of the Free World, et al. and telling him to STFU.

My hackles went up at that.

[Kadie]

63. romney has no respect for ANYONE!

It is so obvious, how can anyone be thinking about voting for him?

[doc03]

4. Romney walked toward the president one time and

I thought he was going to put hands on him like he did with Rick Perry. I thought what a fucking asshole.

[MatthewStLouis]

57. Too bad the secret service didn't get to tackle him! /nt

[hrmjustin]

68. Your just so cute enjoy your moment here.

[rtassi]

5. It's obvious he has no respect for the President ...

and therefore no respect for the office he seeks ...

[freshwest]

12. He has no respect for anyone, period.

[Kablooie]

15. Wrong. He respects the shit out of Sheldon Adelson.

[daleanime]

23. Close, Sheldon Adelson.......

has money and that's the only thing Mittman respects.

[Kablooie]

75. Or maybe Romney is just in love with him for his stunning looks.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

6. My pulse was racing. nt

[Cha]

7. So all this Asshole Bullying Still didn't work..

romney lost!

Just something like that is why I did not watch the debate..thanks for watching for me.

Was there ever a more Rude Asshole in the History of Rude Assholes than Willard mittLies Romney?

[Tigress DEM]

11. Yeah

http://newsone.com/16051/top-10-racist-limbaugh-quotes/

[freshwest]

14. I'd have to agree with that...Oink, oink... (Apologies to true swine)

[Scootaloo]

19. Well, there's a mitigating factor...

In that it's Limbaugh's job to be a dumb fucking rude asshole. Sure, it doesn't make him less of one, but he's not pretending to be anything else, either.

Romney is trying to become the leader of our nation. Whatever you can say about Limbaugh, you have to admit that tiny sliver in his favor; he's not trying to do that.

So, I'm going to declare Romney the champion of this round.

[Tigress DEM]

48. ON that basis, I'll concede the point.

[lunatica]

56. Limbaugh is rude in front of a mic only

Show me any link or story where Limbaugh was rude to another person in his presence. Limbaugh is a coward hiding behind his mic. He can't even take telephone calls that disagree with him.

[desertduck]

54. Asshole bullying ran its course & in the end, mitts was left standing w nothing to say.

Empty handed. He lost b/c he blew his shot to add something meaningful. As if the rest of the world is like his non-thinking base. He is so out of touch w reality....

[Yooperman]

8. Yep... I missed the live debate and am watching the replay....

I posted a thread basically saying the same thing. I was stunned on how rude he was to the President.

Interestingly.... I read in another thread here on the DU on some of the comments in Freeperland...and they actually thought that was his strongest part of the debate...the beginning he was "strong"!!

YM

[Politicalboi]

9. I bet he enjoyed

Beating his boys at Monopoly. I bet he never "let" them win.

[Tigress DEM]

10. Oh, pardon me, did I interrupt your interruption (ya' gasbag)

The only kind of "wind energy" Robme knows is the hot air that gusts from his mouth at 120mph.

HINT to Robme - To get best mileage from your mouth, lower foot completely to the ground and engage brain before starting up your yap.

[JustAnotherGen]

38. + 100,000,000

[Tigress DEM]

46. WOW! I've NEVER HAD that big of a + before. I'm honored!!! nt

[JustAnotherGen]

52. Weeeeelllll!

You freaking nailed it!

[TroyD]

13. We need a clip of this one so we can send it around

[pnwmom]

16. I was so happy that Romney's happy mask fell off and his inner bully came out to play.

Remember in the debate with Gov. Perry, how Romney stuck out his arm and grabbed Perry by the shoulder in order to interrupt him? That was the Romney I hoped would show up tonight, and he did!

[NCLefty]

18. They were talking about this on MSNBC too

and how disrespectful it was.

I was really irritated at how he kept trying to give himself more time or responses too. He treated Lehrer the same way, like a pushy CEO who is used to having everything his way.

[tulsakatz]

28. yeah, that ticks me off too!

his comment was extremely offensive, not only this comment but many of his comments are.

but it really bothers me that a person would agree to the rules of the debate & then proceed to break the rules when he didn't make his point when he had his turn!

I think the moderators should get one of those very loud horns. When they explain the rules, tell them if they go beyond their time limit, they will get 10 seconds to make their point. If they haven't finished by then, they will blow the horn until they've finished talking.

[SEMOVoter]

39. Instead of a horn, Candy needed a squirt bottle

Mr. Romney's disregard for the debate rules is not American 'exceptionalism'. It is just expecting everyone to make 'exceptions' for him.

I think the looks on the Romney family faces immediately after the debate are interesting indicators as to how well President Obama did.

[tulsakatz]

64. yeah, maybe.....if she was close enough to him

the horn probably is a bad idea anyway since it would annoy the audience, but they could cut off their microphone! That wouldn't bother anyone else...

oh yes, I loved the look on Ann Romney's face after the debate....talk about being a poor sport! Being pushy, demanding & refusing to follow pre-determined rules is a pretty good indication of a poor sport...

[JaneQPublic]

20. Remember that time he told a teacher "I didn't ask you a question"?

He was speaking to a group of teachers, and one chimed in to offer an opinion, and that is how he responded to her.

This situation at the debate is very similar.

For Mitt the Bully Boss, other people are to be controlled and bent to his will. Rules are for him to make for the other guy and to break when it comes to his own conduct.

[treestar]

30. Yes, I remember that

It's incredible that a Presidential candidate would talk to any voter like that.

[UCmeNdc]

21. Mitt Romney has no respect for anyone he thinks is less than his "type"

Notice how he dismisses certain people as he conducts his business of being a candidate. Unless the camera is on him he acts uppity toward all of his low life gofers.

[fanfan0711]

22. Debate Hall gasped

Andrea Mitchell tweeted that the people in the debate hall actually gasped audibly in that moment.

[TexasTowelie]

24. I didn't hear about that.

Welcome to DU!

[fanfan0711]

27. Link

Thank you for the welcome. Here's the link to Mitchell's tweet

https://mobile.twitter.com/mitchellreports/status/258379705508589568

Andrea Mitchell mitchellreports
@
Print reporters in room say audible gasp from audience when Romney cut off POTUS with "you'll get your chance" nbcpolitics

[barbtries]

25. not to be a spelling nazi,

but that was the most creative spelling of urge i've ever seen!
i'v just woke up at 3:30 to check on how it went. i couldn't watch because i have high BP. fuck romney, he'll never be president.

[Scootaloo]

45. Wow... Yeah, that's a classic.

[barbtries]

53. yeah, some errors you can overlook,

others you must stop and applaud

[treestar]

29. No, Rmoney is the worst ever

McCain I don't recall doing things like this. Rmoney is crossing a line. There is a civility that is to be expected of such persons and Rmoney is acting like a teenager. He made another statement about having the last word! Obviously he feels entitled to that.

[mnhtnbb]

32. And the review in the paper this a.m. says the audience audibly gasped. Such arrogant

condescending and insulting behavior. Romney really showed what an a$$hole he is.

[Cha]

33. Good to hear! Pres Obama and Candy really brought

out Severe mitt.

[dgraz007]

34. I wanted to Bitch Slap Him!

But..hey..in the end..our guy smashed him! Saved the best for last..about the 47% at the end..so mittens had no time to say a damned thing..touche!!!! ZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[muriel_volestrangler]

35. Charles Pierce agrees with you on the importance of that line

But not even I expected Romney to let his entitled, Lord-of-the-Manor freak flag fly as proudly as he did on Tuesday night. He got in the president's face. He got in Crowley's face. That moment when he was hectoring the president about the president's pension made him look like someone to whom the valet has brought the wrong Mercedes.

"You'll get your chance in a moment. I'm still speaking."

Wow. To me, this was a revelatory, epochal moment. It was a look at the real Willard Romney, the Bain cutthroat who could get rich ruining lives and not lose a moment's sleep. But those people are merely the anonymous Help. The guy he was speaking to on Tuesday night is a man of considerable international influence. Outside of street protestors, and that Iraqi guy who threw a shoe at George W. Bush, I have never seen a more lucid example of manifest public disrespect for a sitting president than the hair-curling contempt with which Romney invested those words. (I've certainly never seen one from another candidate.) He's lucky Barack Obama prizes cool over everything else. LBJ would have taken out his heart with a pair of salad tongs and Harry Truman would have bitten off his nose.
...
Because, when you come right down to it, asses were kicked on Tuesday night, but not decisively. The president did a good job forcing Romney to think on his feet — look out below! — especially when they were both talking about gun control and Romney got asked about the Massachusetts assault weapon ban he'd signed when he was governor, and he went off on a ramble about bipartisanship and "hunting opportunities," and the president reminded him that Romney had said quite honestly that he'd abandoned that considerable achievement in order to curry favor with the NRA. But the real conclusion as regards the actual election that may have happened is that the rising Romney momentum was blunted. The one thing nobody can ever say now is that they didn't know the exact character of Willard Romney, and exactly how he feels about The Help, including that member of The Help who currently holds the job that Romney believes should have been his by virtue of his god-kissed, golden life.

"You'll get your chance in a moment. I'm still speaking."

http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/last-night-debate-13800806

[Raven]

40. Yup, and the real Mitt Romney just stood up. n/t

[yankeepants]

36. Fantasy: Secret Service Takes Down Romney for touching Prez!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

44. With Tazers? Pretty please? (nt)

[Evergreen Emerald]

37. I felt that Romeny's whole demeanor towards our Commander In Chief

was disrespectful and completely out of line. It was therefore satisfying when Romney attempted his cross examination on the rose garden issue--disrespectfully--and messed it up so horribly.

[Paulie]

41. There was also a line by Obama that was spoken over

I remember Rhe President saying "I'm used to being interrupted" and I filled in the last two words in my mind "by republicans"

[underpants]

42. That is where Mitt lost a lot of people...that and the Libya trap

PRoceed Governor

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

43. Headline: Romney Channels Kanye West (nt)

[a kennedy]

49. Oh yes I heard that and just screamed at the TV.....

Oh that was a low blow......I would have knocked his block off for that one.

[SmittynMo]

69. Me and my wife said

Did you hear that. It was total disrespect for the president, commander in chief. What an arrogant asshole.

[crsmith1130]

50. Infuriating!

Romney talked to the Leader of the Free World like he was his shoeshine boy or something. Complete and utter disrespect. What an asshole. I can't believe there are idiots in this country who are actually going to vote for Romney (or Robme as I saw someone post-love that).

[Paulie]

51. Welcome to DU!

The scumbag Rmoney is a piece of work.

[lunatica]

55. It actually made me happy to hear him do it

I not only root for our President, but I root against Romney. I love it when Romney shows his true arrogant self. He's done that kind of dismissive comment a lot. President Obama has never done that. Things like that count.

[pnwmom]

61. Yes. I was hoping for a moment similar to the one in the primary debate

when Mitt reached over and grabbed Gov. Perry by the shoulder.

So arrogant, such a prick.

And we got more than one!

[flamingdem]

58. Narrow victory?

The president's narrow victory

CBS News? - 3 hours ago

During one exchange, Romney said, "You'll get your chance. I'm still speaking," as the audience in the arena seemed to gasp.

[nobunnyclue]

59. Disrespectful to the moderator / we need a the "chipmunk" button for 3rd debate

During those exchanges, which I think were about the economy, I thought the President looked a little "nerdy" for "taking it", but he would have looked bad / hot-headed to have gotten into a shouting match with Romney-in-charge. There was nothing to do but look tough and try to bite down. I kept thinking "Why doesn't the moderator take charge?" In reality, Romney's behavior was disrespectful to the moderator, who job it is trying to provide a balanced forum, and to the audience of undecided voters, who presumably WANT to hear both sides. It also shows how Romney was ready to aggressively push the envelope of the rules, daring someone to make him play by the rules, since he saw an upside to breaking the rules.

As an aside, I was thinking, boy, isn't that just what corporate fraud and tax evasion starts out as - the culture of "I only have to play by the rules if you make me"?

So it was SO appropriate that the moderator then got the chance to stuff Romney with his Libya mis-characterization. I thought it was totally warranted for her to step in and bring him back by that point, because he had shown that he was not going to control himself, even after a few polite reminders.

Other than that, I would have gotten great satisfaction from a "chipmunk buzzer". Whenever Mitt did his "I'm talking over you" routine, it would have been great if the moderator could have pushed a button that made his mic sound like he was talking chipmunk... cutting his mike off would be too good for a buffoon like him.

[flamingdem]

60. All that and there are still comments that Obama was

aggressive? How about Willard? He's a corporate clown and his disrespect looked worse with a woman than with a man. Combine that with the binders etc. and he really failed in terms of behavior.

[Retrograde]

62. Why the surprise? It's how he acted in the 1st debate

Lehrer wasn't able to get him to abide by the rules then either. Romney has always been the most important person in the room (in his opinion at least) and everybody else had gosh darn better defer to him.

[hrmjustin]

66. enjoy your few moments at du!

[Major Hogwash]

72. It foreshadowed the entire debate -- Romney was going to act like an asshole!!

And he lived up to it, too.

[pitchforksandtorches]

73. Yeah that Mother Fucker........was he foaming at the mouth? n/t

[TroyD]

74. Remember the time Romney told a female teacher, "I didn't ask you a question." ?

I posted a thread about it a few weeks ago.

That's what this behavior reminds me of.

[NCLefty]

76. A few people were talking about the teacher thing... here's a video: