Assaulting the President is still a joke to the romneys....

[strongermessage]

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]

1. Bullies...

Just like Daddy.

[valerief]

4. Tyrants. nt

[EasyGirl]

2. LOL.....I could kick his ass !!!

[Javaman]

3. I assume you mean tagg. nt

[EasyGirl]

6. lol nt

[Javaman]

10. Again, you mean tagg, right? nt

[EasyGirl]

12. ?

[Javaman]

17. wow.

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]

18. Which part are you spelling out ???? confused.

[Catherine Vincent]

20. Are you stating that you can kick Tagg's @ss?

[EasyGirl]

22. Haven't thought much about it...but I probably could.

I'm pretty tough for a chick. lol

[Javaman]

23. Give me strength...

then what was your comment, "LOL.....I could kick his ass !!!" referring to?

[Catherine Vincent]

25. She could be talking about Pres. Obama (troll?)

Or she's just being a dingbat. LOL.

[Javaman]

26. One is as bad as the other.

I think she's being purposely obtuse. If she never replies, we have our answer.

[Catherine Vincent]

43. Dingbat it is ;)

Her response was hidden by a jury

[greatauntoftriplets]

51. Skinner sent her on her way.

[TwilightGardener]

5. In what surreal world did I wake up in today, that a candidate's two sons are discussing

PUNCHING THE PRESIDENT?

[EasyGirl]

7. In the same world that gave the Kardashians a tv show.

[NOLALady]

8. Assaulting the President

is a "white privilege" joke.

[NYC Liberal]

9. Imagine if one of Kerry's kids had said they'd wanted to punch Bush?

Imagine the outrage. It would have been on CNN and the rest of the media nonstop.

[Contrary1]

11. The more these jackals talk, the more they reveal themselves.

I hope they keep it up.

[porphyrian]

13. If he could, Tagg would ride his bicycle so hard up to the White House, ring the door bell...

...and hand the President some literature. Roughly. The Secret Service better be on alert.

[desertduck]

14. This is what angry & privileged looks like. And, i think, quite sfe to add to the mix some racism

As well. I doubt they would talk like this is obama was white.

[moc]

15. All you have to do is watch how his dear old dad disrespects the POTUS to see why the son thinks

it's okay to joke about pummeling the president.

Apple not falling far from tree and all that.

[Voice for Peace]

16. good grief. people are making way too much of this.

It's a distraction from the stuff that matters and it
makes everybody sound like birthers.

[TwilightGardener]

19. LOL. "Stop paying attention to things I'm not interested in!!"

Good luck with that.

[Voice for Peace]

32. I just think it makes Obama supporters look dumb & desperate.

have at it.. and good luck to you too.

[WinkyDink]

64. I'm sure you do, have done, and will, no matter the subject at hand.

[Voice for Peace]

65. totally unnecessary and inaccurate inference & statement.

[Robb]

21. No. Tagg is 42 years old.

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]

31. If someone interviewed you after the most maddening lies of President Bush and

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]

33. No way.

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]

34. No. It's a dog whistle. Even if not intended, it's still not OK.

Some loon will take it to heart.

[Voice for Peace]

35. I think there are enough loons with their own urges.. this one probably won't make a difference. nt

[bemildred]

36. You are probably right, but I don't care to risk it.

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]

61. "If his kid was angry, I don't blame him." EXCUSE ME????????????????????????? (P.S. NOT A "KID.")

[Voice for Peace]

67. why are you so fired up about this?

[WinkyDink]

70. Because you are trying to downplay this ADULT's comments, an ADULT, moreover, who is NOT anyone HERE

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]

72. you are assuming the worst about me and my words

and I ask that you step back and reconsider.

[KurtNYC]

24. Let's remember that Tagg's father was on stage saying that parents make their kids violent

while his son was impersonating Damion the 666th in the stands.

[Voice for Peace]

30. I know, and that was a very funny juxtaposition.

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]

38. and that his mother was on stage when son josh was asked about son tagg's threatening comment.

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? I’ve got to see that,” she said.

“No, it’s great. They still haven’t grown up. Which is really terrific. I’m still proud of them,” she said.



a first lady - not!

[elehhhhna]

40. the horseapple fell close to the tree

[99Forever]

28. "making way too much of"

.. 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]

29. If I knew of a pattern of the guy being violent, or saying such things, there might be a case.

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]

37. You are not the ADULT offspring of a Presidential candidate...

... 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]

39. ok but you don't need to take it personal and insult my judgement.

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.

[Voice for Peace]

44. totally fabricated interpretation, nothing to do with reality.

I'm sorry -- I really don't want to argue.
Your inference is 100% wrong.

[WinkyDink]

62. "If his kid was angry, I don't blame him."

[Voice for Peace]

66. I don't blame people for stuff just because I don't like their father.

[99Forever]

42. People tend to...

... "take it personal" when you call their opinions "silly" where I live.

Physician heal thyself.

[Voice for Peace]

45. can you consider that my choice of the word silly

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]

46. For your edification:

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]

47. well.. it's the silly season. peace.

[99Forever]

48. Thank you for...

.. being so dismissive.

[Voice for Peace]

49. not sure what you want or expect from me?

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]

50. If you can't even be...

.. honest with yourself, what can I say?

[Voice for Peace]

53. now you're being downright silly. nt

[99Forever]

54. Ahh yes...

... 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]

56. and you are a true artiste.

[99Forever]

57. Wrong again.

Find someone else to run your game on. It bores me.

[Voice for Peace]

58. it's you who continue to insult, not me. I am done.

[WinkyDink]

68. Frankly, I think I do. But then, I'm a "dumb and desperate Obama supporter," right?

[Voice for Peace]

71. why are you taking my words that way? I am an Obama supporter, 100%

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]

60. Another post about "stuff that matters." You know what? You aren't the Decider.

[Voice for Peace]

69. you're right, I can only decide for myself.

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]

52. They're just shoring up the bully base.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

55. In a fight my money would be on Obama.

He is way better shape. And he is from Chicago.

[WinkyDink]

59. Punks always think they're tough.

[lunatica]

63. They're not used to having to watch what they say

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.

[Whovian]

73. Thanks for the link. R'd