Romney Declines To Criticize Limbaugh — Again

[ProSense]

Romney Declines To Criticize Limbaugh — Again

By Alex Seitz-Wald

While all three leading Republican presidential candidates have refrained from strongly condemning Rush Limabugh’s attacks on Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, Mitt Romney has been the most impotent thus far, and passed on another opportunity to criticize the radio host last night. When asked about Limbaugh’s vicious attacks on Fluke last week, Romney merely said, “I’ll just say this, which is, it’s not the language I would have used.”

Last night, at his Super Tuesday victory party in Boston, Romney was asked again for his thoughts on Limbaugh’s attacks and said only, “My campaign is about jobs and the economy and scaling back the size of government and I’m not going to weigh in on that particular controversy.”

By this point, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) — both of whom endorsed Romney — and several other Republicans, have all publicly condemned Limbaugh, but the party’s most visible leaders have not. “Courage!” Daily Show host Jon Stewart mocked when commenting the candidates’ tepid responses to Limbaugh Monday night.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/07/439483/romney-limbaugh-fail/

[WI_DEM]

1. heaven forbid he do the right thing.

[gratuitous]

2. Every one of them courted that vile human being for his endorsement

Why in the world would any of them rear up on their hind legs and snarl at their master, vile as he is?

[EC]

3. Well, what the hell?

Romney is in essence Rush's boss, isn't he? Since when does the boss cower to an employee?

[HopeHoops]

4. RMoney has money invested in Clear Channel. What's bad for Rush is bad for RMoney.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

5. Romney is even more chickenshit than Palin

Palin would go on interview shows like Katie Couric until she exposed how ill-informed she was. After that, she only gave softball interviews on Fox. Romney has been on O'Reilly's show but little else. He doesn't subject himself to any amount of rigorous questioning by reporters, not even in this Limbaugh controversy. Softball interviewer David Gregory has complained that Romney refuses to go on Meet The Press. Here's a clip from MSNBC yesterday involving a conversation with Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, Big Ed, and Lawrence O'Donnell regarding how Mitt is too chicken to go on Meet The Press or to field any questions at all. He's far more cowardly than Palin.

http://video.msnbc.msn.com/msnbc-tv/46649613/#46649613

[deacon]

6. ...and boehner. n/t

[deacon]

7. Bain - Romney- Clear Channel- Rush link might have something to do with it. n/t

[Jamaal510]

8. Willard has been so much of a screw-up this election season that

even when he tries to play it safe, it looks bad for him among potential voters.