Romney aide loses cool, curses at press in Poland

[Gabby Hayes]

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.




Read more: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/31/romney-aide-loses-cool-curses-at-press-in-poland/

[Berlum]

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

[Skinner]

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

NYT: “We haven’t had another chance to ask a question…”

Gorka: “Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”

Moments later, Gorka told Jonathan Martin, a reporter for Politico, to “shove it.” About a half-hour later, the aide called reporters to apologize.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

28. How culturally insensitive are these guys?

He should have said "Up your dupa" and "kiss my dupa"

geeze

[wordpix]

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

[Voice for Peace]

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

[ohgeewhiz]

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

Making a mess out of visits to 3 out of 3 countries, that's got to be a worldwide record for any American politician, for sure, maybe a world record for international travelers.

[tanyev]

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

[Earth Bound Misfit]

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

[AlbertCat]

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

Without an good music...

though the fool, who'd like to be on the Hill, seems to be sitting there in 'blue jay way".... goo goo ga joob.

[R0ckyRac00n]

47. Ha I picked it up tanyev

"It's been an incredible success..."

[redwitch]

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

I got it too!

[MADem]

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

Let the flames begin!!!!

NYT: "We haven't had another chance to ask a question..."

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

Moments later, Gorka told Jonathan Martin, a reporter for Politico, to "shove it." About a half-hour later, the aide called reporters to apologize.

Gorka's comments to the media came just hours before Romney's foreign policy speech in Warsaw.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/31/romney-aide-loses-cool-curses-at-press-in-poland/

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

to come clean and talk to the press. Having one who can't be trusted to speak off the cuff
without f'ing up.

And, based on his outrageous control freak personality...bet Romney blasts his staff
for not controlling the situation and keeping that image he wanted to portray (a solemn Romney who
actually gives a shit) from being tarnished.

[MADem]

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

Either do the job professionally or don't do it at all. He's not getting paid to make his lousy candidate look worse, or make the news all about him.

That said, I am delighted at his fuckup!

RMoney hasn't been talking to the press for this entire trip. He never talks to the Press unless it's fauxsnooze, and he's not even talking to Greta, who is likening the clusterfuck trip to a petting zoo. The press has been crabbing since Britain--why did he pick Poland to decide to get shirty?

CNN is covering it in HEAVY rotation. "Kiss my (bleeeeeeep)" is the theme of the morning.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

countries he could go to ! lol

[GoCubsGo]

32. You know what's even more difficult?

The press being forced to carry his water, despite him treating them like shit. I wonder how long it's going to be before some of them crack, go against their corporate masters, and let him have it. I suspect it may be soon. I understand even FoxNoise is starting to get pissed off.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

the big scheme of things. I suspect, like you said, what they report is still subject to "corporate master" approval.
I suppose at the very least, they will tend to ignore anything good the candidate does?

Remember how the press loved McCain, cuz he's such a "good ole boy" on the bus? Maybe they ignored his
bad side because of this

I just pulled up Greta's blog....she speaks of the event (questions being thrown out)...but not the "kiss my ass" talk

++Note press loudly shouted qs to Romney at end but were ignored.

http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2012/07/31/gov-romney-press-pool-report-out-of-sequence/

[GoCubsGo]

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

Can't say I blame them. But, Romney has been acting like enough of a douchebag that I think he may just drive one of these people to snap. I suspect it will either be someone with little to lose, or someone big, who can afford lose his/her job. I'm betting on Shepherd Smith, myself.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

this was their last chance to ask a question..so they waited til MR walked away from the
memorial site. And they said the press guy walked over to them "out of the blue" and
cussed them out.

I think probably doing all that traveling, lugging all their camera and sound equipment from
country to country is probably VERY frustrating and you are right...some one will snap - sure do hope
you are right - would like to see Shep do it and have it broadcast on Faux news !

[MADem]

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

"petting zoo."

Three questions answered in three countries visited (and all of the questions were answered in UK).

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

at them on the bus? Maybe I read it wrong

[dawn frenzy adams]

72. Go against their corporate masters?

Do you remember when President Obama tried to remove Fox News from the White House Press Corp? He viewed the network as not a legitimate news outlet. Jake Tapper, ABC's little jerk demanded that the president of the United States apologize to Fox News. As a matter of fact, he banded all of the Mainstream Media outlets together. They gave the president an ultimatum. Either he permit Fox News to remain in the White House Press Corps, or they would not cover his administration. Too bad Obama didn't take them up on it. After all, most of them are overpaid corporate hacks.

Romney has been given the press the finger since his campaign began. Where's that ass Jake Tapper now? I don't see CNN, NBC, ABC, or CBC giving Romney an ultimatum.

[Heather MC]

5. How do you say

"Kiss my ass....Holy place."
in the same breath. How pathetically ignorant

[ohgeewhiz]

9. Great observation!

The height of hypocrisy, but that's nothing new for Republicans.

[LuvNewcastle]

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

[siligut]

38. And the further irony . . .

Since when is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a holy place? It is a monument and memorial, nothing holy or sacred there.

[Gin]

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

Hahahahahahah

[Yavin4]

66. You Cannot Write Better Comedy Than That

Stewart or Colbert, on their best days, cannot come up with a better line.

[DonCoquixote]

6. If the GOP had any sense

They would be in panic right now. Mitt has shown himself to go beyond the point of mere awkwardness, to being outright clumsy. He is the singer that fights to get the main part, and then croaks. The difference being, as horrible as this will sound, W at least had enough charm to make some people overlook his incompetence, Mitt has none.

Of course, they do not. Mitt winning is meant to enshrine a specific point, that being rich and white are actually the two virtue America cares about; that the billionaires can enshrine an idiot BECAUSE he is incompetent, because he is no Jon Huntsman or even Newt Gingrich. They are paying a billion dollars just to smack down the rest of us for even thinking of putting a man in office who, for all his blackness, for all his attempts to make peace, is to them, a (insert racial expletive.)

Of course, they are also planning to cripple Mitt; if he dares even think about that etch a sketch, he will be impeached, with the same people that voted for him calling him a dirty Mormon.

Let's NOT give them the chance eh? VOTE!

[corkhead]

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

But they already know it's lost.

Just watch. A big chunk of the huge amounts of dark money they are collecting is going to go to congressional and senate races.

[AlbertCat]

54. They would be in panic right now.

They weren't over Dubya.... who is just as inept.

But Dubya did as he was told. Like Reagan, he never even pretended to be in charge except to say things like "I'm the decider".... even if he wasn't. Willard acts like he's supposed to REALLY be in charge. And has no... whatever it is that passes for "charm" in GOP circles. Maybe Mittens should give everybody stupid prep-school nicknames.

[Gabby Hayes]

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

Former Vice-President Dan Quayle called for the arrest of the grave robbers and demanded the immediate return of the Unknown Soldier's remains to the United States.

[jberryhill]

12. The Poles stopped him by saying...

"Sure. Just tell us his name, and we'll send him over."

[lonestarnot]

44. omg, now dat is funny!

[KurtNYC]

8. It reads like a line from Dr Strangelove

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

Moments later, Gorka told Jonathan Martin, a reporter for Politico, to "shove it." About a half-hour later, the aide called reporters to apologize.

Reminds me of Kubrick's line "You can't fight HERE. This is the War Room!"

[VWolf]

31. Beat me to it!

I was thinking of the same exact line.

Great minds, and all ...

[bemildred]

11. Really letting us know who they are. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

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

Uh-oh...he has rage issues, too:

[liberal N proud]

14. The media can effect this election

If the reporters embedded with this campaign choose, they can make a difference.

[Godot51]

15. Looks like Mitt's going for a trifecta

... in reverse. Three swings, three strikes, you're out.

[TBF]

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

this one can't even speak to the press without sticking his foot in his mouth, and his aides are openly hostile. Classy.

[get the red out]

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

You can tell he has no experience being a "job creator" when he can't hire people any smarter than this.

[Chorophyll]

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

Fortunately, it will never happen.

[Spirochete]

18. I have no doubt that

Mitt will rattle off a few Polak jokes on his way out. Bizarro buffoon...

[usregimechange]

20. wtf?

[bulloney]

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

They've visited 3 countries and managed to honk off officials at all 3 stops. It all boiled down to Romney and his staff's ignorance and arrogance.

But, back home, there will be a significant percentage of the voters who will love Romney for it. It will be for any one, or combination of 3 reasons:

1. Ole Mitt showed those furners that Amurka will dictate the dialog and say how things go if he's president.
2. Romney's not a Democrat.
3. Romney's not Black.

[Javaman]

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

I love listening to repukes who twist themselves in to pretzels trying to explain away the incredibly obvious stupidity on display by lost mittens.

It's like listening to 3 year olds explaining away something they know they were caught doing.

[ehrnst]

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

Did someone play this back for him on tape? I hope so.

[KurtNYC]

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

Like his ass is the Polish Blarney Stone.

[ehrnst]

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

I'm seeing a campaign ad:

Mitt Romney's aide says that his rear end is a "Holy site" and that you should not only have 'respect' for it - you should "kiss it." (play sound bite).

Do you want a president that disrespects houses of worship here and abroad?

[lonestarnot]

46. Should be the headline!

[wordpix]

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

[EnviroBat]

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

I'd love to smash that smug asshole right in his face.

[Madmiddle]

34. He

was just following instructions.

[Hubert Flottz]

35. What the guy really meant was...

"You're either with us or against us!"

Same arrogant attitude as the BushCo crew!

[pnwest]

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

I just don't understand what they're about. Palin I wrote off as just plain stupid and inexperienced. But Mitt has been pursuing this for YEARS, and he's not stupid.

So, ok, in the beginning, you make a couple of mistakes, commit a couple gaffes...you learn from that, correct course and fly right. But Mitt and his crew look as though they are TRYING to find the wrong move in every situation. The train wreck is so mesmerizing, so hypnotic, one wonders what else is going on somewhere else that is masked by this distraction.

I just don't get why the whole group of people in that campaign can fuck up so consistently. Every. Single. Day.

Velly, velly suspicious.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

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

memorize answers and keep her away from ad lib situations" strategy.

Even handlers know, though, if you are running for president, this strategy is impossible to keep up. And, I am sure, even they, think at some point, out of general common sense, that the candidate should be able to handle simple basic questions with ease if he is going to be the freakin prez of the country.

Sure, Mitt may be "smart" - I think with numbers and money...but doesn't mean he has savvy

[wordpix]

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

That explains some.

NB: Joe did not realize in saying this he was basically admitting Candidate Mittie is unqualified for the highest political job in the land since he doesn't know much about politics.

[JI7]

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

because of name and money. he is just like Bush.

[SmittynMo]

42. 3 for 3?

What is it with Rmoney and/or his staff. Any time they open their mouths, stupidity comes out. Everywhere they go, it seems to be a clusterf*&k. I hope America is observing the stupidity coming from the right. And he wants to be president? OMG!!! Such class these idiots have!!

[allan01]

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

@ skinner , et al. that really really shows no class on rmoneys part. at least my mother taught me how to behave better than that .i remember when bushco told a group of m.i.a families to sit down and shut up . how crude. i got to throw in my usual,

[suffragette]

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

Looks like Romney and his crew have found and stepped in every cowpie possible on their Grand European Tour.

[no_hypocrisy]

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

[wordpix]

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

Poor widdle Willard, can't answer questions w/out putting his foot in his mouth.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

59. Must not be going well for them. nt

[magical thyme]

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

3 country's visited; all 3 eff ups.

I soooo can't wait for the debates. If he gets that far.

[Quantess]

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

[randome]

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

During a press conference, one of his aides loses it completely when he hears the verbal shitstorm that Romney is about to cause him (for the umpteenth time) and starts strangling Romney at the podium while screaming, "Shut the fuck up! Shut the fuck up!"

No one from the press corps will intervene and the story the next day will be that Romney died of 'friendly fire'.

Only Ralfalca will mourn.

[askyeshua]

65. That is one hell of an oxymoronic statement!

It's a Holy site dammit!

[B Stieg]

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

kiss my vote goodbye!

[KamaAina]

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

it basically means "F--- off". A Polish-speaking Floridian DUer pointed this out when that state was festooned with signs reading "Jeb!"

So maybe he was announcing his VP pick?

[progressivebydesign]

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

They really have this notion that Romney is some sort of King. I wonder if he has that "you can't LOOK at me" thing with his staff. Don't address him directly, etc.

Here is not only Mitt but his Aide going after Glen Johnson of AP for having the nerve to question Romney on one of his lies in a press event. They truly are doing the "he is untouchable" routine with Romney.

http://www.politicususa.com/mitt-romney-glen-johnson-flashback.html

[rocktivity]

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

And the gaffes just keep on coming!


rocktivity

[Akoto]

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

[marble falls]

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

into it themselves.