Whoopi Goldberg fires back at Mitt Romney: ‘I used to respect you’
Source: nbc news
Actress and The View host Whoopi Goldberg took to Twitter to fire back at Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who was caught on tape during a May fundraiser saying four of the five morning show hosts are sharp-tongued and not conservative, especially Whoopi.
Romney made the comment to donors at a $50,000 a plate Boca Raton fundraiser that was surreptitiously recorded. His campaign has been rocked by the revelation of his comments that 47 percent of Americans will vote for President Obama no matter what, because they are dependent on government, feel entitled, and pay no taxes. But he also talked a little pop culture, saying in answer to donor who wanted to see him do more television because a lot of women especially dont watch debates
Romney lamented that Regis [Philbin] is gone, speculated that late night host David Letterman hates him for going on Jay Lenos Tonight Show more often, said appearing on Saturday Night Live can appear slapstick and unpresidential, and offered this critique of The View:
The View is fine. Although The View is high risk because of the five women on it, only one is conservative. Four are sharp-tongued and not conservative, Whoopi Goldberg in particular. Although last time I was on the show, she said to me, You know what? I think I could vote for you. And I said, I must have done something really wrong.
Goldberg fired back late Wednesday, in a Twitter rant in which she said she did previously respect Romney for his support for healthcare in Massachusetts, but no more:
I once had a great deal of respect for you and many of ur stances, Goldberg Tweeted. You believed like Teddy Kennedy in healthcare and a womans right to choose and u seemed to actually care about ur people. That was the man I said was someone worth voting for & I said it publicly
Today I understand that while talking to like minded folks you took a respectful observation and wondered what you had done wrong to garner that kind of interest from me. Well Mr. Romney the man I was talking about turned into a man who flushed his ideals down the drain, only to emerge as a confused candidate
Read more: http://thegrio.com/2012/09/19/whoopi-goldberg-fires-back-at-mitt-romney-i-used-to-respect-you/
nolabear
(41,960 posts)Sexist pig.
DJ13
(23,671 posts)This is the kind of "feud" the MSM would love to use to push the 47% comments off the front page.
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)ejbr
(5,856 posts)Cha
(297,190 posts)when I read Whoopi's comeback that.. this is the Serreptitious-Mitt UnPlugged TAPE that just keeps Giving and Giving!
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really, I did!
trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)Good one!!
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)Tigress DEM
(7,887 posts)tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)M_M
(163 posts)I've never had that problem!
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)She must know something I don't?
Cha
(297,190 posts)it's a good way to bring up to the Baggers..that mitt was a pandering liberal when it was needed to win the gov of Mass.
And, now he's pandering to the radically rich and full of resentment to the poor.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)avebury
(10,952 posts)CEO Watson
(10 posts)mitt rommney paid no taxes. he must be going to vote for obama..
wish there was some kind of way he could prove he isn't going to vote for obama... if he shows me the tax returns i'll believe him.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)dflprincess
(28,075 posts)I'm guessing Letterman hates him for putting his dog on top of the car.
Cha
(297,190 posts)Willard had something to say about Whoopi..if she'd have a rejoinder?
Wonder if Letterman will have any rejoinders?
Freaking Coward..
That's what some on DU were asking.
Booster
(10,021 posts)ejpoeta
(8,933 posts)stiffing him as guest just to go on another show.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)Dave was really peeved. And mccain got caught in a huge lie!! ROFL
schmice
(248 posts)MrMickeysMom
(20,453 posts)I don't necessarily like "The View", but realize that it has had it's useful moments, which means that it gets to a lot of folks out there in daytime TV land who don't necessarily read and investigate real news.
Goldberg was too kind...
defacto7
(13,485 posts)dellcophill
(16 posts)mitt-romney is 100% for the 1%
hrmjustin
(71,265 posts)lesgensvontgagner
(65 posts)perfect
mojo2012
(290 posts)Huh? Did Romney say he believed in the woman's right to choose on the "View"? By now, it would seem that Whoopi would know he's on the opposite side of the spectrum. Was she just being sarcastic? She used to respect him because of that? I guess it was the time he stated the exceptions to rape during the Todd Akin fiasco.
The response seemed very measured for Whoopi. I imagine she let him really have it on a later show. But I don't really watch the View.
justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)he was Gov when the Mass healthcare law passed (he supported it as well).
These are just 2 of many positions he's had to move away from this election season to prove his Repub street creds.
tavalon
(27,985 posts)You're way smarter than that.