How Romney Packed The Univision Forum

[highplainsdem]

Source: BuzzFeed

But after exhausting the few conservative groups on campus, the Romney camp realized there weren't enough sympathetic students to fill the stands on their night — so they told the network and university that if they weren't given an exemption to the students-only rule, they might have to "reschedule."

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In any case, Romney's team was allowed to bus in rowdy activists from around southern Florida in order to fill the extra seats at their town hall.

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Salinas said both candidates ultimately had partisan crowds at their forums, but that Romney's non-student activists ignored instructions to hold their applause.

-snipping paragraphs about the initial Univision introduction for Romney mentioning that Romney was giving them 35 minutes while President Obama would give them an hour the next day-

Apparently, Romney took issue with the anchors beginning the broadcast that way, said Salinas, and he refused to go on stage until they re-taped the introduction. (One Republican present at the taping said Romney "threw a tantrum.&quot

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Read more: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/how-romney-packed-the-univision-forum

[louis-t]

1. I'll say it again.....and again...

THIS is their best and brightest?

[movonne]

35. they stole the bush v gore why not this one...I hope

we are ready for another stolen election...if they can keep the people from voting..we sound like a third country..

[Coyotl]

41. No, Palin is far better and brighter.

Just ask McCain who he picked over Romney

[tanyev]

2. Quite the diva.

"All right, I'm ready for my close up."

[tarheelsunc]

6. He may not be the best

but he IS the brightest at least. He's glowing like an orange in the Miami sun! See, louis-t?

[Brewinblue]

3. Pitiful.

Is there anything genuine about Romney?

[geckosfeet]

20. the smug "I am better than the rabble" attitude is genuine

[ktower]

36. there is a lot of things genuine about Mitt

His racist nature, bigotry, arrogance, hatred, consistent lying, ignorance, only pandering to the rich, not caring for the people who did build 'this', turning his back on the actual troops but not the military in general (how does that work anyway?), not facing the facts ....... feel free to add to this because I am sure I have missed something, or a lot.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Orange ya happy now Mitt ??

Little lord Mitt throws a tantrum.
Is anyone surprised?

[freshwest]

14. LOL@Orange ya happy...

[AllyCat]

26. pfffttt!!!

[MADem]

34. You WIN THE THREAD!!!! nt

[SoapBox]

5. ...the audience wouldn't "hold" their applause.

Hell, rules, etc. weren't made for Repukes! We can do whatever we want!

Now, those Dems...THEY need to follow rules.

[siligut]

28. Hey, they were happy. They got a bus ride and who knows what else the Romney team bribed them with

In fact, I have to think the Romney team encouraged their exuberance. We read about the manipulation of Mitt's crowds, but I doubt that the rest of the viewers have any idea that Mitt doesn't really pack 'em in.

[AndyTiedye]

37. Probably Bussed in the Brooks Brothers Riot Squad

[Pirate Smile]

7. I hate how this article spins Romney being a spoiled brat & his campaign being underhanded,

manipulative and disrespectful into a "win" compared to Pres. Obama giving them more time & not attempting to manipulate the audience.

Not that I think it hurts POTUS.

It is another example of how Republicans treat voters like they are idiots. They want to trick the voters instead of simply offering up their views. Of course, they know more voters hate their views than like them so trying to divert attention from that is always their plan.

It still annoys me when reporters play along.

[progressivebydesign]

30. Yah, did not like the way it morphed into a talking point that Romney is suddenly popular

with Hispanic voters. That's how it came off at the end. At first it seemed to be quotes from a Romney aide, then suddenly it seemed that the writer was heralding Romney's great draw for Hispanics.

It's utter bullshit that this was not made more public. Romney is such a pampered asshole with a rage problem. HOping at least the real media, aka Jon Stewart, does something with this story.

[Ash_F]

8. Should have called his bluff on the "reschedule"

Let that turn into another fiasco. Compliant media.

[They_Live]

9. Surely someone

has a recording of Romney's Univision Tantrum?

[Hutzpa]

21. Wouldn't that be something

if the video just mysteriously pops up on the tubez somewhere.

[DallasNE]

10. Unglued

That is what has happened with the Romney's. In Omaha Ann Romney suddenly canceled an interview with local reporters following her "stop it" shout out to fellow Republicans. Both Romney's have come unglued.

[warrior1]

11. this doesn't translate to votes

[wordpix]

12. Univision should have told him they wouldn't retape the intro & let the partisan crowd take it from

there if Mittwit wouldn't go on stage.

I'm sure he ordered fois gras for the green room, too.

[progressivebydesign]

31. Bet the intro mentioned the non-student crowd.... n/t

[RKP5637]

13. I LOVE that orange glow! Reminds me of a rotten spoiled orange!!! Romeny had

EVERYTHING handed to him in life. I wonder if he could've ever made it on his own, like most of us have had too ...

[Berlum]

15. Wow - more occult Republican smoke and mirrors to deceive America

Shameful Republican tactics. Just shameful. Frikken Republicans and their deceitful occultism. Sheesh.

?w=500

[heaven05]

17. ok

on that. figures. also my friend who lives near Jacksonville, fla texted me asking what the reason for the stealth plane being in the air when mitt-twit is around and why over more than half of duval county police are escorting him. And who's paying for this stealth plane to circle and why it is not the same when Obama is in town. I said I think it's because they don't want to have anyone suicide crash his party before the repug thugs steal the election and that Obama doesn't count with the state gov't so he would have to depend on his own security, I guess. I am also glad to see that romtwit could not fill a television studio audience without resorting to busing. what a f...... joke. Any MSM on this fact?

[Zoeisright]

18. All they can do is cheat!

They cheat at everything! Fake tan, fake crowds, fake votes, fake polls. Good god.

[Hutzpa]

22. +1

nt

[K8-EEE]

19. People were neither impressed nor fooled by Romney's Univision appearance

I was reading spanish language forums during the interview and 90% of the comments were in the vein of "ANSWER THE QUESTION ALREADY!"

[heaven05]

23. read

the whole buzzfeed article. He can 'demand' things like this from a compliant MSM outlet? That's why this FOOL thinks he's going to win. All the behind the scene machinations to make the FOOL look like he has a large Hispanic audience and most weren't even Hispanic. . My God! This is fraud! They are going all out to steal this election like Bush. Beware on election day. Something stinks now!

[WinstonSmith4740]

24. In other words,

upon hearing something he didn't like, Mittens immediately reverted to form and became a bully. Univision should have told him to go fuck himself...if he wanted equal billing, he could give them equal time. And I'd give good money to have seen that temper tantrum. Wouldn't it be nice if someone caught it?

[Smilo]

25. There was a little Romney

There was a little Romney

There was a little Romney,
Who had a little brain,
Stuck somewhere in his forehead.
When he was good,
He was very good indeed,
But when he was bad he was horrid.

With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

[Blue Owl]

27. Mitt's Tangerine Dream

always with the smoke and mirrors...

[progressivebydesign]

29. Romney "threw a tantrum" and refused to go out. He filled the stands with activists,

while threatening to cancel.

Univision's President should have told that fuckhead to keep going. But instead kissed his ass and let him walk all over them!!!

And to NOT explain on AIR that the crowd was NOT equal, that the PResident played by the rules, and Romney refused, was total bullshit.

I'm willing to BET that the intro Romney was pissed about, mentioned the fact that the crowd was not students after all...

As for the makeup, the woman was not in the room when Romney's makeup was done.

[grasswire]

32. Just think what our foreign relations will be like!!

This imperious attitude and bullying will surely not be good for America's relations in the world.

!!!!!

[nolabear]

33. Well, Mitt and Hissy Fit do rhyme. He cannot BUY a good day.

I do believe Mr. Romney is coming a little unglued.

[coljam]

38. Democrats should not complain

The GOP gave the democrats the Christmas present of all time. No one could do more for our campaign then Mittens and Lyin Ryan Munster.

My thank you note is in the mail in the form of a vote.

[donco]

39. Looks like

They held him a bit too long.From the picture i have seen it appears that he was getting a tad overripe.

[davidpdx]

40. I want to retape the opening

I have to have a few minutes to pull my head out of my ass. I'm running for office for peet sake!

[Coyotl]

42. Never forget, election fraud is invisible and undetectable

because it was designed that way for a reason.

[madokie]

43. That prissy asshole

does not meet the qualifications to be our President. Our President needs to be someone who is above reproach like our President Obama is and nothing less.
President Obama has definitely raised the bar and this asshole just doesn't measure up.

[FSogol]

44. Romney "threw a tantrum" is why everyone will tune into the debates