Politicians talk, that is there job. But for Mitt, he talks a little too much. More often than not, what comes out of his mouth is what he thinks the audience wants to hear. Well, you say, what is wrong with that? Shouldn’t you try to hoodwink the people, and get as many votes as you can? Sure, if you are not genuine, that is the only way you are going to get votes. But in this day and age of cell phones and youtube, every word you say is likely to be recorded especially if you are running for president of the United States. Once the media gets a hold of your inaccuracies, you are done for. Let’s backtrack here (we can call this pullin’ a Mitt), and say that once your rival media unravels your lies, they will bury you and before you know it, you are getting hit with the ugly stick faster than Clemens can say “Never touched the stuff”. Others have done fine jobs in listing his recent flip flops, but let’s watch it actually unfold as he was questioned by K Couric on 17 Dec. Let’s play it round by round after she asks when the last time he lost his temper and what came of it, and see him dig himself a hole, pull a Mitt, and then backpedal out.
Romney: You know, I talk about becoming intense. I never talk about losing my temper. (LAUGHS) I don’t think I lose my temper. But I become …
Couric: Well, when was the last time you became intense?
Romney: I become intense. Well, there was a TV or radio talk show host the other day in Iowa that began drilling me about my faith. And I became intense in confronting what he had said. And we went back and forth. Unbeknownst to me, he had a hidden camera on the console. So this then popped up on the Internet – as our exchange. And I was intense. I wasn’t angry. I wasn’t out of control. But I was intense.
Couric: Would you say you lost your temper a bit?
Romney: No. No, I didn’t lose my temper. I was intense. And expressed my views directly and forthrightly. I remember once I really learned to manage my temper when I was angry with one of my sons when they were very, very young. And Ann and I talked about it afterwards and said, “You know, it doesn’t make sense to ever really lose your temper with a child.” And, I said, you know, “I’m not gonna do that anymore.” And I have not, I just haven’t gotten angry and lost my temper that I can recall in a long, long time.
Couric: Come on. (LAUGHS)
Romney: Oh, you get, you get…
Couric: I mean, there must be times…
Couric: When you feel like you’re going to…
Romney: They’re the road experience.
Couric: You’re going to get really angry or you just get furious, even if it’s just an instance.
Romney: Oh, sure. Oh, of course. And–
Couric: When was the last time you did that?
Romney: You know, sometimes on the road when I’m driving, if someone does something, you know, I might (LAUGHS) express my anger. I don’t do in a visible way.
Couric: You don’t do any rude signs, do you?
Romney: No. No rude signs, no. They, they’ve been flashed in my direction. But rarely in the or never actually near the direction, you know, I’ve kicked a door a couple of times. I remember kicking a door the other day. Not the other day. It was probably a few months ago.
Couric: Why’d you kick the door?
Romney: Well, I heard something that a particular member of the news media had said. And it was wrong. It was exactly the opposite of what was real. And it’s frustrating to see things that you that you know being distorted. But I don’t tend to express that openly or publicly.
Couric: What happened when you kicked the door other than stubbing your toe?
Romney: That was it. That’s typically the result of anger is being hurt yourself and not accomplishing anything for it.
