Ryan: Romney 'obviously inarticulate' in remarks
Source: AP via Boston Globe
RENO, Nev. (AP) Mitt Romneys running mate is calling the Republican presidential nominee obviously inarticulate when he remarked that nearly half of Americans believe they are victims and entitled to a range of government support.
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Asked what he thought of Romneys remarks, Ryan told the Nevada station: He was obviously inarticulate in making this point. Ryan went on to say the point the Republicans are making is that, under the Obama economy, government dependency is up and economic stagnation is up.
Asked if he thought Romney regrets the remarks, Ryan says he thinks Romney would have said it differently, adding, thats for sure.
Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2012/president/candidates/romney/2012/09/18/ryan-romney-obviously-inarticulate-remarks/DE30PkQIY7KXbJ44iYuohP/story.html
Ryan labeled Romney "inarticulate" during an interview with KRNV-TV in Reno.
Editing to add the tweet from Politico's Roger Simon about this:
http://twitter.com/politicoroger/status/248241245007278080
Roger Simon
?@politicoroger
When's last time the No. 2 on the ticket publicly said the No. 1 was "inarticulate"?
9:04 PM - 18 Sep 12
otherone
(973 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,345 posts)eggplant
(3,908 posts)There was a moment in there when he actually sounded passionate about what he was saying. And for Mittens, that's saying quite a lot.
Inarticulate? Sorry, that dog won't hunt.
sad sally
(2,627 posts)dueing the primary debates.
Listening to the 45 minutes of tape made me take back every comment I've made about him sounding like he has dementia. He's a wolf in sheep's clothing - not a person to be trusted.
renaissanceguy
(1,729 posts)I really believe that this is the video that brings down his whole campaign. We haven't seen Romney speak with so much conviction like that. His best bet is to own what he said... and lose the election, because he is wrong for the country!
http://www.cafepress.com/liberalissues.619026493
jsr
(7,712 posts)FightingIrish
(2,716 posts)mucifer
(23,478 posts)central scrutinizer
(11,637 posts)t his is the first time I thought Rmoney was not struggling to remember his lines. this is how he really thinks and feels and he sounded completely natural and comfortable.
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Cha
(296,821 posts)You mean.. "the tape exposed him as a Sneering Plutocrat...whadda ya gonna do?"
christx30
(6,241 posts)When your running mate is doing damage control by saying you are 'inarticulate', that's just sad. It's like a lawyer saying "I know my client was found with a knife covered in the victims blood with 'I heart murder' tattooed on his arm. And I know that he screamed that he hated the victim and is glad he's dead nearly every day of the trial...".
So the choice here is an inarticulate person that has contempt for nearly half of the US population, or Obama. Not a tough decision
leveymg
(36,418 posts)State Department declares no-fly zone "to protect lives and property."
Ryan forces advancing under NATO air cover toward possible victory in South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippl, and North Dakota.
Saudi Arabia may be willing to accept Romney and his entourage.
LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)Here's the skinny. Paulie met with those same 15 individuals in a secret meeting, you know, like the SAME SECRET meeting they had the SAME DAY President Obama was sworn into office. Okay, anyway they told Paulie something like this.....
"Look, we screwed up. Mittens mouth can't be controlled. He's revealing our barely invisible strategy of destroying Middle Class America and the Black Guy because he would keep his gosh darn mouth shut. So, here is the situation. You, NOW....right now....go out and throw this idiot WAY UNDER THE BUS. Bury him with under the tire. Put him on fire if you can. Either way, DISTANCE YOURSELF from this FREAKING IDIOT NOW!
Good thing, if you do this, the Koch's Brothers and big money said they pledge their undying support to your Presidential election in 2016."
Paulie, "Okay, anything to please the Koch's and all."
Cantor thinking, "He had no idea my fingers were crossed behind my back. Idiot, he actually thinks we would run HIM for President in 2016. Chances this is happening is the same chance idiot Mittens returning his offshore accounts back to the USA."
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Remember that nonsense from last time around?
Articulate, bright, and clean.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)I understood EXACTLY what he was saying and he understood it as well, he just hoped the rest of us wouldn't hear.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)What someone needs to ask him is what different words he'd have chosen to say the exact same things he said. Let's hear 'em, Mitt! Say it differently without changing the message - hell, you went to two big-time universities. How hard can it be???
sofa king
(10,857 posts)And the dogs have found your scent. Now you're running!
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,421 posts)He was very clear.
Except he didn't know the camera was on.
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)Willard articulated his ideas perfectly and were extremely well received by its intended audience.
The only thing that's "obvious" is your pathetic attempt at damage control.
catbyte
(34,333 posts)Nice try, Lyin Ryan, but us miserable, pathetic, 47% moochers have eyes.
I must admit I am enjoying this way too much, lol.
Cha
(296,821 posts)enjoying this waaay tooo much!
But, since we know the background of being Insulted for months on end by willard mitt romney..it's time to Enjoy the bounty of mitt's reaping what he's sown.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Before Palin, you had to go all the way back to Dan Quayle for election humor.
Dash87
(3,220 posts)Fresh_Start
(11,330 posts)not buying that line of BS Ryan.
I sincerely hope your association with Romney sinks your boat forever.
Major Nikon
(36,818 posts)When Willard knows there's a mic on it takes him twice as long to articulate his message just because he knows he can't say what he really thinks.
Cha
(296,821 posts)plucked Lying Ryan out of the crop of vp candidates to destroy him on a national stage along with his truly.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)He spoke clearly.
I don't think Ryan knows the exact meaning of inarticulate.
That makes both of them stupid.
Cha
(296,821 posts)Lyin's using words he'll think the teabaggers will understand. He apparently doesn't care that he looks stupid.
DallasNE
(7,402 posts)Inarticulate: Incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings.
Romney expressed himself very clearly regarding his ideas and feelings so it was not a problem with how he expressed himself. The problem was how it reflected on his character and leadership and it showed both to be completely lacking.
Ryan, on the otherhand was inarticulate because he wasn't coherent nor effective in expressing his ideas and feelings. Words have meaning and Romney's words were clearly expressed while Ryan was just saying anything to cover Romney's butt.
Cha
(296,821 posts)he ends up being the Inarticulate one.
Could these bozos get anymore screwed..like they're trying to do to the American People?
you mean Romulan?small joke. I like the sign
highplainsdem
(48,902 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)In an interview with Fox News's Neil Cavuto on Tuesday, Mitt Romney continued to stand by his statements in the secretly recorded donor video.
"We were of course talking about a campaign and about how he's going to get half the vote," Romney said. "And frankly we have two very different views of America."
"Those that are dependent on government and those that think governments job is to redistribute -- Im not going to get them," he said later.
While Romney allowed that some of the people who don't pay income taxes may be his supporters -- senior citizens or members of the military, for instance -- he argued that his message about "the 47 percent" would resonate."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/17/mitt-romney-video_n_1829455.html
So if that's the case Paulie did toss Mitt RIGHT UNDER the BUS! And said.....
Indpndnt
(2,391 posts)Willard was very articulate. He seemed right at home and more relaxed than we've ever seen him. He had a lot to say, too. Quite a bit more than was required to impress his millionaire donors. He couldn't help himself. He told them the truth about his 'vision' of the country.
robinlynne
(15,481 posts)marble falls
(57,009 posts)efhmc
(14,723 posts)juajen
(8,515 posts)tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)He is a brown-nosing SOB who will ride anyone's coat tails, even a GOP corpse, to higher office
Not to say that Romney is a walking-zombie candidate
oldbanjo
(690 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)He did NOT say that, did he??????
ZOMG, is Ryan a secret Democratic operative sent to scuttle what remains of the Rmoney campaign?????
bhikkhu
(10,711 posts)Recovering from the massive bush recession - duh.
What is most important is the direction of things - which is away from the massive bush recession and the asshattery that got us into the mess to begin with.
lexw
(804 posts)Were the Bush 2004 and the McCain runs this much of a circus? I just can't believe what's going on hereand it's on a daily basis! I can't help but wonder if it's because I'm only seeing one side on DU...? I love it, though.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)DU was the only place I needed to watch the election unfold.
There were links to the funniest sites and video clips, memes and photoshops of glorious quality, and some of the best snark in the whole Inter-verse, all in real time.
Gramps and Palin could not sneeze without it being on DU 2 seconds later.
Had no tv, needed no tv.
DU provided it all.
But Palin pales before the grandiosity and smugness of Rmoney.
Bozita
(26,955 posts)Just askin'.
liberal N proud
(60,332 posts)Kablooie
(18,608 posts)GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)tanyev
(42,515 posts)olegramps
(8,200 posts)Ryan parades himself as a faithful Christian. In reality he is like the Pharisees who Jesus condemned for their open display of holiness but were in reality 'whitewashed tombs, which look fine on the outside but are full of bones and decaying corpses on the inside." How true was His teaching, "They tie onto people's backs loads that are heavy and hard to carry, yet aren't willing even to lift a finger to help them carry those loads." Mt. 23... Rather than have any compassion for the people struggling to survive they both condemn them as worthless parasites and are consumed with greed.
mwooldri
(10,299 posts)might aswell rite in lolspk. Kitteh maeks moar sense than Mitteh.
joanbarnes
(1,721 posts)mikeytherat
(6,829 posts)mikey jus' sayin
mikey_the_rat
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)heaven05
(18,124 posts)good visual metaphor for robme and aynryan.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)haven't heard much from the tea party membership and that is strange to me since 95% of that membership is in that 47% their leader/candidate spoke of
sakabatou
(42,136 posts)polichick
(37,152 posts)nichomachus
(12,754 posts)It was the same with Bush. When he talked mean, when he talked about killing people, when he talked about punishing liberals, he was smooth as silk.
It was when he tried to be compassionate, to show some consideration for those less fortunate, etc. that he couldn't string five words together coherently.
Beartracks
(12,797 posts)What you say and how you act in private is much more revealing.
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AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)....sounded pretty clear to me. I mean, he went on for like a paragraph.
alp227
(32,005 posts)King_Klonopin
(1,306 posts)I think I finally have a grasp of this man, Romney.
We think he's a complete liar, but this implies that he knows
the truth. I don't think he knows or cares about "truth", or
right vs. wrong. In order to lie, one must know the truth.
His driving force is "I want", and, therefore, he will say anything
to achieve that end. His intention isn't to fool people; it's to get
what he wants. So he tells a bunch of aristocrats what he believes
they want to hear. This is beyond pandering or clever manipulation.
Good liars aren't this incoherent, inconsistent or contradictory.
I don't think he has animosity toward the poor or sympathy
toward the rich. He just wants to be President and can't even
give us a good reason why -- except that he wants to have it.
It's like a child who lies to his parents that he needs milk money
for school but really wants to use the money to go to the movies.
Most children have an awareness that this is a lie.
Mitt lacks this awareness. His only conscious thoughts are about
getting what he wants. If he gets what he wants (whether it be
the movies or the Presidency) then all is well and he's done nothing
wrong.
And why does Ann Romney remind me of Carmela Soprano ?
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)People are pissed because he was articulate.
daybranch
(1,309 posts)When did articulate come to mean lying well?
LibertyLover
(4,788 posts)I agree with Ryan on something - Mitt is inarticulate. Is that the sort of person we want, or can afford to have in these times, as president - someone who can't express himself clearly and concisely without resorting to a speechwriter? I think not.