Buckeye State Blog’s Jerid, angered by former Governor Mitt Romney’s approving smile of the Obama/Osama sign while campaigning in South Carolina, took his frustration to the northeastern Republican candidate himself at a town hall in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Romney initially tried to dodge the question, claiming he doesn’t read all the signs, but that excuse is just nakedly false. TMZ posted two pictures: (1) Romney posing with a supporter holding the sign and (2) one of him showing off the sign approvingly to the gathered crowd.
Obviously, Romney is lying. He saw the sign and played to worst of the right-wing crowd. Now he’s not willing to take the heat for his despicable pandering.
Secondly, when confronted with this unfortunate discrepancy, Romney’s only response to a relentless Jerid asking how he could compare any American to bin Laden was to tell him to “lighten up.”
Kudos to Jerid for not only asking the question but pressing Romney on it. This is exactly why I like the “YouTube Election.” Get the bastards on tape.
[Updated 7/23/07, 11:55am by Matt Ortega] Jerid has yet another trick up his sleeve. As it turns out, prior to the town hall event, he approached the former governor with a print out of the TMZ images for his autograph. And wouldn’t you know it, Mitt Romney signed it.
Mitt Romney — he doesn’t read things, just signs them. (Or holds them up in approval, as it were.)
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