Romney Loses Cool With Local Reporter

Romney Loses Cool With Local Reporter: ‘Aren’t There Issues Of Significance You’d Like To Talk About?’

Mitt Romney displayed a flash of tempter during an interview with a local CBS affilate in Denver today, interrupting and scolding a reporter for asking questions about same sex marriage and civil unions, the DREAM Act, and medical marijuana. Romney fielded several questions about gay marriage in light of President Obama’s historic announcement today, but after a series of questions on the issue and the DREAM Act, CBS 4 reporter Shaun Boyd asked Romney about his stance on medical pot, which is legal in Colorado, and Romney bristled, suggesting that the issues weren’t of “significance.”

“Aren’t there — aren’t there issues of significance that you’d like to talk about?” he said, cutting off her question. “This is a significant issue in Colorado,” she replied. “We’ve got enormous issues that we face, but you want talk about — go ahead — you want to talk about marijuana?” Romney said, sounding a bit exasperated. Romney explained that he wanted to talk about national issues like the economy and Iran. Watch it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDfL...layer_embedded

http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/05/09/481567/romney-scolds-local-reporter-arent-there-issues-of-significance-youd-like-to-talk-about/?mobile=nc

What a caring candidate and such a wonderful man. I am sure that he is obviously a hard-core supporter of the dream act and will obviously endorse Rubio's version when it comes out, and if he does, he does it from such a position of amazing selflessness, he does it only to further our best interests. What a man, what a party..

#Republican2012!!!!!!!!

Straight trolling

I wasn't trolling, I was being sarcastic to those that got it, or at least I hope people knew I wasn't being serious. Obviously, I was not serious, nor am I a supporter of the republican party or mitt romney's claims to power at all, not to a man who even bullied gay classmates. Please do not regard everything I write so seriously.I don't appreciate your at times overt aggression towards elements of the website you disagree with.

You mad bro?

Not mad, just annoyed that you accused me of being a troll when from all my posts you should know that I wouldn't resort to that at all. I was just being sarcastic to highlight the utter stupidity of trusting or respecting Romney in any light at all.

Roger that. Cool.

You seem like a cool guy....

Romney doesn't want to talk about same sex marriage, dream act or weed because most of the people that support him are against it. The dream act is going to be rejected by Romney, I really doubt he will agree to it he will be scared of losing votes.

You guys are either not intelligent, or willfully ignorant. This election is about JOBS and the ECONOMY! And yet she likes to ask questions about same sex marriage, the state DREAM Act, and marijuana legaqlization?!

He's not a jerk for testily asking her if she would like to speak about the economy, jobs, and foreign policy.

I would be mad too.

P.S. Don't be so quick to jump on the person who challenges Obama, at least he won't make a promise to tackle it in his first year, then not.

Yes sir. I am very cool