Mitt Romney confronted on lobbyist connections

[lasku0007]

"I think you are roode and ugly"..lol....why do these by-standers who support the obvious scums like romney, mostly sound like hill-billy trailer trash types?

[piscesrising2006]

romney is a scumsucker.

[jamesspencerjackson]

glen johnson has a vagina

[0lord0kinbote0]

hah lobbyists sure are getting a lot of attention lately. Lets all hope we can put them all in the unemployment line as soon as possible.

[chiliconcarne2006]

i hate keith o so much.

[Sherlyjames]

Romney it is a lie. Romney is counting words and not the 'sprit' of the topic. People who count words, the way Romneys does, is a liar. Peroid.

[WadeBlazingame34]

To the lady at the end: Glen the AP reporter knows you're not "with the candidate", b/c he lives and travels with him every single day. That's how he spotted this lie, and called him out on it. See how it works? When people pay attention, they can spot the lies...

[WDeet]

She says ALOT of ignorant and stupid things, just another one for the course!

[WDeet]

Willard was interupted, he was going to say he didn't have lobbyists TIED to his campaign! If Glen would have held his tongue 10 more seconds, Willard MittWitt would have been caught in a LIE! Bottom line, Willard MittWitt HAS lobbyists clearly influencing him and directing his campaign!

[jblanch3]

Good for Glen Johnson! It's a rare occasion when you see a reporter from the mainstream media ask the tough questions.

[schwinn13]

HA!! Watch his face at :33.  Good for Glenn- he grew a set of balls and confronted this liar.

[kintaman2]

What a lying sack of crap.

[flattopFX]

Romney has received more money and more endorsements from K street lobbyist than any other Republican.

[landrover1515]

I'm a Romney supporter for the record. Romney's Press Secretary (Fehrnstrom) was too defensive. He should take Romney's lead and been more open about the question. Romney on the other hand tried to answer the question. They may disagree on the differences between "running" and "advising" but Romney made an effort.

[WDeet]

Huh, yea, and effort to misrepresent his connection to lobbyists and the welcomed INFLUENCE they will peddle in a Willard MittWitt Presidentcy.

[landrover1515]

If lobbyist Ron Kaufman lobbies for Citgo then that would qualify him potentially as an expert in oil markets & energy related policy. Having him as an advisor makes sense. I agree that it appears Romney was going to say "tied to" his campaign which would have been a misrepresentation. However, Romney appears to have admitted the "tie" and then state clearly that a "tie" does not "running" make.

[WDeet]

Being a lobbyists is NOT the same as being an expert in the field you lobby for, a lobbyists is an expert at manipulating the system for his and his clients gain at the expense of the American people. Why don't we just cut out the middle man, Willard, and put the oil companies in charge of our country?

[landrover1515]

My hell... Do you honestly think that a lobbyist is only an expert in "manipulation?" Wouldn't it suit them well to understand what they're lobbying for? No, you're right, lobbyists are just idiot manipulators.

[WDeet]

They do, they lobby FOR money, favorable legislation, and influence, NOT for oil or any other product! They couldn't care less what your company produces like an advertizing agent, you just tell them what legisalation you want and pay them. They get the ear of influencial people, like Mitt and they make your dreams come true. In the end the American people suffer the consequences. BTW, they are intelligent, just heartless, money worshipping scum.

[ironman583]

Good for Glen. Someones gotta have balls to speak the truth about MITT. Hes a snake!

[arizonaveteran]

Is this for real? He didn't seem angry to me, he seemed resolute. It's a good quality to have when you're looking to take the helm of the world's biggest beaurocracy.

[SpicyTim]

hahahahaha

Huck you, Mitt Romney!

[arngrei]

So US politicians expect journalists to be polite and nice to them and not ask them any hard questions? What kind of a democracy is that?

[arngrei]

Jezz, politicians in the US are used to be treated as royalty, this type of questioning is standard and rather mild in Europe, remember how British press used to grill Blair?

[ammaroo1975]

That reporter was slouching on the floor like Jabab the Hut. totally unprofessional

[HiveRadical]

I suppose Glen thinks he runs the AP.