Romney: Not Being President 'Kills Me'

Sunday, March 03, 2013

In his first TV interview since losing the presidential election, Mitt Romney said on Fox News Sunday that it "kills" him not to be president. "I wish I were there," he said. "It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done." Romney also said that his "47 percent" remark was poorly expressed. "You know, when you speak in private, uh, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted," he said. "That hurt. There's no question that hurt and did real damage to my campaign."

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Ya think?

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-03 11:17 AM | Reply | Flag:

Oh, Mitt, do everyone a favor: just go away.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-03-03 11:28 AM | Reply | Flag:

Better yet, keep creeping back into the diminishing limelight to explain what you really meant with your 47% remark. Who knows, the DNC might even send you a fruit basket or deluxe gift box of Omaha steaks.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-03-03 11:29 AM | Reply | Flag:

Who?

#4 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-03-03 11:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

Romney also the "47 percent" remark, calling it an "unfortunate statement." "It's not what I meant. I didn't express myself as I wished I would have.

Then why did he and his surrogates spend so much time defending his statement?

#5 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-03 11:30 AM | Reply | Flag:

"Romney did confirm during the interview aired Sunday that she was asked to appear on the ABC show "Dancing With the Stars" but felt she was not in good enough dancing shape.

"I did consider it," she told Fox host Chris Wallace. "I love the show."

"I would've loved to have done it, and I am turning 64, and I started thinking about it. I'm not really as flexible as I should be. And now I know -- I understand, Dorothy Hamill has been picked, and I thought,'Oh my gosh, am I glad I didn't do that!' I wouldn't want to compete against Dorothy!"

www.politico.com

She also said that "I am happy to blame the media" when asked about the reason for Mitt's loss.

#6 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-03 11:39 AM | Reply | Flag:

Then why did he and his surrogates spend so much time defending his statement?
#5 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2013-03-03 11:59 AM | Reply | Flag:

Good ol' rMoney...blame anyone else but himself. Thank God he wasn't elected-what's bad already would have been a whole lot worse.

#8 | Posted by e1g1 at 2013-03-03 12:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

Good ol' rMoney...blame anyone else but himself. Thank God he wasn't elected-what's bad already would have been a whole lot worse.

#8 | Posted by e1g1 at 2013-03-03 12:18 PM | Reply |

Unlikely. At least there would be a plan.

#9 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-03 12:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm glad he lost too, I mean unemployment is down, fuel prices are low, iran is not a threat, the debt is being cut in half, food stamp dependence is down.........

#10 | Posted by fishpaw at 2013-03-03 12:29 PM | Reply | Flag:

Yeah Fishpaw he would have fixed all that. Uh-huh sure.

#11 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 12:33 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I'm glad he lost too, I mean unemployment is down, fuel prices are low, iran is not a threat, the debt is being cut in half, food stamp dependence is down........."

...and N. Korea is giving up its nukes and ballistic missiles and nobody was killed in Benghazi last week and the Muslim Brotherhood is gonna use those F-16's and tanks for peaceful purposes and Assad is gonna volunteer to step down and Little Caesar Barackus is gonna be "more flexible" and peace and prosperity is gonna reign all over the globe, Heil Barackus Caesar, the WINNAH....

#12 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-03 12:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Yeah Fishpaw he would have fixed all that. Uh-huh sure."

The absolute certainty is that he couldn't be any worse.

#13 | Posted by jestgettinalong at 2013-03-03 12:40 PM | Reply | Flag:

The U.S. will continue like a large ship in an ocean tempest without an anchor and without a captain for 4 more years drifting aimlessly----maybe at the end of the 4 years, the passengers totally sea-sick might decide it's finally time to put a captain in place with some experience.

#14 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-03 12:43 PM | Reply | Flag:

I'm sure he does feel bad. But better him than us. When he says you say things in private that you wouldn't say in public ~ which one would you say is the lie? LOL

#16 | Posted by Twinpac at 2013-03-03 12:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

When he says you say things in private that you wouldn't say in public ~ which one would you say is the lie? LOL

#16 | Posted by Twinpac at 2013-03-03 12:47 PM | Reply

www.youtube.com

#18 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-03 12:51 PM | Reply | Flag:

CLUELESS AS USUAL.....
Dont kill yourself, Mitt. You are OK...

#24 | Posted by BADAOPHAY at 2013-03-03 01:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

I like how Mitt Romney thinks addressing a crowd of fat cat donors is speaking in private. It's a shame the person who secretly filmed him hasn't come forward.

#25 | Posted by rcade at 2013-03-03 02:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

"The absolute certainty is that he couldn't be any worse."

Stock market all time high.
Housing prices rising.
Unemployment slowly falling.
Manufacturing steadily growing.
Exports up.
Inflation 2% or less.

He inherited Dubya's mess and he's slowly cleaning it up, but it was one huge mess to have to clean up. Next year troops home from Afghanistan. We're already out of Iraq. Good things happening. Makes Republicans feel miserable.

#26 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 02:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

I hope they keep bringing Mitt out to remind us that Barack was the best choice and the GOP are looney.

#27 | Posted by BruceBanner at 2013-03-03 02:47 PM | Reply | Flag:

So much for the "dad didn't really want to be President" BS.

#28 | Posted by Tor at 2013-03-03 02:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

Mitt really thought he was the "White Horse." He lived his entire life believing it, now I imagine he feels that God has rejected him. It wasn't God, it was us.

#29 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 02:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

now I imagine he feels that God has rejected him. It wasn't God, it was us.

#29 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 02:59 PM | Reply

Therefore "us" is the antithesis of God. Pretty hot down there in Florida? You ain't seen anything yet.

#31 | Posted by matsop at 2013-03-03 03:04 PM | Reply | Flag:

At least there would be a plan.

#9 | Posted by matsop

Seriously? Etchy couldn't find one idea or policy he could stick with, except Rafalca needed a tax cut.

#14 | Posted by matsoP

While there is ample evidence you don't know what you're talking about, at worst, Obama still beats Etchy's dang the rocks, full speed backwards. And what's Etchy's greatest governmental success? Getting lots of pork, tax increases AND socialized medicine.###

I mean unemployment is down, fuel prices are low, iran is not a threat, the debt is being cut in half, food stamp dependence is down........."

...and N. Korea is giving up its nukes and ballistic missiles and nobody was killed in Benghazi

Let's see, Jest. Unemployment is down, fuel prices still suck but I remember righties telling us the President couldn't do anything when they skyrocketed under Dubya and NK built and detonated its first bomb while Bush was p!ssing away America's resources in Iraq.

As for Iran, it's still not a threat to anybody who doesn't need to hide under his bed during thunderstorms, but Etchy's sure to be botched "liberation" of Iran, not to mention his "re-liberation" of Iraq would already have made Benghazi look like a picnic. And even if that foreign terrorist attack had occurred, you righties would have treated it like you did ALL those Embassy bombing under Bush (poop happens, no biggie). After all, you treated the big 9-11 (1000x as many killed AND IN AMERICA)like it was just a broken window or something as far as Bush was responsible.

#32 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 03:23 PM | Reply | Flag:

So much for the "dad didn't really want to be President" BS.

#28 | Posted by Tor

It was said by a Republican. They are congenitally unable to tell the truth.

#33 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 03:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

The party of tolerance and liberation speaks. Love it.

#34 | Posted by sames1 at 2013-03-03 03:39 PM | Reply | Flag:

The party of tolerance and liberation speaks. Love it.

#34 | Posted by sames1

Have we called him a time-travelling Kenyan muslim commie yet? You know, like his campaign called Obama?

Suck it up SAMES1, you guys finally found a candidate that made Bush look credible and trustworthy.

In fairness, it is hard to slam Etchy. At some point in his career of running for President, he has held positions to the left of Ted Kennedy.

#35 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 04:57 PM | Reply | Flag:

It's a shame the person who secretly filmed him hasn't come forward.

I'm satisfied in knowing it was Jimmy Carter's grandson who got it publicized and sank Etchy's campaign.

#36 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 04:59 PM | Reply | Flag:

At least there would be a plan.

#9 | Posted by matsop

Mandating power windows on all military and civilian aircraft isn't really much of a plan, is it? I mean, even for you.

#37 | Posted by northguy3 at 2013-03-03 05:01 PM | Reply | Flag:

Who the hell asked him?

#38 | Posted by spectator at 2013-03-03 08:12 PM | Reply | Flag:

"Therefore "us" is the antithesis of God. Pretty hot down there in Florida? You ain't seen anything yet."

Antithesis? More like we don't need a deity to tell us that this guy who hid his money in overseas bank accounts and outsourced thousands of jobs did not ever have our best interests at heart. It's a good thing he lost, America is a better country because of it and yes, I hope it hurt him dearly, this crony capitalist SOB deserves much more than just the loss, he deserves to feel some of the pain he had dealt to hundreds of thousands of American families.

#39 | Posted by danni at 2013-03-03 08:25 PM | Reply | Flag:

You people are just full of hate.

#40 | Posted by sames1 at 2013-03-03 08:41 PM | Reply | Flag:

"You know, when you speak in private, uh, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted," he said. "That hurt. There's no question that hurt and did real damage to my campaign."

--which simply proves how out-of-touch you STILL, and apparently always be, with 99% of Americans.. yeah, it hurt that YOU didn't think before you spoke. cry-baby wannabe.

#41 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-04 02:13 AM | Reply | Flag:

...it wasn't twisted or distorted one iota.

#42 | Posted by ichiro at 2013-03-04 02:14 AM | Reply | Flag:

"You know, when you speak in private, uh, you don't spend as much time thinking about how something could be twisted and distorted,"

Man up and be accountable for what you said. Nobody twisted your words. The exact quote was presented exactly as you said it.

Either stand behind your words or admit you were wrong.

"I was misrrepresented" is just a way to push responsiblity on everyone else. And its a lie.

#43 | Posted by Sully at 2013-03-04 10:20 AM | Reply | Flag:

Last thing GOP wants is a reminder why they lost 2012 election..Mittens

#44 | Posted by drewinnj at 2013-03-04 01:02 PM | Reply | Flag:

I wonder why pieces like this were not done on Gore and Kerry many days after the election?

#45 | Posted by boaz at 2013-03-04 01:24 PM | Reply | Flag:

"I wonder why pieces like this were not done on Gore and Kerry many days after the election?"

Fox didn't invite those politicians to appear on their broadcast?

#46 | Posted by pragmatist at 2013-03-04 01:26 PM | Reply | Flag:

I wonder why pieces like this were not done on Gore and Kerry many days after the election?

#45 | POSTED BY BOAZ AT 2013-03-04 01:24 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Because they did not go on Fux Nooze to blame everyone for their loss but themselves.

#47 | Posted by 726 at 2013-03-04 01:34 PM | Reply | Flag:

Americaq turned it's back on Mitt.

Now God has turned His back on America!

Mitt '12: The Greatness that might have been.

No citation necessary.

#48 | Posted by BradfordWinston at 2013-03-04 02:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Hey Winston, you've been hanging out with Lady Catherine?

#49 | Posted by nullifidian at 2013-03-04 02:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Is that anything like Amercia?

Hi Brad,

Long time no citation necessary.

#50 | Posted by Corky at 2013-03-04 02:35 PM | Reply | Flag:

Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the retort of a BradfordWinston.

☺

#51 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-04 04:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

Be he live, or be he dead
I'll read his retorts, Right Said Fred.

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#52 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-04 04:16 PM | Reply | Flag:

Right Said Fred--I'm Too Sexy (For the Drudge Retort)
www.youtube.com

#53 | Posted by madscientist at 2013-03-04 04:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

I petitioned Italy to withdraw the warrant for your arrest, Mr. Winston. They're taking it under advisement.

No promises.

No citation necessary.

#54 | Posted by Hagbard_Celine at 2013-03-04 04:19 PM | Reply | Flag:

Nor do they understand why everyone hasn't converted to Mormonism.

#55 | Posted by nutcase at 2013-03-04 06:09 PM | Reply | Flag:

Enough about Romney. The only thing that wasn't dented by that pitiful campaign was his ego.

He'll go to his grave believing he was shafted by the media.

#56 | Posted by Twinpac at 2013-03-04 07:32 PM | Reply | Flag:

Obama will go to his grave believing that he was a good leader.

#57 | Posted by cookfish at 2013-03-04 07:37 PM | Reply | Flag:

Obama will go to his grave believing that he was a good leader.

#57 | Posted by cookfish at 2013-03-04 07:37 PM

As will tens of millions of intelligent and patriotic Americans. And probably also hundreds of millions of future Americans.

#58 | Posted by moder8 at 2013-03-04 07:38 PM | Reply | Flag:

#57. boohoo...Guys, your incessant crying is insufferable. Coulda, woulda, shoulda. Enough already. You know why rMoney lost.

#59 | Posted by drewinnj at 2013-03-05 10:50 AM | Reply | Flag:

boohoo...Guys, your incessant crying is insufferable

Uhmmmm... it's all you sore winners that can't get off the Etchy, rMoney, Mitty, bandwagon. You are still frothing at the mouth. Give it up, he's outta here.

#60 | Posted by sames1 at 2013-03-05 10:57 AM | Reply | Flag:

He inherited Dubya's mess

We're still hearing this talking point? I figured by now the libs would have something better than that. Apparently you have no shame.

#61 | Posted by JOE at 2013-03-05 10:58 AM | Reply | Flag:

,i>it's all you sore winners that can't get off the Etchy, rMoney, Mitty, bandwagon. You are still frothing at the mouth. Give it up, he's outta here.

#60 | Posted by sames1

Sure, it's all the Dem Libs at Fox that put him out there.

#62 | Posted by TFDNihilist at 2013-03-05 11:02 AM | Reply | Flag:

#60...He's the one that tried to make himself relevant again by doing that stupid interview. You were on his bandwagon, mr. cheerleader. Not me.

#63 | Posted by drewinnj at 2013-03-05 11:19 AM | Reply | Flag: