Romney Refuses to Answer Questions on FEMA

[Yssup Rider]

Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event
The Huffington Post

Mitt Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about how he would handle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after a Tuesday "storm relief" event in Ohio for Hurricane Sandy.

From the Romney pool report:
TV pool asked Romney at least five times whether he would eliminate FEMA as president/what he would do with FEMA. He ignored the qs but they are audible on cam. The music stopped at points and the qs would have been audible to him.
A follow-up report noted the specific questions Romney ignored, as he was collecting hurricane supplies following his event:

"Gov are you going to eliminate FEMA?" a print pooler shouted, receiving no response.
Wires reporters asked more questions about FEMA that were ignored.

Romney kept coming over near pool to pick up more water. He ignored these questions:

"Gov are you going to see some storm damage?"

"Gov has [New Jersey Gov.] Chris Christie invited you to come survey storm damage?"

"Gov you've been asked 14 times, why are you refusing to answer the question?"

During a GOP primary debate last year, Romney had said he supported the idea of states and private sector groups taking over responsibility for disaster relief.

"Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction," he said. "And if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector, that's even better. Instead of thinking, 'In the federal budget, what we should cut?' we should ask the opposite question: 'What should we keep?'"

"We cannot -- we cannot afford to do those things without jeopardizing the future for our kids," Romney continued, when asked specifically about disaster relief. "It is simply immoral, in my view, for us to continue to rack up larger and larger debts and pass them on to our kids, knowing full well that we'll all be dead and gone before it's paid off. It makes no sense at all."

Those comments were highlighted in the wake of Hurricane Sandy as a sign of how Romney might respond to natural disasters. His campaign quickly clarified that Romney's emergency management response would include FEMA.

“Governor Romney believes that states should be in charge of emergency management in responding to storms and other natural disasters in their jurisdictions,” said campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg. “As the first responders, states are in the best position to aid affected individuals and communities and to direct resources and assistance to where they are needed most. This includes help from the federal government and FEMA.”

The Republican presidential nominee and his running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan, suspended all campaign events on Monday evening and Tuesday "out of sensitivity" to the victims of Hurricane Sandy.

[acp5762]

Smart move politically on Romney's part. You never answer questions from the media that do not pertain to your campaigne directly. Romney has already made that mistake a few times as it is.

[CJ7]

tell ya later

[Yssup Rider]

Romney is real good at evading questions for which his previously published answer make him look like a garden variety whoredog. He can lie about what he said in the past but now he knows we'll catch him. So he just ignores the question.

That's what I call leadership.


From an ingenuous ass clown!

[timpage]

Originally Posted by acp5762

Smart move politically on Romney's part. You never answer questions from the media that do not pertain to your campaigne directly. Romney has already made that mistake a few times as it is.

Right. The man wants to be President and questions about how he would handle the current weather disaster on the east coast ought not be responded to.

He's not answering because he's on the record multiple times as saying that all the east coast states creamed by Sandy ought to be on their own since he favors damage from weather disasters being handled by the states....with no federal help available. And, he rightly understands that stating that policy right now might not play well.

[markroxny]

Romney is a lying, sniveling idiot. Be a man and grow a pair and answer the fucking question if you want to be commander in chief.

And that event turned out to be staged.

Loser.

[Randy4Candy]

What the FUCK do you expect out of Malleable Mitt? His campaign would just have to "clarify" whatever he said, anyway.

[acp5762]

Originally Posted by timpage

Right. The man wants to be President and questions about how he would handle the current weather disaster on the east coast ought not be responded to.

He's not answering because he's on the record multiple times as saying that all the east coast states creamed by Sandy ought to be on their own since he favors damage from weather disasters being handled by the states....with no federal help available. And, he rightly understands that stating that policy right now might not play well.

Well it depends on how you want to look at it, but the media is not Mitts friend. No matter what his response would have been to their questions, somehow they wouldn't have been aired accurately anyway. In these last few days before the election I think Mitt would do himself a big favor and be selective of what he says and who he talks to.

[Yssup Rider]

Oh ... the media is not Mitts friend? Well how else is he going to communicate with the people of America? Oh yeah, he's gonna have special vibes beamed down from Planet Kolob!

Mitt can't help himself. He is who he is. Americans need to realize that no matter how much lipstick you put on him, he's still a fucking pig.

[Yssup Rider]

He's still mum on the statements that will cost him Virginia and Ohio.

He loses both of them and it'll be back to Kolob!

[I B Hankering]

U.S. News: 4 senators hint Obama stonewalls on Libya
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John McCain of Arizona, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said in the letter they have failed to get answers from U.S. agencies about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate, Fox News reported Wednesday.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/...89261351801630



President Obama Begs Off Answering Whether Americans in Benghazi Were Denied Requests for Help

In an interview with a Denver TV reporter Friday, President Obama twice refused to answer questions as to whether the Americans under siege in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, were denied requests for help, saying he’s waiting for the results of investigations before making any conclusions about what went wrong.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...ests-for-help/



Obama refuses to answer repeated questions on Benghazi

'Whether the president knew of the cries for help during the terrorist attack'

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-ref...i/?cat_orig=us



President Barack Obama would not directly address questions from 9NEWS on whether Americans under attack in Libya were denied requests for assistance during the September 11th terror attack.

President Obama discussed the situation in Libya during a satellite interview Friday afternoon with 9NEWS reporter Kyle Clark, who also asked if it's fair for Americans to be told to wait until after the election to learn what truly happened in Libya.

"The election has nothing to do with four brave Americans getting killed and us wanting to find out exactly what happened," President Obama said.

http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012...about-benghazi



President Barack Obama twice refused to answer Friday whether Americans who were under attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were denied requests for help during the 9/11/12 terrorist attacks that resulted in the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens.

E-mails released this week, though, revealed the Obama administration knew within two hours that al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists were behind the attacks, and on Friday the father of a slain Navy SEAL who disobeyed orders and went to the consulate to help said the Obama administration's claims of ignorance are "a pack of lies."

Charles Woods, the father of Ty Woods, said his son "disobeyed" his orders not to go the U.S. consulate and was an "American hero" for having the "moral strength to do what was right," even if "that would professionally cost him his job" -- or his life.

Woods also said that if "those people in the White House were as courageous" as his son and had his moral strength, they would have "given permission, not denied permission" immediately after they found out about the attacks for CIA agents to go to the consulate to help protects the Americans the terrorists were attacking.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...ttack-In-Libya

[Yssup Rider]

I suppose there's a reason you are trying to change the subject?

Oh yeah! Romney fucked up!

[I B Hankering]

President Obama Begs Off Answering Whether Americans in Benghazi Were Denied Requests for Help

In an interview with a Denver TV reporter Friday, President Obama twice refused to answer questions as to whether the Americans under siege in Benghazi, Libya on September 11, 2012, were denied requests for help, saying he’s waiting for the results of investigations before making any conclusions about what went wrong.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...ests-for-help/


Obama refuses to answer repeated questions on Benghazi

'Whether the president knew of the cries for help during the terrorist attack'

http://www.wnd.com/2012/10/obama-ref...i/?cat_orig=us


U.S. News: 4 senators hint Obama stonewalls on Libya
Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, John McCain of Arizona, Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin said in the letter they have failed to get answers from U.S. agencies about the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate, Fox News reported Wednesday.

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2012/...89261351801630



President Barack Obama would not directly address questions from 9NEWS on whether Americans under attack in Libya were denied requests for assistance during the September 11th terror attack.

President Obama discussed the situation in Libya during a satellite interview Friday afternoon with 9NEWS reporter Kyle Clark, who also asked if it's fair for Americans to be told to wait until after the election to learn what truly happened in Libya.

"The election has nothing to do with four brave Americans getting killed and us wanting to find out exactly what happened," President Obama said.

http://nation.foxnews.com/obama/2012...about-benghazi



President Barack Obama twice refused to answer Friday whether Americans who were under attack at the U.S. consulate in Benghazi were denied requests for help during the 9/11/12 terrorist attacks that resulted in the murder of Ambassador Chris Stevens.

E-mails released this week, though, revealed the Obama administration knew within two hours that al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists were behind the attacks, and on Friday the father of a slain Navy SEAL who disobeyed orders and went to the consulate to help said the Obama administration's claims of ignorance are "a pack of lies."

Charles Woods, the father of Ty Woods, said his son "disobeyed" his orders not to go the U.S. consulate and was an "American hero" for having the "moral strength to do what was right," even if "that would professionally cost him his job" -- or his life.

Woods also said that if "those people in the White House were as courageous" as his son and had his moral strength, they would have "given permission, not denied permission" immediately after they found out about the attacks for CIA agents to go to the consulate to help protects the Americans the terrorists were attacking.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...ttack-In-Libya

[Yssup Rider]

Well thought out. Insightful. Informative. it bears repeating.

Dipshit of the year. One trick pony.

when Romney loses, they'll blame zealous dipshits like you. Are you man enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility? Naaawww!

Waaaahhhh!

[I B Hankering]

The Benghazi Drip-Drip-Drip
By Jake Tapper Nov 1, 2012 4:29pm

As he left his Marine One helicopter Wednesday evening and walked to the residence of the White House, President Odumbo did not respond to a question shouted out by ABC News’s Mary Bruce about when he would begin to provide answers to the numerous questions building up about what exactly what went wrong in Benghazi, Libya, on September 11, 2012.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics...rip-drip-drip/