Who is Angry in the Mitt Romney-AP's Glen Johnson Exchange? |
| Published: January 18, 2008, 2:44 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaign financing, campaigns amp amp elections, double standards, media bias debate, glen johnson, mitt romney, online media, abcnews com, government amp amp press, journalistic issues |
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They May Have It BackwardsAccording to ABC News, it is Mitt. Riled! Angry Romney Rips ReporterSparks fly as Mitt Romney tells reporters lobbyists aren't running his campaign. According to anyone else who has watched the video, theirs is a difficult assessment with which to agree.As we stated when we posted the video last night (video below as well), the Associated Press' Glen Johnson angily interrupts Romney on the podium mid-sentence, already visibly flustered, and only proceeds to become more so as he tries to drive home the semantic difference between a campaign "run"ner and a campaign "adviser".Romney, for his part, calmly tries to explain that the lobbyist in question, Rob Kaufman, is a friend who is also providing campaign counsel, who also happens to be a lobbyist. He amicably clarified by name (Beth Myers - Campaign Manager) the woman who is in fact "run"ning his campaign, and tranquilly agreed with the AP's Johnson that Kaufman was not in fact [ Full article ] |
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