On the heels of his disastrous hidden camera video fiasco, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has had to deal with the inconvenient fact, revealed in a 1962 interview with his mother, Lenore Romney, that his father was once part of the 47% of Americans that Romney now says he can't reach. Romney showed Herb Alpert-esque brass by confronting the issue of George Romney's time on welfare head-on in a campaign speech Wednesday night, defending that redistribution of income even as his campaign attacks President Obama over similar remarks from 14 years ago.
- 9/20/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
On Thursday afternoon's Now with Alex Wagner, host Alex Wagner and panel employed a bit of pop psychology on presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, musing about how his parents' political careers may have shaped his own political style. Conservative columnist S.E. Cupp tried to help out by demonstrating that perhaps Gov. Romney hadn't been turned gun-shy by mother nm2396446 autoLenore Romney[/link]'s Senate run, or father George Romney's presidential bid.
- 5/24/2012
- by Tommy Christopher
- Mediaite - TV
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