We cats were wondering why, at Wednesday night's debate, neither President Obama nor Jim Lehrer brought up the subject of Willard Mitt Romney's sneering contempt for 47 percent of America. But then we decided that it could have given him a possible Sister Souljah moment — except in this case, it would have been Willard rejecting not a key part of his base, but himself.
So perhaps the President was wise not to hand Willard the opportunity? (We can't explain Lehrer, though.)
Well, it turns out that Sean Hannity asked Romney about it last night. What would he have said at the debate had it come up? Willard basically stuck to his "off the cuff, heat of the campaign" line — but then added, "I said something that's just completely wrong."
Get that? The comments were wrong. He wasn't. In true Reaganesque, passive tense, "mistakes were made" fashion, no responsibility was taken. Also, we won't bother to ask why Willard now says he lied to a roomful of his biggest donors.
Still and all, we thought Willard's admission to the friendly Hannity might not go down well with our teabag friends in the paranoid right-wing corner of the Internet known as Free Republic. So we checked in on their reactions.
First, they didn't believe it. It was on the AP wire, after all, and AP is part of the hated liberal media, don'tcha know. But then they realized it had happened on Hannity. So some of them immediately snorted, Hannity! He's part of the MSM conspiracy, too! (Goodness gracious, if Sean Hannity doesn't pass muster with them, who does?)
Anyway, while a minority of the commenters appeared to excuse Silly Willy on his semi-apology, most were displeased. Here are some of the choicer remarks.
"I hope there is a 'rest of the story.' Otherwise, Romney has made a mistake."
"Oh good god. He has a fantastic debate and then back peddles [sic] on something that is true..... who advises this man?"
"Stupid Hannity.... you just did their work for them."
"So much for the claim that the comment was a big winner. Romney knows it's not."
"Agreed. Big mistake. Huge."
"He shouldn't have apologized. Obama will slam him with it now."
"He said it tonight on Hannity, the KING of the RNC Koolaid drinkers. Dont [sic] listen to anyone but Rush."
"ALL of Mitt’s socialistic positions are wrong, and Mitt needs to, truly, become a 'very small conservative' Republican, as soon as possible! BTW, Mitt’s refusal to cut taxes for the wealthiest of Americans and his ongoing support for his socialized health care plan in Massachusetts, RomneyCare, are both the wrong positions to take!"
"I'm sick and tired of being taxed to pay for these parasites."
"Has [Romney] ever said anything he wasn't happy to take back?"
"He’s a crappy liberal Republican candidate. Now he’s apologizing to people who will never vote for him!"
"He can never stick to a position without taking the other side. He makes Obama look principled! I can’t stand him and I won’t vote for a liberal — not this one."
"The Vladimir Putins of the world will have Mitt Willard Romney [sic] for breakfast, lunch and dinner. If you can’t stand up for your views, you aren’t going to have a spine of steel in an international crisis."
Finally, here's the comment that's the piece de resistance. We cats swear we have not made it up.
"Mistake? If that was 'completely wrong' then aren’t Americans to ask what else does he say that might ALSO be wrong? Or does this appeal to all those stupid women out there who love Obama so much, and who kept their yellow rating lines on CNN up for Obama the whole debate? It really steams me how we have to drag these dumb broads across the finish line. Why are so many women so gullible to emotional appeals?"
(IMAGE: The Tax Foundation's state-by-state analysis of Americans who pay no taxes, reprinted in The Atlantic)
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