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Philosophy_of_Politics
08-27-2012, 03:56 PM
Reality Check tonight: I sit down one on one with Gov. Mitt Romney and ask why the RNC stripped Maine of its delegates, plus Romney's RNC power grab

From Ben's Facebook.



video update:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg

randomname
08-27-2012, 03:57 PM
holy shit!

LibertyEagle
08-27-2012, 03:58 PM
:D

1stAmendguy
08-27-2012, 03:58 PM
I'm surprised Romney accepted.

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 04:01 PM
holy shit!

No doubt!

thatpeculiarcat
08-27-2012, 04:07 PM
Now is Ben's time to shine. I think this is when he really proves himself.

Q11Q
08-27-2012, 04:11 PM
Remember Romney's interview with Faux News' lackey Brett Baier? Romney squealed like a cornered RINO in a slop pit of lies. His evasiveness and look of sheer terror as he was confronted with the reality of his pathological propensity to deceive was clearly evident. He stammered with every sentence he spoke. Was it because the position of his flip flops made him dizzy with dread? Or was it his fear of being exposed for his pandering nature to screw taxpayers in order to benefit his crony big government buddies? You know he will squirm in his chair as he is interrogated for why he perpetuated the mass evil of Romneycare upon the broke taxpayers of Taxachussets? C'mon, I'm sure we all know that Romney will say anything to avoid the truth of who he really is. He is a menace to the civil liberties of society, a cruel coward of paranoia who will beat opponents of his into submission, and a thoughtless jerk who will throw anybody under the bus, including our beloved US Constitution, in order to secure a seat as President of the United Socialist States of Amerika. For all this, I will not vote for this subhuman monster of treachery who would ask us to be our public servant. Nope. My vote will only go to Ron Paul.

NIU Students for Liberty
08-27-2012, 04:11 PM
Regardless of the source, check out Romney's defensive interview with Bret Baier. If he can't even handle softball questions from Fox, he is not going to provide one grain of substance to Swann's questions. But I'm at least impressed that Swann was able to land this interview (imagining that Romney's campaign is aware of Swann's bias).


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQto-aAzl8

economics102
08-27-2012, 04:12 PM
How in the world did he get Romney to agree to this???

There must be some kind of catch. I just can't imagine what it would be.

NoOneButPaul
08-27-2012, 04:12 PM
I feel like Romney might not even of known who he was. This could be great.

low preference guy
08-27-2012, 04:12 PM
my guess of what Romney will just say: hey, I didn't do it! I had no idea who did that! the Ron Paul people probably broke some laws!

NIU Students for Liberty
08-27-2012, 04:12 PM
And Q11Q beat me to it. At least I have footage ;)

belian78
08-27-2012, 04:14 PM
In some 'pants on head' stupid moment, Romney's team probably thought an interview with Ben will actually get him in touch with 'the Ron Paul people'.

Q11Q
08-27-2012, 04:15 PM
And Q11Q beat me to it. At least I have footage ;)

Yep! * chuckling! * :)

NIU Students for Liberty
08-27-2012, 04:17 PM
In some 'pants on head' stupid moment, Romney's team probably thought an interview with Ben will actually get him in touch with 'the Ron Paul people'.

Certainly a possibility that I didn't originally anticipate. Expect him to pander on an audit of the fed, free market economics, Rand has a bright future with the GOP, etc.

RonRules
08-27-2012, 04:19 PM
It's a trap. (For Romney!)

Maybe they submitted Ben's Bio to Romney staff and it read something like:

Reporter with 5 kids, with a degree from BYU wants to interview you. Meet at the pie shop, next to the Mormon temple.


Edit:
FOX News Reporter with 5 kids, with a degree from BYU wants to interview you. Meet at the pie shop, next to the Mormon temple.

LibertyEagle
08-27-2012, 04:23 PM
It's a trap. (For Romney!)

Maybe they submitted Ben's Bio to Romney staff and it read something like:

Reporter with 5 kids, with a degree from BYU wants to interview you. Meet at the pie shop, next to the Mormon temple.

And he must be "friendly", he's with FOX news.

:D

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 04:27 PM
How in the world did he get Romney to agree to this???

There must be some kind of catch. I just can't imagine what it would be.

My guess is that he is trying to make as many in roads as possible since Ohio is a battleground state (polling dead even with Obama) and Cincinnati is where Ben Swann is out of.

zachrbroussard
08-27-2012, 04:32 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v405/navyplaya/1.jpg

Bruno
08-27-2012, 04:32 PM
Moar Swann!!

maxoutco
08-27-2012, 04:34 PM
Part of the agreement between the Paul and Romney campaign was that Mr. Mitters would be hardballed by Swann. Oh how funny this would be if it was the truth.

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 04:35 PM
What time is this interview and is it on FBN or FOX?

-t

RonRules
08-27-2012, 04:36 PM
If only Ben could be black, we could call this the Romney's Black Swan!

jbauer
08-27-2012, 04:37 PM
How does a Cinci reporter get to interview Rmoney? I'll believe it when I see it. My guess is that EVERY question has to be pre-authorized by Rmoney's team and that Benn is playing this up.

jbauer
08-27-2012, 04:37 PM
Benn's facebook or youtube 15 seconds later I imagine.


What time is this interview and is it on FBN or FOX?

-t

presence
08-27-2012, 04:39 PM
http://www3.obamiconme.pastemagazine.com/entries/256097-pity-da-fool.gif

Andrew Ryan
08-27-2012, 04:40 PM
Holy carp!

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 04:40 PM
How does a Cinci reporter get to interview Rmoney? I'll believe it when I see it. My guess is that EVERY question has to be pre-authorized by Rmoney's team and that Benn is playing this up.

Rasmussen Reports’ latest look at the presidential race in Ohio shows President Obama and Mitt Romney running dead even at 45% each.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2012/election_2012_presidential_election/ohio/election_2012_ohio_president

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 04:41 PM
Holy carp!

http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4609359582593482&id=fbf27f6129d979695849fe33c2efbd00

TheTexan
08-27-2012, 04:45 PM
I bet Romney's finally figured out that he can't win without us. This is the point where he starts pandering to us I think. Should be interesting.

I eagerly await Romney's futile attempts to win us over

RickyJ
08-27-2012, 04:46 PM
How in the world did he get Romney to agree to this???

There must be some kind of catch. I just can't imagine what it would be.

The catch is Romney doesn't have a clue what he is walking into. I love it. Please everyone, keep it under wraps or Romney will cancel.

Thor
08-27-2012, 04:50 PM
I bet Romney's finally figured out that he can't win without us. This is the point where he starts pandering to us I think. Should be interesting.

I eagerly await Romney's futile attempts to win us over

If it took him that long to figure this out, imagine what other poor choices he would make as dictator, or um, president.

DGambler
08-27-2012, 04:50 PM
Is this tonight? What time? Will it be streaming live on these interwebz?

TheTexan
08-27-2012, 04:50 PM
The catch is Romney doesn't have a clue what he is walking into. I love it. Please everyone, keep it under wraps or Romney will cancel.

I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.

Thor
08-27-2012, 04:50 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arZdeg_fL-I

coastie
08-27-2012, 04:53 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.



:confused:

DGambler
08-27-2012, 04:57 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.

http://assets.diylol.com/hfs/724/ae8/857/resized/pinhead-serious-meme-generator-not-sure-if-serious-786ec6.jpg?1345064729.jpg

RickyJ
08-27-2012, 04:59 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.


:confused:

It is called reverse psychology.

thehungarian
08-27-2012, 05:03 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.


http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa430/thehungarian/futuramafry.jpg

Philosophy_of_Politics
08-27-2012, 05:05 PM
Lol. RPF getting trolled by Bmx!

Shane Harris
08-27-2012, 05:28 PM
Lol. RPF getting trolled by Bmx!

big time. Mittens? Is that you?

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 05:30 PM
This is supposedly a link to the live stream. Still no idea of when this is supposed to happen and it justs keeps spinning and spinning on me - trying to load.

It's a local FOX affiliate in OH.

http://www.fox19.com/category/176484/fox19-wxix-live-streaming-from-19news

-t

AdamT
08-27-2012, 05:44 PM
I have serious doubts this will happen.

1stAmendguy
08-27-2012, 05:45 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.

Wall of Shame

Got a name to add?

Please add bxm042

*Just kidding* :p

69360
08-27-2012, 05:52 PM
Romney's people probably haven't vetted Ben Swann yet. If they do, no interview.

If the interview happens, expect nothing but deflect and deny from Romney.

Dogsoldier
08-27-2012, 06:06 PM
Romney will say something along these lines.."Will let the lawyers figure out whether or not if it was constitutional or not".

coastie
08-27-2012, 06:08 PM
It is called reverse psychology.






















:o

garyallen59
08-27-2012, 06:25 PM
I'm sure the segment has already been recorded or he wouldn't have made the post.

Lindsey
08-27-2012, 06:30 PM
I'm sure the segment has already been recorded or he wouldn't have made the post.

Agreed.

And for those of you wondering the time - Reality Check airs during the 10:00 news, usually about 10:10-10:15ish.

ETA: This is Eastern Daylight Time.

69360
08-27-2012, 06:31 PM
I'm sure the segment has already been recorded or he wouldn't have made the post.

Nah, if Romney backs out, it's news. Swann could even open with the good ole empty chair.

Barrex
08-27-2012, 07:31 PM
How much time till we have online video?

Please no it is xx:xx time (too many timezones)...

http://www.mediafire.com/conv/70d959493d09b8b55d60c3baf5cab44b6f2ac5e4f32833a732 f47090aa397a366g.jpg


http://cdn04.cdn.thesuperficial.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/18/mitt-romney-bane-600x450.jpg

Batman is not to be confused with Bainman. Bane is not to be confused with much worse and more evil Bain. They both are wearing masks but Bain is.....

mikebz5
08-27-2012, 08:02 PM
Link to feed not working?

jene277
08-27-2012, 08:07 PM
How much time till we have online video?

Please no it is xx:xx time (too many timezones)...

Approx 5-10 minutes if the live feed works for you, or about an hour-ish by the time he posts a video on his FB wall.

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 08:09 PM
The link I found isn't working/loading

anyone got another?

-t

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 08:13 PM
Ben Swann is my first man crush since Brad Pitt in Fightclub.


Ben, I wish I knew how to quit you.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwlYo8EYTWI&sns=em

TruckinMike
08-27-2012, 08:15 PM
//double post

TruckinMike
08-27-2012, 08:17 PM
I have no idea what you're talking about. I for one am looking forward to hearing Romney speak. I'm almost on board with Romney but there's just a few small concerns that he needs to address before I can vote for him. I'm hoping he addresses those concerns tonight.

Maybe if he promises to reduce future increases in spending I'll feel better about voting for him.

I feel exactly the same way. And I know that most you also feel this way...right...everybody? If he can rack up just a few more points for liberty - I'm in.

Go Romney/Ryan!!


EDIT: This post is a joke. As a result of the above posts concerned that Romney may see this thread, I thought I would jokingly Bait any Romney lurkers that may be following this thread. To those of you that are still realing from the horror of my post, sorry.

Carehn
08-27-2012, 08:18 PM
I feel exactly the same way, as know most you also feel this way...right...everybody? If he can rack up just a few more points for liberty - I'm in.

Go Romney/Ryan!!
http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/26103373/detail_REALLY.png

ShaneEnochs
08-27-2012, 08:24 PM
Just so people know, Fox19 (where Swann works) =/= Fox News

opal
08-27-2012, 08:25 PM
oops

Monotaur
08-27-2012, 08:25 PM
I feel exactly the same way. And I know that most you also feel this way...right...everybody? If he can rack up just a few more points for liberty - I'm in.

Go Romney/Ryan!!

I have no idea if the rash of these types of posts are serious or not. But, to answer the original 'issue', even Ryan's 'extreme' budget plan doesn't cut the size of the government. It only slows it's growth. In fact, it doesn't even balance the budget until 2040, and that is under some pretty idiot and unrealistic assumptions including not paying interest on existing debt, etc. And there is no indication that Romney would even go as far as Ryan's plan. So would we even be on track to get a balanced budget this century? I actually doubt it.

And add to that Ryan voted for all of the stimulus, bailouts, raising the debt ceiling, the Iraq invasion, indefinite detention of US citizens, the Patriot Act, etc. And Romney has voiced his support for all of these things and also signed into law things like gun control, climate change/carbon tax, and a little thing called Romney care which includes an individual mandate. These are all things that we, as Paul supporters, are pretty much against.

I'm sure I'm missing some more of the nasty things they have supported/voted for, so for them to claim that they are "for liberty", etc, rings pretty hollow. You should see the article that Ron wrote today about empty words. So very timely.

musicmax
08-27-2012, 08:26 PM
http://www.scifilists.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/trap-bitches.jpg

CPUd
08-27-2012, 08:30 PM
Just so people know, Fox19 (where Swann works) =/= Fox News

Wonder if Mitt realizes that.

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 08:34 PM
Just so people know, Fox19 (where Swann works) =/= Fox News

Wrong. Ben works for Raycom Media. Check my signature line for some history and insight.

fr33
08-27-2012, 08:35 PM
I've never looked forward to a Mitt interview before.:p

Dr.3D
08-27-2012, 08:35 PM
So what's going on, did we crash the FOX19 server?

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 08:38 PM
How in the world did he get Romney to agree to this???

There must be some kind of catch. I just can't imagine what it would be.


Just as an FYI, this will be Ben's second time to interview Romney. He interviewed him before when Romney was in Ohio. I'll bet this is an "Audit the Fed" approach by the Romney Campaign. They know Ben is one of us and they're now using Ben to try to win some of us over.......


Ahh yes, here is the previous sit-down back in March. Pretty mild.
http://www.fox19.com/story/17086452/mitt-romney-sits-down-for-a-one-on-one-interview-with-ben

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 08:40 PM
did anyone catch it?

it's over right?

-t

Dr.3D
08-27-2012, 08:42 PM
did anyone catch it?

it's over right?

-t
Who knows, it's on a channel I can't get on TV and the stream doesn't seem to work.....
????

zachrbroussard
08-27-2012, 08:42 PM
Swann interviewed Romney/ Ryan just three days ago. I bet he made them believe he was on their side:

http://www.fox19.com/story/19370763/fox19s-ben-swann-of-reality-check-sits-down-with-romney-ryan

zachrbroussard
08-27-2012, 08:52 PM
Actually Ben brings up the Mass. delegates in the last 45 seconds of the video I just posted. I realllly hope that tonight's Reality Check isn't just rehashed video from that interview....

Of course Romney claimed he didn't know anything about it.

Dr.3D
08-27-2012, 08:54 PM
Actually Ben brings up the Mass. delegates in the last 45 seconds of the video I just posted. I realllly hope that tonight's Reality Check isn't just rehashed video from that interview....

Of course Romney claimed he didn't know anything about it.
LOL, I'm downloading that last video from the URL you posted thinking it was tonights. Takes me 12 minutes to download a 4 minute video.

risk_reward
08-27-2012, 08:55 PM
Swann interviewed Romney/ Ryan just three days ago. I bet he made them believe he was on their side:

http://www.fox19.com/story/19370763/fox19s-ben-swann-of-reality-check-sits-down-with-romney-ryan

Haha, Paul Ryan looks like a 13 year old wearing his Dad's suit. That jacket must be 6 sizes too big in the shoulders for him.

risk_reward
08-27-2012, 08:57 PM
"Reality Check: Ben Swann One on One With Romney and Ryan, Did Romney Really Not Know About RNC Stripping Maine Delegates?"

Video is not up yet, but the placeholder story is up.

"Tuesday, nominations will be placed for the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney but it isn't without controversy. That controversy has now begun to spread to big name tea party leaders.

Saturday, Ben sat down exclusively with Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan, and in that short window of interview time, Ben asked about the delegate process for the Republicans coming unraveled."

http://www.fox19.com/story/19390829/reality-check-ben-swann-one-on-one-with-romney-and-ryan-did-romney-really-not-know-about-rnc-stripping-maine-delegates

zachrbroussard
08-27-2012, 08:59 PM
"Reality Check: Ben Swann One on One With Romney and Ryan, Did Romney Really Not Know About RNC Stripping Maine Delegates?"

Video is not up yet, but the placeholder story is up.

http://www.fox19.com/story/19390829/reality-check-ben-swann-one-on-one-with-romney-and-ryan-did-romney-really-not-know-about-rnc-stripping-maine-delegates

So I guess they did just rehash the video.

CPUd
08-27-2012, 09:00 PM
He's probably got something that shows mitt was lying

TruckinMike
08-27-2012, 09:00 PM
http://cache1.bigcartel.com/product_images/26103373/detail_REALLY.png How do you expect to catch a rat if you don't use any bait? Hee hee hee:D

V3n
08-27-2012, 09:04 PM
Cincinnati native here.. saw it live..

Spoiler alert: A VOTE FOR MITT ROMNEY IS A VOTE FOR THE DEATH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS WITHIN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. IF HE WINS, HE CAN VETO EVERY DELEGATE HE DISAGREES WITH IN 2016. THIS MAKES ME WANT TO VOTE FOR OBAMA JUST TO KEEP THIS TYRANT OUT OF THE WHITEHOUSE, BECAUSE IF THIS IS WHAT HE'S WILLING TO DICTATE NOW, I'M EVEN MORE SCARED OF THE EDICTS HE'LL ISSUE WHEN HE HAS REAL POWER.

I thought the story was going to be about the Credential thing.. this is so much worse.

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 09:06 PM
Cincinnati native here.. saw it live..

Spoiler alert: A VOTE FOR MITT ROMNEY IS A VOTE FOR THE DEATH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.

I thought the story was going to be about the Credential thing.. this is so much worse.

Out with it ya Buckeye!

jct74
08-27-2012, 09:08 PM
here it is


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg

V3n
08-27-2012, 09:11 PM
Out with it ya Buckeye!

Many edits later.. just highlight for the answer.. or watch the video posted above. ;)

James Otis, Jr.
08-27-2012, 09:13 PM
This is great work.

alucard13mmfmj
08-27-2012, 09:15 PM
he stuck his neck out for us XD..

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 09:15 PM
here it is


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llg-a8FamJg

Thanks! I've said it before and I'll say it again "Ben Swann needs national syndication!"

Boss
08-27-2012, 09:17 PM
Ben Swann is awesome.

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 09:17 PM
Many edits later.. just highlight for the answer.. or watch the video posted above. ;)

Heh! Ya got me. :p

keh10
08-27-2012, 09:22 PM
And that's the last time Ben Swann ever interviews Romney.

Good job, but I feel like Ben could have slammed him a lot harder.

torchbearer
08-27-2012, 09:24 PM
oh shiite

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 09:24 PM
Mittens 'I had no idea' Romney lol. In other news Mittens has no idea his lawyers are working to purge GJ from the ballot. Lol.

Dr.3D
08-27-2012, 09:28 PM
I see a shit storm on the horizon.

TheTexan
08-27-2012, 09:31 PM
Mittens 'I had no idea' Romney lol. In other news Mittens has no idea his lawyers are working to purge GJ from the ballot. Lol.

I wouldn't be surprised if Ben Swann comes back with proof that Romney did know. Swann is just awesome like that. One of the last true journalists.

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 09:31 PM
And all the delegates hotels have CCTV... Imagine if all the delegates woke up to that film clip.

I wonder how many of them know about this and how many have their heads in the sand.

-t

Philosophy_of_Politics
08-27-2012, 09:31 PM
I think we made the party bosses angry, eh guys? Hahahahahaha.

Pieces of shit!

phill4paul
08-27-2012, 09:31 PM
Remember this line from Rmoney?

"I'd have to sit down with my attorneys and see what can be done."

With Romney it is all about the lawyers.

V3n
08-27-2012, 09:38 PM
The video has been posted.. Does anyone else see what this means?

IF Romney wins in 2012 then HE dictates EVERY delegate that is seated at the 2016 convention. That means, if he wins, and another Republican Liberty candidate chooses to oppose him, even if that candidate wins 50 out of 50 states, Mitt Romney can choose not to seat ANY of them.

If Mitt Romney wins, Liberty has NO chance in 2016. None.

fr33
08-27-2012, 09:41 PM
The video has been posted.. Does anyone else see what this means?

IF Romney wins in 2012 then HE dictates EVERY delegate that is seated at the 2016 convention. That means, if he wins, and another Republican Liberty candidate chooses to oppose him, even if that candidate wins 50 out of 50 states, Mitt Romney can choose not to seat ANY of them.

If Mitt Romney wins, Liberty has NO chance in 2016. None.Sieg Heil!

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 09:45 PM
The video has been posted.. Does anyone else see what this means?

IF Romney wins in 2012 then HE dictates EVERY delegate that is seated at the 2016 convention. That means, if he wins, and another Republican Liberty candidate chooses to oppose him, even if that candidate wins 50 out of 50 states, Mitt Romney can choose not to seat ANY of them.

If Mitt Romney wins, Liberty has NO chance in 2016. None.

Actually, we could just take over the Democratic party - but it would be a major setback.

-t

ONUV
08-27-2012, 09:49 PM
romney is a phony.

donnay
08-27-2012, 09:54 PM
I think we made the party bosses angry, eh guys? Hahahahahaha.

Pieces of shit!


Meet the new bosses - same as the old bosses.





http://cuddlebuggery.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/men-in-black-meme-generator-just-look-into-the-light-b86e2a.jpg

economics102
08-27-2012, 10:11 PM
Mad props to Ben for such a ballsy move.

I would have followed up with the following question:

"This is a major move by your campaign attorney. Should we be concerned that you say you're not even aware of what your staff is doing? It seems to me that would either make you a grossly incompetent manager, or, much more likely the case, you are completely aware of these activities and just lied to me. Which is it?"

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 10:14 PM
Notice at 0:57 seconds, Ben said that Romney agreed to do the interview only if Ben followed their terms and conditions?

But Ben threw in his "gotcha" at the end of the interview. Good job Ben!!

low preference guy
08-27-2012, 10:16 PM
Notice at 0:57 seconds, Ben said that Romney agreed to do the interview only if Ben followed their terms and conditions?

But Ben threw in his "gotcha" at the end of the interview. Good job Ben!!

liberty people are playing harder.

tangent4ronpaul
08-27-2012, 10:17 PM
Mad props to Ben for such a ballsy move.

I would have followed up with the following question:

"This is a major move by your campaign attorney. Should we be concerned that you say you're not even aware of what your staff is doing? It seems to me that would either make you a grossly incompetent manager, or, much more likely the case, you are completely aware of these activities and just lied to me. Which is it?"

+rep

-t

CPUd
08-27-2012, 10:19 PM
Notice at 0:57 seconds, Ben said that Romney agreed to do the interview only if Ben followed their terms and conditions?

But Ben threw in his "gotcha" at the end of the interview. Good job Ben!!

And not every reporter would come out and say the campaign gave him conditions, and if they did, they'd definitely not say what those conditions were.

I hope this interview cost him OHio

affa
08-27-2012, 10:19 PM
this is a perfect piece to explain the severity of what's going on to people not close up to it all like we are. i play swann pieces for my wife; she loved this, and he got everything she needed to know across fast and easy. she's a huge RP fan, just isn't as connected to these forums, etc, as i am.

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 10:20 PM
Notice at 0:57 seconds, Ben said that Romney agreed to do the interview only if Ben followed their terms and conditions?

But Ben threw in his "gotcha" at the end of the interview. Good job Ben!!

‎"Mr. Reporter. You can ask me any question you want as long as you stick to these conditions and/or only ask these questions." -- Mitt Obama

low preference guy
08-27-2012, 10:21 PM
Ben probably thought it was an accident he got this interview and wouldn't even get another one anyway, so he went ahead and asked the hard question.

CPUd
08-27-2012, 10:21 PM
And he knew he would only get 1 question. I think he picked a good one.

ShaneEnochs
08-27-2012, 10:21 PM
Notice at 0:57 seconds, Ben said that Romney agreed to do the interview only if Ben followed their terms and conditions?

But Ben threw in his "gotcha" at the end of the interview. Good job Ben!!

See, that's something people should really be concerned about with Romney. Yeah, he's a tyrant, but there's something else that goes along with that. He doesn't know how to handle a situation when it doesn't go the way he expects it to. See how he totally deflects the question?

Bastiat's The Law
08-27-2012, 10:25 PM
This is why the Presidential debates are also a joke.

fr33
08-27-2012, 10:30 PM
See, that's something people should really be concerned about with Romney. Yeah, he's a tyrant, but there's something else that goes along with that. He doesn't know how to handle a situation when it doesn't go the way he expects it to. See how he totally deflects the question?Oh yeah. There are so many videos out of there of him in public or at town halls and he cannot handle himself when asked a tough question. He gets angry and arrogant.

Tyler_Durden
08-27-2012, 10:31 PM
Oh yeah. There are so many videos out of there of him in public or at town halls and he cannot handle himself when asked a tough question. He gets angry and arrogant.

There's that Bret Baier interview where Mitt squirmed in the chair........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQto-aAzl8&sns=em

rockandrollsouls
08-27-2012, 10:34 PM
If Romney's the nominee, I got money on him making a few huge blunders in the debates ;)


There's that Bret Baier interview where Mitt squirmed in the chair........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeQto-aAzl8&sns=em

CaptainAmerica
08-27-2012, 10:58 PM
Romney wasn't aware that Ben Ginsberg and his lawyers have been shredding bylaws and rules?

opal
08-27-2012, 11:03 PM
I've been passing the link around.. got this as a reply:
My daughter is working at the RNC convention! (She works at the forum) So I sent her that video and told her to play it at work!

No1butPaul
08-27-2012, 11:10 PM
I find it hilarious that they didn't even air the part where Ben was supposed to ask Romney what he could do for the critical swing state of OHIO. Boy did they get punked.

CaptainAmerica
08-27-2012, 11:17 PM
I've been passing the link around.. got this as a reply:
My daughter is working at the RNC convention! (She works at the forum) So I sent her that video and told her to play it at work!

lol she will get fired

lakerssuck92
08-28-2012, 12:14 AM
I find it hilarious that they didn't even air the part where Ben was supposed to ask Romney what he could do for the critical swing state of OHIO. Boy did they get punked.

The other parts of the interview will be aired on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday...

economics102
08-28-2012, 12:51 AM
I find it hilarious that they didn't even air the part where Ben was supposed to ask Romney what he could do for the critical swing state of OHIO. Boy did they get punked.

Yep, I was laughing out loud at the fact that Swann just skipped right over the rest of the interview, as if the other questions he asked were just decoys.

I know he's going to show the rest of the interview on future nights, but it made that first segment hilarious to watch.

Punk'd is right.

DamianTV
08-28-2012, 02:19 AM
This video needs to be FRONT PAGE.

parocks
08-28-2012, 02:33 AM
And all the delegates hotels have CCTV... Imagine if all the delegates woke up to that film clip.

I wonder how many of them know about this and how many have their heads in the sand.

-t

A good idea. Move this to hot topics because Romney might see it. THAT IS A JOKE.

But getting the delegates to see this clip is a good idea.

Remember when we were able to organize effectively, and get things to the top of youtube and things like that?

Contacting the hotels might have some effect. someone mentioned portable projectors. But it's like a police state in there I guess. You can't get anything in there without sticking it up your ass.

Mini-Me
08-28-2012, 03:24 AM
What a boss! With all this on, tomorrow is going to be a total debacle...I just hope it's the good kind of debacle and not the bad kind.

EBounding
08-28-2012, 08:17 AM
Go Swann!

This is why the delegate process is so important. It's the firewall to ensure we don't nominate a Republican who might have, let's say, been the first to implement socialized medicine in their state.

shane77m
08-28-2012, 08:59 AM
+rep for the OP.

Romney is such a douche.

wgadget
08-28-2012, 09:05 AM
The video has been posted.. Does anyone else see what this means?

IF Romney wins in 2012 then HE dictates EVERY delegate that is seated at the 2016 convention. That means, if he wins, and another Republican Liberty candidate chooses to oppose him, even if that candidate wins 50 out of 50 states, Mitt Romney can choose not to seat ANY of them.

If Mitt Romney wins, Liberty has NO chance in 2016. None.

Yet another important reason to NOT VOTE FOR MITT ROMNEY!!!

FSP-Rebel
08-28-2012, 11:26 AM
share far and wide, this is where Ben takes off!!

Romulus
08-28-2012, 11:50 AM
Ben said the 'city of Ohio' at the end there... Hmmm

satchelmcqueen
08-28-2012, 02:46 PM
this made me cry a little. fucking lies exposed by ben swann. i love this guy. just shared it.