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The Republican Tent: Too Big to Succeed
By Michael Kinsley - Aug 29, 2012, Bloomberg
In an interview on the eve of his acceptance of the Republican Party’s nomination for president, Mitt Romney sought to distance himself from his running mate and criticized those who would, as he put it, “chain us together.”
“I mean, who is Paul Ryan?” Romney said, referring to the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin who is the party’s vice presidential nominee. “He’s just some congressman who happens to be highly opinionated, as it turns out. Why should that reflect on me, just because I picked him? I had to pick somebody, you know, and he seemed like a pleasant fellow. I didn’t know all of his views on abortion or what have you. I still don’t. Why should I? After the election, if we win or if we lose, I’ll probably never see him again. Or at least that’s my intention.
“As for President Barack Obama,” he continued, “it’s just sad, so sad, that he is wasting time trying to goad me into taking a coherent position on the sanctity of human life when there are so many more important issues being ignored. I believe in the sanctity of human life, and I believe that life begins at conception, except in cases of rape or incest when it doesn’t. How does that work, exactly? I have no idea and no intention of finding out. Paul Ryan may disagree, and that’s his privilege. But I’m going to be the president, not him, and I’m in good health and I am tired of talking about this, so let’s move on.”
Meanwhile, Ryan has been distancing himself from Todd Akin, the Republican representative from Missouri whose advanced views on rape have been the subject of much discussion in recent weeks. Asked his opinion about Akin and his controversial theories, Ryan had the same reaction as Romney: “Who?”
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By Michael Kinsley - Aug 29, 2012, Bloomberg
In an interview on the eve of his acceptance of the Republican Party’s nomination for president, Mitt Romney sought to distance himself from his running mate and criticized those who would, as he put it, “chain us together.”
“I mean, who is Paul Ryan?” Romney said, referring to the member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Wisconsin who is the party’s vice presidential nominee. “He’s just some congressman who happens to be highly opinionated, as it turns out. Why should that reflect on me, just because I picked him? I had to pick somebody, you know, and he seemed like a pleasant fellow. I didn’t know all of his views on abortion or what have you. I still don’t. Why should I? After the election, if we win or if we lose, I’ll probably never see him again. Or at least that’s my intention.
“As for President Barack Obama,” he continued, “it’s just sad, so sad, that he is wasting time trying to goad me into taking a coherent position on the sanctity of human life when there are so many more important issues being ignored. I believe in the sanctity of human life, and I believe that life begins at conception, except in cases of rape or incest when it doesn’t. How does that work, exactly? I have no idea and no intention of finding out. Paul Ryan may disagree, and that’s his privilege. But I’m going to be the president, not him, and I’m in good health and I am tired of talking about this, so let’s move on.”
Meanwhile, Ryan has been distancing himself from Todd Akin, the Republican representative from Missouri whose advanced views on rape have been the subject of much discussion in recent weeks. Asked his opinion about Akin and his controversial theories, Ryan had the same reaction as Romney: “Who?”
(More here.)
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