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Wendy Gittleson Mitt Romney’s now-infamous fundraising dinner has yielded another gem. This is the event during which he was caught saying that,  ”There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it — that that’s an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what. … These are people who pay no income tax. … [M]y job is not to worry about those people. I’ll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives.” Of course, those people consist of senior citizens, disabled people, veterans, students and the poor. The elitism of Romney’s statement resonated with many people, enough so that it seemed to sway the election for a few weeks, at least until the first debate. It seems that for Romney, the “truths” told during that particular fundraiser are like any ghost worth his reputation, the haunting is relentless and this latest portion could be the most damaging of all. In the video, Romney is caught hoping for an Iran hostage type situation to help propel him into the White House. Is it any surprise that he has tried to make political hay out of the Benghazi terror attacks? As you watch the video, notice the man (is that a British accent?) asking Romney how he can “duplicate” an Iran hostage type scenario. Instead of dismissing the question as going against American interests, Romney agrees that the strategy would be beneficial. The entire video is worth a listen but at the end, Romney says, “if something of that nature presents itself, I will work to take advantage of the opportunity.” Here’s the video: [youtube]LXpZpmNjkxM[/youtube] Mitt Romney will stop at nothing — including the detriment of his country and the possible deaths of American citizens — to achieve his political goals.

John Cook | gawker Time‘s Mark Halperin has made himself useful for once by obtaining, and publishing, a copy of the 21-page memorandum of understanding that the Obama and Romney campaigns negotiated with the Commission on Presidential Debates establishing the rules governing this month’s presidential and vice presidential face-offs. The upshot: Both campaigns are terrified at anything even remotely spontaneous happening. They aren’t permitted to ask each other questions, propose pledges to each other, or walk outside a “predesignated area.” And for the town-hall-style debate tomorrow night, the audience members posing questions aren’t allowed to ask follow-ups (their mics will be cut off as soon as they get their questions out). Nor will moderator Candy Crowley. Most bizarrely, given the way the debates have played out, the rules actually appear to forbid television coverage from showing reaction shots of the candidates: “To the best of the Commission’s abilities, there will be no TV cut-aways to any candidate who is not responding to a question while another candidate is answering a question or to a candidate who is not giving a closing statement while another candidate is doing so.” The “best of the Commission’s abilities” must be rather feeble, seeing as how almost every moment of the two debates so far was televised in split-screen, clearly showing shots of a “candidate who is not responding to a question while another candidate is answering a question.” Which means some of the rules below that both campaigns stipulated to in a desperate attempt to wring any serendipity out of the events may be honored in the breach: “The candidates may not ask each other direct questions during any of the four debates.” “The candidates shall not address each other with proposed pledges.” “At no time during the October 3 First Presidential debate shall either candidate move from his designated area behing the respective podium.” For the October 16 town-hall-style debate, “the moderator will not ask follow-up questions or comment on either the questions asked by the audience or the answers of the candidates during the debate….” “The audience members shall not ask follow-up questions or otherwise participate in the extended discussion, and the audience member’s microphone shall be turned off after he or she completes asking the questions.” “[T]he Commission shall take appropriate steps to cut-off the microphone of any…audience member who attempts to pose any question or statement different than that previously posed to the moderator for review.” “No candidate may reference or cite any specific individual sitting in a debate audience (other than family members) at any time during a debate.” For the town-hall debate: “Each candidate may move about in a pre-designated area, as proposed by the Commission and approved by each campaign, and may not leave that area while the debate is underway.” Here’s the full document: The 2012 Debates – Memorandum of Understanding Between the Obama and Romney Campaigns  Full debate below, in 6 parts: [youtube]r9E3w1BeMj0[/youtube] [youtube]3SkgZLJ70rs[/youtube] [youtube]kK0cwtmrwEE[/youtube] [youtube]TsvTf_FiPYY[/youtube] [youtube]HniflMGi6AA[/youtube] [youtube]MZcmHhsxp4s[/youtube]

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