2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

How do you - or the idiots at your conservative website - know that the guy who shouted at that rally didn't direct it towards Mr. Obama?

[Roy Karrde]

How do you - or the idiots at your conservative website - know that the guy who shouted at that rally didn't direct it towards Mr. Obama?

"As President Barack Obama gave the first official campaign speech of his re-election bid at a sports arena in Ohio last weekend the first mention of his Republican opponent Mitt Romney prompted a male voice in the throng to yell: “Traitor!”"

I guess the "Idiots" figured that when Obama is giving the speech, and the guy waits till Romney's name comes up to yell out "Traitor" that he is speaking of Romney.

[Dark Sage]

I want proof that:

A: This incident actually happened (as in, I want to see a reference to it in a site that reports nonpartisan news).

B: That the guy who shouted the word actually directed it towards Romney, and

C: That the place was small enough for anyone to notice it over anything that anyone else was saying.

[Roy Karrde]

I want proof that:

A: This incident actually happened (as in, I want to see a reference to it in a site that reports nonpartisan news).

Guardian Newspaper is where it came from.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012...ers?CMP=twt_fd

B: That the guy who shouted the word actually directed it towards Romney, and

Again as the quote comes up, he did not say a word until Romney's name came up.

C: That the place was small enough for anyone to notice it over anything that anyone else was saying.

The cry was loud enough for the reporters to hear, and honestly how many people try to talk over the President?

[Dark Sage]

Okay... But there is a difference...

In the case of Romney's speech, he could see the woman quite clearly. She was directly in front of him. He was well within his power to address her and refute what she had said.

In Obama's case, this was a crowded sports arena, with several hundred people, and no-one saw who said it. He was NOT in a position to reply to whoever said it.

By the way, if indeed someone called Romney a traitor, he shouldn't have done so.

[Roy Karrde]

Okay... But there is a difference...

In the case of Romney's speech, he could see the woman quite clearly. She was directly in front of him. He was well within his power to address her and refute what she had said.

In Obama's case, this was a crowded sports arena, with several hundred people, and no-one saw who said it. He was NOT in a position to reply to whoever said it.

By the way, if indeed someone called Romney a traitor, he shouldn't have done so.

So you are telling me Obama could not address the crowd? That he could not have spoken up about such diversive language? Because if being called a Traitor is so damming as you make it out to be, why should he not use it as a teaching moment?

[Dark Sage]

Roy, if you admit that Romney should have said something to that woman, I'll admit that Obama should have interrupted his speech to address the crowd.

Until then, I think that McCain showed poor maturity and let a big jerk get to him, compared to Obama, who is very good at keeping his cool around big jerks.