2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Dark Sage]

But since Arpaio, Trump, and Nugent do not actually work for Romney, going out and denouncing them right now would be a waste of breath and time as it takes coverage of his message and shifts it completely in a different direction.

I mean I would love to see Romney do it, but in the realm of Presidential Campaign Politics you do not have the time to lose a few news cycles that could be used for your message. However when it is a member of your own campaign team, it is your duty to denounce them, fire them, and apologize to the other guy, that is just leadership as you are responsible for those beneath you. Obama has yet to do that.

I still think that if he did it, it would prove that he was the bigger man. And it would take all of ten minutes of his time.

Know why I think he won't do it? Because like all Republicans, he's scared to. Members of the GOP have lost votes and have even lost elections by standing up to the Birthers. Now they're scared of losing votes to these bigots. And that's just pitiful.

Edit: By the way, Roy, I looked up this story. And Romney's response to it is interesting. He calls the accusations "disgusting" and calls them "dirty politics", but when he was asked straight out if the President's campaign team were liars, this was his response:

"There's no question but that his campaign is putting out information which is false and deceptive and dishonest. And they know it. And they ought to stop."

It seems to me he kind of avoided giving a straight answer to that question which could have been answered with a simple "yes" or "no". Of course, I'm not blaming him... That's what politicians do, right? I'm not saying that the accusations are true (I know too little about it to judge) but if he thinks that these are lies, he should say they are.