Romney misrepresents his interview with Denver TV reporter

Jason Salzman — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:20:34 GMT

CBS4's Shaun Boyd should let her viewers know that Mitt Romney is misrepresenting an interview Boyd had with Romney when he was in Denver May 10.

In an interview last week, a radio host asked Romney: "I saw that you got a little testy with one reporter who wanted to talk about marijuana and same-sex marriage yesterday. Has this been a real curve ball for ya?"

Romney replied: "She asked two or three questions about same-sex marriage and civil unions and then about medical marijuana, and I finally laughed and said, You know, there are some really big issues out there, like if Iran is going to get a nuclear weapon, how to change leadership in Syria, and what it's going to take to get this economy moving again, one after another. Why don't you ask about those? We finally got around to that."

Two problems here, one is that Romney never mentioned Syria in his response to Boyd.

But more importantly, Boyd asked Romney about civil unions and marijuana, and she still had over half of the five-minute interview remaining.

Romney interjected after about two-and-a-half minutes and asked Boyd why she was asking him insignificant questions, which, as Boyd pointed out, aren't insignificant in Colorado anyway.

Listening to Romney's recounting of his interview with Boyd, when he says Boyd "finally" got around to economic issues, you'd think Boyd used most of her time on civil unions and marijuana, when in reality, there was plenty of time left for other important issues.

UPDATE: They're going to Frack in Your back yard, folks

Zappatero — Sat, 12 May 2012 14:40:37 GMT

There will be miniscule rights payments to the state or other owner, the profits will most likely be going out of state, but the effects will be right here in our very own back yard:

Who you gonna trust - Governor John Hickenlooper or your lyin' eyes?

In Hickenlooper's home state, there has been tension over how much local communities can regulate drilling within their borders, on top of statewide regulations. Hickenlooper says it would be "very tough" on industry if each county had a different set of regulations.

Here's an idea that will never happen: how about we add an excise tax to all energy extracted within the U.S. - a fair one, but one that keeps in mind the enormous profits of oil companies - and put all that money into wind and solar projects? (UPDATE: Looks like the brilliant Keith Ellison and Bernie Sanders have read my mind.) Hick has some words of encouragement for energy other than carbon-based. And the Governor's sympathy for energy extraction companies is very touching.

I almost believe him.

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Romney misrepresents his interview with Denver TV reporter

UPDATE: They're going to Frack in Your back yard, folks