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Subscribe to RSSMitt Romney voiced support on Thursday for women being allowed to join the storied Augusta National Golf Club.
A reporter shouted a question to Romney while he was working the ropeline following an event in Pennsylvania about whether women should be able to join the club, which is the home of the annual golf tournament, The Masters.
"Well of course," Romney said. "I'm not a member of Augusta. I don't know if I would qualify -- my golf game is not that good -- but certainly if I were a member and if I could run Augusta which isn't likely to happen but of course I'd have women in Augusta. Sure."
The question to Romney came after the White House said Thursday morning that President Obama supports women being allowed to join the course.
The line of questioning comes amid scrutiny of the club's policy in light of IBM's hiring of Ginni Rometty as its CEO. The CEO of IBM has traditionally enjoyed a membership at Augusta, where the Masters are being played this weekend.
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I don't think a private club should have to admit women and I'm a woman. I like Romney's answer though....he said that if he ran Augusta, he would allow women. He didn't say that the club should be forced to allow women.
Wait till Rush hears this, Mittens better find a good place to hide.
Rush is an ass. There are much better conservative talk radio hosts.
Rush is a habitual liar.
I agree Rush the junkie is an ass but he's also the real leader of the Republican Party and since Romney disagrees with the junkie on this issue, he's going to have to kiss the junkie's gigantic ass very soon.
So now this guy is on damage control since the polls are out that women voters, the intelligent women voters, don't like him.
The uneducated single moms vote for Obama. The idiots who believe the "Republican War on Women" phrase without any logical explanation vote for Obama.
123, Talking about uneducated, didn't you vote for Bush not only once but TWICE?
Yes I did. He was the lessor of 2 evils both times....Gore and Kerry. I bet you voted for both of them.
I sure did you uneducated Person you.
Yeah, most women do not like him and most women will not forget the many words that came from his mouth. Most women will never believe the etch-a-sketch. Most women will not trust him. Most women will never forget the lies that has been displayed from his mouth. Most women will not vote for him.
Ang, you over 60? Now tell the truth..... No saying what you think I want to hear now.....
Ooooh, dey gonna kick you outa the republican't party for socialist thinking like dat! Oooooh, you in big trouble my friend.
Oh please, do you honestly believe Romney is all of a sudden a champion of women? Pardon me while I throw up. God, is there anything this guy won't say to suck up? Can we really afford to have this colossal a phony for a president?
If you're not in the 1%, a women, a minority, a Senior, a Gay and the enviornment, then h$ll no.
We don't need anyone to be a champion of women. Women already have rights. Forcing their health insurance company to sell them a policy that has $0 co-pay on birth control pills doesn't qualify you as a champion.
Would you rather pay 15.00
You go girl. There is no war on women.
gemininimeg "Oh please, do you honestly believe Romney is all of a sudden a champion of women? Pardon me while I throw up. God, is there anything this guy won't say to suck up? Can we really afford to have this colossal a phony for a president?"
Totally agree; Mr. Romney DUMP the advisor who told you to make a statement on this 'issue'.
Waste of my time and NO points scored with this female voter.
tryreality, I'd rather the government not mandate what coverage I buy. I can pay for presciptions and birth control pills are among the cheapest I've encountered. I want insurance for big stuff like cancer.
I buy auto insurance for wrecks and a stolen vehicle. I don't buy auto insurance for gas, oil changes, car washes and new tires. If I did, it would cost a fortune. My 8 year old can understand that logic. Can you?
Thank you!! you said it all. I know that I will never forget. He is not a champion for women and he will not get my vote.
Romney should leave Freedom of Association alone.
No wonder conservatives don't trust him.
Enough with the social engineering mantra.
And the tree's on the golf course are the perfect height.
I can't believe any form of politics should have an opinion in this
Republicans are not bulling women...that is a lie used to sway people who do not pay attention. The argument is not about womens "rights"
Women already have access to free contraception. They can already get it for free at planned parenthood. The argument is about weather it should be mandated that religious organizations should be forced to pay for it The real argument has been lost. It is about religious FREEDOM !!! The democraps are the ones waging war! War on religious freedom!
That issue was already solved last month. The worker's of those Institutions just get sent to another place to get their perscription and the Insurance takes over. Where have you been?
The real issue is government control. Democrats are bullying everyone. Stay the hell out of my healthcare.
Tryreality, the issue won't be solved unless the Supreme Court shoots down Obamacare.
Hmmm, let me get this strait: Women should be allowed to join an exclusive golf club, but they shouldn't be allowed to make decisions regarding their own health (birth control and abortion). I'm glad to see that Mitt has his priorities in order.
Isn't that the truth.
Its a shame that the left thinks women's health consists of nothing but birth control pills and abortions.
I won't be able to make key decisions about my own health (and neither will men) if Obamacare is not disposed of.
Oh Ang.... don't be such a crab, it's Easter! Didn't the bunny come to your house?
Here comes the Hypocrite PIVOTING for the general election, oh what a generous remark, he's such a lovely saint, let's all vote for the say-anything-that'll-make-them-vote-for-you scumbag, we love you, Mitty, you hippy-o-crite!
Romney - the Liberal and Democrats' favorite GOP candidate:
1) It has been said that Romney is the fiscal conservative. If he really wants the voter's confidence in success, why not be transparent about his assets?
2) In his Etch-A-Sketch speech, he will reset the way he will campaign, which means he could drop all conservative values once he is nominated. This makes sense since he has no qualms in putting false ads against other candidates. A liberal has no problem to have no ethics or moral discussing his opponents. Look at Obama.
3) In Romney's claim about Santorum's support of Romney at one time. Sure, Santorum gave Romney his support, but Romney performed his Etch-A-Sketch move to prove that Romney is liberal, and not conservative.
4) One day Gingrich went to talk to Romney about Gingrich supporting Romney because Gingrich wanted to unify the party. After talking to Romney, Gingrich went back on the campaign. Again, Gingrich found out that Romney was liberal, just as Santorum found out.
5) If Romney is leading and everyone is saying Romney will win, why keep spending 10X's more than the others and waste money on massive ads and tons of robocalls with lies and mudslinging?
6) People keep saying Santorum will enforce his Catholic values on people, but Romney is the bishop in the Mormon community. Do you really think Romney will not try to instill his religious values on America?
7) Romney has said he supports RomneyCare, but he will repeal ObamaCare. If ObamaCare is based on RomneyCare, why would he do that? Because he will not, another Etch-A-Sketch.
8) Romney keeps getting support from all the GOP Establishment of RINOs in the party. The same group who will not fight for a balanced budget, no tax and paying down the debt.
9) The same RINO group that supports Romney passed NDAA along with Obama, to allow Obama to arrest and execute anyone without trial of someone Obama deems a threat.
10) The same RINO group who supports Romney passed ObamaCare without fighting for review of all the material. So, far in initiating ObamaCare it has cost billions. And, it is estimated in the end, it will cost a minimum of 82 Trillion without financial support.
11) The same RINO group who supports Romney who will not fight for working on the illegal immigrant issue. Most legal immigrants do not want illegals, don't trust the media.
12) The same RINO group who let Obama put troops in Egypt without approval of the Senate. Now, other Middle Eastern countries that are going under the same pressure by the radical Muslims.
13) The same RINO group who supports Romney and let Obama leave Netanyahu sitting in a lobby and will not talk to Netanyahu if he can. Obama also wants to remove aid to Israel. Obama just purposely spoiled an Israel invasion in Iran to remove the nuclear weapons. Obama is blatantly Anti-Semitist.
14) The same RINO group who supports Romney because they support Obama, they want to keep doing status quo with Romney, who would become Obama II.
15) Romney has no real plan to fix the economy, ask him for a specific plan, and no "pie in the sky" theoretical, generalized plan.
16) Romney, if he wanted to be a leader, would quit with the ads that are not telling the truth. He should want to unify the group, not polarize it.
This list could keep going on, but that sums up the major issues for most voters. Please reconsider voting for Romney. Please get everyone to vote, the turnout has not very low. To win over Obama, we need all the people in the polls voting. Vote for any GOP but Romney.
George --- how many times are you going to post that stupid comment? One more time --- if liberals had their way they would want either Santorum of Newt as the Republican nominee. That would mean a landslide victory for President Obama. But -- since Romney is the republican nominee it will still be a victory for President Obama in November but by a smaller margin.
George, I'm a liberal, but I've been saying many of the same things. I don't know why Republicans seem so willing to support Romney. He is a classic shape-shifter. Part of the reason Obama is in trouble for re-election is that he campaigned as a liberal vs. Hillary's centrist position, but once he became president he shifted to the center. The result is that many of us on the left are less enthusiastic about his re-election. Romney ran to the right in the primaries, but he will shift to the center once elected. The right wingers who will vote for him simply because they hate Obama will lose their enthusiasm during his first term (IF he's elected...that's still up in the air). I do believe that if Romney is elected, he will be a one-term president and Hillary will be elected in 2016.
Romney apparently is pro choice insofar as membership in a private golf club is concerned - the decision to join should be a woman's choice.
Now, on other issues such as whether to complete an unwanted, life threatening, or rape impregnated pregnancy to term, that decision is best left to men in legislative chambers.
Stops posting lies. And stop acting as though any significant numbers of abortions are due to rape.
Ang, what is most troubling is that you cannot see past your own white picket fence. You could be in a poorly lit parking lot some night, innocently loading your multiple Wal-Mart bags into your less than two-year old crossover and become a rape victim, just like THAT. Now you're impregnated (unless you're over 60) from this unthinkable cow who had to force himself on you to "get some". Have fun picking out names because if your party has their way, you won't have a choice to make ANY decision, they will make it for you, and they won't care what your eight year old thinks when they see the bruises and cuts all over your body, and why their sibling looks nothing like him or her. It happens, and the fact you don't see this in numbers that are high enough for you to give a you-know-what is just sad.
Time to think outside the box... this could happen to you, or someone you care about. Whatever your choice in that matter, at least you have a choice, not having someone make it for you.
Btw, I am one of those picket-fencers... the difference between you and I, is I care and about all women's choices, present and future, and respect their ability to decide what is best for them, not just my own views. The freedom of a woman to decide what is best for her, imagine that! The ability for women to have healthcare coverage to cover contraceptives... think about it... possibility of reducing abortion. Isn't that a win-win for everyone? Caring about someone other than yourself is liberating, you should try it. You can say, "get a good job and pay for it yourself", but we all know this isn't a perfect world, and not everyone has a white picket fence.
Do not trust a candidate who uses an etch-a-sketch, period.
Obama/Biden 2012
This has become a Jerkle Circ. Bet Augusta wouldn't have problems with 1/2 naked women at the tee's offering to "Wash their balls"!
Women good for outings and PR's at courses as long as they shake a tight @$$ hawking the company that paid for this, but............
Too bad we will never get to see Mitt giving a campaign speech at Augusta. Wonder what he would say...
"Now, Barack Obama, he believes females should be able to join you here. He just doesn't understand how America works. I do."
Really you can tell it is election year, whatever it take to gain a vote. Maybe, we should just have the both sex compete together, until one group shouts it not fair.
Obama would now want the NBA to have the same thing for women. Hell lets do away with separate showers, where dropping the soap, will really mean something. Pathetic story with little justification for change.
Just keeping it real dawg!!!!
Sure, Romney says women should be allowed to join Augusta, but only after they get a transvaginal ultrasound.
I'd love for someone to explain how a surgical abortion can be performed without involving a vagina. For those who have actually had sonograms, we know that the vagina need not be involved. Just gel and a wand on the tummy.
I just think you libbies get off on typing the word "transvaginal" repeatedly.
And you right-wing whackos are good at wearing blinders. Two states, including my state, Texas, have passed or are preparing bills that will require women to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. Not just ultrasounds. But I do admit I love to say transvaginal. You got me there.
It kinda rolls right off the tongue Robert, doesn't it? LOL
Ang.... in early pregnancy they are most accurate in determining the age of the fetus and finding a heartbeat, not just checking what gender they are at five months "with a little gel and a wand on the tummy". I've had them, they're uncomfortable to say the least, and trust me, I don't get off on the word.
Are you sure you've actually had a baby or are you using an etch a sketch???????????? Say it... "transvaginal is not a bad word, transvaginal is not a bad word, transvaginal is not a bad word".
Are you freakin' kidding me? He supports the likes of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the rest of the GOP's war against women, labor unions, minorities, and voting rights, and the best he can come up with is that women should be allowed to join Augusta. This guy is not just an opportunist. He is a real joke!!!
golf is ok for women , but not birth control or abortion ??? I hope you women are hearing this !
you speak to women like they are simple minded. They don't need your help figuring out who to vote for.
"They don't need your help figuring out who to vote for.'
Very true leroy -- they vast majority of them have already figured out who to vote for --- President Obama.
The vast majority of women who don't want a dumb ass leftist determining what's on their health insurance policy will be voting for Romney.
Do you think that women sit around all day worrying about getting abortions? The left has reduced females to morons who are unable to prevent unwanted pregnancies. Men of the left are beyond sexist.
good call
What's next...retarded people in MENSA?
If the guys want to have a penis club at Augusta, let them. Who cares?
Hey women....AIM HIGHER!! It's a golf course. Get your own. Build it up. Call it your own. Snub the men right back. How do you feel good as a woman being the first in a men's club? Be the first to create an elite women's club and beat the men at their own game. NOW YOU'RE EQUAL.
Fuk people just get dumber by the minute in this dump of a country.
Troy, you will find that it is MEN in the media who are pushing for this membership to stir the pot, since that woman was named CEO of IBM. Even if I had the money and they let women join, it is the LAST place I'd join. I bet you the grand majority of women feel the same way.
Women have born war on their shoulder in two recent wars. You hear men here crying the blues. Where were many of them, while women were lacing up combat boots and taking up arms to defend their Country.
Where was Obama and the liberals, progressives, Independents and
Republican male that call themselves professor and law makers but would never wear a uniform of the United States military, much less defend the Constitution that Obama complains, so much about. These pussies that call themselves men. They are standing behind a lectern and teleprompters giving speeches but run at the sound of gun fire. Women have served honorably in two wars. I say, any women that have fought in our wars, can damn well participate in any activity they wish to in the United States. All these elitist that swing a club that say otherwise, can kiss my .....
Most women that served in our armed forces, would kick Obama's ... to the curb and throw him off the golf course, they are playing at to prove who needs protection.
My dog should be allowed to eat the cat food too, but that doesn't mean I have to let him.
Hey Politicians and media experts ,,, leave Augusta alone.
His one chance to get some support in the south and he promptly inserts both feet in his mouth!
I wonder if Romney thinks that women should be allowed to join Augusta? I wonder if Romney actually HAS an opinion, an honest opinion, on ANYTHING.
wow , how do you respond to s closet polygamist ; i mean , they believe a woman's place is to let their husband marry a bunch of wives. and respond only when it's their turn to clean the house.