Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Goldberg obviously had Mormons confused with Jehovah's Witnesses. Like that never happens.

What's the big deal here anyway?

Romney still chose Church over country, and I think if most people knew that it would affect the way they view him as a guy worthy of the Presidency.

So Mitt tries to pull a gotcha on Obama during the debate, and ends up creating one of the greatest backfires in Presidential debate history, and all you folks can do is pull up this imaginative "gold" corrective of Whoopi Goldberg?

The difference should be obvious. Goldberg isn't running for office, trying to gain everyone's trust, and she obviously was open for correction while Romney is trying to be President and thought he was going to be able to get away with lying about what President Obama said in the Rose Garden on Sept 12. I just saw that debate last night for the first time (I heard it on the radio while driving when it was live), and the look on Romney's face when he got schooled was just priceless.
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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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ldsfaqs wrote:And the anti-mormon sees only what he want's to see to make something the most negative possible.

She was stating that people SERVE in different ways, be it Military, Missions, or otherwise, and they ALL are worthy endevor's, and helps create worthy men and women.

Moron! :rolleyes:


A religious mission is not equal to military service in the eyes of many Americans.

But more importantly the Vietnam thing for Romney showed his rank hypocrisy that he'd advocate for young men to go off to war while he went and lived in France.
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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Romney during Vietnam:

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Romney not during Vietnam:

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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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A lot of Mormons serve in the armed forces and the Church honors that service. Maybe Whoopi had Mormons confused with Quakers or Jehovah's Witnesses.
And when the confederates saw Jackson standing fearless as a stone wall the army of Northern Virginia took courage and drove the federal army off their land.
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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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ajax18 wrote:A lot of Mormons serve in the armed forces and the Church honors that service. Maybe Whoopi had Mormons confused with Quakers or Jehovah's Witnesses.


She must have. Or she was just trolling. :lol:
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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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John Fogerty wrote:Some folks are born to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.


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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Obviously some people don't know what a "gotcha" question is.

Let me help you, BC:
A "gotcha" question is a hard question that you assume the interviewee will not be able to answer appropriately. An example would be to ask a candidate to name the leader of some obscure country.

For someone like Sarah Palin, of course, simple personal experience or opinion questions (supreme court decisions disagreed with, or favorite newspapers) turn out to be "gotchas," even though they really aren't, and wouldn't be for anyone else.

This was not a hard question. The answer was either a simple yes or a no, and the person being asked was an expert on the subject.

Whoopi was just asking an uninformed question, not a "gotcha" question. She should get to know Google.
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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Bond James Bond wrote:Romney during Vietnam:

Also during Vietnam War:

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Re: Ann Romney: Turns Whoopi's falied 'gotcha' into gold

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Some folks are born to wave the flag,
Ooh, they're red, white and blue.
And when the band plays "Hail to the chief",
Ooh, they point the cannon at you, Lord,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son, son.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no,
Yeah!

Some folks are born silver spoon in hand,
Lord, don't they help themselves, oh.
But when the taxman comes to the door,
Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale, yes,

It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no millionaire's son, no.
It ain't me, it ain't me; I ain't no fortunate one, no.

Lyrics to 'Fortunate Son' - 1969


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