Gov. Romney Responds to Vladimir Putin as Time’s Person of the Year
Gov. Romney went into an interview this morning with Glenn Beck blind to the news that Putin had been given Time’s “Person of the Year”.
GLENN: Give me your thought on Petraeus not being Time magazine’s man of the year but instead Vladimir Putin.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Oh, you are kidding. Did they put Vladimir Putin on the cover?
GLENN: Yeah, Time magazine.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: That really, that’s disgusting. I’m absolutely — I mean, are you — I mean, I haven’t seen Time. Are you serious?
GLENN: No, I’m serious. It is Vladimir Putin, Time magazine man of the year. A guy who, you know, with all of the KGB stuff in the past, Time magazine says has transformed the country and congratulations. Time magazine man of the year, Vladimir Putin.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Well, you know, he imprisoned his political opponents. There have been a number of highly suspicious murders. He has squelched public dissent and free press. And to suggest that someone like that is the man of the year is really disgusting. I’m just appalled. Clearly General Petraeus is the person or one of a few people who would certainly merit that designation and I know Time magazine makes a distinction. They say, well, people who had an impact, whether it’s good or bad, is the man of the year. I think that’s a –
GLENN: No, no, hang on.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: — a false –
GLENN: Before you go too far down this road — wait a minute. Before you go down this road, this is the quote why he’s the man of the year, “For bringing stability and renewed… what was it, impact? Status. Renewed status to his country. That’s why.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Isn’t that something. So a good dictator — I guess Raul Castro will get it next. A good dictator that imprisons or murders political and media opponents and therefore brings stability, I mean, there’s nothing like the stability that martial law provides or dictatorship provides. I find it a truly appalling designation.
GLENN: And the stability that he’s bringing to the Middle East with the transfer of this last few days of nuclear technology to Iran.
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Yeah. I mean, he’s once again supplying nuclear material to the Bushehr power plant and it’s another example of Russia trying to destabilize the world, destabilize the Middle East. It does tell you something about Time magazine. I’m really — I must admit I’m really disappointed. That’s a real shock.
GLENN: I was –
GOVERNOR ROMNEY: Our mainstream media I think has just showed its hand.
There, ladies and gentlemen, is a candidate with a gutshot understanding of what we’re up against in this world.
~~~Thomas
December 20th, 2007 at 1:09 am
Wow, I’m so glad Governor Romney is not afraid to tell the truth when it comes to Putin and Russia!
Since the Cold War it has been one big performance for the world. While Russia has pretended to adopt “democracy,” the U.S. has been pouring foriegn aid into their country, all so they can build up their military and WMD’s, AND conspire with China, AND provide terrorist regimes with whatever they need. I hope the main stream media and the American people will wake up before it’s too late.
Thank you Governor Romney and Glenn Beck!