POLL: What Do You Think of Newsweek's Mitt Romney 'Wimp' Cover?
The controversial cover story received a ton of attention this week.
Newsweek received a ton of criticism this week for its latest cover, which featured GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney next to the headline: "Romney: The Wimp Factor." It then went on to ask if Romney is "just too insecure" to be president.
"Romney is the genuine article: a true wimp," author Michael Tomasky argued in his cover story.
For his part, Romney said the cover didn't bother him. He said the news magazine tried the same thing with former President George H.W. Bush, someone he considers "anything but" a wimp.
What do you think? Did Newsweek's cover cross the line, or was the Romney "wimp" story fair game? Vote in our poll below, and leave a comment with your thoughts.
Kathleen Clohessy
12:23 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Romney is a liar, a bigot and politically and diplomatically inept. His only claim to fame is his ability to make money by destroying those less powerful than himself. It was neither necessary nor appropriate to belittle him for his lack of "machismo" a characteristic that is neither desirable nor attractive in a man. It was a poorly thought-out insult to everyone who believes in and supports gender equality, male and female alike.
vilmi cortes
2:08 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Hello,
if you are American you love your country .How could you go against some one who whent around trying to do it's best.(lot of hard work) and make it big time today !
America the beautiful it let you be what you want, if you use your brain."
So please think to help your self by getting of this hole we are today.
JIM
6:48 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
we could substitute obamas name for President Romney's name in your opening line of drivel and it would fit like a glove
Jack Conaway
10:11 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
I agree. This trivial and stupid news approach distracts the public from the real issues with Mr. Romney. He amassed a $350M personal fortune by inventing the leveraged buyout business model at Bain Capital which rewarded executives and shareholders handsomely whether the bought out company survived or not after workers were laid off to increase profits and stock value. Leveraged buyouts are a totally unproductive use of borrowed capital which leads to no new products or services to build new jobs and support the economy but produces a net loss of jobs.
Then he dumped his winnings into a network of family trusts and offshore investments including the Cayman Islands where rich people and big corporations hide their assets to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
Seamus Carty
1:58 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
What is your evidence that Romney is a bigot? That is a serious charge.
JIM
2:17 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Seamus, its as plain as the nose on President Romney's face, hes white and doesn't agree with the commie in command ,so he is either a racist, a bigot, a child a hater, a homophobe or a special need person.
Kathleen Clohessy
12:24 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
PS I guess your readers don't read Newsweek!
Lori
1:46 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Thats because it a total waist of time to read the crap they print!
David Pittelli
5:32 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
No one reads Newsweek. It was bought for $1 a few years ago (that's right, one dollar). And it will soon cease publishing a print edition (i.e., it will only be a web site.)
JIM
6:51 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
newsWEAK is the political equivalent of the national enquirer its nothing but a political tabloid ,democrat supporting left wing rag
R-Money
12:37 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
We meed Gov. Romney as POTUS to turn this county around! Obama made the US look like wimps when we should be number one in the world! Amazing how many people fall for the Democratic BS!
Fritz
7:01 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
The US maybe Number 1 in Gymnastics, but in something that matters, not so much.
RMoney
12:38 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
We meed Gov. Romney as POTUS to turn this county around! Obama made the US look like wimps when we should be number one in the world! Amazing how many people fall for the Democratic BS!
Dan
7:51 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Really now, we look like whimps? For starters, Bush couldn't get Osama in 8 years, and drove us into the ditch economically. Obama got Osama in 3, and has had several months of sustained job growth. If your MEED for Romney is as bad as your spelling, and memory, then the GOP is in serious trouble. By the way, if you think he's going to lower your taxes.......then you are clueless as Mitt is.
JIM
6:58 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
yes comrade dan we know how the talking point goes ...ITS ALL BUSHES FAULT , you ninny's really need a new line after 5 years of this its really getting OLD
comrade obama dident get no one the NAVY SEALS KILLED OSAMA your boy
OBAMA KILLED AMERICA !!!!!
ITS ALL OBAMAS FAULT NOW SON !!!!!!!!
randall whitehead
12:42 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
The biggest liar ever...Obama! His entire life is one big coverup!!
Cindy Williams
1:12 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Guess Newsweek has never seen Obama throw a ball???????
vilmi cortes
1:48 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
I rather have a so called wimp" than what we have today . I'm all American to the core, there for I do not apprecited being dictate an what I should like and do.
I do use mine brain from time to time " thank you.
ForThePeople
1:54 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
There is a lot you can call Mitt Romney, but I'm not sure third grade insults are worthy of a national magazine. I don't even like the guy, but that's not what I would do.
Dan
7:55 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Mitt Romney while Governor of Massachusetts, caved in to the Massachusetts State College Employees Union, gave them a pay hike that was retroactive for 1 full year, with a new pay rate on top of it. Those Union Employees, that Mitt hates so much got 2 full years of salary in ONE FULL YEAR. Try again, and tell me who is a BIGGER WIMP???
Seamus Carty
2:04 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Romney was no friend to the MA state unions...
"Mitt Romney vetoes back pay hikes in showdown with public employee unions
In another showdown with public employee unions and state legislators, Gov. W. Mitt Romney has vetoed about $42.2 million in retroactive raises for a year for thousands of employees at the University of Massachusetts and state and community colleges.
http://www.masslive.com/mitt-romney-archive/index.ssf/2012/07/mitt_romney_vetoes_back_pay_hi.html
David Campbell
2:20 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Better to be called a wimp by a low life liberal rag then to be a known traitor of your country who should be brought up on treason charges like Obama should be
Obama has further compromised our borders, has knowingly allowed one of his underlines to illegally sell weapons resulting in the death of a border patrol officer, has had a border officer reprehended for doing his jog and arresting an illegal alien. Obama and his secretary of state are both hold hands with teh Muslim brotherhood.. a known anti American terrorist group,is working with the UN in further erode the 2nd American and has forced his will on those who hold faith to a higher degree then merely a political talking point.. so.. where is Newsweek on any of that?
Dan
7:56 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Right...Newsweek a LIBERAL RAG? It's only LIBERAL because it tells you what you don't want to hear. You are so 1990's.......try again!
JimWilson
10:59 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Right . . . I'll see your delusion and raise you.
Mitt Romney isn't really a Mormon. He's an atheist who only went along with his father's faith so he could duck the Vietnam draft. He didn't actually try to convert anyone when he was in France either. In reality, he spent all his time in Monte Carlo gambling and buying high-end hookers. When his daddy found out what he was doing, he made him come home and marry his high school sweetheart. Actually, he only made him marry her after the second time she got pregnant. The first time, they got an abortion. Then Romney started using some of the mafia connections he had made in Marseilles to import heroin. By the time he became governor, they were flying it straight into a secret airport they set up in the Berkshires. When one of the pilots started to talk, Romney had him killed.
There.
Shirley Robinson
6:52 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Good for you. Look what it cost us when he flys US#1 plane.
JIM
7:45 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
delusion ? comrade wilson, the only delusion on here is coming from you. Every FACT stated by David Campbell is right on the mark, you should put in an application with newsWEAK they might need another fictional writer.You cant collect obama bucks forever son and sooner or later your going to have to move out of your parents basement.
jrmetalman
2:28 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
The media in this country is so biased for Obama its outrageous! The national media should work for the people. It should do far more REAL journalism. Help people understand abuses of power and all types of fraudulent activities. I agree with statements that claim American media is public relations arm for Obama.
Dan
7:58 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
BIASED? Right, with FAUX NEWS? What fraudulent activites...........Oh, I know....Darrell Issa....who does nothing but investigations in the GOP DO NOTHING CONGRESS.
You lose....try again!
Dennis Taylor
4:03 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
How about just a standard of reporting the news and not trying to shape the news or the outcome the news will cause. We need to vet all candidates publically and this should be done by both their friends and enemies. There should not be any allowance for privacy of records for those who would "serve" us. Running for president is a choice and we, the peasants, need to know as much as possible about the thugs who would rule us.
Robert Kroner
4:24 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Obama in an absolute landslide, this one won't even be close.
Anyone but Obama
10:03 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
A landslide back to the alleys of Chicago, maybe, but certainly not back into office. If you really believe he's going to win by a landslide, then you know absolutely nothing about politics and elections.
Casper
5:15 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
First off - the Patch question only pertained to the cover of Newsweek, and was hopefully not intended to start a barrage of pre or con the Presidency or a specific person. So, my answer to the question posed is NO - Newsweek did not go too far in publishing this cover. QED.
Jan Schmidt
6:09 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
"Dodging reporters, fearing his base, hiding his taxes—is Mitt Romney just too insecure to be president?"
I can think of better words to describe him than wimp...
JIM
7:34 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
threatening reporters, lying to his base, hiding every record from his birth to his usurpation of the oval office berry soetoro, aka barack hussein obama is just to un American to remain president
I can think of lots of words to describe him ....but none of them are fit to print here and l dont want to tick off comrade hurlbert the new post moderator
or comrade jan who has been foaming at the mouth to have me silenced.
Jan Schmidt
2:27 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Jim, I know you have a mandate to say as much against Obama as possible even when you have to use lies...
But this question is about the article about Romney... What I wrote was the first sentence of the article ... Could you respond to the point?
Judith Hogan
2:52 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
"just too insecure to be president?" Well, Jan, I will take "insecure" over "incompetent" any day. The president we have in the WH now is at best "incompetent".
JIM
3:13 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade jan I know you have a mandate to say as much against President Romney as possible even when you have to use lies...
But this question is about the article about Romney... What you wrote was the first sentence of the article ... Could you at least try to have your own thoughts ?
Jan Schmidt
8:54 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
So you can't respond to the first sentence of the article, Jim? You can't say anything positive about Romney?
Dan
8:01 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Mitt Romney came to Nashua in October of 2010, for a fundraiser. I was part of a protest, that was just carrying signs, and was peaceful. Mitt Romney called the Nashua P.D., complete with 4 cruisers, including the Police Chief.
Who's a wimp, and insecure....Mitt Romney............2 to 1!
JIM
7:21 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
sure comrade , President Romney called the cops and you OWS clowns were ''peaceful'' ........so comrade did you get to crap on any of the 4 cruisers ? we hear thats like an ''right of passage '' to make it into the black block group of ''OWS peaceful terrorists'' club
Fritz
7:10 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Jim, you are embarrassing yourself. You are talking gibberish. Maybe you should have your Mom proof read for you :-)
JIM
5:26 am on Monday, August 6, 2012
comrade fritz go back to the tv and watch the olympics the only gibberish you have posted so far is ''The US maybe Number 1 in Gymnastics, but in something that matters, not so much.'' ......ya your a real thinker comrade
James Hurlbert
11:50 pm on Saturday, August 4, 2012
Sort of off topic, but it's very telling to watch the pattern of which side can actually form coherent English sentences in this argument.
JIM
7:10 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Comrade HURLbert ,please leave your application for post grammar/spelling bee moderator with the front office not on the boards. Thank you for your cooperation.
James Hurlbert
11:08 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Jim, I wasn't referring to you, or any one side in this argument. I wrote that because it was interesting how one side (left or right) would say something well thought out and articulate, and have it rebutted with something much less so. I thought it was telling about our political climate in general, in that we rarely have thought out debates, because they usually degenerate into inarticulate mudslinging. I don't really understand how hoping for a well thought out, even-handed debate makes me a comrade, because Marxism tends to be a little one sided in its treatment of capitalists and "enemies of the people."
JIM
11:40 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade hurlbert ,there can be no debating with an obama supporter ,their facts are the only facts ,end of discussion . obama is a fraud, therefor any articulated political discussion about him is moot. If you have come here as an observer to sit on the fence ...I hope its a pointy one.
JIM
12:06 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
after 4 years of the communist/Marxist lying closet muslim wannabe king, anyone who still supports him is not worth debating
JIM
7:04 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
so our choices for 2012 are ,
a rich American wimp or
a rich closet communist,marxist muslim pimp
GO ROMNEY !!!!!!!!!!!!
Richard Maloon
7:18 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
The cover did not go "too far". I agree with Casper.
JimWilson
8:04 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
JIM: Fouling the commons again?
A perfect example of the type of supporters that Romney attracts.
JIM
8:40 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Thank you comrade wilson , I'll take that as a compliment coming from the perfect example of a lying delusional obama supporter
JimWilson
9:02 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
You're welcome.
Robert Thompson
9:06 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
JIM, everyone should just ignore your vile crappy here. Just say it. It is as easy as saying Gov. Romney. I will spell it out for you. You are a bigot! Plan and simple. You don't have the real courage to say it out loud, but you are. Maybe we should decide the election by having the candidate play one on one basketball. Gov. Romney, who grew up in a church which have basketball courts in all of them or President Obama, who grew up as you say a Communist, Marxist, Muslim pump.
Go President Obama
JIM
11:16 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade thompson come on you can do it, call me a racist, you know you want too, its in your DNA ,thats all you loony lefties have. when ever you far left thinkers are devoid of thoughts you play the race card. obamas going to go, in Nov. and if he hangs around America after he is thrown off his throne he is going to go to prison for life .....if hes lucky. the truth will catch up with this traitor and the penalty for high treason is death. Within days of hes abstraction from our govt I predict obama will flee the country to avoid prosecution. hopefully all his followers like you comrade Thompson will go with him
Anyone but Obama
12:12 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Go Obama Go - right back to the alleys of Chicago where you came from. You can go back to harassing local companies for donations for your street buddies.
Anyone but Obama
9:59 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
I'd rather be called any name in the book other than an "Obama supporter". That term signifies ignorance, political naivety and extreme gullibility. But the Obama Smoke & Mirrors Show rolls on suckering in those who's heads are in very dark, smelly places.
Anyone but Obama
10:08 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
Barack Obama, aka Barry Soetoro, aka Harrison J. Bounel, is toast. He's done...through...finished. Every historically significant political factor points to a clear defeat for big eared, purple lipped buffoon.
JIM
11:21 am on Sunday, August 5, 2012
barrack barry soetoro harrison bounel hussian obama has more names than a Chicago phone book
Jim Davis
1:16 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/birthers/occidental.asp
Come back when you can reinforce all your slander with evidence.
JIM
2:02 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade davis ,whats with the snopes occidental article its from 2009 ? come back when you can post something even remotely relevant to whats going on in 2012. As for posting facts, its useless to point out any fact to an obot, they get their thoughts and facts from the propaganda page of wwwobama4america and any other facts are useless to the collective brain that unites them.
Eeps Mangiofico
1:18 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
JIM, Why don't you take a moment to accumulate your thoughts. After you found that rotted pile of inbreed mush you call a brain stem. Because your clearly you lost your pre-frontal in that lobotomy accident some years ago. As is evident by that vocabulary smaller than my 5 year old's. May I suggest you stop trolling boards and figure out how to open a dictionary. Maybe once you figure out what a fact even is you can contribute to coherent discussion. Until then the adults are going to have to ask you like any other special needs child to be quiet and go play elsewhere.
JimWilson
1:28 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
JIM is giving the name "Jim" a bad name. This is sad as I hold a certain fondness for the name.
JIM
1:50 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade mangiofico ,now that was a well thought out coherent rant , do you feel like a big boy/girl now ? adults ...now thats funny, I have a feeling your the 5 year old and your using Mommy's computer, either way why should I be the only one who has to shut up ? no comrade , I like it fine right here. If you dont like it ,you leave. If you think I'm impressed by all your big words ,think again. I use the words I do when confronting you children on the left because its all your capable of understanding, and that comrade is a fact.
JIM
2:24 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
well comrade wilson change your name . Perhaps you can contact barrack barry soetoro harrison bounel hussian obama for info on how to go about it, he has had plenty of practice.
JIM
3:19 pm on Sunday, August 5, 2012
comrade obama to illegals : for 465 American dollars ( we would rather have it in gold ) and your vote I will give you citizenship !!!!!
Brian St. Onge
5:52 am on Monday, August 6, 2012
Be afraid liberals.......be very afraid.
Your man is going down in flames faster than the Hindenburg!!
rick barasso
8:39 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
One only need look at Mitt's military record during the Viet Nam War to see he is a coward. The military records of his FIVE SONS, who were between the ages of 18 and 31 in the years following 9/11 is proof positive the (coward) whimp factor does not fall far from the tree.
rick barasso
8:41 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
To ABO and Jim
Any chance you two rhode to school on the same short bus?
rick barasso
8:45 pm on Monday, August 6, 2012
Pay no attention to that man standing behind that burning cross.
It's only wizard Jim