Richard Grenell, Controversial Mitt Romney Spokesman, Resigns - Page 3 - New England Patriots Forums

***DarrylS*** · 05-03-2012, 09:12 AM

Further information.. apparently that bastion of tolerance and acceptance, Bryan Fischer was the culprit.. the right is being taken over by extreme right wing religious whack jobs..

If Romney cannot stand up the religious right in his own party, how will he be able to stand up to the tyrants of the world????

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The "far right" figure is Bryan Fischer, with the American Family Association, whom Romney had condemned in October for "poisonous language." (Romney's criticism at that time was not related to any Fischer comments about sexual orientation, however, but resulted from Fischer's attacks on Mormonism, Romney's faith.)

The criticism of Grenell's selection as a Romney spokesman came from a few sources: First came comments from Fischer on Twitter, in an April 23 blog post and during an April 24 appearance on CNN.

Then an April 24 blog post on the National Review's website elicited a back and forth over whether conservatives should be concerned that Grenell would advocate for gay marriage inside a Romney White House.

On April 25, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council expressed dismay at Grenell's hiring.

Around the same time, Gary Bauer, the founder of American Values, became the most serious political figure on the Christian right to publicly criticize Grenell's hiring. Bauer wrote in a letter to supporters that he worried that Grenell's hiring might signal some support by Romney for gay marriage. But he added, "We should not exaggerate this. Homosexuals were part of the Reagan Administration and the Bush Administrations. Our concern is policy."

***DarrylS*** · 05-03-2012, 11:01 AM

***DarrylS*** · 05-04-2012, 04:04 AM

More from Bryan Fischer, who seems to have hijacked the Romney Campaign, if Fischer can do so with his wacked out right wing agenda, Mitt is too wimpy to stand up to the religious right.. what happens when he has a stare down with the Chinese???

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"The reason I was concerned is that this, I believe, was a shout-out on Governor Romney’s part to the homosexual lobby, because he knew that Grenell was a homosexual activist," Fischer says, noting that the hire came only after several Christian right groups and the National Organization for Marriage had already endorsed Romney. "Richard Grenell could not possibly have been the only qualified individual that Governor Romney could find … If it wasn't about homosexuality, than why did so many gay rights groups celebrate the hire?"

***DarrylS*** · 05-06-2012, 04:36 AM

First Bryan Fischer wants Romney to get rid of Grenell, and now he mocks him for being a weak baztard.... great leadership???????

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Fischer: Let me ask you this question, people have raised this question, if Mitt Romney can be pushed around, intimidated, coerced, coopted by a conservative radio talk show host in Middle America, then how is he going to stand up to the Chinese? How is he going to stand up to Putin? How is he going to stand up to North Korea if he can be pushed around by a yokel like me? I don’t think Romney is realizing the doubts that this begins to raise about his leadership. I don’t think for one minute that Mitt Romney did not want this guy gone; he wanted this guy gone because there was not one word of defense, not a peep, from the Romney camp to defend him. They just went absolutely stone cold silent, they put a bag over Grenell’s head, they even asked him to organize this phone conference and they didn’t even let him speak at the conference that he organized.