Romney: Can We Talk About Some Real Stuff, Not Gay Marriage?

Mitt's all economy, all the time

Romney is all about the economy, and yesterday he got a little impatient when a reporter persisted in asking him about fiery-hot social issues. The Colorado reporter asked him about gay marriage, civil unions, tuition for illegal immigrants, and marijuana. The marijuana question was a bridge too far for Romney...

Instead of answering, he asked incredulously,

Aren't there issues of significance you'd rather talk about? The economy, the growth of jobs, the need to put people back to work, the challenges of Iran. There are enormous issues we face, and you want to talk about marijuana?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTpaBeL3-m0

Before Romney lost his cool, he'd fielded two questions on same-sex marriage, and looked a little weary as he reaffirmed his previously-stated position: "marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman...If a civil union is identical to marriage, I don't support that." Later, he says gay marriage is a state issue - though he supports the federal marriage amendment.

Romney's "all economy, all the time" stance has a lot of supporters. But there are other Republicans who don't think social issues are irrelevant at all, and are saying "bring it on" to the culture wars over gay marriage. For instance, the National Organization for Marriage released a statement saying that "President Obama has now made the definition of marriage a defining issue in the presidential contest...We intend to win the marriage debate this November."

Via Buzzfeed.

Would you rather the media focus on "real issues" like the economy?

[BigPoppaPhat]

Another no brainer, we all know why the media is focused on these petty non-issues.

[ir0nw0lfe]

Trick question. The media including Politix doesn't care about what the voters want to talk about. They only seem to care about distracting the voters with non-critical issues like marijuana, gay marriage, culture wars. These are all differences that need to be set aside until we figure out how to keep the lights on in America without making Chinese the official currency and language. Yet , somehow the candidate who is focused on the economy, jobs, and foreign threats, he's the one who is out of touch?? Wake up, we won't have to worry about the future of America's culture if we go the way of Greece and Portugal,.... Some one else will decide for us.

[Truthinesss]

I would rather the media focus on the truth and the important issues. All these social issues should be left up to the states, and are not important for our president. The last thing on my mind right now is whether our president supports gay marriage or snorts coke off prostitutes, I want to know what he's going to do to help the economy. That way I know whether to boot him or not.