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RedStatehttps://redstate.com/erick/2011/12/01/is-mitt-romney-as-whiny-as-barack-obama-or-just-not-really-vetted/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:06:30 -0400Is Mitt Romney as Whiny as Barack Obama? Or Just Not Really Vetted?<![CDATA[If you haven’t seen the Bret Baier interview with Mitt Romney it is now abundantly apparent why Mitt Romney will not sit in the middle chair and take tough questions from the roundtable — his skin is as thin as Barack Obama’s. (To Bret’s credit, he had the roundtable panel submit questions and Steve Hayes asked an awesome one. You’ll have to watch the interview to see it)Bret Baier asked Romney, “About your book, you talk about Massachusetts healthcare. We’ve heard you many times, in the debates and interviews, talk about how it is different in your mind than the president’s healthcare law, Obamacare. The question is, do you still support the idea of a mandate? Do you believe that that was the right thing for Massachusetts? Do you think a mandate, mandating people to buy insurance is the right tool?”Romney’s response? “Bret, I don’t know how many hundred times I’ve said this, too. This is an unusual interview.”But after the interview it became more troubling. Mitt Romney actually complained that some of the questions were “uncalled for.” Yes folks, the former Governor of Massachusetts actually complained that Bret Baier — Bret Baier of Fox New’s Special Report, the guy I hate because my six year old has a massive crush on him and he could kick my ass on the golf course — that Bret Baier asked questions that were “uncalled for” like this one:]]>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 04:47:00 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/12/01/is-mitt-romney-as-whiny-as-barack-obama-or-just-not-really-vetted-n41341