Mitt Romney - Can you Hear the Music?

Lately, Mitt Romney has come under a lot of fire for what he had said at Nashua, stating he likes "being able to fire people". Already, the other Republicans have jumped at the opportunity in an attempt to cause some real damage (especially Newt Gingrich, no surprise there). Even President Obama's Press Secretary, Ben LaBolt, decided to get in on the action, and re-Tweeted his comments with his own addition,"!!!".

There's nothing alarming here. The game of politics requires rival oppositions to make use of their opponents' words against them. However, what comes next, I found to be quite the dirty move by Romney. Julie Kushner, the regional director of United Auto Workers, interrupted him to ask about his position on the auto bailout. She continued by saying that the move by President Obama had saved "good paying jobs". Romney became increasingly irritated by her repeated interruptions, and responded at one point with, "Excuse me, it's my turn to talk".

Kushner continued her questioning. "Question is how could you say those people from your state would have been better off under bankruptcy, once again number one auto company?"

Romney responded with: "The answer is this: bankruptcy is not going under and losing jobs. The president ultimately did what I suggested, going through a bankruptcy process. And if you want to talk afterwards we can have a chat afterwards." (Romney further continues with his response)

Interestingly, when 'afterwards' came, that is also where trouble occurred. Kushner held an impromptu news conference after the event had finished. It was at this point, while Kushner was trying to speak, the Romney campaign instructed the individual operating the music to increase the volume. The volume had become so loud that nobody could hear Julie Kushner speak.

Sources: ABC News, CNN