Mitt Romney didn’t hold back when casually chatting up wealthy donors about the “47 percent” or giving tips to Iran on how to attack the U.S. Even the ladies from The View couldn’t escape a mention in the politically poisonous fundraising tape.
The Republican presidential candidate called out Whoopi Goldberg by name on the tape that’s sweeping the political world, calling her a particularly “sharp-tongued” host.
The actress/comedian composed a response in a series of tweets, forming a Dear John letter of sorts to Romney, explaining why she initially liked him as a candidate and where it all went wrong. In chronological order…
Tweet to Mitt Romney, I once had a great deal of respect for you and many of ur stances. You believed like Teddy Kennedy in healthcare and
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
A woman’s right to choose and u seemed to actually care about ur people. That was the man I said was someone worth voting for & I said it
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Publicly today I understand that while talking to like minded folks you took a respectful observation and wondered what you had done wrong
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
To garner that kind of interest from me.Well Mr Romney the man I was talking about turned into a man who flushed his ideals down the drain
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Only to emerge a confused candidate, confused about what he really stands for and WHO he stands for and adapted a group who stands on the
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Steps of congress and spits on lawmakers without care for whom it’s affecting, names a health care system Obama care, care that you
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Yourself adopted for mass. And then pretended it was Obamas idea, your a man who sheds ideas faster than a snake sheds skin, just ask folks
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Who hear u talking about roe v wade. Yes once I thought there was the possibility of a moderate republican who could make the race with
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
Obama at least interesting. But that was Months ago before your desperation to be Presedent made u forget your ideals. Yes sir a long time
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
thought you might be an interesting.I thought you were more like ur dad & then u opened ur mouth & I realized u were nothing like him.
— Whoopi Goldberg (@WhoopiGoldberg) September 19, 2012
As Romney explained to his audience of Republicans, appearing on The View poses a “high risk” for him because “of the five women on it, only one is conservative.” He added, “Although last time I was on the show [Whoopi] said to me, ‘You know what? I think I could vote for you.’ And I— and I said, ‘I must have done something really wrong.’”
Romney will get a chance to win back their collective good graces next month. According to The Hollywood Reporter, co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck read a statement on-air Wednesday from the Romney campaign, saying the candidate would “love to once more join the sharp-tongued chatter in October.”
Sarah Muller