Romney should learn his Constitution

Once in a while, a high-profile Republican will slip and accidentally concede what everyone already knows: that Fox News has a political agenda. Here’s a coffee shop encounter in Iowa City yesterday with Mitt Romney:

A woman asked the former governor of Massachusetts: What can we do to stop the newspaper and television from attacking the president?

Romney replied: “It’s amazing isn’t it?

“Well, fortunately you can change the channels,” he said, “and there are channels like FOX that gives a different perspective, and you can also go on the Internet and talk radio.”

I demand to know which newspapers and TV news shows are attacking the president. As far as I can tell he’s all about public transportation, in that he’s gotten the longest free ride in the history of American politics.

Of course, what the woman meant was “can’t we FORCE the media to stop criticizing THIS President?” I GUARANTEE you she didn’t feel this way from 1993 to 2001.

Of course, Romney didn’t bother to tell this woman about the First Amendment.

If this Iowa woman doesn’t like the free press, there are other countries she’ll be more comfortable — countries where she won’t see or be allowed to make comments critical of the authorities.