Romney Loses Florida Host's Vote to Ron Paul
Tampa Bay 1040AM NewsTalk Host Mark Larsen Reverses Support for Romney After His 'Elitist' Laughter Mocked Ron Paul's 'Truthful' Policies Such as Eliminating the 'Total Control' Tax Code
Aaron Dykes / JonesReport.com | January 29, 2008
WWBA 1040AM NewsTalk host Mark Larsen, based in Tampa Bay, FL, snapped at Mitt Romney for laughing at Ron Paul and his policies. "Right there, he just lost my vote," Larsen told listeners on the day of the Florida primary.
Larsen then declared he would be voting for Ron Paul despite his chances of becoming president because he's "had it with these elitist f-'s," choking back profanity in response to Romney's comments.
"You know this nervous chuckling and mocking of a guy who speaks the truth. The man who told you the truth more than any other in those debates-- who wasn't afraid to make enemies and tell the truth-- was Ron Paul. And they laughed at him," Larsen ranted.
"I sure am laughing at Ron Paul, I gotta tell you," Romney told the NewsTalk host. "Anybody who says we gotta get rid of the CIA and FBI and that the reason we're attacked by jihadists is because of us is a guy who deserves a little bit of humor to come his way."
A furious Larsen said, "Keep laughing, Mitt. Talk to you later."
"After hearing him chuckle like that, I'm going straight to that voting booth this morning and voting for Ron Paul," Larsen proclaimed.
"It's not funny. It's absolutely not funny. I've got over 4,000 dead soldiers because of Iraq, which was ill conceived-- the premise was wrong; they lied. I've got over 20,000 injured coming back. I've got a $1 trillion blown on that debacle, and he's laughing about it," Larsen said about Romney.
Larsen even went so far as to call Romney an "a-hole" who typified the reason the income tax will never be eliminated. "Folks, you're going to have an income tax until you croak."
"Vote for Obama, Clinton, McCain, Romney, they're all the same. They will not change the tax code because it's control... total control. And Mitt Romney's one of them. And McCain is one of them," Larsen complained about the leading candidates.
Larsen and Romney began to disagree over lowering taxes, when Romney began to discredit Ron Paul's claims about maintaining government revenue of a decade ago by eliminating the IRS. Romney refused to entertain a 1% tax rate.
"There's an elitist screwball right there who has his millions," Larson said about Romney, "who could care less if the tax rate went to 40%. He doesn't care."
