Romney wants to hang Obama

Is this an appropriate phrasing considering the attacks from Fox News, Andrew Brietbart and other Republican candidates this week? Does Romney actually want to try to "hang" Obama with what he's acknowledged is a deep recession that was started under George W. Bush?



Mitt Romney in a forum sponsored by oil companies( AFP is funded by big oil companies including Koch Industries) tonight declares that he wants to "hang" Obama on the high oil prices from which the AFP's sponsors are raking in record profits.

I realize that Mitt Romney is not good at picking his words, but let's agree that hanging metaphors aren't responsible, especially at the end of this week.

Update: The Boston Globe notes that Romney tread on dangerous ground before he corrected himself.

Update: Evan Mcmorris-Santoro at TPM has the full context of the quote.