Romney insists he has never ‘lost his cool’ with a reporter.

Last night, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney broke a WGA picket line and appeared on The Tonight Show. Jay Leno asked Romney, “Have you ever lost your cool? Have you ever just exploded at a guy?” Romney replied, “Absolutely, but not a reporter,” adding that he has nothing but “respect” for them. A look at what Romney and his campaign consider “respect” for the press:

UPDATE: TP commenter Bartlebee disagrees with our post: “I saw a very agressive reporter pressing him over and over trying to back him into a corner. I think the reporter was just doing his job, and was probably right, but he also was very agressive, and Romney smiled, was polite, calm and courteous.”