In Iowa, former Governor Mitt Romney is hitting the campaign trail like a sideshow circus with his “Ask Mitt Anything” gimmick.
The concept has the potential for any candidate to step in it, especially when that candidate is Mitt Romney. The former Governor was asked by the father of a soon-to-be deployed Army National Guardsman what he would do to “fix the problem” in Iraq. Below you will read Romney’s foolproof plan for victory.
“What is your plan to fix this problem?” Mr. Faux asked, his voice breaking slightly.
If Mr. Romney was feeling the man’s pain, he was not inclined to say so. Instead, he gave the requisite thanks for the son’s service, and then jumped into a rat-a-tat-tat litany of his Iraq talking points: He hails the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. He acknowledges that the United States was “underprepared” for its aftermath. He attacks Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, for saying the war was “lost.”
After eight minutes, Mr. Romney concluded, “Thanks, great question,” and moved on.
Eight whole minutes of pure rambling bullshit and he never even addressed the “great question.” A simple “I have no plan” would have sufficed but Romney’s got to waste everybody’s eight minutes. Now, it takes “Strong. New. Leadership.” to bullshit like that.
Mr. Faux sat with his arms folded. “Sort of a stock response,” he complained later in an interview.
Feel the Romnentum!
Romnentum (n): originally coined by Matt Browner-Hamlin; the negative effects of meeting with, talking to, or listening to Mitt Romney; the antonym for “Mittmentum”
Rumors on the ground are that for a quarter, he’ll try to guess your weight, and then tell you it’s a “non sequitur … null set.”
18 Responses to ““Ask Mitt Anything” and Feel the Romnentum!”
“Flip-Flopney, Mitt Romney”
(to the tune of ‘Moonshadow’)
What do you expect from a Mormon? Integrity and honesty, get real!!
First, let me say that I don’t mind when somebody changes their mind as they and circumstances change. Admirable, in fact, if it is done with integrity.
Not if it is done for political expedience.
And that is all it is for my former governor, Mitt.
He will say and do anything to get elected.
Anything.
Umm, I hope Dragonslayer is kidding there.
I certainly don’t expect honesty from Romney, since he’s shown himself to be a dishonest panderer who ducks all tough questions, especially on Iraq, but that’s got nothing to do with his faith.
I don’t think Mormon is a problem. I think Mitt Romney is the problem regardless of what religion. How about an alliteration gimmick; “Right Rhetorical Rambling” with Mitt Romney.
Btw, attacking a religion is baiting.
He may be dumb but he’s wearing the Presidential cologne “Oval Office” from Chanel. Even if it is ‘french’.
An airhead and a fraud.
A total dickhead…
Over the years I have listened to Christian bullshit and often wondered how people can live a life guided by such irrational thought. Rommney has shown that mormonism creates an even bigger bullshitter and devious political hack. Unfortunately the USA is top heavy with gullible uninformed voters.
Aha! Liberals are anti-Mormon! Two comments on this thread prove it! And there is absolutely no way that these comments, like so many anti-Semitic comments on, say, the Washington Monthly page, could have been planted by trolls! Absolutely no way!
Oh, oh, I have a question: Mr. Romney, do you truely believe that joseph smith “translated” some ordinary eqyptian hieroglyphics before anyone else could and declared them the book of abraham? And since now the translation is shown to be bogus, why would you trust any other “biblical” books he pulled out of thin air?
Oh, but really, he said you could ASK him anything. Not that he would ANSWER anything.
I must say that I am as “anti mormon” as I am “anti” all religion. I believe it is a kind of induced mental illness, and mormonism is one of the very worst. Golden plates? psychic translations? Anyone who would believe this crap is in no way fit to be president, the same way anybody who believes in the “rapture” is not fit to be a janitor at “denny’s” or anyplace else. All you true believers belong in mental institutions, certainly not in public office. The less religion america has, the sooner we can rid ourselves of this cancer of lies and idiocy that is retarding our cultural development, the better off we will be. Humanity can only benefit from the withering and dying of religion.
Religion – unlike color of skin, place of birth or sexual preference – is a matter of choice. When someone attaches themselves to that religion – by choice – they open themselves to be examined by the values and ideas of the religion.
Anti-semetic notions are generally not geared toward the actual content of the material of faith whereas drfelch is making a statement about the Mormon faith as well as other fundi faiths based on the creed. At this point it’s a legitimate attack and is not a matter of stereotyping. These people believe by definition in a set of wacked out concepts. Making a blanket statement about Jewish culture is not acceptable because there isn’t a book which codifies any of the common anti-semetic themes that are used when attacking Jews. On the other hand, the Mormons have the points of attack written down and they adhere to them.
If a man was vehement that the moon was made of green cheese and he adhered to a set of beliefs which held this as an important factual element of his belief system it would be acceptable to question his ability to represent a general public.
Mormon tenets are not “interpretetive” they are to be taken by the faith as literal. In this it becomes a fringe religion and although many of them may be great people it still is a very questionable position that someone would choose to remain in the fold after the point that they reached an age where they could decide to give up on the faith.
To further the point, People would tend not to blink if that comment was made about Scientologists – whose religion is generally thought of as more of a science fiction novel than a ‘religion’ by anyone but Scientologists. The reality is that the underlying stories in the Mormon faith are equally ludicrous.
drfelch’s attack isn’t unnacceptable. People can believe whatever they wish but when they hang those beliefs out in a book they open themselves to a rational examination of it now matter how harsh that may be.
Something to say?
Romnentum?
How about Romnenturd.
Left by BushYouth
June 20, 2007 at 6:59am