Russ, I tell you what - Romney does not make me feel the least bit inferior. To those folks who feel stricken, who think Romney hits the mark, I'd suggest they take comfort from the mighty wordsmith, George W, "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
The little evidence I've seen of of Romney's "sense of humor" is the lamest of the lame. What he's doing with his "joke" about his birth certificate is sending a coded message to his supporters who believe that Obama was not born in the US. I did not anticipate that Romney would play strongly to the conspiracy theorists of the Republican Party, but he seems to have decided that he must.
Well, Mimi, frankly I wouldn't credit the Mittster with that much political aplomb. Watching the tape it looked to me like a careless and clueless "quip." Of course, the whole doofus persona could be a crafty ruse, but if so he's got it down pat. It really seems to me to be more like the Bush II inability to self-censor when nervous, and distinguish between the inside voice and the outside voice -- like introducing Ryan as "the next president..." OCICBVWI (very wrong indeed), but the easier explanation for me is tone-deafness, and the sad thing is it may be a thought flashed in his mind (and the censor was out to lunch) that a joke on the subject might lighten the moment -- but it backfired seriously. Perhaps I'm giving him to much benefit of the doubt -- but if this was a deliberate effort to send a signal to his base it is even more tragically stupid than just a lame joke!
Oh, how I long for November!
(Meanwhile, thoughts with you as Isaac makes up his mind...)
Well, Mimi, frankly I wouldn't credit the Mittster with that much political aplomb.
I think the joke was instinctive, rather than deliberate, the natural consequence of Romney's mindset that he's superior to the great mass of people. He thinks he deserves to be president and is probably mystified that everyone doesn't see it his way.
...but if this was a deliberate effort to send a signal to his base it is even more tragically stupid than just a lame joke!
Tobias, you're not Romney's base, and you're a far kinder person than I.
I think you're right about the instinctive part -- a bad instinct, but that's why he'd be a bad president! I find it harder and harder to imagine him in a diplomatic setting. And he's had to "walk it back" so much that will likely lose him whatever support he might have gained with the birthers. (Flippity, floppity, here comes Mittsey Cottontail.) And from our side, as I noted on FB, You can't walk back stupid far enough that people can't still see it!
Then again, the good people reelected Bush II. God help us, and save us from ourselves....
So no one asked to see the birth certificate of a 65 year-old white man. Imagine that.
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DeleteCan't you just hear the condescension in that remark? What.A.Snob.
DeleteRuss, I tell you what - Romney does not make me feel the least bit inferior. To those folks who feel stricken, who think Romney hits the mark, I'd suggest they take comfort from the mighty wordsmith, George W, "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."
DeleteLeave it to W. to screw up a familiar saying.
DeleteThat's because we all know he was really born in Mexico. (just joking!)
ReplyDeleteI think this goes to show that we can strike another "sense" off the Romney checklist. He has demonstrated a faulty sense of humor.
The little evidence I've seen of of Romney's "sense of humor" is the lamest of the lame. What he's doing with his "joke" about his birth certificate is sending a coded message to his supporters who believe that Obama was not born in the US. I did not anticipate that Romney would play strongly to the conspiracy theorists of the Republican Party, but he seems to have decided that he must.
DeleteWell, Mimi, frankly I wouldn't credit the Mittster with that much political aplomb. Watching the tape it looked to me like a careless and clueless "quip." Of course, the whole doofus persona could be a crafty ruse, but if so he's got it down pat. It really seems to me to be more like the Bush II inability to self-censor when nervous, and distinguish between the inside voice and the outside voice -- like introducing Ryan as "the next president..." OCICBVWI (very wrong indeed), but the easier explanation for me is tone-deafness, and the sad thing is it may be a thought flashed in his mind (and the censor was out to lunch) that a joke on the subject might lighten the moment -- but it backfired seriously. Perhaps I'm giving him to much benefit of the doubt -- but if this was a deliberate effort to send a signal to his base it is even more tragically stupid than just a lame joke!
ReplyDeleteOh, how I long for November!
(Meanwhile, thoughts with you as Isaac makes up his mind...)
Well, Mimi, frankly I wouldn't credit the Mittster with that much political aplomb.
ReplyDeleteI think the joke was instinctive, rather than deliberate, the natural consequence of Romney's mindset that he's superior to the great mass of people. He thinks he deserves to be president and is probably mystified that everyone doesn't see it his way.
...but if this was a deliberate effort to send a signal to his base it is even more tragically stupid than just a lame joke!
Tobias, you're not Romney's base, and you're a far kinder person than I.
I think you're right about the instinctive part -- a bad instinct, but that's why he'd be a bad president! I find it harder and harder to imagine him in a diplomatic setting. And he's had to "walk it back" so much that will likely lose him whatever support he might have gained with the birthers. (Flippity, floppity, here comes Mittsey Cottontail.) And from our side, as I noted on FB, You can't walk back stupid far enough that people can't still see it!
ReplyDeleteThen again, the good people reelected Bush II. God help us, and save us from ourselves....
God help us, and save us from ourselves....
ReplyDeleteAmen to that.
Opens mouth just long enough to take one foot out and insert the other one.
DeleteGuess he is really getting desperate for something to say.
Prayers are also ascending here for you and others in the Gulf Coast area as Isaac makes up his mind.
I have a daughter in St. Pete and the ground is already saturated there so I think they are going to get some serious flooding.
Thanks for the thoughts and prayers about Isaac. We're watching and waiting, but, as of now, we're not leaving.
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