What will you miss the most about a Romney campaign? (poll)

[CTyankee]

So many happy memories of 2012, now just history.

12 votes, 1 pass | Time left: Unlimited
	Seamus the dog
	0 (0%)
	"Corporations are people, my friend!"
	1 (8%)
	the 47%
	0 (0%)
	Mitt singing "America the Beautiful" and Obama's devastating ad with it
	0 (0%)
	Ann's "You people have seen all you are going to see"
	2 (17%)
	Not a damn thing, I'm just glad he'll be gone
	5 (42%)
	Other (please specify)
	4 (33%)
	1 DU member did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. I'm looking forward to how he'll now be able to damage other candidates' campaigns.

[CTyankee]

2. Oh, YES! Won't that be fun?

[Jefferson23]

3. I'll miss watching him lose, again..that wasn't a choice in the poll. n/t

[CTyankee]

6. Wasn't that election night fun to watch?

Wasn't it Karl Rove who wouldn't believe it and stormed out of the TV studio? And Ann got all gussied up and put her hair up pretty. They actually thought they had the thing won!

Living in denial, much, were you guys?

[Jefferson23]

8. lol, yep..too funny.

[CTyankee]

12. they were all ready for the big celebration and instead had the big concession

of defeat and had to congratulate Obama. Ann looked like she wanted to strangle somebody...

[Jefferson23]

18. Remember his words at the time, it kills him not to be in Washington.

Kind of explains his bitter passive aggressive remarks referencing Jeb recently.

A reflective Mitt Romney today blamed his loss in the presidential election last November to his inability to connect with minorities, the former Republican nominee admitting to Fox News’ Chris Wallace that it still “kills him” not to be in Washington.

“We did very well with the majority population but not with the minority populations and that was a real failing, that was a mistake,” said Romney, when asked why he believes he lost the White House last fall.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/03/in-first-interview-romney-says-he-lost-because-he-failed-to-reach-minorities-kills-not-to-be-in-washington/

As for Ann, she was all set..her fans too..lol

https://www.facebook.com/FirstLadyAnnRomney/photos/a.383598058341132.92760.383594785008126/550569324977337/

[CTyankee]

21. that statement by Mitt is astounding...whaddya mean you "did well with the

majority of the population"?

YOU EFFIN LOST BUDDY!

[Jefferson23]

22. I know, but who in the msm, said..uh, ahem. Say what, Mitt? n/t

[Jim Lane]

83. He means he won the white vote... which is true.

Subtext, of course, is that he won among "real" Americans.

[CTyankee]

84. unfrickinbelievable. doesn't he know how that sounds?

[magical thyme]

49. and they had to cancel their celebratory fireworks at the last minute...

[LongTomH]

64. I'm still wondering what really happened behind the scenes that night.

Karl expected the results for Ohio to flip at the last minute, like Ohio in 2004.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

76. Somebody must have been watching too closely

for them to pull some planned action. Tough luck for the Romney clan.

[bvf]

4. Debate gaffes.

As if the asshole were capable of embarrassment, but still...

[gordianot]

5. I really wanted to see his Robin Hood impression for either the top or bottom 47 percent.

[CTyankee]

7. Well, he's gotten the bum's rush now...too bad, I woulda liked seeing that too!

[monmouth4]

9. He might like playing "kingmaker" and more or less replacing the Kochs...n/t

[CTyankee]

10. well, I hope he effs it all up...

he'll try to make that case but it will ring hollow as usual. The man has a tin ear and he's gonna say something really stupid about class warfare.

Have you noticed how Paul Ryan is obviously giving Mitt a cold shoulder. He looks really mad about it. I bet he wishes he had never accepted the VP nomination...spells "LOSER" for him in the future...

[tanyev]

11. The Five Fighting Romney boys courageously driving their RV through the American Midwest.

[CTyankee]

13. Oh, boy! How could we forget that?

My memory really sucks nowadays...

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. How in the world has Hollywood overlooked their heroic story this long?

[CTyankee]

14. Oh, I should add Ann's whining that "it was hard" for her on the campaign...

I feel bad for her because I have a dear friend with MS. But it came across like a sour note. I hope the Romneys now are in a place to do lots of work for other, less fortunate victims of MS. It's a terrible condition. My friend just sits and trembles all over sometimes...

[MoonRiver]

31. It is a terrible disease, but I wouldn't hold my breath

about the Romneys first, giving a flying fuck about others with MS, most of whom are in the 47%, or donating one cent to help them.

[magical thyme]

50. don't feel bad for Ann. She would just tell your friend to buy herself a dressage horse

because riding has worked so well for her...

[CTyankee]

54. Oh, that's right. Rafalca was a "therapy" horse, kinda like a seeing eye dog...

[lpbk2713]

15. "I love firing people."

[CTyankee]

16. OY, how could I FORGET that doozy?

[Scuba]

17. Reactions like these ...

(from Rmoney's speech to the NAACP)

[CTyankee]

19. OMG, what a great photo!

Sheesh...the mind boggles...

[Scuba]

24. Yeah, to me it was THE photo from the 2012 campaign.

[Nay]

60. Wonderful photo. Those women do "WHAT THE FUCK" really well with their

faces!!

[Jefferson23]

20. lol

[magical thyme]

46. it still works!

left me in stitches the first time I saw it, too!

[Shoulders of Giants]

23. Now the rich white guys only have every single other Republican candidate to speak up for them.

Its a sad day for America.

[CTyankee]

25. Oh, and I left out "Cheesy grits"! How could I do that...

him telling people in SC how he had a big breakfast with cheesy grits. I'd love to see the reaction shot of the audience to that one...

[Rhinodawg]

26. Rafalka...the only one in touch with reality in that entire family.

[CTyankee]

28. And a dressage horse to boot! Dressage is so cute...what relevance to our lives...

[pinboy3niner]

44. I liked the image of Rafalca strapped to the top of Romney's plane...

[merrily]

37. Another also ran.

(See what I did there?)

The best thing about Rafalka was Colbert donning a horse suit and doing his impression of dressage.

[magical thyme]

48. the horse they danced in on...

and the only warm body in the entire family...

[Sunlei]

59. Rafalka was 'injured' last yearThey flew her back to NYC & did a retirement ride in central park

The horse is 17 years old, the plan was to 'retire' her at the trainers farm and breed her.

The now 18 year old mare should be having her foal this spring if the breeding took. probably didn't get pregnant because nothing is in the news.

That's not a real retirement for any horse. She is to aged (and injured!) to even have to be bred.

[Nay]

61. Yeah, but in Romney's Amurka, everybody's gotta earn their keep no

matter how old and decrepit, and no matter what you have formerly contributed. Every day is a new day, and we expect you to pony up your contribution.

[Sunlei]

78. even if they prop her up in a medical harness, harvest her eggs and implant 'surrogate mares' &

let her suffer the chronic lameness, She is still a massive USA tax dedication for Romney as an investment brood mare until she dies.

I bet the man has never paid a dime in US income taxes his entire life.

[TheCowsCameHome]

27. Other: Massive Republican $$$ being flushed down the hole

[GP6971]

29. Dodging questions

concerning their taxes

[Kahuna]

30. Binders full of women does it for me. nt

[CTyankee]

55. another doozy...

[mythology]

71. That's my answer as well

Especially since I'm single. Without Mitt's binders how else am I supposed to find a date?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

32. His loud lip-smacking sounds that came out of his mouth

in virtually every speech, including this one at Liberty University. It made him such an attractive candidate I wanted to listen to all day.

[FSogol]

33. This article on Jonathan Capeheart on the Romney campaign:

Mitt Romeny's America Safari
By Jonathan Capehart


"As we learned and saw during his quest to secure the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney has a habit of doing two things he apparently hopes will ingratiate himself to voters. One is flat-out pandering. The other is waxing amazed at what he just saw or who he has just met as if he were a traveler in a strange and distant land for the first time. This latter trait is so disconcerting that when the former Massachusetts governor was making his way through the South in March, I made this pithy observation.

With regard to Mitt Romney, poor guy, the only second time he’s had catfish ever and cheesy grits and a biscuit, it’s almost as if we’re watching Mitt Romney on safari in his own country."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/mitt-romneys-american-safari/2012/06/18/gJQAq0bWlV_blog.html

[pinboy3niner]

36. Romney pandering to voters? Say it isn't so! :)

Remember when he appeared in a Univision interview with his face tanned noticeably darker than usual? This was one DUer's take on Romney's pandering:

[FSogol]

40. I remember that.

[Nay]

62. God, I forgot that! What a pathetic sleazebag!! nt

[2banon]

34. No Worries, Mitt's not going anywhere. You KNOW a Deal was cut for VP nom.

Likely Jeb's folks worked it out with him. He'll be on their ticket in 2016..

Seriously, who doesn't already KNOW this?

[merrily]

35. Why on earth would a man who has been used to being the "big boss" take a VP slot?

I think the deal was for one or more of his kids.

[2banon]

42. Good point, but I had intuited a deal was cut for VP slot as soon as the news revealed.

he decided to drop out. Washington Week spin heads discussed Romney's polling numbers were very strong and highly competitive. I'd be surprised if he wasn't selected for running mate.

[merrily]

43. He has not been less than #1 of whatever heap he's part of since he was a very young man.

Besides, the problem that Jeb Bush already has is that America has fatigue with the same names over and over. Romney would only add to it. The only thing more deja vu than "Bush for President" would be a Bush Romney ticket.

We'll see.

[magical thyme]

51. I don't think so. they'll need a tea-partier nutcase to hold onto their base.

preferably black or latino or female, or a black, hispanic female. supposed centrist for president, right wing nutcase "minority for veep. that's always how it goes.

[2banon]

66. maybe so.. But I predict the PTB will choose a Korporate 1% er

they'll persuade the nut job "base" to go along with good ole' teabagger rhetoric but it'll be a dog and pony show to turn out the base.. as per usual - and they'll have their media whores to play their roles in the game. For instance TPP - I'm not really sure - (haven't researched this point) but I intuit that the teabaggers for instance hates this just as much as progressives do. They maybe wacko stupid but they remember NAFTA too. So the PTB will manufacture a meme which will strongly resonate with the teabaggers - going with the bait and switch playbook. media will make sure they get away with it.

[Nay]

63. That's interesting -- I thought it was odd that he was dropping out, because he

REALLY has the hots to be the Mormon Prez who ushers in the new world, or whatever the fuck they believe about seizing secular power.

I guess he feels being a heartbeat away is better than being not in the picture at all? I confess I never thought of that reason specifically, but it's a great reason. And yeah, I think Jeb's gonna be the GOP nominee; really, everyone else belongs in an asylum.

[2banon]

67. House of Cards and all that. :) If it was good enough for F.U. and look where he ended up!

I realize that Underwood was first House Majority Leader before ending up as V.P. but you know it need not follow the identical path.

[merrily]

38. I miss nothing about Mitt. Then again, I was "blessed" with him as Governor for 4 years.

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For us in Massachusetts, it's been a very long haul. He needs to waddle/goose step off to Utah and stay there.

[FSogol]

41. Remember this Romney rap? "Mitt Romney Likes Music, Including This!"

[cherokeeprogressive]

45. Ann Romney

Hatred having the intensity of a thousand white-hot suns.

[RiverLover]

47. Another Democrat beating him in the GE. nt

[magical thyme]

52. and then there was this....

[CTyankee]

58. here is the obama ad with mitt singing america the beautiful

[Buns_of_Fire]

74. It wasn't one of Meat Loaf's finer moments, either (in Ohio)

[alphafemale]

53. His attempts to appear human.

And failing in flames.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

56. He looked like a robot when he kissed his wife

There's no human life in that face.

[Kahuna]

68. LOL! You win! nt

[oberliner]

57. $10,000 wagers made during debates

Those are fun.

[Kahuna]

70. LOL! Another good one. nt

[Eugene]

65. "I'm not concerned about the very poor..."

Romney just can't help himself.

[adigal]

69. Big Bird is very relieved!!! Nt

[IcyPeas]

72. Had to pick Mitt singing - Here's a video of him doing it BACKWARDS

on Letterman: (it's the first 30 seconds further on they actually have subtitles).

and all the other Late Night jokes that we will miss because he's not running.

[madinmaryland]

73. I'll miss seeing him pumping gas after another humiliating election loss...

[OutNow]

75. I'll really miss the "Mitt Romney Style" video

I loved this video and was looking forward to an updated version for 2016.

http://www.yourepeat.com/watch/?v=yTCRwi71_ns

[CTyankee]

77. Me, too.

[sadoldgirl]

79. I liked this one:

" I don't remember exactly what i said, but whatever it was, I stand by it."

[Bobbie Jo]

80. Mitt's European Vacation nt

[ZX86]

81. Please Proceed, Governor

I'll miss the clueless angry arrogance face.

[ZX86]

82. The Awkward Photo Ops

Who can forget this oldie but goodie.