Ann Romney is about as gracious as a warthog.

[cali]

I know the MSM is trying to talk her up; telling us what a great asset she is to Mittens, telling us how she's suffered so terribly and how hard working she is, but I think they're fighting an uphill battle trying to sell her. Maybe I'm being too optimistic about the voting public, but I think she has the charm and warmth of an ice cube.

[Tippy]

1. I agree....

[soccer1]

37. Ann is probably an intelligent woman, but.....

to me, she comes across as kind of vacuous, a woman of little substance (other than a ton of money). I see Mitt as an "empty suit" as well. Both come across as "phony" and self absorbed. There are many ultra wealthy men and women who care about things other than their status and wealth. Unfortunately, Ann and Mitt are not in that category.

[ailsagirl]

43. She mispronounced "mischievous" as "mischievious" in one of Nitt's ads and no one caught it

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Tsk Tsk

You won't find Michele Obama mispronouncing everyday words!!

[elleng]

51. Its a common pronounciation,

correct or not, and everyone 'mispronounces' SOME words. (Did I miss your ?)

[ailsagirl]

52. No one I know does-- it was hammered into our heads in third grade!

This was in an official Romney ad, and the person whose job it was to "proof" Nitt's televised ads sure missed the boat on this one. Frankly, it came off as sloppy. The pundits frequently point out misspellings--it's fair game, especially when Nitt's wife took on the responsibility of making the ad. If you're running for the highest office in the world, it's wise to hire someone with an eagle eye/ear to ensure misspelled/mispronounced words don't go out on the airwaves! It's
so...unprofessional when they do.

[demosincebirth]

2. I think you are being too optomistic about the voting public, like you said. How soon we

forget GWB, in 2004, after the horrific debates with Kerry, and we still elected him.

[diane in sf]

50. For the record, bush never actually won either election.

[demosincebirth]

54. For the record, who did, actually, win the 2004 election?

Sir, these stats say different Bush 286 EV Kerry 251

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2004

[PearliePoo2]

3. ANY person who would allow..

a spouse to put the family dog on the roof of a car or baptize their deceased, atheist father as a Mormon is a spineless piece of shit.

[Avalux]

6. She said the dog enjoyed being up there and laughed about it. Sick. n/t

[PatSeg]

12. And did you notice,

she didn't say "Seamus loved it", she called him "the dog". Romney did the same thing. Pet owners I know usually say "my dog", "our dog", or refer to them by name. To me, it infers a lack of sentiment or attachment. There is something very cold about these people.

[Scuba]

30. Astute observation. Very telling.

[kestrel91316]

38. I have noticed that the rare clients I have who refer to their pet cat as

"the cat" rather than by name are the same ones who display their "love" for it in other disturbing ways, too. Like completely ignoring medical advice and not giving medications and feeding things I specifically advise against. And they love to demand declawing, typically on all 4 paws.

So your inference is right on the money.

[PatSeg]

47. Very interesting

to hear it from a vet's perspective. The declawing example is unnerving.

[Avalux]

45. You're absolutely right! I didn't think of that....

My dogs are part of my family; I talk to them as if they're people and talk to others about them as if they're people. The Romneys are cold and didn't give a damn about "the dog".

[PatSeg]

48. What makes it even worse,

is they don't realize how cold and unfeeling they sound. They really are from another world. You'd think some of their political strategists would advise them how to talk to the "little people". And why did his staff let him SING over and over again on the campaign trail?

[MADem]

4. It's not just the thousand dollar tee shirts, it's that she acts like an entitled ass. nt

[abolugi]

7. Telling the Obamas

" its our turn"..
entitled ass is right. They were promised this and they think it will be given to them. Voters be damned!!

[MADem]

22. Like they're sharing a kickball in a schoolyard, or waiting to use the water fountain.

We need to tell her "No, Horsie, it's not YOUR turn. It's for the people of this country to decide, so stop trying to cheat and steal your way into a position that you have not earned, you assholes! No wonder your dog ran away!"

She needs to ride off in one of her Caddies to her one of her stables to ride one of her dressage horsies.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

5. You are

being too optimistic. If selling an over privileged underachieving sociopathic egomaniac in 2000 as some kind of every day dude was possible. I don't think a clueless bubble headed Stepford wife would be that hard of a sale.

[hedda_foil]

17. I hate to admit it but Laura Bush came across

To most people as warm and distinctly middle class and Dubya often did too... at least early on. DUMB as a post but friendly and seemingly approachable. Ann looks like she's nice and warm until she opens her mouth. Then she's rMoney with a blonde dye job instead of black.
D

[Scootaloo]

53. That makes me fear for people in the middle class...

"Beware my brother! Paul Muad'Dib!"

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. Would those be Dressage Warthogs or the more common variety?

[Dalai_1]

10. ROFLOL /nt

[PearliePoo2]

11. snort!

[pscot]

35. High steppin' hog

[PatSeg]

13. I think its because

in comparison to Mitt, Ann appears almost human.

[ecstatic]

14. “The dog loved it,” Ann Romney said.

Asked about the concerns, Ann Romney argued that bringing Seamus along for the ride was far less cruel than keeping him home:

“The dog loved it,” Ann Romney said. “He would see that crate and, you know, he would, like, go crazy because he was going with us on vacation. It was to me a kinder thing to bring him along than to leave him in the kennel for two weeks.” [...]
“Once, he — we traveled all the time — and he ate the turkey on the counter. I mean, he had the runs,” Ann Romney said, laughing as she explained how the dog got diarrhea.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/ann-romney-to-diane-sawyer-on-tying-family-dog-to-the-car-roof-the-dog-loved-it/

[treestar]

15. the roof or the kennel

what about inside the car? That's where our dog always rode.

[MADem]

26. The roof is where the suitcases go, not live beings! nt

[MADem]

24. Yes, of course.... he ate the turkey on the counter.....

Damn that Consuela, she didn't put it away soon enough, after cooking the meal, serving it to us, cleaning the kitchen, doing our laundry and packing the car for us! You can't get good help nowadays, can you?

Better whip this out for the irony-impaired:

[PearliePoo2]

32. No, Ms. clue-less..the kennel is a much better place

for any animal than with you and your sadistic partner.

I mean, he had the runs,” Ann Romney said, laughing as she explained how the dog got diarrhea.

Yeah, that's a real chuckle, a sick dog with the runs...funny...ha...ha.

I'm hoping "the runs" happen to you (and often) and you find it fucking hilarious.

[kestrel91316]

39. Only a sociopath would think a pet with food poisoning was funny.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. i liked the warthog in the lion king

i think you are overestimating her graciousness

[Bluerthanblue]

19. me too- Pumba was funny, genuine and lovable-

[TomClash]

18. Alert!

Warthog insult!

[gateley]

20. You're being too optimistic about the voting public. that, and she's not Michelle Obama. nt

[bec]

21. I agree...

Any daughter who would allow their husband to baptize her dead father, knowing it was not his wish, is not a woman I have anything in common with.

[goclark]

25. That is a new one on me ~ She did what.......

She is as crazy as he is and that is hard to be as crazy as Mitt.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

23. I did this a while back

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[HopeHoops]

27. I knew some warthogs in college. She'd have a long way to go to touch them!

[Little Star]

28. You called that one right cali!

[chieftain]

29. Agreed. I saw a clip of her telling an audience to shut up

followed by an admonition to obey her. It was supposedly a humorous way to get the crowd to quiet down but I thought it showed how much disdain she has for people even those that are so delusional as to vote for her Mitt. I have searched all over for a clip but have not found it. Does anyone else remember seeing this?

[SoCalDem]

31. She just is what she is.. a privileged, pampered snob (a lady of leisure)

Star Member SoCalDem (97,372 posts)

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=560182


A technically purer definition of Ann Romney [View all]

Macmillan English Dictionary

lady of leisure

a woman who does not have to work, especially because her husband earns a lot of money

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Ladies of leisure may or may not have children.....entirely their choice


The extreme wealth of the husband allows for all the help necessary ..again by choice

The word "leisure" does not mean that she reclines all day long , eating bon bons..it just means that she is AT leisure from the stresses of figuring out how long that package of bologna will last, or that the washer is broken AGAIN..or that they cannot afford to take a sick kid to the doctor.. or that the electric bill is $160, and the checkbook balance is $95 & payday's a week off... stuff like that.

Ladies of leisure have the opportunity to CHOOSE whether to be a hands-on Mom or one who supervises, but delegates care. Ann Romney won the husband lotto.

I'd be willing to bet money that most of the women pictured below would love to be able to CHOOSE to be a stay-ay-home Mom too..but they probably did not choose a rich man (or have a rich man choose them). I doubt that many (any?) of them chose to wake up a sleeping baby or a sick toddler so they could serve food to strangers or wait on cranky people, and then turn over a large portion of their paycheck to people who watch their kids. These women still have the stay-at-home-Mom chores to do when their paid-jobs are done for the day. They are NOT ladies of leisure.

[nolabear]

33. They're playing both sides of the coin with her--disabled, but what a jetski driver!

I feel for anyone with MS, and would never go the Joe Walsh "It's all she talks about!" route. But I do think they're projecting a strange combo of "She rides horses because it helps her cope with her disability" and "She's a badass jetski driving buff 'Don't mess with my man!' MamaJamma".

[SCVDem]

34. Same attitude as Barbara Bush

Remember her comments regarding the Katrina evacuees being housed in Texas?

She said they were underpriveleged anyway so this is working well for them!

Snopes says, True! http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/barbara2.asp

Same snooty better than attitude as Romney. I hate it!

[DonRedwood]

36. warthogs, in my opinion, are very funny

[Raine]

40. She's as cold as they come. nt

[stevenleser]

41. As anyone who saw Lion King knows, they are called Pumba in Swahili

Warthogs, that is. And the literal translation of Pumba is, "something stupid"

Just sayin

[madrchsod]

42. ......"pressed rat and warthog".......

[Arkana]

44. I could not care less about what Marie Ann-toinette does with her time.

She seems to me to be little more than a patently inoffensive rich snob.

[Skittles]

46. think about it

she's been married to MITT ROMNEY for decades.....something is seriously wrong with her

[MiddleFingerMom]

49. Ahem... SOMEONE is waiting for an apology.

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