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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,010 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 01:34 PM Oct 2019

The Secret Life of Mitt-y Romney, aka Pierre Delecto

By Alexandra Petri / The Washington Post

Pierre Delecto stood alone on the burning deck. Smoke rose from the boards, and the ship was sinking. He grabbed the fallen Stars and Stripes, holding it in his beautiful, shapely teeth, and began climbing the rigging. “Be prudent!” the steward yelled. “Pierre, no!” But Pierre was throwing caution to the wind. “Pierre, oui!” he shouted. His strategy was confrontation, verging on spinefulness.

“… Not so fast,” Donald Trump said.

“Hmm?” said Mitt Romney. He blinked across the white tablecloth. For a moment, he did not know where he was. Trump’s mushy, wheedling voice had startled him. Pierre’s defiant shout over the creaking of the burning ship receded and was replaced by ambient jazz and the sound of clinking cutlery.

Trump pushed his chair back, and Romney rushed to follow. He wondered whether this was groveling. He was sure Trump would think so. It seemed maybe he would not be secretary of state after all. Well, then, he would go to Utah, and he would run for Senate. He asked to take the rest of his meal in a doggie bag, for Rafalca, even though she was a horse and not a dog. At least he still had his birthday with family to look forward to.

https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/petri-the-secret-life-of-mitt-y-romney-aka-pierre-delecto/

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Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)
3. A translation of Pierre Delecto into English could be ...
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 03:28 PM
Oct 2019

Peter Delicious, or perhaps even Delicious Peter. Maybe Mitt is wilder than he lets on.

StevieM

(10,500 posts)
5. I agree that Romney can't be trusted but it is wrong to say that he is a member of a cult.
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 09:37 PM
Oct 2019

Romney can't be trusted because he is Republican who takes part in their manipulative tactics.

He showed that he cannot be trusted at the 2012 debates. He misled people by saying that Obama did not call Benghazi a terrorist attack. He misled people by calling the American Enterprise Institute "non-partisan."

But it isn't right to call Mormons members of a cult or suggest that they can't be trusted.

hlthe2b

(102,283 posts)
6. Wow.. you mean because he is LDS? I may have issues with Mormon religion, but a cult? really?
Tue Oct 22, 2019, 09:37 PM
Oct 2019

That's just wrong IMO.

 

packman

(16,296 posts)
7. Looks and sounds like a cult to me - but aren't all religions cults?
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 10:29 AM
Oct 2019
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(Mormon stuff starts at 1:50)

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The secret handshake in the Temple

A lot more on the LDS crap on the internet for those interested
 

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)
8. That's the way I see it, mitt is also top bishop in LDS
Wed Oct 23, 2019, 04:17 PM
Oct 2019

Would anyone make a Catholic Bishop a Senator? Or, how about making a Ultra-Conservative Rabbi, a Senator? How about making a Supreme Muslim cleric a Senator? So why do we ignore the fact that romney is a top echelon representative of LDS?

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