McCain smears Romney with Dick Swett

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

What began with Mitt Romney jumping on Rudy Giuliani at the Republican debate in Detroit last week quickly expanded this weekend to John McCain taking aim at Mitt Romney for claiming to represent the "Republican wing of the Republican Party" a la Howard Dean and the Democratic Party.

Today, the love-fest showed no signs of abating.

Chuck Douglas, the former New Hampshire Republican congressman serving as McCain's vice chair, derided Romney's claim over the weekend that he made a political contribution 15 years ago to N.H. Democrat Dick Swett out of a personal friendship.

"As a Republican who ran against liberal Democrat Dick Swett, I can assure you that in 1992 Republicans wrote checks to defeat him; and those Republicans weren't voting for Paul Tsongas that year either,'' said Douglas, who lost his seat to Swett in a surprise upset in 1990.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2007/10/mccainromney_love_slugfest_rou.html

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. ROFL!! Nice thread title!

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

11. Hat-tip to DUer Enrique for perfecting the title

[Window]

22. LOL! I had to read it twice.

:rofl:





Peace

[Ian David]

2. Wow. I forgot about Dick Swett and his cousing, Pete Schwetty.

[Virginia Dare]

3. Dick Swett is Tom Lantos's son in law too BTW...n/t

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

33. Cool. Didn't know that

[MrCoffee]

4. that's a DUzy of a thread title.

[Mz Pip]

5. I hope someone took pictures

We need more evidence of Republican perversions. :evilgrin:

Mz Pip
:dem:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

36. No pictures..., maybe a scratch-and-sniff

[Az]

6. Who the hell names their kid Dick Swett?

I mean come on!! What sort of hell must his childhood have been like?

[Chipper Chat]

7. Shades of Dusty Foggo.

And Ima Hogg.
And Ura Hogg.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

10. It's probably his own fault... I imagine his given name is Richard.

I never understood why he went by "Dick"
Maybe you're right... I guess he could be named "dick", but WHY??? WHY???

[Az]

19. My dads name is Richard

and his last name is Johnson. And of course he goes by the name Dick Johnson. We did some research and it turns out his middle name is an Arabic name for Peter. Dick Peter Johnson... I mean good grief.

[FiveGoodMen]

wow. that doesn't sound accidental!

grandparents have a weird sense of humor by any chance?

[Az]

35. Well

Johnson didn't have the meaning back then it has now and the middle name we had to do research to link to it. It was a family name.

[FiveGoodMen]

32. dupe. sorry

[Whisp]

23. Phallic Persperation was taken. nt

[Swamp Rat]

8. LOL!

:rofl:

[lvx35]

9. Hehe. That's too good. Recommended. nt

[redqueen]

12. Proud to give ya the 5th rec.

:patriot:

[shain from kane]

13. Did someone mention Dick Swett? Here comes Larry Craig, piling on. n/t

[robertpaulsen]

14. Someone lost his seat to Dick Swett in '92?

Anyone with a picture of that? Can we show that on DU?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Enrique]

16. Poor Douglas

I would hate to have Dick Swett in my seat. :-(

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

25. Sounds like a folksy southern saying. "That boy couldn't beat dick sweat..."

[KitchenWitch]

15. This is DUzy worthy!

:thumbsup:

[guitar man]

17. K&R

best thread title all day for sure! :rofl:

[CatWoman]

18. damn

suddenly I have a hankering for some Schwetti Balls :)

[MrCoffee]

20. kickety kick

[dkofos]

21. What a headline!! What a visual!! And McCain is crazy enough to do it!!

[hootinholler]

24. Not that there's anything wrong with that...

As long as there's consent.

Nice Headline.

-Hoot

[Skidmore]

26. Someone nominate this for a DUzy!!

The title is too funny.

[WinkyDink]

27. Seriously? One of the greatest gymnasts at PSU was Dick Swetman.

And until this very minute, I thought nothing untoward about his name!

1969 NCAA Championships - Men's Team

1 University of Iowa 161.175
2 Penn State 160.450
3 Iowa State 159.775


Men's AA Rank AA Total
1 Mauno Nissinen Washington 108.200
2 Bob Emery Penn State 102.825
3 Jim Amerine S. Connecticut 101.275
4 Dick Swetman Penn State 100.925
5 Sho Fukushima Washington 99.900
6 John Ellas NW Louisiana 98.925

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

31. And don't forget NASCAR great Dick Trickle

[TK421]

28. .......

:spray:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Oh....God I think I just cracked a rib

[jazzjunkysue]

29. Dick's broke. Heard it on NPR this am. So he's just getting a few slugs in

while the press is still willing to report the childish things he spews.

[KamaAina]

30. Has Mike Hunt made an endorsement yet?

get your mind out of the gutter, people: he's the sheriff of Aiken County, SC. For some reason, he does seem to be calling himself "Michael Hunt" these days... :P

[FatDave]

34. Is that anything like giving him a stink-palm? (nt)

[LeftishBrit]

37. Sounds like something out of a bawdy folk song...

In fact, I'll have a go:

A politician must face some squalls.
Gordon Brown gets by with the help of *Balls*;
But I hear that some take a different bet-
Climb the greasy pole with their own Dick Swett!

Republicans ruled in New Hampshire state.
The Democrats cursed their dreadful fate.
"We're so afflicted; we're so upset-
We're getting nowhere without Dick Swett!"

But now in New Hampshire the Democrats rule.
And knock down every Republican tool!
They show McCain that he's not their pet -
And they owe it all to their own Dick Swett!

Mitt Romney thought he'd win the day
And get to run the USA.
But he failed to notice a serious threat.
Now he's smeared all over with old Dick Swett!