Romney wants to 'hang' Obama with misery index

[deminks]

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2011/04/romney_wants_to.html

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on dangerous ground tonight as he talked about "hanging" a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.

Romney almost immediately caught himself, with the English major declaring "metaphorically speaking," but the mix of nervous laughter with applause indicated at least some in the audience realized its potency.

Romney said: "You remember during the Ronald Reagan/Jimmy Carter debates? That Ronald Reagan came up with this great thing about the 'misery index,' and that he hung that around Jimmy Carter's neck, and that had a lot to do with Jimmy Carter losing. Well, we're going to have to hang the 'Obama Misery Index' around his neck. And, I'll tell you, the fact that you've got people in this country, really squeezed, with gasoline getting so expensive, with commodities getting so expensive, families are having a hard time making ends meet. So, we're going to have to talk about that, and housing foreclosures and bankruptcies and higher taxation. We're going to hang him — so to speak, metaphorically — with — you have to be careful."

(video at the link)

[Drunken Irishman]

1. This guy has about as much sense as an inbred pitbull.

[yourout]

2. Obama might be able to "hang" the pukes with it.

They caused it for the most part.

[Amonester]

5. Yep. And they R Ready to anihilate what's left (barely) standing!

Keep on 'recording' his (and their) "goofs"! ah-um

[sendero]

3. Why wouldn't they.

.. Obama has done nothing of substance to solve this problem. He is a sitting duck.

[notesdev]

12. yup

they can hang him with it by just letting him continue as-is

[GomezLives]

4. Not too racial a metaphor

[RagAss]

6. Romney ain't even a pimple on our DU ass !

[Exultant Democracy]

7. "We are going to hang him." if we were fox news do you know what would happen to that little clip?

This is sloppy sloppy work.

[unkachuck]

8. hey mitty....

....I know it was the 1850's but you need to produce documentation that none of your family or relatives had anything to do with the Mountain Meadows Massacre....this could be your birther issue, mitty....I'm only trying to help....

http://www.archaeology.org/online/news/mormons.html

[provis99]

9. I'm surprised he didn't just say "lynch".

That's the red meat his audience wants.

[Terra Alta]

10. Misery would be having Romney for President.

Fortunately that won't happen. The fundamentalist base of the GOP will never vote for a Mormon.

[DefenseLawyer]

11. Get a rope, boys!

Metaphorically speaking of course. Wink wink nudge nudge, say n'more. say n'more.