It can be done if you hit him hard enough he will explode!

Romney seems to have a short fuse, and when he blows up up he steps in a pile. I think he can be goaded into a shit-pile of a gaffe.

he will explode the moment he is forced to stand face-to-face with him without Obama uttering a word. That conceited bile will well up in his throat and it might choke him to death (We can wish, can't we?). He will sputter his way through the debates making absolutely no sense because you can't think when your blood pressure rises that high. That dry-mouth clicking sound he makes will drive the technicians out of their minds before its all over. I know it gets to me and I change the station every time.

. . . if his handlers might not drug him.

They'll also put a wire in his ear, like they did to Little George, so they could tell him what do say.

Because he's going to get his ass kicked by Obama

But all he had to do there was read from a teleprompter--and even at that, he slurred a word or three. The unfortunate use of "groin" instead of "growing" stood out (pardon the pun) to me.

I don't think they'll drug him for a debate, though--we'll know soon enough. You don't need Dog Hearing to discern that characteristic vibrato of tension in his voice when he's under stress and feeling defensive. He also talks in an odd, hesitating way when he's feeling pressure. All of that was totally absent at the convention speech--he sounded like he'd had half a scotch too many.

you have made! Although I can pick up on a few things here and there, you have a much better insight and I'm looking forward to what you have to say during the debates!

...industrial-sized popcorn machine for the debates. Romney will be scripted and shellacked as hell. However, if Obama can fluster him or get him off script, Romney just might blow a gasket.

The man is too dumb to be an anchorman, but you can rehearse anyone enough to be tolerable. I really hope that Obama understands this and can get Romney off his game.

When they shake hands and greet on stage, Obama should say something hilarious just too throw him off like, "Please tell Ann to oogling my guns" or "I'm the hacker and I've got your tax returns in my pocket" or "Look! In the audience! It's Seamus! .... Boy he looks pissed."

is "hey, you've got something on your teeth" or anything that has to do with his looks. Maybe asking him if he looked in the mirror before coming out.

have a big envelope with his taxes inside.

Slowly pull them out of the envelope

" I'll show you mine, when will you allow the American people to see yours?"


(short pause )


"What are you hiding Gov.-- what are you hiding?"

I'll have to let my father know he was apparently lucky enough to see one. I'll also have to ask him again about some of the direct quotes from Mitt. This encounter left a fairly strong impression on my father. They are the same age, but from very different backgrounds. I think that being disrespected for being a working man by this kid who had everything handed to him altered the way he looked at things to this day.

Another silverspoon sociopath like Dubya. Yeah, we need that like a hole in the head!

and Obama will use anything he can to diminish the MittWitt's chances.

Almost feel sorry for the poor little feller Mittie.

He hasn't had to fight for much in his life (except for higher profits at any cost). He will be publicly shamed. I can't wait.

I saw the look in Obama's eye last night - this is very serious business with lives at stake so he is going to go for the jugular.

He knows if Romney is elected it will be a clusterfuck of epic proportions and we will be lucky to survive it intact. That may seem a little dramatic, but with the people he's beholding to, we can all kiss our wages, civil liberties, and sure as hell my health care choices goodbye.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, & baby Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

Obama's capable of putting Romney into an eccentric fracture-spin that will disintegrate him. And Romney won't even know it's happening 'till he's beyond the point of no return. Kind of like the washing machine when it tries to spin-cycle with the clothes out of balance.

But I'm afraid Obama's gentlemanly, courtly, and reserved intellectual demeanor won't let it happen.

Obama really got under their skin especially Bill's and the Clintons are Juggernauts when it comes to debates and campaigning.

Remember how foolish McCain looked in the debates. Clinton and McCain are very skilled debaters, and campaigners.

Romney is just a rich guy, otherwise it's pretty much amateur hour.

...he called Obama an "n-word" during the debates?

Sadly, it would probably boost his support among Republicans...

with a smile. There's been numerous mentions of mitt getting all huffy being asked actual questions from reporters.

Will Pres Obama get in a statement that the American Voters need to see his Tax Returns..he is appying for a job "for Pete's sake"?

boiling below the surface.

including Mitt in 2003. I have a ponytail and he couldn't handle even being civil enough to shake my hand. He fails to earn anything, including respect. He is still a bully.

I remember Mittens put his hand on Perry's shoulder. Now I'm no Rick Perry fan but I wouldn't have blamed him if he decked Mitt at that point. As a matter of courtesy you do not intrude on someone else's space.

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The kind of car that people like your dad had to either save their pennies for, or make from scratch.

Then this snot-nosed little punk who's never worked a day in his life has the nerve to say, "Next time YOU PEOPLE come to MY house, use the SERVANT'S entrance"? No wonder he nearly got his ass kicked into the next month!


rocktivity

I have met people similar to this. They actually believe they are special. Mitt and Ann don't even know how to hide it.

... Or one that works for those who already are?

it could perhaps have been considered an aberration.

But placed in context with similar episodes (forcible hair-cutting, getting a blind teacher to walk into a door, posing as a highway trooper, ruining companies without considering that there are real people and whole communities behind the spreadsheet numbers, etc., etc., etc.), it definitely manifests an unpleasant character trait. It also exhibits an unbridled sense that he is to be treated in a more privileged manner than anyone else and most certainly never ever held to account for his actions.

That is not what I want in a leader. Not at all.

I cannot believe that any thinking person would want that in a leader. But there are apparently quite a few of those in America.

That is perhaps the most frightening thing of all.

Like Mel Gibson, eventually the stories begin to corroborate each other and we have a picture of the "man."

Particularly with respect to how I view(ed) my fellow citizens. Mutual respect and generosity of spirit don't significantly improve with age, in my limited experience.

Mitt would be a mean drunk. Worse than W.

IMHO, Mitt sober is worse than Dubya trashed.

It totally fits with who I perceive ol' Mitt Romney to be.

There's a good chance he's hiding a history of psychotherapy.

so I doubt there are any such records. As well, that sort of intervention doesn't work well with the empathy impaired, which Romney definitely is.

true, or not.

It came up in a conversation we had some time ago about people he used to work with. He was talking about how much he had respected this supervisor, which led to the story. I'll ask him more of the details.

I Met the man once.
He was visiting my hometown and stopped at the Restaurant that my Mom owned.

Now, I'm not from the richest part of the state of MA. Fall River tends to collect Boston's poorer population seeing as how we have cheaper housing and a bus line that goes into the city. So, my Mom's place was simple, honest food, at decent prices. A little place called Maxwells on S. Main Street, near the Government Center.

Anyway, My mom had never felt so small as when Mitt stopped by for a visit. He was polite, but you could see on his face that he found the place distasteful. He smiled for the local cameras, but the smile ended as soon as the cameras stopped. It was almost as if he didn't want to be there, didn't want to touch anything. Gave us a few words about small business being the backbone of the city, and took off.

Me, I was washing dishes in the back while I was going through college. Stuck my head out and watched the spectacle.

What struck me was he made my mom feel as if her place was dirty. My mom broke her back keeping things spotless, and this really hurt her.

Mitt will NEVER get my vote. To me it's a personal thing. I don't like the man. Now I really don't like his policies.

I'm sorry he made your mom feel that way. He's the small one, after all.

Great food, excellent prices, cheerful hard-working immigrant staff who remember your name, and make you want to come back.

Sometimes it looks like you've got to be on parole or public assistance to qualify as a customer. But it's also a place where you can start a conversation with the person at the counter next to you, and be surprised at who you meet.

And I've seen these scruffy, rough dudes come way down on people who disrespect the staff at this place.

Manor House Restaurant at 210 Jones Street. Say "Hi" to Mimi

Sorry to go off-topic, but I know whereof you speak.

I think it is clear that Romney never passes on an opportunity to belittle someone, your mom, the bakery cookies at a photo-op, even the London Olympics.

Belittling is his first thought and the first thing out of his mouth.

You and your mom should not feel bad. It is my belief that Romney will be blamed for the demise of the entire rapepublican party. Just deserts.

...he looked at that gay Vietnam veteran after their disagreement on gay marriage. He looked at that man as if he were unclean.

He's a pathological scumbag, a very small man, with no soul, and she is lucky he is no longer governor of her state.

Thank you for your concern.
She's ok. Retired now and still doesn't like Mitt.

just screams "Can you believe they are buying this bullshit? Hee, hee, this election is in the bag!"

I remember he insulted some cookies that were freshly baked, implying they were from a convenience store. It's obvious he is incredibly arrogant.

desserts at the Store 24...!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/19/romney-cookie-pennsylvania-bakery_n_1436333.html

believable. His wife drives, "a couple of Cadillacs," instead of "GM cars." He knows NASCAR and NFL team "owners." He flies in "aircraft," instead of a airplane.

Romney is a small, stupid bully who is trying to make himself appear more substantial. Pitiful.

No wonder Americans do not respect him or his degenerate political party...

but personally dislike him, if that's even possible without meeting someone. I have never felt so disgusted by a candidate in my life, and this includes George W. Bush. I was raised Mormon, and actually believed the BS at one time, but this is not why I dislike him, though it's part of it because he is typical of the entitled patriarchy in that religion. I lived in SLC during the 2002 Olympics, and he struck me as extremely slimy and dishonest, and I've never forgotten that. Many people in SLC, including Mormons were not pleased with his actions during the Olympics. May he never, ever become president.

Sounds like a scene from it when the daughter of the maid, played by Cicely Tyson,
arrives at the front door of the home, while the owner is hosting a luncheon for
a gathering of local bigots, and refuses to go around to the back door.
OMG, the hoity toity "President" makes the owner fire her maid--instantly--
for the transgression. Great scene. Very real.

But I've heard it's good. I'll ask the hubby to put it on Netflix.

but I absolutely believe that this happened.

It's obvious he views regular people as "beneath" him. Always has, always will. You can tell by the snarky "icebreakers" he comes up with. They're always an insult or jab of some sort. I remember in that Times article a fellow classmate of Romney's was interviewed. He said that Romney was friendly to him until he discovered that the guy had a scholarship and was a "day" student. He said that Romney didn't give him the time of day after he found that out. Everybody at the DNC said they were certain Romney was "a nice guy." No he's not. He's a boorish, spoiled, entitled snob who will govern the same way he's gone through his entire life--looking upon us Great Unwashed as something to be avoided, scorned, and ignored. If you're not rich, you don't count.

Mitt Romney is a worthless man to anyone but his cronies and perhaps people in the Mormon Church of his station or higher. I doubt he gives a damn about anybody else. I can sense it. He an Queen Ann should just toddle off and Mitt can run for President of the La Jolla McMansion Car Elevator Owners Association. That's all he's fit to oversee.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz & Nigel & baby Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

"He an Queen Ann should just toddle off and Mitt can run for President of the La Jolla McMansion Car Elevator Owners Association. That's all he's fit to oversee."

and I thought he was an arrogant asshole. I didn't know much about him except he was George's son (who I always considered a pretty up-front guy), and in charge of the Olympics. I sure did not like him.

I remember him saying, "If it's true that the apple doesn't fall from the tree, Mitt must have fallen from George's tree and then rolled down a hill".

Aug 9, 2012 – chris rock: 'my kids are rich, i have nothing in common with them.'

Fits it to a T.

not HIS.

And if your father's boss' business was with Mitt's father (who himself was a "lowly public servant" at the time), IT WAS NONE OF HIS!!!


rocktivity

The Romneys lived in Bloomfield Hills in Oakland County, MI, just beyond Pontiac, MI which is the county seat and headquarters for the road commission. My father really respected George Romney, but was less than impressed with Mitt, LOL.

I presume it was some sort of survey data, as that's what my father did for the road commission, but I'm not sure (and I'm not sure if he was sure either as he was just out of high school, new to the road commission and flattered that his boss even asked him to come along).

When we were talking about him working for the road commission after he got out of high school.

We'd never really talked about Mitt Romney before.

He lost my respect, and my vote when he referred to federal employees as "The servants". He's a panty assed lying weasel bastard!

Welcome to DU.

Read this you will see him there. scroll down to factor 1
http://country-of-liars.com/about/traits/

The problem for Mitt isn't whether this is true or not though. His problem is that it is completely believable. If you told a similar story about Obama, only conservatives would believe it and not all of them, just the birthers, very few if any liberals would believe it. This story isn't a shock or a surprise anymore. The story about Seamus was a shock to me, because I had never heard of such a thing before and it is unbelievably cruel. The barber story well that is believable because by that time we heard about him buttering his kids faces and the story about his blind teacher. So, the pattern is there for anyone that has eyes to see it.

since Mitt has a known temper problem. Clash that with someone else with a temper problem and well that happens. I should know. I have a temper problem. It's very rare to show it nowadays but putting a foot through a mirrror isn't the smartest thing in the world.

given what we know about him.

a pathetic leech, a thief of others' work. At best she would consider him a non-entity.

I know Ayn Rand is extremely unpopular on this board, but I read her novels and came away with a clear picture of the type of person she admired: those who do not compromise their principals (The Fountainhead) and those who create something from nothing - architects, engineers, composers, artists, etc. The very concept of the type of businessman that Mitt was would be quite distasteful to her.

At least that's what I took away from her work. She was also an incredibly bad romance novelist.

She was greatly traumatized by her experiences in the Russian revolution and it's tragic aftermath. The glorification of the worker versus the inventors, the artists, the innovators became anathema. I think she went too far. People like Ryan, and possibly Romney, who read her work were impressionable and immature. So they admire people who acquire wealth unencumbered or not by true creation. They are shysters and grifters. Am I close?

Arguably, Romney created nothing. Bain's wealth, as his own, came from leveraged buyouts. So yes, I believe that she would consider them thieves of actual production.

I'll bet that lots of people had this kind of experience with young Mitt Romney.

I grew up (mostly) here, about 4 years senior to the MittWit. Anecdotes abound. I've never detected any significant support or admiration for the MittWit. He's a 'spoiled brat' who grew up without having to learn how to wipe his own ass. "Hard work" has always been the prevalent 'value' hereabouts... even as there was a backlash against organized labor. People invariably ascribe 'hard work' to their favored politicians. I've never heard that ascribed to the MittWit.

Thanks for posting that info.

by kicking around the "lessers".

Everything I believe in is in tatters.

Mitt Ramsney. The show is called The Advertisment Man, I believe.

Visually, he's probably about the same amount of "attractive" as the President. What makes Obama so much more attractive is his personality and character.

Bad men are swarthy and have warts and mustaches they twirl. How can this be?

I will have to pray on it.

The white and delightsome god is the real deal.

so that the Russians can not find him among the clouds with their atomic radar.

Now we know Mitt's real problem with the Ruskies, they want to kill god!

You understand how all these modern complicated things work.

His attitude/vibe is all wrong. He's an ugly person, even with the custom dyed wig.

It might be true that you can't judge a book by its cover, but you can certainly judge a person by their's.

Here's a rule to live by; If your dog or kids don't like them, get away from them and have nothing to do with them. Your life will be much easier.

my guess is there are thousands of mitt stories out there. Everything must come to light about this phony who wants to become our president yet hides his money to avoid paying taxes. What a sham.

Does anyone recall in the 2008 election, when prior to a "debate" at a Christian church in Orange County California, rumors abounded that McCain was fed the questions beforehand? I'm sure this kind of thing is being hashed out right now for Romney.

Barack better be concerned about these debates, because there's a LOAD of money behind that creepy-sociopath-CEO, and this may be their last chance at making good use of it.

He was the baby and probably treated like a little king by his mom

I've never seen or heard anything about his brothers and sisters. Wouldn't they want to come out and support him.

Sadly it takes a harsh example to teach some people respect.

lecture a group of lowly "You People" about the location and purpose of the Servant's Entrance!

What a fucking tool! Was he wearing his white pants and blazer whilst he delivered the scolding, I wonder?

He told me a story about Mitt that is pretty violent. I would have to get permission to tell it or he would have to tell it himself. For me, it's hearsay but now it has a ring to it. I will say that it's not dissimilar from your characterization of MR. From another story told by the same dorm mate, I would ask if anyone knows if Mitt has ever mentioned to the general public about a place they called "across the tracks". Probably not, I would imagine. Now I'm getting mean and I don't like that, but people who pretend to be one thing and are something completely different, that bothers me more. And if they lie to get to a place of prominence, that I can't stand for.

If you are a believer in the Bible Mitt, it says, "Your sins will find you out". You can't buy away your history where honourable people are concerned, nor threaten it with a bat.

I'll leave it to the public to decide if this post should remain. If it is inappropriate, I'll be glad to remove it. I also wouldn't baulk at it being removed. But I said my peace.

Now is the time, before the American people decide, for these things to come out.

Giving MR a black eye so to speak would be fine with me, but where I live and where I work can be trouble. And the people I am talking about have their own lives they need to take care of. I can also see that we are not as safe as we had always thought we were. If it's a battle and a fight, that's good. If it is simply a titillating story, it's not worth the danger it could put others in.

I told this little story with just enough information that if those who are involved ever read it, they would know exactly what I was talking about. Other who read it can fill in some of the blanks; there are several hints. This way, no one gets hurt or scared and I get in my 2 cents. Whoever wants to put 2 and 2 together will get enough to show the personality of the GOP candidate as he is. The OP has a story that is fully detailed and I hope mine just supports his account.

You can always qualify it as hersay and leave the name of your friend out if he doesn't want to be mentioned.

... working class people should use the servant's entrance
in the back.

caring, people.

How did Mitt turn out to be such a mean spirited bully who, when not bullying, feels and acts so awkward?

I think everyone has it all wrong--Mitt can't be himself, not because he's self conscious about his wealth, but because the real Mitt is a mean, heartless man.