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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMitt Romney leaving the podium (pic)
This man is a disgusting human being.
Smirking about the deaths of Americans because it might result in his attaining something. I am so angry right now:
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https://twitter.com/CharlesDharapak/status/245893711257563136/photo/1
RagAss
(13,832 posts)catbyte
(34,497 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)Spread it far and wide, people. Post it on your FB, send it to your email lists.
When people see that smirk, they will KNOW they are going to get 4 more years of the chimp's policies. There will be more of the same attitude, more of the same neocon bullshit and more wars. He will smirk us all into the poorhouse and into international shame...AGAIN!
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)could prove WORSE than the W/Sheeney duo if it came Right down to it!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)In Nov. , that smirk will be wiped off his face . He'll do a "boehner" then and cry .
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)MsPithy
(809 posts)He's a violent bully, who can't appreciate the suffering of man nor beast.
Maine-ah
(9,902 posts)titanicdave
(429 posts)to say lower than snake shit, but yours is a much better comment......
Simo 1939_1940
(768 posts)at the bottom of the Marianas Trench.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)is telling he is pleased that this horrible event occurred.
TeamPooka
(24,273 posts)because this is all play to him.
He wants to be A President, he doesn't want to be THE President.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)they didnt react well.
Coexist
(24,542 posts)as it should.
CTyankee
(63,914 posts)Robot Man thinks he's so smart. I think his smile is worse than W.'s smirk...
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Like, I can't believe I just witnessed that.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)The Blue Flower
(5,447 posts)He's been stuck with the campaign for months. He looks like he's finally reached his limit.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)a did we just hear? expression.
Yet another torpedo into the sinking S.S. Mittanic.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)That is some special robot mojo there.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)not often the rejoinder is a continued yup. but... really, that is the answer to all that is being said in replies.
yup
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)The local media (RW) even commented that it felt phony
Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)That's what they were hoping for, of course, but there was no presidential way to deliver the message he delivered today, especially not with that fucking smirk on his face.
Lucy Goosey
(2,940 posts)It's hard to believe how bad a candidate - and how bad a person - W. Mitt Romney has turned out to be, even as someone who started out thinking he would be terrible.
It's why I've been saying that I think his candidacy is elaborate satirical performance art - that would almost be easier to believe than Romney and his campaign.
No DUplicitous DUpe
(2,994 posts)Yes, that must be it. As you stated, "that would almost be easier to believe than Romney and his campaign."
...And now I just saw the clip (of Romney's presser) for the first time. I'm just sitting here shaking my head.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)then leaves smiling. I am completely creeped out by him.
PatSeg
(47,675 posts)He wants to play president and he see this as an opportunity to act like a real president and score some political points as well. He creeps me as well and he is getting worse every day.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)It's amazing to see ... even LESS moral character than Dumbya, perhaps on par with Prick Cheney without the glibness.
AnotherMother4Peace
(4,258 posts)beac
(9,992 posts)it's a small price to pay. - interior monologue of Mitt the Shit
Here's hoping that revealing smirk is seen far and wide.
eqfan592
(5,963 posts)But after seeing his statements today, and then this picture, this guy is clearly a massive sack of monkey shit and I hope he never holds a political office again.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry and disgusted. Not good for the blood pressure, that's for sure!
johnlucas
(1,250 posts)Romney's a spoiled out of touch Richie Rich who's making this run for his own personal glory.
That's why he has no real convinctions either way.
He does whatever it takes to fulfill his true ambition: the embiggenment of his personage.
Yeah I used a Simpson-ism. He wants to embiggen himself.
Next time just try Cialis, Mitt.
John Lucas
eqfan592
(5,963 posts)...even folks I disagree with politically. But Mitt is clearly not deserving of such considerations!
johnlucas
(1,250 posts)Trying to see the best out of people fosters civility & compassion.
It's a good trait.
But there's some people who stomp all over that benefit of the doubt.
You don't wanna automatically see everyone as the devil incarnate.
But some people go to great lengths to prove your worst estimations right.
At this point I don't even get mad at Romney's crap.
I smile because I know that his smirk will kill his political chances & he'll never hold power in this office because of it.
In reality those voting for Romney should be in the single digits.
Sorry to say that his smirk won't drive everyone away from him.
John Lucas
rateyes
(17,438 posts)Mitt isnt that useful.
tallahasseedem
(6,716 posts)That's all I can say. I beg all of you. Do whatever you can to get the President re-elected.
Lex
(34,108 posts)Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)renegade000
(2,301 posts)RedSpartan
(1,693 posts)Sociopathic scumbag. He has to look up to see a snake.
ProfessionalLeftist
(4,982 posts)Tweet from @AntheaButler
Raster
(20,998 posts)...this is an evil, craven, sociopathic monster in a $1,000 blazer.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)livetohike
(22,165 posts)eyepaddle
(6,352 posts)but in this case, damn. It really does. I think this one image will long outlast this campaignm, that is truly the picture of an empty soul.
It's almost unspeakably vile.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)He sold that a long time ago.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...OBSCENELY - at the misfortune of others, truly has no soul.
goclark
(30,404 posts)The small goup of reporers are inshock.
That speaks voumes!
reformist2
(9,841 posts)annabanana
(52,791 posts)Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)Last edited Wed Sep 12, 2012, 01:24 PM - Edit history (1)
but to display his glee in other peoples demise.
ncgrits
(916 posts)I've been feeling like the maybe all the sociopath talk was hyperbolic. But, not anymore. He's crazy.
Lex
(34,108 posts)TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)creeped out by the inappropriate demeanor.
Spazito
(50,529 posts)The man has NO empathy, NO understanding of anything beyond his own desires and is happy, yes, happy at the death of Americans where their deaths serve his ends.
I am beyond disgusted.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)He just plain old creeps me out.
The Loser and The Liar...what a pair they would be in charge.
Canada? Are you accepting refuges?
renegade000
(2,301 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)by Jed Lewison
Yet another look at Mitt Romney leaving the podium after delivering his self-destructive attack accusing the president of siding with the people who attacked and killed our embassy officials in Libya, this one from AP's Charles Dharapak:
I don't know what's worse: the fact that he thought it was appropriate to evoke such smug self-satisfaction after that press conference ... or the fact that he's so clueless he didn't realize what a huge hole he had just dug for himself. Either way, Mitt Romney's plan backfired, and massively. He wanted to use a national tragedy to undermine the president's reelection campaign. Instead, he revealed to America a lack of judgment and a tendency towards rash behavior that should disqualify him as a serious presidential contender. It was truly an epic disaster.
- more -
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/12/1130785/-Mitt-s-biggest-fan-leaves-the-podium
A real piece of work. A major embarrassment for the American people. Swamp scum from under a rock. How can he be seen as a serious contender? By anyone. Commander - in- Chief? Please fellow Americans, don't let it happen.
Raster
(20,998 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,026 posts)the lead story is that Mitt is a craven idiot.
His campaign staff and supporters should be looking for the exits if they're smart.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Democrats_win
(6,539 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)barbtries
(28,815 posts)he's a republican. remember 911 and the bushies? nothing else matters.
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)Trying to run the same software, which inexplicably still has no Compassion subroutinues, results in this sort of mess when new circumstances arise. All the RW billionaire money and they still can't come up with new programming for old, broken MittBot
reformist2
(9,841 posts)LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)regardless of the actual situation. Ask MittBot about Bain (smile). Ask MittBot about lemons (smile). Ask MittBot about its taxes (smile, with additional giggle routine). Ask MittBot about slain American diplomats (smile).
It's why he is so bad at simulating being a human being
greiner3
(5,214 posts)Buys a LOT of rhetoric, even this kind of 'stuff.' On to 2016!
SDjack
(1,448 posts)à la Palin?
Plaid Adder
(5,518 posts)W chortled over terrorism too. He knew it was good for his poll numbers. The wayback machine reminds us all:
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Plaid%20Adder/63
faugh,
The Plaid Adder
polichick
(37,152 posts)had to be said. Yes.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)On the bodies of murdered American diplomats and he's smiling.
I don't want this guy with his finger on the trigger of a water pistol let alone any nuclear buttons.
patrice
(47,992 posts)Generic Other
(28,979 posts)fuck him.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,734 posts)or instinct, he'd have pushed back on any advisors who told him to go out there and do this.
He's clueless . . . and he's toast.
Blue Owl
(50,532 posts)StrictlyRockers
(3,855 posts)The press corps is all, "WTF? What was that??"
Rmoney is like, "HAHA! I just fooled them all again! YES!!"
Reminds me of the chimp's smirk.
Th1onein
(8,514 posts)I'd like to see what he said.
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)Curtland1015
(4,404 posts)...I've ever seen in politics.
Just goes to show, you can never underestimate how low Mitt Romney will sink to win.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Look at the expressions of the media. There's a whole lotta WTF in that room.
joshcryer
(62,279 posts)I zoomed in and wow they are just awestruck. It was like a massive self-implosion of his campaign.
laruemtt
(3,992 posts)but he's a real challenge...
myrna minx
(22,772 posts)young_at_heart
(3,772 posts)This really is gives us insight into his character/personality!
Mayberry Machiavelli
(21,096 posts)I hope this picture, more than anything else, is the undoing of Mitt.
DallasNE
(7,404 posts)Every face in that room is somber except for the obviously pleased Mitt Romney. Has he no sense of shame? Probably the same look he had on his face after the incident in high school where his buddies held down a gay student while Romney cut his long hair off with a pair of sissors. He is devoid of human qualities.
nc4bo
(17,651 posts)trailmonkee
(2,681 posts)proReality
(1,628 posts)And this creature is lower than scum!
Third Doctor
(1,574 posts)Some good people just died and all he thinks about are his poll numbers. Under regular circumstances this should end his campaign but there are too man Obama haters and CEOs out there for that.
lobodons
(1,290 posts)Romney's Smirk is a Defense Mechanism, a tell if you will (God, I hate when Romney says that) that he has no fucking clue what he is doing or saying.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)whereas it was release hours ahead of the attack, perhaps made by those in the embassy in an effort to protect themselves in a dangerous situation which had been escalating quickly.
Of course Romney lying is par for the course, but lying about events in which Americans were killed is beneath anyone. Period. Then to go further and double down afterward is proves his 'Americanism' ends at the surface of dust lying on his ancient world view in his soulless being.
This picture exemplifies Romney's lack of conscience & soul completely.
TahitiNut
(71,611 posts)The fucker's pathological.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)is probably an insult to pathological psychopaths
TrollBuster9090
(5,955 posts)AllyCat
(16,239 posts)pansypoo53219
(21,004 posts)like a televangiist.
LondonReign2
(5,213 posts)in the mistaken belief that it is appropriate for all situations and that it endears him to biological beings.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)after he crashed through the stage railing and fell to the ground clutching his pen? This is that pic for Romney.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)In the terms of "campaign ender," sure, okay you've got a point. But whatever opinions we might have of Dole, being an elderly man with a permanent combat injury, is in no way comparable to this walking chunk of horse smegma.
skeewee08
(1,983 posts)Cognitive_Resonance
(1,546 posts)Lex
(34,108 posts)To the max.
LongTomH
(8,636 posts)Fuck him and the horse he (and Ann) rode in on!!!!!!
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)stopping in midstream over and over
pic is even more effective blown up to see his face
jillan
(39,451 posts)TheCowsCameHome
(40,169 posts)You are fucking all done.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Uncle Joe
(58,467 posts)Thanks for the thread, Coexist.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)Just stay away, period.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)and on the nightly news tonight.
I bet Romney won't be going on the Sunday shows any time soon. I'm actually surprised he took questions today.
And I suspect this might be the end for the Pribus (sp?) jerk too.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Dukakais in a tank has got nothing on this. Even the Press is looking like they can't believe that just happened.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)spanone
(135,907 posts)4 families and friends of 4 good Americans are now hurting like
they have been punched in the gut and Romney is smiling about
what he then thought was his personal gain. He is the same punk
who can kill thousands of jobs, loot a company dry in his vulture
capitalism, and then park his profits off shore so he doesn't have to
pay taxes and now he smiles while dancing over the still warm bodies
of Americans killed in a horrible act(s).
He is the same A-hole who had a blind teacher walk into a wall and
laughed about it.
amandabeech
(9,893 posts)Rmoney is a sociopath, clearly.
It is time for those decent Republicans, like Lincoln Chaffee, Charlie Crist, and the former governor of my home state, Michigan, William Milliken, who asked his friends and supporters to support Sen. Kerry in 2004, to come out and chastise Romney for pouring gasoline on what could be a very big fire.
Milliken was the lieutenant governor under Mitt Romney's father, George. He supports Mitt now and this is my message to him. Governor, it is time to speak out against Mitt's action. In the old days, partisanship ended at the water's edge. That should not change. Mitt Romney has made it easier for our enemies by not holding himself back from direct criticism of our President and Secretary of State in a time of crisis. If this blows up in our face, any Republican who supports Mitt Romney now will be responsible in his or her own way for the deaths of any Americans that came because the U.S. cannot present a unified face to the terrorists of this world. It is better to do what is right for the U.S. and lose an election than it is to pounce on any advantage in an election for President that puts the U. S. in a negative light.
Cha
(297,829 posts)off willard mitt's mug?
Will he still be smirking during his concession speech?
Carly
(39 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)nc4bo
(17,651 posts)one of the most disturbing things I've ever seen. The enlarged picture makes it even more obvious.
The man is psycho!!! Holy God.
Kurovski
(34,655 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)padruig
(133 posts)In Transactional Analysis, Romney would be called on for playing a game called NIGYSOB,
"Now I've Got You, You Son-of-a-Bitch".
Romney doesn't behave like he has original thoughts or ideas, he behaves as if his sole interest is in finding fault with President Obama and his administration.
The look on his face as he steps away from the podium is one of self-serving satisfaction and one may speculate his thinking was "I got him! I got him!" as if to congratulate himself on finding the latest 'fault'.
Romney is unfit for command based alone on his demonstrations of psychopathy.
Rider3
(919 posts)hue
(4,949 posts)Whisp
(24,096 posts)Bucky
(54,087 posts)On the other hand, if there's an earthquake tomorrow, I at least know how Romney will react: issue a presser to blame it on Obama.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Firebrand Gary
(5,044 posts)calimary
(81,540 posts)Shows you why he is NOWHERE NEAR fit to be president, especially if he thinks this is the correct reaction to have. So he's not only wrong, he's deluded!
I'm calling him Wrongney from here on.
What a disgrace.
Wernothelpless
(410 posts)Bad timing ... http://www.wimp.com/dancingjive/ ....
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)but Mitt is getting right up there.
Raine
(30,541 posts)I sure hope Obama kicks him into the sewer where he belongs. God he makes me sick!
Raster
(20,998 posts)....the ass kickin' he so richly deserves!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)cleduc
(653 posts)If it got out there and stuck, if his campaign isn't over already, it would be.
There is something deeply wrong with this man.
cheezmaka
(737 posts)Mr. Grinch!!!"
Big Orange Jeff
(262 posts)cgnick
(59 posts)Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)I took the time early on to edit a blank with the idea of starting a "Mitt walks away smirking" thread but I just couldn't do it.
Unlike the Neil Munrow thread where we had a case of someone being rude by breaking protocol and interrupting the President as he was making a statement on immigration,...in this case there were deaths involved.
I refuse to trivialize how vile Mitt was for exploiting this.
hue
(4,949 posts)greenymac
(32 posts)That theres no spin for this... First off he shouldnt be smiling at a time like this...Second? Theres NOONE behind him except for maybe his handlers or camerapeople..He can ONLY be smiling to himself.
Historic NY
(37,457 posts)ailsagirl
(22,901 posts)As if he pulled off some great feat. What an idiot.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)Unreal.
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lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)applegrove
(118,855 posts)Rooftop_Observer
(4 posts)This is one of the most despicable things I've seen since I started following presidential politics in 2007.
I've tried to give Mr. Romney the benefit of the doubt, the same way I gave McCain the benefit of the doubt back in 2008, even though I voted for then-Senator Obama. I tried to respectfully disagree with him instead of outright hate him, because I hate it when politics is reduced to shouting matches and blind partisanship.
But this guy has just lost whatever infinitesimal amount of respect I had for him. I just sent this picture out to all of my friends and family members, and hopefully more than a few will be convinced that Romney is unfit for the presidency. I have been nauseated by the sudden influx of support for Romney's statements in my area. Hopefully people will see this opportunism for what it is. As a left-leaning moderate, I certainly do.
As Andrew Sullivan recently said, this is simply disqualifying.
kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)It seems Rmoney is channeling Craig Ferguson (no offense to CF ) right after he tells a joke.
Preparing for his next joke....
Horrifying potential disaster in foreign affairs, given the lack of appropriate demeanor when even Americans are killed.
Raster
(20,998 posts)judesedit
(4,443 posts)You can put lipstick on a pig...it's still a pig. Gross little man. His father is probably rolling in his grave with shame.
lexw
(804 posts)randr
(12,417 posts)They see every disaster and problem we face as an opportunity to gain power.
magnifisense
(285 posts)And so too Dubya's policies if this fellow wins.
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)I know that most Republican leaders tend to get a little giddy and smirk when it comes to talking about death, but Romney has the same smirk on his face whether he's talking about death or looking at his wife, or debating other candidates about issues not related to death or his wife. Very creepy.