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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"I have my beautiful wife, Ann; he has Bill Clinton.”
From Mitt Romney's witty bag of personal attacks at tonight's Al Smith dinner.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/10/18/obama-romney-playfully-roast-each-other-at-alfred-e-smith-dinner/
This bothered me on so many levels. The mean spirited attack, the laughter from the audience, the wine guzzling Katie Couric eating this up in the backround . . . truly there is no bottom to the barrel.
flyguyjake
(492 posts)where was she anyway?
Cha
(297,692 posts)our First Lady.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021578732
Michelle Obama is absolutely beautiful. Maybe he should explain the joke and why it was funny.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Cha
(297,692 posts)Dear ELLE Readers,
When I fell in love with Barack more than 20 years ago, I knew hed be a loving husband and a devoted father. I knew he shared my determination to make a difference in other peoples lives. But I never dreamed that hed one day be president, and I know that he didnt either.
But four years agoagainst all oddsI joined millions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life to vote for Barack. I didnt do it just because we were married. I voted for him because I knew he was going to stand up for women like meand our daughters, sisters, and mothers. When I look at all hes done since that freezing day he was inaugurated on the Capitol stepsfrom health-care reform, to saving jobs, to fighting for womens rightsIm proud of how far we have come. And Im determined to help him keep moving forward. (Visit Gottavote.org to find out how to register and where to cast your ballot.)
Here are five reasons to vote for Barack when you go to the polls on November 6:
1. Hes fighting for equal pay for women. Barack was raised by a single mom who struggled to pay the bills, and by a grandmother who worked hard at her job but hit a glass ceiling and watched men she actually trained climb the career ladder ahead of her. As the father of two girls, he wants to make sure that all our daughters grow up with the same opportunities as our sons and are treated fairly in the workplace. Thats why the first bill he signed as president was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act to help women get equal pay for equal work.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021578732
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)she is even more beautiful on the inside.
She is a warm, lovely, compassionate woman who "gets" it in every way and truly cares about people. She is everything that Ann is not. Mittens could not even begin to compare the two. His fallback had to be Clinton.
I am so proud of Michelle as FLOTUS and will continue to be proud of her as FLOTUS for four more years.
magical thyme
(14,881 posts)simply stunning....
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)The President doesn't need a minder to stabilize him when he's out in public.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)Like Lawrence O'Donnell said tonight, Mitt's jokes were mean-spirited towards Obama whereas Obama mostly poked fun at himself.
What would Sean Hannity be saying tonight if Obama had talked about having his beautiful wife Michelle while Mitt had John Sununu to come home to?
Heather MC
(8,084 posts)Mittens would trade Ann in a heartbeat if it meant the republicans could have a Bill Clinton in their party. They have no one! what patriarch can they look to and say "I will govern like him?" what former republican anything can they bring out on a national stage and help them sway voters? no one, they have no one like Bill Clinton, no one alive anyway. So Mitt is so jealous he can't stand it, and he can't hide it. This has nothing to do with the FLOTUS. This is Mittens issue alone
BlueMTexpat
(15,373 posts)Cha
(297,692 posts)is. Bill Clinton eats romneys for breakfast and spits them out.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Cha
(297,692 posts)InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)madamesilverspurs
(15,809 posts)Mitt may be rich, but he hasn't been able to buy any class.
He is such an ass.
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Care Acutely
(1,370 posts)Sugarcoated
(7,728 posts)always a prep school bully. That nasty quality and his very poor character will be a big part of why the American people won't be hiring him Nov 7th.
tavernier
(12,404 posts)He is a pig.
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)line from good natured humor into a crass political attack that was out of place.
Many of Obama's jokes were directed at himself. Mitt used his time to reconfirm that he's an ass.
beac
(9,992 posts)The only thing missing from Mitt's Freeptastic string of insults was a Cheeto mustache.
BeyondGeography
(39,380 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)I don't know who wrote his speech...but he needs to fire them
RichGirl
(4,119 posts)Every person in that room, including all the men, including democrats and republicans....would prefer being with Bill Clinton rather than Ann.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)Lasher
(27,638 posts)Not my fault Junior was the worst US President in living memory.
BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)libinnyandia
(1,374 posts)Lasher
(27,638 posts)Like the one Junior made of himself looking for WMDs, ha ha.
cherish44
(2,566 posts)who has more class and brains in her little finger than 10 Ann Romneys
deaniac21
(6,747 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)deaniac21
(6,747 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)She was one of the first people to realize the hypocrisy of our leaders, and most of all MSM .
6000eliot
(5,643 posts)tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)young_at_heart
(3,772 posts)This is SICK and downright nasty! No one should have laughed.
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)MSM frau .
ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)He really is a nasty bastard
aquart
(69,014 posts)desertduck
(213 posts)My first hought was, "...and you are telling us this because you lack firepower?". Ann is not, should not, be your line of defense, twatface. she has no credibility. You need to go make better friends to help you out with this whole presidential election thingy.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)desertduck
(213 posts)nutsnberries
(1,772 posts)...the whole family is repulsive.
AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)We had a great dinner this evening and I didn't want to hurl it up.
I can't watch that mo-fo. He makes my blood boil.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)mattclearing
(10,091 posts)You know that's right.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)Live, I didn't quite make out "Bill Clinton" but still cringed at the backhanded swipe this was toward Michelle Obama. It's like someone on MSNBC said, Romney's jokes were more like what you would expect at a roast rather than the more light-hearted banter at an Al Smith dinner. Romney crossed over the line a number of times.
Revolutionary Girl
(90 posts)Romney wishes he had one of the most popular presidents in modern history on his side.
Rob H.
(5,352 posts)Meanwhile, Romney and the rest of the GOP are studiously ignoring Dubya and his disastrous eight years in office--it's almost as if they're hoping that Americans will eventually think he was a figment of everyone's collective imagination if they can keep from mentioning him long enough.
And welcome to DU!
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)n/t.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)He has the motherfucking Michael Jordan of political speaking, out there boosting for his campaign, like at the Convention. You had an incoherent old guy yelling at a chair.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Waiting For Everyman
(9,385 posts)Yeah, meltdown city.
That was a really screwed up thing to say. And Katie laughing at that -- wow. Very revealing.
malaise
(269,176 posts)to have a spouse and a loving family.
How dare that black Muslim socialist destroy the stereotype that has been so carefully crafted?
To be kind, it was disgusting.
Bucky
(54,068 posts)In fact, I think I may just be loved by the Big Dog (tho I'm probably too insignificant to be worthy of Mrs Romney's scorn).
malaise
(269,176 posts)Fugg WilLIARd
tk2kewl
(18,133 posts)City Lights
(25,171 posts)pa28
(6,145 posts)orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)and all the other casuistries misanthropes use to infiltrate our perspective .
sammytko
(2,480 posts)Was how it started.
Gin
(7,212 posts)Hes a spoiled ass....but she rules the roost. IMO
lunatica
(53,410 posts)I'm glad he said it so the American people can see what slugs the Romneys are. All of them. From Tagg wanting to take a swing at President Obama, to this slimy slur against Michelle.
Keep it up slugs.
Raven
(13,900 posts)reformist2
(9,841 posts)Just getting him to talk about this could (and should) turn off many undecided voters, many of whom are women...
Bucky
(54,068 posts)I heard that Romney line on the BBC this morning. I thought it was funny. Bill Clinton is beating the crap out of Mittens and it's nice to see Money Boo-Boo admit it. For that matter, I also laughed at his other reported joke--"The president's campaign is brought to you by the letter O and the number 16 trillion." I mean, sure, it was a dig at us, but it was a well crafted and well delivered dig. I mean, I could take the time to unpack it*, but seriously, why bother? The point was to be funny for a night, take a break from the mud. I liked the president's jokes better. But the day I can't laugh at my own side of the fence is a day I don't want to see.
*[font size="2" face="times new roman"]("O" is a dig at Obama's marketing, which is ironic coming from a guy who is ONLY about marketing and a liar to boot; and that 16 trillion is mostly due to the Republicans' irresponsible tax cuts and their two poorly mismanaged wars that they put on the nation's credit card--plus the president's share of that $16t is mostly due to cleaning up the Repubilcans' messes)[/font]
NightOwwl
(5,453 posts)Yeppers!
pa28
(6,145 posts)Oh well. I guess most of us are doomed to fall short of enlightenment.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)an infinity of Cruella Annie deVilles.
Tikki
(14,559 posts)And to contrast with President Clinton...'bad move mitty..You wish you had any worth-while of
repug presidents to cling to. All you have (and he is persona non-grata) is bushies.'
Tikki
closeupready
(29,503 posts)his side's bigotry against gay people in a lame attempt to try to smear Obama.
Tired, tired, tired. You are a one-trick pony, Willard. Go home. Nobody wants you.
Increasingly, I feel really sorry for Ann, and I don't even like her. She says he constantly dumps on her, and she's going to probably get dumped on yet again on November 7.