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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:03 AM Mar 2012

"These pancakes are just as big as my win in Puerto Rico last night?"

Oh, Mitt. WHO said you are awkward in front of humans? WHO said you don't know how to relate to people? Your love for CHEESY GRITS in the South didn;t bring the harvest of votes you'd hoped for, but I am CONFIDENT that your love of ILLINOIS PANCAKES will CERTAINLY put you over the top in THAT state.

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"These pancakes are just as big as my win in Puerto Rico last night?" (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 OP
I had to google this to find out what you were talking about. Skinner Mar 2012 #1
. ProSense Mar 2012 #26
I thought this was a parody jsmirman Mar 2012 #35
That's not the best line. This is: Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #2
That video is classic. Skinner Mar 2012 #3
I forget who said this first. But he really is a conehead: Guy Whitey Corngood Mar 2012 #8
I do believe that Chris Matthews was the first to refer to Mitt as a Conehead bleever Mar 2012 #22
Actually, it was Howard Fineman on Matthews' show. Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #30
Thanks! nt bleever Mar 2012 #42
"Tie it to the roof!" cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #4
... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #9
If it syrups itself, he can hose it off. Arugula Latte Mar 2012 #31
DUzy candidate! rocktivity Mar 2012 #39
DUZY ACCOMPLISHED!!! rocktivity Mar 2012 #43
Programming a robot isn't as easy as it looks. Octafish Mar 2012 #5
Maybe His OS Is Windows Vista Yavin4 Mar 2012 #29
I can't wait to see this guy come to Philly and try to order and eat a Cheesesteak LynneSin Mar 2012 #6
If I were standing in those shoes... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #11
Denver Oysters? Think he'd eat any? woodsprite Mar 2012 #16
"The lamb fries were JUST FANTASTIC! I've never had fried lamb before." Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #19
I can't *wait* for the cheesesteak test!!! MadrasT Mar 2012 #17
I use to be a diehard Gino's fan until that 'English Only' sign LynneSin Mar 2012 #18
Jim's Steaks on South Street is my favorite. Riley18 Mar 2012 #44
Romney Will Ask for a Sliced Kobe Beef with Gorau Glas Cheese Yavin4 Mar 2012 #32
Illinois pancakes are the best pancakes! EOTE Mar 2012 #7
Was it a money pancake? cthulu2016 Mar 2012 #10
I'll bet he first ordered "Silver Dollar Pancakes"... Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #12
Illinois pancakes are the perfect height longship Mar 2012 #13
Nice flopjack, Mitt Blue Owl Mar 2012 #14
Add to Menu: Flip-flopjacks in honor of Willard "Mitt" Romney. FSogol Mar 2012 #23
Me like. 12AngryBorneoWildmen Mar 2012 #41
Hey, Mitt-- When you're in Chicago you're supposed to order "Deep Dish Pancakes." Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2012 #15
If he goes to Chicago... TlalocW Mar 2012 #20
I give him 30 seconds before he faints. Amerigo Vespucci Mar 2012 #21
Pancakes are the right size. Check. librechik Mar 2012 #24
Romney is taking on traits of the Pakleds from Star Trek aint_no_life_nowhere Mar 2012 #25
Mitt is way too god damn phony to be president. Initech Mar 2012 #27
...and flatter than his poll numbers. JohnnyRingo Mar 2012 #28
“Pancakes Eggscetera. It’s like kind of a play on words,” -- Romney Yavin4 Mar 2012 #33
Romney reminds me of Nixon in his awkwardness with the public. kiranon Mar 2012 #34
Give that man a bunny! tanyev Mar 2012 #36
There's a hare Politicalboi Mar 2012 #37
Appropos of nothing..... kurtzapril4 Mar 2012 #38
He's not even a reasonable facsimile of a human being NICO9000 Mar 2012 #40

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,501 posts)
2. That's not the best line. This is:
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:08 AM
Mar 2012

“Pancakes Eggscetera. “It’s like kind of a play on words,” he says, in case you miss the pun. “The pancakes are apparently very good.” That’s what transpires here, for most of the video:

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/mitt-romney-explains-him-eating-pancakes-in-excrutiating-detail/

bleever

(20,616 posts)
22. I do believe that Chris Matthews was the first to refer to Mitt as a Conehead
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:39 PM
Mar 2012

for his stilted manner of trying to speak "human".

 

Arugula Latte

(50,566 posts)
30. Actually, it was Howard Fineman on Matthews' show.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:15 PM
Mar 2012

Although Matthews introduced the "alien" concept at the beginning of the segment.

"Conehead" observation at 2:20.

cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
4. "Tie it to the roof!"
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:11 AM
Mar 2012

“I’m looking forward to getting one of these pancakes. Can I get one of these on the way out? Not the super big one, I can’t fit that in the vehicle, all right,” Romney joked. “The car’s only a Chevy SUV.”

The large breakfast crowd began to chant, "Tie it to the roof! Tie it to the roof!"

(Yes, I added that last sentence)

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
6. I can't wait to see this guy come to Philly and try to order and eat a Cheesesteak
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:13 AM
Mar 2012

It's like a political must do when campaigning in Philly. Even John Kerry failed the Cheesesteak test (he asked for Swiss and asked for a sub).

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
11. If I were standing in those shoes...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:26 AM
Mar 2012

...I'd ask the owner "What's your biggest seller" and when they replied I'd say "I'll have one of those." No substitutions, no modifications.

ALTERNATELY, it would be pretty simple to do one's homework BEFORE visiting the restaurtant (that's why Romney has a "campaign staff&quot , and walk in ORDERING the "biggest seller" as if you were a "regular."

My secret wish is that he walks into a PA restaurant and says "I'll have one of those Philly Cheesy Steaks."

Lightning couldn't possibly stike twice...COULD IT?

MadrasT

(7,237 posts)
17. I can't *wait* for the cheesesteak test!!!
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:33 PM
Mar 2012


Wiz wit or nothing for me.



Now I want a cheesesteak....

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
18. I use to be a diehard Gino's fan until that 'English Only' sign
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 12:43 PM
Mar 2012

Haven't done Pat's yet but if I ever go back there it's Pat's for me!

EOTE

(13,409 posts)
7. Illinois pancakes are the best pancakes!
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:14 AM
Mar 2012

They're just the right size, not too wide and not too thick. They aren't too fluffy either and they take to maple syrup in just the right manner. And not Vermont maple syrup, either. We're talking good ol' fashioned Illinois maple syrup.

Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts)
12. I'll bet he first ordered "Silver Dollar Pancakes"...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 11:27 AM
Mar 2012

...and sent them back to the kitchen, complaining "these were not made with REAL silver dollars."



TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
20. If he goes to Chicago...
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 01:26 PM
Mar 2012

His campaign staff needs to be fooled into taking him out for a traditional Chicago dog at the Wiener's Circle, where part of the experience is the staff cursing at you (including racial slurs) and treating you like shit.

Don't phone ahead. Just have him show up and show how off the cuff Romney really can be.

TlalocW

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
25. Romney is taking on traits of the Pakleds from Star Trek
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 02:45 PM
Mar 2012

The Pakleds were nomadic scavengers who would steal or scam others out of their possessions and technology. Romney owns how many homes and calls how many states his home and how did he operate Bain capital? To the casual observer, the Pakleds appeared to be intellectually challenged and they played up their seeming ignorance but inside they were very cunning. Romney with his almost primitive statements about "food ... good" wherever he goes is trying to appear simple and ordinary (but admittedly not doing a very convincing job) but all the while he never plays his true hand unlike Santorum or Mr. Tiffany. And like the Pakleds who chose not to join Starfleet, Romney is unaligned, not really on anyone's side or any party's side, and mainly out for himself.

Initech

(100,076 posts)
27. Mitt is way too god damn phony to be president.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 03:37 PM
Mar 2012

We have Romney - who is as the hip hop business would call him a "fake ass idiot", we Newt "Moon Colony" Gingrich, and American Taliban poster boy Rick Santorum. None of these clowns stand a chance against Obama.

JohnnyRingo

(18,628 posts)
28. ...and flatter than his poll numbers.
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:11 PM
Mar 2012

I wonder just how big around the win margin was in Puerto Rico, or if he was even measuring the difference in diameter or overall mass?

His close win in Ohio could be measured in grapes, contrasting his baked potato sized loss in Mississippi.

Yavin4

(35,438 posts)
33. “Pancakes Eggscetera. It’s like kind of a play on words,” -- Romney
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 04:20 PM
Mar 2012

Wow. Thanks for pointing that out. I would have never gotten it.

kurtzapril4

(1,353 posts)
38. Appropos of nothing.....
Mon Mar 19, 2012, 05:44 PM
Mar 2012

Scientists did a study and discovered that Nebraska is indeed flatter than a pancake. True fact!

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