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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:28 PM Oct 2012

Mitt Romney's mental stability

Ann Romney on The View today:

Describing why their sons call her the Mitt stabilizer. "I walk into a room and I'm happy then Mitt dumps everything on me and I have to calm him down and stabilize him."

Also, while on his Mormon proselytizing mission in France Mitt heard that Ann was dating others which "put him in the hospital."
She seemed proud of that fact. I wish someone had followed up on that statement by asking what exactly happened.

It doesn't sound like a man who can withstand the rigors of the presidency.

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Mitt Romney's mental stability (Original Post) DesertRat Oct 2012 OP
I thought Mitt was in the hospital because of an auto accident. madaboutharry Oct 2012 #1
I found the transcript DesertRat Oct 2012 #5
weird comment.. was he trying to commit suicide in the car? was he hospitalized for depression?nt progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #13
or maybe he was so distraught about Ann dating other people that he crashed? nt Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #14
He was in a very bad car accident BainsBane Oct 2012 #6
You can just tell DPalmCoast519 Oct 2012 #2
welcome to DU and he should be in a padded cell. hrmjustin Oct 2012 #3
yes... on a boat headed for China aletier_v Oct 2012 #9
ann larwdem Oct 2012 #4
Ann's voting for Obama BainsBane Oct 2012 #7
She acts like it's an endearing quality DesertRat Oct 2012 #8
He's so cute when he slams his hand on that Red Button. aletier_v Oct 2012 #10
OMG! Mitt is the Manchurian Candidate! whttevrr Oct 2012 #11
She needs to read Co-Dependent No More. Seriously. No wonder she scowls a lot... progressivebydesign Oct 2012 #12
he is NOT stable enough to be president. Voice for Peace Oct 2012 #15
Exactly! courseofhistory Oct 2012 #31
So queen Ann mercuryblues Oct 2012 #16
I wonder if there was a second hospitalization Ilsa Oct 2012 #17
Maybe she was planning some Brother Husbands? mnhtnbb Oct 2012 #20
IIRC, Romney proposed to Ann on the day he returned home from France . . . Petrushka Oct 2012 #27
He's the typical yuppie fratboy Myrina Oct 2012 #18
Here's a question to ponder per this quote: Why does Romney take DAYS OFF after high-pressure K Gardner Oct 2012 #19
Robme definitely needs his meds adjusted DPalmCoast519 Oct 2012 #21
he looked unhinged during the debate amborin Oct 2012 #22
Excellent points. nt DesertRat Oct 2012 #26
Mitt obviously has anger issues bushisanidiot Oct 2012 #23
Where's the media examination of his mental state? There are repeated TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #24
All you have to do is look into his eyes and observe his body language during the debate..... Swede Atlanta Oct 2012 #25
Hey, you'd be angry, too, if the 47% took half of your $1 billion! aletier_v Oct 2012 #28
This is serious stuff--She has given people 2 warnings now about his mental stability... courseofhistory Oct 2012 #29
He would just fire all the senators and congressman and try again. aletier_v Oct 2012 #30
Let's check rebuke Oct 2012 #32

madaboutharry

(40,212 posts)
1. I thought Mitt was in the hospital because of an auto accident.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:31 PM
Oct 2012

What hospitalization is she talking about?

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
5. I found the transcript
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:43 PM
Oct 2012
Romney: We were separated for a very long time. We dated in high school and then he went to Stanford for a year and then he went on a mission (to France) for two-and-a-half years. I didn't see him really for like three-and-a-half years and during that time I was, of course, dating other people and having fun, and sort of forgetting about Mitt a little bit too much. I think that really kind of hurt him, a lot. I think it did actually put him in the hospital when he was in France.


http://www.examiner.com/article/ann-romney-made-a-joke-on-the-view-about-mitt-killing-someone-france-1968


So was she trying to change the subject of why he was really in the hospital? Or was this a separate incident?

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
7. Ann's voting for Obama
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:45 PM
Oct 2012

She has to be. This is the second time she's brought up Mitt's mental instability.

whttevrr

(2,345 posts)
11. OMG! Mitt is the Manchurian Candidate!
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:53 PM
Oct 2012
The accident left Mitt badly injured, and he was actually pronounced dead at the scene by the first police officer to arrive. He spent a lengthy period of time recovering in a French hospital.


WTF!? he died in France? Is he an alien cyborg... or just an Alien looking to enslave the Earth!?



http://whateverworks4you.blogspot.com/2012/06/mitt-romney-poised-to-enslave-earth.html

progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
12. She needs to read Co-Dependent No More. Seriously. No wonder she scowls a lot...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:54 PM
Oct 2012

sounds like a fucked up marriage. He sounds like a complete asshole. A narcissist, who doesn't have any empathy for the people around him.

Can anyone name any CLOSE FRIEND that guy has? I have yet to see anyone in the media or on his campaign trail that is TRULY a good friend of his. He's toxic. And the media knows this. They are around him...

The only reason this is close at all is because he is not the President, and he is selling snake oil to people that they'll get rich because he did. He's like one of those con artist Self Help/Get Rich gurus that sell people thousands of dollars of stuff on how THEY got rich (by selling shit to other people.)

 

Voice for Peace

(13,141 posts)
15. he is NOT stable enough to be president.
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:58 PM
Oct 2012

and what happens if Ann's illnesses recur?
they're not thinking this through very well..

courseofhistory

(801 posts)
31. Exactly!
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:31 PM
Oct 2012

What if she becomes ill and he's so distraught he can't function or something. The is very serious stuff and needs to get out there!

mercuryblues

(14,532 posts)
16. So queen Ann
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:01 PM
Oct 2012

Are you saying that because you were having so much fun, Mitty got so angry he got behind the wheel of a car and killed someone? Is that what you are trying to say?

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
17. I wonder if there was a second hospitalization
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:01 PM
Oct 2012

that we don't know about.

So, were they "engaged" all that time? But she dated other men? Weird arrangement.

Petrushka

(3,709 posts)
27. IIRC, Romney proposed to Ann on the day he returned home from France . . .
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 05:21 PM
Oct 2012

. . . and they decided to get married immediately. Check out the following link to a PBS Frontline documentary---The Choice 2012---for more information:

http://video.pbs.org/video/2288869682

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
18. He's the typical yuppie fratboy
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:11 PM
Oct 2012

Who's never been challenged, never told "no" and always made to feel like the rest of us are there to make his life easier.

Folks like that are nonfunctional in any stress related situation and get mean, snarfy & melt down.

Can we afford a mind like that holding the little red football? I think not.

K Gardner

(14,933 posts)
19. Here's a question to ponder per this quote: Why does Romney take DAYS OFF after high-pressure
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:14 PM
Oct 2012

events? Rachel Maddow pointed out this recurring pattern last night.

An entire week off after the RNC Convention.
No events the day after the first debate.
No events the day after the second debate.

Does Mitt need time to "decompress"?? Is Mitt unable to handle high pressure situations, as was so CLEARLY evidenced at the debate?

I'm sorry to sound like a NURSE, but all anyone has to do is watch him unravel at a debate or when challenged, and connect the dots.

Something is wrong in MittWorld.

DPalmCoast519

(19 posts)
21. Robme definitely needs his meds adjusted
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:20 PM
Oct 2012

This is really disconcerting. I am a nurse and I feel that there is something definitely "not right" with his emotional capacities. Mrs. Romney please do something for your husband. He needs help. It won't be a pretty picture if he is elected. Has he been abusing you, Mrs. Romney?

TwilightGardener

(46,416 posts)
24. Where's the media examination of his mental state? There are repeated
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:30 PM
Oct 2012

warnings that there is something wrong with his temperament--from his own family.

 

Swede Atlanta

(3,596 posts)
25. All you have to do is look into his eyes and observe his body language during the debate.....
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 04:46 PM
Oct 2012

He is a very angry man. He has had everything in life handed to him on a silver platter. His success in business was not because he was a self-made man. Similar to GWB he had family money behind him and, even more important, a family name and family connections. His business success, as we know it, was by buying up companies on the cheap, loading them with debt, bankrupting them, either shutting them down and moving the jobs to China or stripping workers of salary and benefits all the while making millions in so-called consulting fees. He hasn't earned an honest dollar in his life.

So he fully well expects he can buy his way into the White House. He, and his 1% friends, think they deserve the White House, their tax cuts, their tax havens, their ever increasing wealth. Talk about people that feel entitled. It isn't the working poor in this country it is the non-working wealthy that just get a few million dropped into their spare change account every month.

courseofhistory

(801 posts)
29. This is serious stuff--She has given people 2 warnings now about his mental stability...
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:22 PM
Oct 2012

So who will be running the WH and keeping Mitt from going ballistic over everything? If he is that way at home being wealthy and having everything at his command to help solve problems, etc., what will he be like at the WH with major decisions to make? Very frightening!

And what about her judgment in allowing him to run for president?

rebuke

(56 posts)
32. Let's check
Thu Oct 18, 2012, 06:43 PM
Oct 2012

their marriage certificate...maybe they didn't get married (Ann's parents were NOT allowed to witness the ceremony in the church because they weren't Mormons) Perhaps the pressure is just too overwhelming.

"The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
- unknown

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