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NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:55 AM Oct 2012

Romney flips a coin into the sand -- Is that normal?

It just looked odd to me, but I'm not a beach volleyball -or- a coin-flipping expert. I noticed he points at the sand and asks if that's ok and she says, "You can catch it if you want," but then he kinda mumbles something that felt like, "Mmmm no." by my untrained eye and proceeds to flip it into the sand anyway.

The sequence is about 33 seconds in.



EDIT: Yes, this is what I'm reduced to.

TWO MORE WEEKS, PEOPLE!
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Atman

(31,464 posts)
2. Coins disgust him. He's used to flipping businesses.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:10 AM
Oct 2012

He hasn't touched a coin since he broke into Tagg's piggy bank and privatized it.

bushisanidiot

(8,064 posts)
3. What a useless dork. He can't even show leadership in a football game.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:10 AM
Oct 2012

he's the kind of guy who bitches from the sideline, but since the camera is on him and reporters are there, he smiles constantly. a reporter asked hiim a question about iran and he just laughed. he is absolutely clueless. i am seeing so many similarities between him and AWOL Bush, it's incredible.

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)
14. But it's sand
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 06:22 PM
Oct 2012

That's the only reason I thought it was odd.

Romney flipped the coin, Ashley called tails, the coin got buried in the sand, and after several moments of shifting sand around, the coin was found tails up.

And I thought it might actually flip the other way around if you shift it too much while trying to uncover it... not unlike Mitt himself

Botany

(70,594 posts)
7. Telling remark, "figure out which players are the best .....
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:50 AM
Oct 2012

..... and then take 'em out early and don't worry about injuries" ..... 1:20

Even joking about hurting people in a pick up game played for fun. I would pay
big money to get a chance to line up across from Mitt or Tagg for just one play.

beac

(9,992 posts)
10. This is Mitt's entire philosophy of life.
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:48 AM
Oct 2012

Nothing but your own success matters. If others have to suffer so you can win, so be it.

Botany

(70,594 posts)
11. like tripping a daughter in law to win a meaningless race in the .....
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 10:22 AM
Oct 2012

.... "Romney Olympics?" Talk about hurting people in a pick up football game?
Real Class.

That was no joke but a real "tell" into what is in the real Mitt Romney's mental
make up.

ejbr

(5,856 posts)
8. As someone who makes up his own facts,
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 08:58 AM
Oct 2012

it doesn't matter whether it was actually heads or tails. He'll decide.

beac

(9,992 posts)
9. Still using the "Clear Eyes..." quote (on BRACELETS now??) even after he was
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 09:43 AM
Oct 2012

asked not to by the writer.

What a scumbag.

You know who made the slogan bracelet popular, Mittens? Lance Armstrong, another disgusting cheater who gamed the system to enrich himself.

Yeah America CAN'T lose because YOU are going to, you slimy jerk.

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