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theinquisitivechad

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32. Be easy on the guy, he's conditioned to asking about the source of a deluge. (sarcasm)

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Sun Sep 2, 2012, 04:49 PM

Sep 2012

"$200 million, that's great. So where'd all this come from? The carried interest, the management fee conversions, or the total-return swaps?"

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Romney in New Orleans asks where the water came from [View all] Playinghardball Sep 2012 OP

NOT from the Onion! hedgehog Sep 2012 #1

Dear God - wth?! nc4bo Sep 2012 #2

Gads it's a gulf! SugarShack Sep 2012 #18

A HUGE gulf...between his ears. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #62

I had to check etherealtruth Sep 2012 #19

I thought the same thing. nt ZombieHorde Sep 2012 #24

My first thought too! pink-o Sep 2012 #37

40 years ago, George Romney got kicked out of the Nixon Whitehouse KurtNYC Sep 2012 #69

Oh, okay.... so he had a mortgage on his wristwatch? thecrow Sep 2012 #77

Like father, like son. Two generations of cluelessness. Jennicut Sep 2012 #78

I think it is inverted empathy -- "I suffered, so should you." KurtNYC Sep 2012 #81

He also told a woman who just lost her house to flooding BumRushDaShow Sep 2012 #3

Fair & Balanced... (pic) dogknob Sep 2012 #15

UH, PARROTS are intelligent. aquart Sep 2012 #76

Proof positive the man is deaf to people's needs - she'd just told him her home was flooded! sad sally Sep 2012 #42

I thought this had to be a joke... alittlelark Sep 2012 #4

No..he didn't..did he? PearliePoo2 Sep 2012 #5

Well Mitt, about 4 billion years ago the primordial Earth was cooling aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #6

or "where do babies come from?"" PearliePoo2 Sep 2012 #35

but, but the Earth is only 6000 years old burrowowl Sep 2012 #51

Kolob, Mitt. Kolob. Didn't you pay attention in church? n/t lumberjack_jeff Sep 2012 #7

I am slowly coming to realize that Romney had nothing to do with Bain... TreasonousBastard Sep 2012 #8

I have to agree with the pattern... dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #74

No, it fits with him being unable to see things related to anything else... JHB Sep 2012 #75

Probably a stupid, lame attempt at mocking Obama. speedoo Sep 2012 #9

After a hurricane, it's not that bad of a question ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #10

you are being generous grantcart Sep 2012 #11

This. Gormy Cuss Sep 2012 #21

Odd phrasing: the result of never having to communicate about anything out of necessity. Like those patrice Sep 2012 #33

Democratic supporters have much bigger fish to fry. See my post 16 or this link: Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #31

Different but not bigger grantcart Sep 2012 #40

Did you forget to listen to your initial volume to optimize the adjusted level and pitch? cliffordu Sep 2012 #41

Cliffordu got it. Obama slips too ("you didn't build that"), Biden. Skip it. Focus on the heartless Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #45

Sorry you didn't get Cliffordu. He was making fun of the person who would inevitably say grantcart Sep 2012 #48

You are building up the molehill on the side of the mountain Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #57

By the way, Bernardo - cliffordu Sep 2012 #59

Yes sir! Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #60

No - I had it all along. All of it. cliffordu Sep 2012 #58

uhhhh..Grantcart? That should be.."dikes" dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #63

Well...... cliffordu Sep 2012 #66

Ok that wasn't a mistype, that was a real misspelling lol. grantcart Sep 2012 #67

Someone else did the same thing downthread. dixiegrrrrl Sep 2012 #71

Too bad Mitt didn't have an interpreter next to him to translate it into an intelligent question aint_no_life_nowhere Sep 2012 #20

That's what I was thinking. Chemisse Sep 2012 #47

then it is a staffing issue. You have to have people around you that can help you with CTyankee Sep 2012 #55

I would bet he has never had people tell him how moronic he sounds Chemisse Sep 2012 #64

well, I fervently hope he speaks up a lot, then! CTyankee Sep 2012 #68

and if you are not a total idiot, SoCalDem Sep 2012 #65

wow, and here I was thinking Romney was at least somewhat intelligent. Terra Alta Sep 2012 #12

It's called R-E-S-E-A-R-C-H garthranzz Sep 2012 #13

Umm...this is why you have advance people and aides.. PearliePoo2 Sep 2012 #14

Flooding can result from huge rainfall, sea storm surge, or river dike failure. Or a combination. Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #16

OMG. theinquisitivechad Sep 2012 #27

Yes. Calling disaster assistance "immoral" is much more venal that a doufus question about water. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 2012 #30

And the answer Issssss... ejbr Sep 2012 #17

I saw this on the news and if I hadn't heard him say it himself Blue_Roses Sep 2012 #22

Tell him it came from Cayman malaise Sep 2012 #23

Romney is another puppet like Bush was with Cheney pulling his strings. savannah43 Sep 2012 #25

Somebody left the faucet on, you dimwit. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2012 #26

This is so fucking crazy! nt Firebrand Gary Sep 2012 #28

He asked a dumb ass question like that????? RavensChick Sep 2012 #29

Be easy on the guy, he's conditioned to asking about the source of a deluge. (sarcasm) theinquisitivechad Sep 2012 #32

The water came from all three plus the lake. revolution breeze Sep 2012 #34

In reality - you're right ann--- Sep 2012 #52

And the wind revolution breeze Sep 2012 #56

this is a question I would expect from a six year old ThomThom Sep 2012 #73

And this, not from Daily Kos but CBS. Whew. Kablooie Sep 2012 #36

Seriously? SkyDaddy7 Sep 2012 #38

The water is God's tears because he saw you were nominated, you ass! Motown_Johnny Sep 2012 #39

And we are worried about this guy being elected? INdemo Sep 2012 #44

I still am. If Europe collapses or some other world event impacts the election Motown_Johnny Sep 2012 #46

The tears of your victims. ThoughtCriminal Sep 2012 #43

LOL He was right on all three -- but did he have to ask that stupid question? I guess he did demosincebirth Sep 2012 #49

I'm still trying to process this. LiberalAndProud Sep 2012 #50

How did he pass a geography class? Kalidurga Sep 2012 #53

There was this thing called a hurricane.... quaker bill Sep 2012 #54

I would have told him, "This is what happens when the trees aren't the right height." Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2012 #61

On the way there, wouldn't someone have said something like hedgehog Sep 2012 #70

In related news Romney is off the campaign trail practicing for the debates, which are grantcart Sep 2012 #72

The debates are going to be brutal. It will be hard to watch. Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #80

Jindal lauded the contributions of the Red Cross, Salvation Army and other organizations... Tom Rinaldo Sep 2012 #79