Thread: Romney's fuck-ups, official thread, leading up to election.

Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins

"No, no, my friend. I can't have tea with you. But I would have a Mt. Dew."

Mt. Dew has caffeine. No go for magic pants.

Originally Posted by 4matic

Mt. Dew

Products of PepsiCo are illegal in the UK for duration of the 2012 games.

Originally Posted by Adolf Allerbush

"Those fish and chps made me shit my pants"

And that'd be a McFillet-O-Fish and Fries.

Originally Posted by 4matic

Mt. Dew has caffeine. No go for magic pants.

Well, Mormons will drink caffeine in soda, but not "hot drinks" like coffee or tea.

Originally Posted by Phildo_Baggins

Well, Mormons will drink caffeine in soda, but not "hot drinks" like coffee or tea.

What Phildo said, it's pretty comical. A friend of mine worked for Skull Candy for a while (mormon-owned company). He said there was no coffee anywhere, but virtually everyone drank shitloads of Red Bull.

Cause god cares not whether you drink caffeine, but whether it's been heated.

Amazing.

Most core LDS members I know drink root beer:

"With reference to cola drinks, the Church has never officially taken a position on this matter, but the leaders of the Church have advised, and we do now specifically advise, against the use of any drink containing harmful habit-forming drugs under circumstances that would result in acquiring the habit. Any beverage that contains ingredients harmful to the body should be avoided.'"

Originally Posted by 4matic

Most core LDS members I know drink root beer:

"With reference to cola drinks, the Church has never officially taken a position on this matter, but the leaders of the Church have advised, and we do now specifically advise, against the use of any drink containing harmful habit-forming drugs under circumstances that would result in acquiring the habit. Any beverage that contains ingredients harmful to the body should be avoided.'"

All of the hardcore Mormons from Utah and Idaho drink Mt Dew or Red Bull. My inlaws have cases of the stuff but look at me weird when I get a coffee in the morning.

Originally Posted by 4matic

"Any beverage that contains ingredients harmful to the body should be avoided.'"

This is awesome, because if you google tea and health you get nothing but scores links highlighting how bad tea is for you. Oh, wait....

Originally Posted by PNWbrit

And that'd be a McFillet-O-Fish and Fries.

I heard that...basically only multinationals?

back on topic...
Romney wins the hearts and admiration of Britain.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19015278

He should give them some cheap plastic helis and unplayable dvd's to repent.
Oh wait, Barry already did....

Poor Romney. He is good at making tons of money, but nothing else. Actually, he is also good at baptizing dead people into mormonism against their will. So he has that going for him as well.

Vote Gary Johnson!

Pretty sad that our two choices are a stuttering tycoon that doesn't even know to keep his mouth shut when thrown a softball question (nor apparently tell his tax guys to dial it back for appearances) and a guy who, along with his wife, disdains his country.
We're fucked.

What's really sad is that you think we only have two choices.

Originally Posted by doughboyshredder

What's really sad is that you think we only have two choices.

Gary Johnson!

Or the dude who promises a pony for ever American.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2cV_51TUrM

So at least four choices.

Originally Posted by splat

back on topic...
Romney wins the hearts and admiration of Britain.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-19015278

I thought no one could be more of a hick than bush:

"Mr Romney's message for viewers back home - that he connects with the leaders of America's allies and can be trusted with its interests abroad - lies in tatters.

He's offended the British government. The British press have decided he is a knave and a fool. Opponents at home have gleefully leapt on his woes.

All he needs now is for his wife's horse to win gold, and be heavily featured in all the TV pictures back home. It is competing in the dressage competition, the one where the prancing animals perform a difficult, elegant ballet.

As usual, Dave Barry Rocks:


"The Olympics officially got under way Friday with the much-anticipated opening ceremony, titled “Isles of Wonder,” which, as the name suggests, was a spectacular three-hour tribute to Hawaii.

No, seriously, it was a tribute to Great Britain, starting with the past, when this was a rural society — depicted in the show by 120 actual farm animals, including sheep, horses and cows — then moving forward through Britain’s many great historic achievements, such as the Beatles. The complex and imaginative show went off without a hitch, except for one unfortunate incident when four of the sheep were shot by members of the Kazakhstani Olympic archery team, who apparently misunderstood the nature of the event.

Speaking of international incidents: Mitt “Mitt” Romney, who is running for president of the United States, showed up here in Great Britain, despite the fact that this is a foreign country. Mitt immediately got into hot water by committing a gaffe, which is the word we use when a supposedly experienced politician makes the stupid mistake of saying, out loud, what he actually thinks.

This happened in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams. Brian asked Mitt if he thought the Brits were ready to host the Games. This is a question that has only one politically acceptable answer, namely: “Yes.” Even if, at that very moment, Mitt could see Syrian troops entering Trafalgar Square and a mushroom cloud rising over the Houses of Parliament, he was supposed to answer: “Yes, Brian, absolutely, they are ready.” Instead, he expressed some mild concerns about the level of Olympic preparedness.

The British press was DEEPLY offended. This is pretty funny when you consider that the same British press has spent months and months loudly and repeatedly expressing grave concerns about the level of Olympic preparedness. But when Mitt did it, the Brits were outraged, OUTRAGED. Many journalists took time out from questioning Britain’s Olympic preparedness to declare that Mitt was an idiot for questioning Britain’s Olympic preparedness.

The mayor of London, whose name is “Boris,” agreed with this view. British Prime Minister David Cameron also weighed in, saying “We are holding an Olympic Games in one of the busiest, most active, bustling cities in the world. Of course it’s easier if you hold an Olympic Games in the middle of nowhere.” He was referring to the fact that Mitt ran the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, which, in the view of the prime minister, is some kind of mud hut occupied by maybe a dozen half-naked people squatting around a fire gnawing on raw squirrels.

Anyway, when Mitt became aware that he had committed this horrific gaffe, he responded, in the great tradition of American political leadership, by lying. Within hours he was declaring with hearty insincerity that everything was fabulous. Of course, that did not satisfy anybody: You’re supposed to get the lie right the first time. This is the essence of statesmanship.

Speaking of squirrels: According to news reports, squirrels have been sabotaging the Olympic beach-volleyball practice courts in St. James Park by burying acorns in the sand. The athletes have been stepping on these acorns, which is a problem because beach-volleyball players do not wear shoes. They don’t really wear anything, which is why beach volleyball is so popular.

To investigate, I went down to St. James Park, where I spoke to a soldier guarding the practice courts. I asked him whether he had heard about the squirrels sabotaging the courts, and he said he had. I then asked him whether he and the other soldiers were planning to take military action against the squirrels, and he replied —this is a direct quote — “We’ve been feeding them.” If you ask me, this is a shocking lapse of security.

No, wait, I take that back. If you ask me, everything is fabulous.

Æ Dorking update: I have confirmed that there is, in fact, a place called “Dorking.” What is more, there is a giant cockerel there. I am not making this up. Rest assured that I will continue to pursue this story regardless of where it leads — unless it leads away from my hotel.

Read more here: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2012/07/28/2205520/a-bit-of-outrage-in-the-isles.html#storylink=cpy"

Fox News contributor Charles Krauthammer slammed Mitt Romney over his unfortunate remarks about the London Olympics on Thursday night.

Romney recently questioned the city's readiness to host the games in an interview with Brian Williams, angering many Brits. Prime Minister David Cameron hit back at the remark, and London Mayor Boris Johnson also chided the candidate. The gaffe was one of several that Romney made on the first day of his overseas tour.

On Thursday's "Special Report," Krauthammer launched into a rant about Romney's Olympics comment. "It's unbelievable, it's beyond human understanding, it's incomprehensible. I'm out of adjectives," he lamented.

He said the purpose of Romney's trip was merely to express solidarity with America's British allies, and say nice things about his foreign hosts.

"All Romney has to do, say nothing," Krauthammer said. "It’s like a guy in the 100-meter dash. All he has to do is to finish, he doesn’t have to win. And instead, he tackles the guy in the lane next to him and ends up disqualified. I don’t get it."

The other panelists suggested that Romney was speaking from his own experience organizing the Salt Lake City Olympics, but agreed that the candidate lost an easy opportunity to cozy up to the Brits.

Later, Krauthammer also questioned the Romneys' choice to enter Ann's horse into the Olympics. "I'm not sure why the horse has to be in the most upper-class hoity-toity Olympic event ever invented. It's unnecessary," he said.

Now Mittens is calling Mexicans (or Canadians, he said America's neighbor) and Palastinian's lazy. "There are cultural differences"

Hasn't even got the nomination yet and he has made a hash of foriegn policy.

Originally Posted by hutash

Now Mittens is calling Mexicans (or Canadians, he said America's neighbor) and Palastinian's lazy. "There are cultural differences"

Hasn't even got the nomination yet and he has made a hash of foriegn policy.

yup it was really interesting to hear about the "cultural differences" that lead to what Mitt claims is a 2.2:1 difference in per-capita incomes between Israel and Palestine. The income difference is really about 27:1

Israel regularly encroaches on Palestinian territory with new settlements and does everything it can to choke Palestinian infrastructure and trade.

USA gives $3 billion per year to Israel - has since 1985. U.S. economic aid to the Palestinians has totaled $4 billion since 1993 - most of that coming since 2008. Put another way, US aid to Israel since 1993 is 14 times higher, and the income diff is 27X. Coincidence? Any wonder that Iran throws so much money at the Palestinians?

I think WE are the cultural difference...

But he read in book...

Originally Posted by hutash

Now Mittens is calling Mexicans (or Canadians, he said America's neighbor) and Palastinian's lazy. "There are cultural differences"

Hasn't even got the nomination yet and he has made a hash of foriegn policy.

Mitt was obviously talking about Canada. They are now officially wealthier per capital than the USA.

So per Romney Canada is "culturally superior " I agree, but I am not sure the Tea Party agrees.

Why would anyone vote for this bozo? Oh, that's right, the other guy is black.

ROMNEY 2012!!!

"Kiss my ass, this is a holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”

While technically not a Romney gaff it is entertaining.