Comments on: Somebody Grab A Mop

By: the poster formerly known as Gordon

the poster formerly known as Gordon — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:55:45 +0000

A couple of choice witticisms on Romney’s speech from the Oregonian Newspaper’s David Sarasohn:

“In Houston, Kennedy argued, as the Constitution says, that there should be no religious test for office. By contrast, Romney argues that there indeed should be a religious test — but that he passes it.”

“John F. Kennedy, as a Catholic, went before an audience of conservative Protestants and told them he and they shared the same Constitution.

Mitt Romney, as a Mormon, spoke to a national audience of conservative Protestants and told them he and they shared the same enemies.”

By: TRM

TRM — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:53:28 +0000

I need to stop bringing out the toilet humor everywhere I go….

By: ChenZhen

ChenZhen — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:47:05 +0000

I am embarassed I know who Peter North is….

LOL. Or, what he’s famous for?

By: TRM

TRM — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 15:49:38 +0000

I am embarassed I know who Peter North is….

By: Ed

Ed — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:32:14 +0000

Transparency.

By: ChenZhen

ChenZhen — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 15:03:14 +0000

kip- I try not to get too outraged when I can see right through a calculated maneuver like this.

By: kip

kip — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:55:28 +0000

Am I the only distinguished member of this group who was outraged by Romney’s scathing remarks to secularists? Am I the only one who was outraged that this candidate got such an unprecedented amount of air-time compared to his opponents? Am I the only one who saw the speech as nothing more than pander-fodder for the fundamentalists?
Please tell me I’m not the only one…

By: wickle

wickle — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 21:16:57 +0000

Forget Mitt … that’s his middle name. His first name is … well, … shared with a certain TV weatherman who liked to talk about people on their 100th birthdays.

Yes, he’s Willard Mitt Romney.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind you …

By: ChenZhen

ChenZhen — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:37:15 +0000

Day 2 of expert analysis and deconstructing of The Speech™ Forget the Mormon part...do we really want a president named Mitt?

By: wickle

wickle — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:04:14 +0000

You know, this was what I was trying to say and couldn’t. Thus my lame entry on The Speech.

I felt obliged to comment on it, even though my real reaction was to shrug my shoulders and say, “Yeah, it was okay.”

This was very over-hyped for a good, but not great — much less legendary — speech. After this kind of hype, I was hoping that he’d reveal a cure for cancer, the ultimate solution for climate change, and the Ultimate Question (to go with 42 as the Answer).