“Ask Mitt Anything” and Feel the Romnentum!

June 20, 2007

In Iowa, former Governor Mitt Romney is hitting the campaign trail like a sideshow circus with his “Ask Mitt Anything” gimmick.

The concept has the potential for any candidate to step in it, especially when that candidate is Mitt Romney. The former Governor was asked by the father of a soon-to-be deployed Army National Guardsman what he would do to “fix the problem” in Iraq. Below you will read Romney’s foolproof plan for victory.

“What is your plan to fix this problem?” Mr. Faux asked, his voice breaking slightly.

If Mr. Romney was feeling the man’s pain, he was not inclined to say so. Instead, he gave the requisite thanks for the son’s service, and then jumped into a rat-a-tat-tat litany of his Iraq talking points: He hails the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. He acknowledges that the United States was “underprepared” for its aftermath. He attacks Senator Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, for saying the war was “lost.”

After eight minutes, Mr. Romney concluded, “Thanks, great question,” and moved on.

Eight whole minutes of pure rambling bullshit and he never even addressed the “great question.” A simple “I have no plan” would have sufficed but Romney’s got to waste everybody’s eight minutes. Now, it takes “Strong. New. Leadership.” to bullshit like that.

Mr. Faux sat with his arms folded. “Sort of a stock response,” he complained later in an interview.

Feel the Romnentum!

Romnentum (n): originally coined by Matt Browner-Hamlin; the negative effects of meeting with, talking to, or listening to Mitt Romney; the antonym for “Mittmentum”

Rumors on the ground are that for a quarter, he’ll try to guess your weight, and then tell you it’s a “non sequitur … null set.”