Beginning to think that Romney genuinely isn't very bright.

[sibelian]

He obviously doesn't have the nonce to run a campaign. That bit where he asked Obama to stop talking about taxes was just laughable...

[immoderate]

1. Welcome aboard!

He is a dolt!

--imm

[russspeakeasy]

2. I don't think he anticipated how hard this was going to be.

I think he's tired of it already..

Keep the pressure on this phony.

[sibelian]

20. Yeah, that's the vibe I get.

He's spluttering already.

[annabanana]

30. How COULD he have? Nothing's EVER

been hard for this twerp.

[MADem]

3. He's used to just buying what he wants--he doesn't know how to work for anything. It shows. nt

[Panasonic]

4. And the fact that the Romney SuperPAC's ads are laughable

and so comedic, the comedy writers are already writing a series about it (rumored).

[sibelian]

6. Never seen 'em.

I can only imagine...

[Amak8]

5. I think he has aspergers.

Getting into Harvard's MBA/JD program is very tough. He's probably intelligent. He still has jaw dropping gaffes that a 2nd grader on the playground would know to avoid.

[randome]

10. I'm thinking he has something, too.

Too many mistakes and gaffes.

[pnwmom]

13. Full-blown narcissism comes with complete lack of empathy.

And goes along with his grandiosity and other personality defects.

I think that's his real problem.

[tabasco]

21. Ye$, almo$t impo$$ible to get in

Almo$t.

[unc70]

24. Or maybe effects from head trauma in France

There is something unusual with his fluid speech production when stressed. It seems similar to that of friends who had severe head trauma. His lack of empathy is something else.

He may have something in the Aspergers continuum. Hard to diagnose.

[sibelian]

27. Did he have head trauma in France?

I didn't know that.

[unc70]

33. Romney was unconscious following wreck

According to most accounts by Romney of wreck, he was unconscious and came to in hospital. He was driving car, one of his passengers was killed.

If he was really unconscious that long, then likely a head trauma was involved. I just look for a link about the wreck in France, and the more I looked the less certain I am about what happened back in 1968.

The wreck was while George Romney was running for President. There are a number stories relooking at pieces of that story that don't quite seem right. Articles have appeared in print and at sites like Kos. I will wait to post any links until I can look carefully.

[rurallib]

7. he is very good at one thing - screwing people over

and being an asshole.
That may be why he picked Ryan in the first place. Ryan's plan is the flat out meanest plan ever pushed on americans. Mitt is probably envious.

[unblock]

8. i think the problem is that he's used to success coming easily

i don't doubt that he's extraordinarily clever in terms of figuring out how to extract money from struggling companies.
but he "won" by getting paid big even when the result on the field was a loss, and when the result on the field was a win, he got paid WAAAAYYYYY in excess of his actual contributions.

someone who is accustomed to this sort of success expects to just make a speech and read soaring poll numbers the next day.

he's doesn't know how to actually EARN something.

more, he's baffled by the concept that actually EARNING something could possibly be something required of HIM, of all people.

[pnwmom]

9. How about the bit where he asked Obama to "stop talking about me"?

[sibelian]

11. That was NUTS.

I've never heard such nonsense coming from ANY politician.

[cleduc]

12. Same thing has been on my mind today

here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=1138163

and with his flip-flop today on Medicare which I think will be fatal for his campaign.


Five Times Mitt Romney Has Embraced The Ryan Budget
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/08/11/677861/romney-ryan-buget/

Romney Campaign Doubles Down: He ‘Would Have Signed’ The Ryan Budget
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/12/678941/romney-embraced-ryan-budget/

ROMNEY OFFICIALLY EMBRACES RYAN’S PLAN FOR MEDICARE
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/13/685801/romney-officially-embraces-ryans-plan-for-medicare/
“my plan for Medicare is very similar to his plan for Medicare.”

And behind that, Republicans were against Medicare at the outset. Both of Paul Ryan's budgets incorporating Obama's Medicare cost cuts were passed in the House on partisan votes by Republicans.

Mitt realizes he's losing the election down between 7 and 9 points in the last four major polls. He panics naming Ryan to change the narrative. Suddenly, when Mitt sobers up from his silliness and panic, Mitt realizes having Ryan as VP and the Medicare issues are toxic if he wants to win Florida and the battleground states - the election. So Mitt panics again today saying he'll have no part of cutting the $700 billion from Medicare like meany Obama.

That Mitt thinks will provide Rove a dishonest angle to attack Obama with the billionaires Citizen United dough and swing the election his way.

Just one big problem with that scam: it may not happen for a bit but I think the vast majority of the media will see through it and ultimately call him out. It's so obvious what he's up to - flip-flopping on a cost savings to the taxpayers that doesn't hurt Medicare benefits. The media can't help but see how pathetically desperate he is - like shooting flip-flopping fish in a barrel.

So I think the above will go down as a very stupid move by Mitt and a key reason he loses the campaign.

My only concerns would be his campaign blows up before the convention and they replace him or the media owned by the billionaires does nothing of substance to call him on it. I'm more concerned about the former than the latter.

[sibelian]

14. A replacement this close to the election would be catastrophic.

They're stuck with him, I'm sure of it.

[lonestarlib]

15. beginning?

[sibelian]

16. I originally wondered if his persona was a put-on.

You know - the "talk down to the fans" thing the republicans do. But now...

[uponit7771]

17. +1 !!!! I assumed he was bright because of his Bain theivery and others would make sure

...he would stay away from money...

Mental atrophy....doesn't have to use his brain so....

[TlalocW]

18. After he loses the election, I feel sorry for whatever "little" people

He deals with in his next venture - whether it's politics, business, or just getting his car parking elevator installed correctly. He's going to take out all his wrath and vent on them as he's had to try and bottle up his scorn (many times unsuccessfully) toward the "little people" thinking they have any kind of right to demand anything of him.

TlalocW

[lpbk2713]

19. He reminds me of someone else who was born on third base.

IIRC he was a pig farmer from Texas.

[Courtesy Flush]

22. Remember the movie "Being There"?

I'm starting to see parallels.

[randome]

31. But Chauncy Gardner was a kind soul.

The same cannot, by any stretch of the imagination, be said for Romney.

[mentalsolstice]

23. Ya think? He makes George the Lesser look like a genius.

I have Mormon cousins (parents were converts), and they're kind and charitable people. Although they're blue class folks, I'm sure they'll vote for Rmoney. They're in KY, and I don't think they get how the hierarchy works, as in how the very rich rules the religion. My FiL was born and raised Mormon in SLC, but he converted to Catholicism to marry my MiL. Good for me when I met my husband. I'm an Oscar Romero/Dorothy Day type Catholic, as is he, so we made a good match. However, other issues now prevent us from attending Mass.

[gollygee]

25. It will be interesting to see him in a debate with Obama

I'll pop the popcorn!

[Lil Missy]

26. He's just like bush but not as smart. n/t

[renie408]

28. :) n/t

[B Calm]

29. He knows how to outsource American

jobs and make a fortune doing it. With that said it doesn't make one bright, it makes one a traitor to his country!

[reformist2]

32. Maybe that kind of wealth makes a person lazy and less inclined to learn new things.