Mitt doesn't understand why the windows don't open in a jet airplane.

[MindPilot]

Yes, folks he is now officially stupider than W.

Comments made at a Beverly Hills fund-raiser when asked about Ann's in-flight emergency:


“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”


An of course the usual bullshit that conservatives are persona non grata in oh-so-liberal-Hollywood.

"I know in some of the communities around this particular hotel it’s hard to let people know you’re conservative without them looking at you funny," Romney said, before noting that he had lunch with “a very famous actor — very famous. Very liberal. I won’t tell you his name or he’d shoot me… He pulled me aside, he said, ‘In this town, you really can’t get work unless you’re known as a liberal,’ and he said, ‘But no one knows how I really vote.’ And there are a lot of people that feel that way.”


From the LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. REALLY, Mitt? Omigod.

[Barack_America]

97. Do you think he knows there's not much oxygen up there anyway?

And, furthermore, that oxygen is fuel for fire?

[Why Syzygy]

160. That's my question..

He wants to add oxygen to a fire? That's crazy. Don't let him near your oxygen tent.

[ashling]

162. Oxygen is not fuel for a fire

it is what makes the fuel burn

[dixiegrrrrl]

109. Yeah, why NOT a wing window, like they used to have in cars. Duhhhhh

I swear to god, I thought my neighbor was stupid, but Mittwit has him beat by miles.

[Warpy]

2. That's frighteningly stupid

Expect him to open one of the emergency doors in mid flight just to get some fresh air.

He really has no clue about conditions outside the plane, or the fact that the plane is traveling at 300-500 MPH. That would make for one hell of a breeze through an open window, along with depressurization and a lack of oxygen.

[Angry Dragon]

3. and it would feed the fire

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. Mitt is too stupid to understand the basics of aviation.

This means he doesn't know:

1. That you can't open an airplane's doors in flight while the airplane is pressurized; it's physically impossible. They are designed to fit in the door frame and seal so they won't accidentally open (or be deliberately opened by Mitt Romney) and depressurize the thing at 35,000 feet and kill everybody.

2. That if you could open the doors or windows, the pressure inside the plane would cause the air to rush out of it, leaving the passengers without any. At 35,000 feet you would lose consciousness in less than a minute and be dead as a mackerel before much longer.

In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, wadda maroon.

[Blue_Tires]

129. thank for typing this so i don't have to...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Don't worry; it's physically impossible to open airplane doors

when the airplane is pressurized. They designed them to be safe from people like Mitt Romney.

[Warpy]

70. you can't make anything foolproof

because fools are just too ingenious.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

72. True, but opening airplane doors isn't that easy

even when the airplane isn't pressurized. Have you ever had a good look at those things? The amount of air pressure on a door in flight really would make it impossible.

[cpwm17]

96. There was one incident that happened on the cargo plane I worked on in the Air Force

After the aircraft had landed a very strong individual managed to open the passenger door when there was still slight pressure on the aircraft. The pilot hadn't yet opened his window which is standard procedure to insure complete depressurization. Unfortunately the individual and the passenger standing right next to him were flung out the door and on to the pavement. One of them was killed.

[Major Nikon]

115. This was an aircraft that was mostly depressurized already

The way pressurization systems work is they try to maintain a set pressure level that coincides with the standard pressure at a particular altitude, say 8 or 10,000' MSL. Below that altitude the pressure that the pressurization system provides is going to be less or nil. At altitude you'd need superhuman strength to open a door. That's why D.B. Cooper ordered the crew to keep the aircraft unpressurized before he made his jump.

[cpwm17]

154. Exactly

The air conditioners were running on the ground, and I suppose the cabin pressure outflow valves weren't adequately opened to neutralize pressure. Also, on a very large cargo aircraft it doesn't take much pressure to create a high volume of air out a small door.

[MindPilot]

14. What's more frightening is that he thinks it a problem.

Which means it needs to be fixed. Look for house republicans to introduce the "Aircraft Ventilation Improvement Act".

[sammytko]

23. OMG! Too funny!

[demwing]

76. Pay for it by cutting insulin subsidies at schools for terminally diabetic children

and you've got a bill GOPers will line up to co-sponsor!

[classof56]

90. Good one!

Would be funnier if it weren't so true.

[Barack_America]

107. A problem for him to invest his personal millions in.

If you ask me.

[Arugula Latte]

145. "No Passenger Left Behind" as they are sucked out into the atmosphere at 30,000 feet.

[monmouth]

19. I'm convinced his diplomas were bought and paid for by dad..n/t

[demwing]

79. Actually, I think his dad had more integrity than that

the Mitt apple fell far from the tree

[Plucketeer]

84. Someone SHOULD ask...

to see Mitt's birth certificate. Maybe insist on some DNA certification too.

Somewhere - a can of worms has heard about this and are feeling pretty intelligent right now!

[MercutioATC]

27. ...and that breeze would be 50-60 degrees below zero.

Kinda chilly at 35,000 feet.

[kestrel91316]

39. But don't you see? It would put the fire out.

[MercutioATC]

41. Yeah, but those jet engines are noisy.

It'd hurt your ears.

[amerciti001]

167. What's really truly frighteningly stupid...

Is the fact, that this dimwit doesn't understand-depressurization. Really!!, go right ahead, open that window(?), at 32,000 feet!? Talk about being simply Stupid!!

[Journeyman]

4. Love it. "I had lunch with a secretly conservative Liberal (can't tell you his name)". . .

because no conservative can get work in Hollywood -- just ask Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Tom Selleck. . .

[pangaia]

46. Clint Eastwood. :>)

Mel Brooks.. and on and on and on...

[WinkyDink]

52. Um...hello? Clint spoke at the R. Convention. And no way is Mel Brooks not a Democrat!

[Cha]

88. Mel Brooks? I hadn't heard that before. nt

[Texas-Limerick]

149. Mel recently turned Republican

Right after the Alzheimer's.

[eggplant]

166. link, please? this seems astonishingly unlikely. n/t

[Texas-Limerick]

170. It was tongue in cheek

Sorry if it wasn't funny.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

73. Wait a sec,...Who exactly was claiming WE "think they're victims"?

[tblue37]

101. Well, Mitt thinks he is a victim because he isn't Latino. He says being Latino would

make it so much easier to get elected president--obviously, since we have had soooo many Latino presidents in this country! Older white guys really have been unjustly locked out of that office for far too long.

(Do I need the sarcasm tag?)

[Spitfire of ATJ]

103. Naw,...it drips too much...

[NickB79]

125. Kelsey Grammer is a well-known conservative as well. nt

[unblock]

126. yeah, but like all whiny republicans he complains ... that he's no longer a-list since he "came out"

[JI7]

175. he had already come out when he won multiple emmys

[unblock]

177. yup. still, he complains....

[DollarBillHines]

5. What about those mask-like apparati that fall from the thing over your head?

Hey, Dumbass, didja ever hear of those oxygen mask thingies?

Gee....

[treestar]

28. That's what I thought - has he never flown commercially?

Maybe he's always in a private plane? Even first class would have those.

[DollarBillHines]

36. Private aircraft do have them.

They're just a lot better quality.

[gkhouston]

100. About 15 years ago, my sister was on a flight that landed with such a hard bump that the oxygen mask

deployed. She said it looked like something from the '60s... the figure on the bag instructing you in its use had a goatee.

[Indpndnt]

111. Yep, each one drops down in front of you along with a private EMT.

He puts the mask on you so you don't strain yourself. It gets a little crowded with an EMT for each seat, but, hey, the rich put up with so much. The little troopers.

[Jackpine Radical]

30. You only need them because

the goddam windows won't open

[DollarBillHines]

38. Maybe they could install some ventilated box-type units on the roof.

I think I saw a picture of one atop a station wagon.

[LongTomH]

156. Oxygen masks on airliners only deploy in case of cabin depressurization, what you need for smoke....

....is a smoke hood:

Description

Smoke Hoods are protective head coverings which, as a minimum, have a filter system that prevents wearers from breathing in unwanted smoke gases and particulates generated in a fire. They may also incorporate a small oxygen generator by which means their useful endurance as a protective device is increased. They are made of a heat resistant material which is able to retain its integrity up to temperatures in excess of 350 degrees Celsius.

The Smoke Hazard

It has long been observed that occupant survival in a major aircraft fire, long enough to effect a successful evacuation, requires not only that a fire does not become a directly debilitating hazard but that the associated smoke does not have a similar effect first. It has also frequently been noted that whilst thermal injuries are responsible for around 20% of fatalities in aircraft fires, the majority of the rest are attributable to the direct or indirect effects of exposure to toxic and/or irritant smoke. Whilst means to reduce overall smoke levels have received much attention, the alternative of finding ways to create a survivable personal environment for individual occupants has also been the subject of much research and debate, and this has led to the development of ‘smoke hoods’.

They're standard equipment for cabin crew. There's been talk of providing them for passengers for decades; but, the airlines have resisted. Whether that's due to the difficulty of showing passengers how to use them in the standard safety lecture, or the added expense is a matter of conjecture.

[demtenjeep]

6. I was looking for The Onion link

seriously, he doesn't understand why airplane windows don't open?

Jebus

[MindPilot]

9. Aparently he has never seen this...

[PavePusher]

65. Ummm... that's been debunked many times.

Please let that false meme die a quiet death.

[MindPilot]

86. Oh come on...

Anybody with two brain cells knows it is Three Stooges--level hyperbole. Let us have some fun.

[PavePusher]

108. My bad. I'm up past my brain's bed-time.

And it's been a really long day. The snark went right by me...

Sorry...

[Hissyspit]

119. Well, sort of...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_27

[FailureToCommunicate]

151. Yikes! Maybe I'll stop trying to get a window seat when I fly.

[PavePusher]

163. Just don't sleep leaning against the window/wall. n/t

[robertpaulsen]

143. Damn, didn't realize you beat me to it!

Great Bond scene!

[nolabear]

7. Now wait just a damn minute.

Is he trying to tell me that there's only oxygen in that plane for the pilot and copilot?

[slampoet]

8. It seems that he doesn't know how to put out a fire.

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[Ikonoklast]

32. Feed it oxygen and fires go out. Everyone knows this.

That's why the fire department puts water on a fire, the oxygen atoms in water molecules make the fire go out.

Physics 101.



I can't believe that Romney ever took one exam in person while at Hahvahd.

[renate]

10. good lord.

What a great example of how he thinks he always knows best. "I don't know why they don't do that. It's a real problem. So it's very dangerous."

Mitt. Mitt Mitt Mitt. Which direction do you think the oxygen would go if the windows could open? And why would you want to feed a fire with oxygen anyway?

But as stupid as he is, I keep coming back to the arrogance. Boeing has been at this for a while, Mitt. It's not as though the concept of a window that opens simply hadn't occurred to them.

[treestar]

71. Yes, why does he think he knows better?

It would be scary to have him in the WH. He does not know what he does not know.

[DemKittyNC]

11. Sooo?

It is probably not a good idea then to vote for a man to be President who wonders why his Wife just couldn't had simply opened a window and stuck her head out of a plane travailing in mid flight at speeds of up to 500MPH in order to get some fresh air instead of being confined in a tight space and having to choke on the smoke?

[monmouth]

21. If I could rec your post a brazillion times I would. Some coffee on keyboard but that's ok..LOL..n/

[CAG]

26. Mitts response: well, thats what dogs do in a car when they're not tied to the roof, so why can't a

person do that at 30,000 ft in an airplane??

[Aeroette]

60. HA!

[DemKittyNC]

66. hehe

@monmouth - Thanks, I will be here all week leave a tip on the bar.

@CAG - Hil-Ar-Ious! belly hurts now from laughing so hard...

[JBoy]

93. Seamus had lots of fresh air, and he never caught on fire once.

[Initech]

15. And this guy wants to be president? Wow, just... wow.

[Bluenorthwest]

16. That is amazingly stupid.

Village Idiot Level stupid.

[Mponti]

17. He still calls it an aircraft

[tallahasseedem]

57. This drives Chris Matthews absolutely crazy!

I wonder if he'll bring it up on Hardball tomorrow?

[PCIntern]

18. He can be Dick-tater of Dumbfuckistan. Nt

[Kalidurga]

20. Oh now I would really like to see a Survivor show starring Twit Mitt.

Take the richest people in the world and set them loose in Walmart and make them have to live with only Walmart products for 6 mos. Oh wait, that's not what I meant to type, but that would be funny too. No an actual island with a couple of matches and a tarp that would be hilarious. I bet Mitt couldn't start a fire with a match and kindling. Heck he probably thinks kindling is some kind of electronic device you read a book on.

[hunter]

24. Heck, Gilligan's Island would be good enough.

Then he'd be somewhere he couldn't bother the rest of us.

The Romneys would make a fine Mr. & Mrs. Thurston Howell III.

[CrazyOrangeCat]

43. yep, with Ryan as Gilligan

"Oh Gilligan! Would you mind frashening up this drink for me?"

[onecent]

22. My God, HOW COULD ANYONE want him for a president..he

is dummer than a box of rocks

[chowder66]

25. Mitt's preferred form of travel

[patrice]

29. How convient! Some actor said that to him, but Mitt "can't" tell us who it was. Uh, huh. nt

[appleannie1]

31. And this idiot wants to be our president? He makes Jr. look like a genius.

[WinkyDink]

33. Mitt is lying through his pearlies. That "Liberal actor" story made the rounds on gossip sites

long ago. I know; I read it. People were guessing Clooney, Pitt, etc.

Apparently one of Romney's goons read it, too.

[frogmarch]

34. Photo of Romney with this caption needed!

“When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous."

Please, somebody!

[ryan_cats]

35. I thought the cockpit ones did

I thought the cockpit ones did in the movie Airplane, they did when the guy outside ran the Captain's credit card for the service.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

50. They do. Most airplanes have cockpit side windows that can be opened

as long as the airplane isn't pressurized. If the airplane is pressurized the windows won't open - they are held shut by a combination of air pressure and a locking mechanism.

[pinboy3niner]

77. Shhh! They don't tell Mitt that they open...

...because with the shape his campaign is in, they're afraid he might jump.

[uppityperson]

37. fwiw, here is info and photo of the plane type. Idiot, cruises @ 529 mph

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardier_Challenger_600

Performance

Maximum speed: 882 km/h (476 knots, 548 mph)
Cruise speed: 851 km/h, (459 knots, 529 mph)

[Blue_Tires]

133. LOL Presidential candidate's wife rockin' a CANADIAN-MADE airframe!

[thelordofhell]

40. Maybe he needs a convertible plane.............

Just put the top down on that jet..........

[Cali_Democrat]

42. Two things....

1) Romney is an idiot for not knowing why the windows don't open.

2) This whole story smells like bullshit. A ploy to try and get people to feel sorry for Ann and the Romney campaign. I ain't buying it.

[liberal N proud]

44. Take him to 30k feet and blow the hatch.

Whooosh!

What a fucking idiot!

[Jennicut]

98. LOL!

Just let 'em go. Bye Mittens.

[ailsagirl]

45. OMG...!!

[WinkyDink]

47. PROOF that Romney LIED with that "actor" story (BESIDES the obvious counter-example of Clint!):

http://blindgossip.com/?p=42617

He obviously used that gossip board for the anecdote.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

81. Let's not forget these celebrities...

Charlton Heston

Audrey Hepburn and Robert Wolders

Frank Sinatra

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Grace Kelly

Charlton Heston, Lydia Heston, Ricardo Montalban and Georgina Montalban

Warren Beatty and Diane Keaton

Cary Grant and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Meryl Streep

Steven Spielberg

Tom Selleck, Dudley Moore, Lucille Ball

Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs and Brooke Shields


Should I go on with more of these celebrities that never found work again in Hollywood after being seen with a Conservative?

[Ken Burch]

92. Diane Keaton wore the "Annie Hall" hat to the WH? Cool!...or something...

n/t.

[tarheelsunc]

136. Hell, even REAGAN was a Hollywood Republican

[redqueen]

137. Isn't that Tony Bennett to the right of Dudley Moore?

Looks like him, anyway.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

142. I thought so too.

[SemperEadem]

147. No, that's Gary Morton, Lucille Ball's husband

[redqueen]

153. Ah, thanks.

[Ruby the Liberal]

48. Sounds like he was exaggerating for dramatic effect.

As in Anntoinette had to clear her throat, which became a towering inferno with no fresh air (which would have expanded the fire).

Just another Willardism.

[oldbanjo]

51. Mitt has no common sense.

[Laurajr]

53. Reminiscent of his

The trees are just the right height comment.....he Just says stupid shit because he's just stupid

[angstlessk]

54. Didn't Payne Stewart die because his window DID open? or at least the seals failed?

Tell you what...give Romney a jet whose windows DO open..and let him go on his way?

[WinkyDink]

59. Google is your friend. "Undetermined reasons."

http://www.airsafe.com/stewart.htm

[angstlessk]

62. EXACTLY...depressurazation...open windows would cause that at high altitudes!

The NTSB determined that the crash was due to an incapacitation of the flight crew members due to a loss of cabin pressurization.

[angstlessk]

63. How can you say 'Undetermined reasons." when what you link to says

The conditions of the windows are consistent with a loss of pressurization and a subsequent rapid drop of temperature. It is likely that the pilots and occupants may have lost consciousness due to hypoxia, or a lack of oxygen. Between the last communication between the aircraft and air traffic control and the aircraft's final descent, the aircraft was reportedly flying at times in excess of 46,000 feet (the service ceiling is about 45,000 feet).

HOW IS THAT 'UNDERMINED'?

[whopis01]

114. Why did it lose pressure?

That is what is undetermined. Not the fact that pressure was lost, but rather what caused it to happen.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

69. No. The likely cause was a failure of the pressurization system.

The airplane had a history of problems with the system, and there was speculation that a valve for the crew oxygen bottle had been shut off. Military airplanes that were following it saw that the windows were frosted up but intact.

[Blue_Tires]

131. +1

[Proles]

55. I urge Romney to attempt to open an aircraft window in flight. I'm sure he'll

be amused by what happens next.

[tblue37]

102. I know *I* would be! ;) nt

[avebury]

56. K&R nt

[CTyankee]

58. Please tell mehow you get into Harvard grad school not knowing this...

oh, sorry....

[oldbanjo]

64. My sister has a Doctors Degree, but has no common sense.

A lot of smart people on Navy Subs are the same (no common sense).

[Rozlee]

157. Are they the ones that open the doors on the subs?

Just wondering.

[kestrel91316]

85. Well THIS ought to scare you: I have met a significant number of physicians over

the course of my career who are dumb as a box of rocks when it comes to anything other than their particular area of medical specialization.

An ophthalmologist, for instance, took his cat's amoxicillin suspension home and was putting the drops into the cat's eye. You know - THE PINK STUFF THAT SMELLS LIKE BUBBLE GUM because the taste needs to be masked when you give it BY MOUTH? And he's an OPHTHALMOLOGIST. He figured that, since the cat had an eye problem, and we sent a medication home, that it was supposed to go into the eye. Nevermind that we have a pretty cardinal rule in ophthalmology that if it isn't clear, it doesn't go into an eye EVER.

I've got more stories of stoopit physicians and nurses and pharmacists than you'd ever believe. The other professional schools get all the vet school rejects is all I can figure........

[Marr]

110. By having a wealthy, connected father.

I myself have met some real, honest-to-god morons with very impressive pedigrees. They had everything handed to them.

[Curmudgeoness]

61. Mittens, I think we all wish those windows did open.

Dumber than W......didn't think that was possible. And yet, they keep turning rocks over and finding these guys.

[Freddie]

67. Why, did he fart?

[backscatter712]

68. The man's about as sharp as a bowling ball... n/t

[DreamGypsy]

74. There's a silver lining here...

If, horror of horrors, Mitt is elected, one of his first actions would be to install double hung windows in Air Force 1. Needing a bit of fresh air on that long flight to the Cayman Islands, he would become the first president to be sucked out of a plane at 39,000 feet.

[central scrutinizer]

113. I am sick of these motherfucking snakes

on this motherfucking plane!

[cascadiance]

135. Yeah, where's Samuel Jackson when you need him?

[AllyCat]

75. Oh dear. This just gets worser and worser.

[Arugula Latte]

78. Help me, DU! I'm on the verge of feeling sorry for this numbnuts!

[eridani]

80. He needs to join Arthur Weasley's project of finding out how airplanes stay up n/t

[ZombieHorde]

82. If only airplanes had O2 masks above each seat. nt

[ThoughtCriminal]

83. Pssst - I know who the actor was

it's the guy who played "Harvey"

[YOHABLO]

87. yeah, open the window for the dumb ass ...

maybe it will suck his brainless head off his shoulders.

[Cha]

89. I bet mitt's Lying his head off about "the liberal voter"..

why? Because he's always lying his damn head off..just to keep that turd polished.

[4lbs]

91. The science is weak with this one. MMMmmm, yes... n/t

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[sarge43]

176. Yup. Somewhere in the vastness of the cosmos,

in that spaceship of the imagination, Carl Sagan is banging his forehead bloody on the control panel.

[jmowreader]

94. I think Mitt SHOULD have a campaign plane where the windows open

Come on...get a Piper Cub, install a new engine because Romney's disaster of a campaign is too much fun, write "Romney-Ryan 2012" in letters as large as you can get on the sides of a Piper Cub, and send him out campaigning in it. Considering how far back he wants to set America, it'd be the perfect vehicle for him.

And just how much stuff does Mitt really need to campaign? A couple of suits, a Book of Mormon and a compact the right shade for him are about all he's gotta have.

[valerief]

95. He's officially a MORON. He probably doesn't know how the radio works with

the window closed.

[TwilightGardener]

99. Wow. He's just a dim bulb, isn't he?

[nycbiscuit]

104. this is just the cherry on top

this is just the cherry on top of a already fantastic week for Mittens.

[meow2u3]

105. Maybe the windows to his plane SHOULD open--in midair

With him stepping out of it--no parachute necessary!

Couldn't resist.

[AverageJoe90]

106. LMAO, that was just hilarious! xD

Thanx for the laughs, man.

[BarackTheVote]

112. Does he also think they need to put screen doors on submarines? nt

[spiderpig]

116. I zipped through the comments, waiting for a punchline that said this was a joke

He reallly IS that stupid.

Ugh. Must go bleach brain.

[DearAbby]

117. They couldn't open the windows

because of the dog shit raining down, or spraying back towards the tail of the plane..Good thing the Pilot and Co-Pilot had all weather windshield wipers. Opening the wing vent on a window would have been messy, to say the least.

[Raine]

118. No no no you must NEVER refer to it as an airplane it's "airCRAFT" just as it's NEVER sports

it's "SPORT". Tut tut tut I'm afraid you'll never fit in with the Rmoney crowd if you don't learn the proper language.

[kestrel91316]

120. kick

[Barack_America]

132. .

Troublemaker.



But seriously, this is one of the best quotes ever. Someone needs to email this to SNL.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

121. Well what's next?

Will he be announcing his plans for a NASA mission to the Sun? It will be O.K., they're going to go at night! Just keeping up with the anti-science wing of the Republican party.

[Bucky]

122. That would explain why Gary Oldman, Kelsey Grammar, and Clint Eastwood can't find work.

Also James Caan, James Woods, Heather Locklear, Linda Carter, John Voigt, Chuck Norris, Craig T. Nelson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Willis, and Sylester Stallone.

And Jerry Bruckheimer can't get any of his little art films made because of Republican-hating Hollywood.

[nichomachus]

123. Not to mention the drop in temperature

The air up there is around 50 or 60 BELOW zero. That would freeze your lungs in about five seconds -- and you would die.

Let's all remember that this is the guy who claimed he put his dog in an "air tight" box on the roof of his car.

[LisaL]

124. He should add this to his platform.

Make sure planes have windows that open.

[Larkspur]

127. Did Mitt mistake the "Airplane" comedy movie as a documentary on how to handle aircraft emergencies?

Thurston Howell III strikes again!!

[Arugula Latte]

128. That's as effing stupid as Reagan's "tree pollution" inanity.

[nichomachus]

130. A friend just explained it. It's all a matter of economics

If the windows could open, they'd have to put in screens to keep the bugs out. That would run into serious money. You have to think these things through carefully.

[Javaman]

134. next he'll want screen doors in submarines.nt

[chknltl]

138. Damndest thing, planes don't have external luggage racks either!

Where is one supposed to tie the dog too?

[robertpaulsen]

139. Shit Mitt, haven't you ever seen Goldfinger?

Worth checking out just for educational purposes!

[Doctor_J]

140. Probably because the Big Government FAA won't allow it.

if you want the freedom to open your plane window, vote Republican and get the government off your back!

[Marie Marie]

150. Damn Regulations!

[Doctor_J]

178. This is exactly the kind of overy burdensome regulation that Obama has

used to ruin this country for Big Business. Vote Freedom - Vote Teabag!

[uponit7771]

141. Oh My F**king God!!

[SunsetDreams]

159. You will be

saying more than that if you roll down the window on an airplane

[LondonReign2]

144. Mitt and Ann should fly bi-planes in the future

Those windows are always open.

[SmittynMo]

164. With seamus in a cage on the wing

Actually I prefer just in front of the windshield.

[SmittynMo]

165. No one can be this stupid.

I sit corrected

[Evasporque]

146. Mitt Romney's Decompression Airlines

Relax, decompress....


These windows open!

[taught_me_patience]

148. There are so many things wrong with this

#1) The air is so thin at 35k and the pressure is so low that nitrogen in the blood expands and you get the bends.
#2) You'll die of suffocation within minutes
#3) Nothing like a -70 degree blast of "air" in your face

[LongTomH]

152. Mittens is going to put The Onion out of business!

Their writers just can't match the hilarity of Mitt's gaffes. If Mittens could make jokes like that on purpose he could make a fortune in standup!

[ruffburr]

155. I'd be glad to install a sliding class door on willards plane, no charge

[DCBob]

158. I thought this was an Onion story.

shocking stupidity.

[War Horse]

161. I actually thought Mitt was kinda smart at first

But instead he appears to be not only Dubya stupid, but actually full blown Palin stupid.

The Mitt has hit the fan...

[SirRevolutionary]

168. One would think he might have picked up on that after playing

the captain in the beloved Airplane movie

[Tx4obama]

169. Saw the text below in the comments at Think Progress ... LOL

"If airplane windows don't roll down, how does the pilot stick his head out the window to make sure his dog is okay?"

[MrScorpio]

171. Crazy, man. Crazy

[Care Acutely]

172. K & R

[Jamaal510]

173. ..

[IMG][/IMG]

[KANTANA]

174. Mitt Romney: The gift that keeps giving.

Comedians, cartoonists and late night talk show hosts have not had it this good in a while!!! Mitt keeps handing them rich juicy material on daily basis. Every word out of Mitt's mouth is either a lie or a gaff- display of absolute ignorance. Really amazing.
It does not surprise me though, because, I will question the intelligence of anyone who believes in MAGIC UNDERWEARS, AND ACTUALLY WEARS THEM, IN A PLANET OR UTOPIA CALLED KOLOB, AND THAT HE WILL BE A GOD WHEN HE DIES AND RULE OVER HIS OWN PLANET!!! Absurd!!
No wonder republicans are against science and intelligence, but celebrate ignorance and religion!!

[polmaven]

179. Ummmmm...Willard.....

That is why they have those little thingies called - um - what are they called now??? Ummm ...

Oh, yeah!!! OXYGEN MASKS that drop in front of your face to be used in cases like that !

Dear Lord, what an idjit!