Anybody else find it odd that one of the "undecided voters" last night kissed Ann Romney?

[Chiyo-chichi]

Here's Susan Katz, who asked a question that was directed only to Romney: "how are you different than George Bush?" (President Obama knocked it out of the park, by the way.)



After the debate, Ms. Katz went up to Mitt and shook his hand. We certainly can't tell from the video what she said to him... but then she kissed Ann on the cheek.



I just found that odd. Did anyone else? Presumably, she doesn't know the Romneys... and she was supposedly not a supporter going into the debate.

Is it just me?

[yankeepants]

1. Oh. I thought you were talking about Mitt. n/t

[OldDem2012]

2. Good point! Why would Queen Ann allow any unknown person to approach her like that. nt.

[RKP5637]

5. Queen Ann ... always makes me laugh ... sounds like a fat tugboat steaming into port! n/t

[madokie]

7. Only was she taken by surprise did she allow it

Plus she was in need of some love about that time

[RKP5637]

3. Lies abound in politics, especially today wherein many people lie as a way of life. n/t

[Indpndnt]

28. Her question was wonderful, though! She blamed Dumbya for the last four years.

And Obama got to compare Willard to Dumbya -- and Willard LOST!

[LovePeacock]

4. Can we stop calling them "undecided?" They're the fucking stupid people. Period.

[RKP5637]

8. Yep, the ones in polls that never know anything, never know what's going on ... the last

people that should be asking questions IMO.

[LovePeacock]

11. "Mr. President, what's your favorite color, and where do you stand on the color orange, sir?"

[RKP5637]

20. LOL

[Arkansas Granny]

47. I can't decide if they are really that stupid or if they just enjoy having

the candidates pander to them and the media asking for their views. They probably feel really important right about now.

[geckosfeet]

6. Well you know there is a famous scene in The Godfather where the person

being kissed on the cheek is actually getting a goodbye kiss.

[jmondine]

36. Maybe she was trying to bite off her ear.

[geckosfeet]

49. Right. Ann has a big hickey this morning!

[still_one]

9. WHAT! dishonest people who are obviously republicans lying about being undecided /nt

[sadbear]

25. +1

[marions ghost]

10. "Undecided" --yeah sure

good catch. Susan's outed. Shouldn't have done the kissy-kiss.

[JDPriestly]

12. I suspected that some of the so-called "undecided voters" were frauds.

How in the world do you decide whether someone is undecided?

It's self-identification and it wouldn't take much to fool those who pick the audience.

There just aren't that many really undecided voters at this point. And most who are that undecided are just disgusted with politics or completely ignorant about what is going on. I'm talking to undecided, disinterested voters right now. They do not know and do not want to know what is going on.

The truly undecided voters would not show up in suits and ties and nice dresses and heels for a debate event at a university in New York. The truly undecideds show up in supermarket parking lots with a couple of kids and bags of groceries in the shopping cart.

[reformist2]

13. I don't mind... I actually liked Susan's question.

[Chiyo-chichi]

17. Oh, I dont MIND that she kissed Ann on the cheek

and I have no issue with her question.

I just find it odd that a supposedly undecided voter would extend such a warm gesture toward a candidate's spouse.

[Scuba]

14. She's a fern, a thistle, or some other type of PLANT.

[frylock]

56. i don't think she was, but the guy who asked the benghazi security question certainly was

[Overseas]

15. Luckily she had the George W Bush question, so I don't mind. How are you like George W Bush?

How are you not like George W. Bush?

And gave President Obama the chance to point out how R is more extreme on social issues.

[Indpndnt]

31. Of all the great moments in the debate, that was my favorite!

Showing that Willard is inferior to even Dumbya was brilliant!

[gordianot]

16. By this time all that are left are the monumentally stupid or liars who want attention.

Hundreds of millions of dollars, the entire debate season are devoted to inane attempts to convince people you would not want in your house.

[Chiyo-chichi]

18. +1000

[truebrit71]

42. Thank you...

..."undecided" on what exactly?

[Roland99]

19. Interesting. She's the one whose question Romney ignored immediately and went, instead....

to answer the previous questioner in another rebuttal to Obama.

That would have set me off a lot to be ignored.

[Wednesdays]

22. Which makes the kissy-kiss all the more strange

He blows her off, and yet she's kissy face with his wife?
Something doesn't add up.

[Baitball Blogger]

21. She didn't do Romney any good with that question.

Obama took that question and made it his own.

[Skinner]

23. FWIW, Susan Katz was just interviewed on CNN.

And during the part I saw she had plenty of criticism for Romney. Certainly did not sound like she was shilling for him.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

24. In fact, she said she's voting for Obama.

"Because he LISTENS, as well as speaks."

[Skinner]

26. Nice.

I missed that part.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

30. It was at the very end of the interview.

Very earnest, interesting woman.

[Indpndnt]

33. I said last night she's my new best friend!

[Chiyo-chichi]

43. Wow. I'm glad to hear it. Maybe she's just the kissy type.

And I don't profess to be a lip reader, either, but I thought she began with the word "wonderful" to Mitt... so I'm surprised & thrilled that she is criticizing Romney and voting for President Obama!

[aikoaiko]

27. This is Long Island after all. The kiss on the cheek greeting is fairly common.

Unlike the LA almost kiss on the cheek air kiss.

[Jennicut]

39. LOL. The entire side of my Mom's family is from Long Island (Hicksville area).

They are naturally friendly people. Sometimes I call them theatrical but they are fun.

[cali]

29. this post is a fabulous example of why it's wiser not to draw

conclusions from something like this.

Ms. Katz says this morning that she is supporting the President. Maybe she's some sort of super-duper double triple plant.... or something?

[Indpndnt]

35. I'm just amazed Annie allowed a stranger to touch her.

But she knew she was on-camera, so she must have girded her temple garments and endured for the cause.

[Chiyo-chichi]

45. I'm thrilled to hear it.

And, for the record, I didn't draw any conclusions. I didn't say she was a plant. As I said, I just found it odd that an undecided voter would extend such a warm gesture to a candidate's spouse.

[beac]

32. I noticed that too.

OK, I'm editing "fishy" from my post b/c upthread others have pointed out she came out for Obama on CNN this morning.

Still, I'm betting the Duchess of Kolob had her maidservants scrubbing her from head to toe to get off the mere mortal cooties.

[lunatica]

34. Well Romney trucked in Latinos and he trucked in coal miners and he trucked in

women, and he trucked in every other group, so why not truck in undecideds?

[DefenseLawyer]

37. I don't think you would send in a ringer to say the name George W. Bush n/t

[Jennicut]

38. You can be polite to people but disagree with them. Katz said she is voting for Obama.

If I met Ann Romney I would not be rude either. Being a jerk is for Republicans.

[Chiyo-chichi]

48. "You can be polite to people but disagree with them." Not arguing that.

I wouldn't go out of my way to meet the Romneys.
If I had been in that audience, I'd head for the Obamas after the debate, as most people here would.
If I were in a position where I had to meet the Romneys, I would be polite and shake their hands.

Who is the jerk in your scenario?

[Jennicut]

51. Maybe it is because my parents are conservatives.

As are many of their friends. We have friendly, spirited debates in my family but we don't let it get to the point of personal hatred. I dislike the Romneys immensely and may even come close to hate but if they were right in front of me I would be the bigger person and be friendly. I think that is what Susan Katz did.

[Irishonly]

40. Could be they share something else in common

I despise everything Romney stands for but I have empathy for her in one area-surviving breast cancer. The same goes for any breast cancer survivor no matter what their political life is. I don't know much about MS but that could be another. I would never, ever have walked up to Romney but that is me.

[Doremus]

41. I saw that. The photos above don't show her greeting Mitt. They acted like old friends.

When I watched him greet her at first I thought it was somebody from his staff. Then it dawned on me she was the audience member asking a question. I'd bet $$ there is more to this story.

[Hepburn]

44. If she was a plant...

...it sure was another total fuck up from Camp Rmoney.

And...with a Jewish last name???

Beyond total fuck up.

[Avalux]

46. Susan Katz has come out today and said she's voting for Obama.

Who knows why she was chummy with Ann last night...maybe she was just being nice, or maybe it was a 'fuck you' to Ann, since today she's made it clear she's not voting for Romney.

[progressivebydesign]

52. maybe Ann was trying to put her in a headlock. nt

[Ian David]

57. Maybe she just thinks Ann is hot. n/t

[LondonReign2]

50. Well if she was a Republican plant she asked an absolutely terrible question for Romney

Her question immediately puts Romney on the defensive of explaning how he is not Shrub. That's a very difficult starting point.

Imagine if she had asked Obama, "How are you like Jimmy Carter? How are you different?"

[magical thyme]

53. Apparently she had made her decision to vote OBAMA

She was one of the women interviewed afterwards and is voting for President Obama.

I think she just felt Queen Ann needed some love after watching her favorite horse take a major beating.

[Javaman]

54. interesting. nt

[Catherine Vincent]

55. Maybe she kissed Michele too.