Maybe Ann Romney has explained it: "Mitt had...this enormous infection for life."

[highplainsdem]

The statement starts at 00:43 in the video, which I found thanks to a Kurt Andersen tweet retweeted by Lawrence O'Donnell:

http://twitter.com/KBAndersen/status/182645015284154368

Kurt Andersen ‏
@KBAndersen

"Mitt had this enormous infection for life." --Ann Romney, remembering young Mitt for a 43rd anniversary campaign video http://goo.gl/Im6zp

8:48 PM - 21 Mar 12

The video is at both links.

[tabatha]

1. The producers did not catch that?

[mysuzuki2]

2. I'm sure he caught it from a toilet seat.

[nolabear]

3. Ah HAH! We've found the source of the amoeba hate mail!!

[lunasun]

15. Figures he'd only have a one-dimensional amoeba infection he is so fake and blah!

[Crowman1979]

4. Hence why Mormon Gekko is a corporate parasite!

[Happyhippychick]

5. Oh gross. I thought she said "enormous erection."

Yuck.

[wendylaroux]

6. i think she did say that

hence the enormous infection.

[klook]

7. Usually it goes away after four hours. (n/t)

[Grassy Knoll]

8. I've Been Infected By Romney's Life.....

[pacalo]

11. Oh my. Who is that & is it photoshopped?

[Grassy Knoll]

12. Not sure, I googled Ann Romney.....

and that picture showed up. She does look infected though.

[highplainsdem]

13. It's distorted. The original pic of Ann with Mitt is from a February 27 Detroit News article. Link:

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120227/POLITICS01/202270366

[Maynar]

14. Distorted

Less than I expected.

Holy crap that's nasty! (Uh, the original, I mean)

[madokie]

20. If cutting her part of the picture out of the rest of the picture is distorted then that is

distorted but I don't see a difference in the pictures of her

[highplainsdem]

22. Look at them side by side. The photoshopped version posted here has been compressed

vertically -- that's especially noticeable on the forehead and chin -- and yet the teeth weren't compressed and in fact look elongated and enlarged. I tried just now to simply compress the pic from top to bottom and of course that made the teeth look even smaller.

So it is distorted. Even the original was an unflattering pic of her, probably the worst I've seen, but whoever created the version Grassy Knoll posted here after finding it in Google Images had deliberately distorted the Detroit News pic to make her look much worse.

[madokie]

31. I can accept that, thanks

[JitterbugPerfume]

9. he should take something for that

[pinboy3niner]

10. And he wants to give it to the rest of us

[rufus dog]

16. Was Life a stripper at a bar just outside of Salt Lake City? n/t

[eyewall]

17. Mitt's enormous infection

might explain his inability to communicate with anyone except billionaires.

[MrScorpio]

18. I guess he should be put into isolation

It's catchy

[Javaman]

19. he is rather like an festering boil, isn't he? nt

[Rozlee]

26. On Rush Limbaugh's ass.

[PassingFair]

21. Did she mean to say "enthusiasm"?

What word was she looking for?

[WI_DEM]

23. and now he wants to give his infection to the country!

[auburngrad82]

24. I'm wondering

Does that mean that Conservatism is similar to penile warts?

[hifiguy]

25. He might want to try some antibiotics

for that.

[geardaddy]

27. He's got an infection for something all right.

Or is it erection?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

28. Yes, Mitt is infectious to all life on this planet

human and animal alike. He may have an infection for life but life doesn't want his infection.

[PA Democrat]

29. Yeah, he has foot-in-mouth disease and poor Ann has caught it!

I think he passed it on to Santorum, Gingrich, Paul, Cain, and Bachman during one of the debates as well!

Poor Republicans. They just can't help saying stupid things that prove how out of touch they are. They are infected!

[grantcart]

30. from the comments on youtube

Ann -

Can you please SKETCH out Mitt's "Enormous infection for life" thingy a bit more so I can ETCH it in my mind?

Is he taking any antibiotics for that "Enormous infection"?

Or is there a vaccine against that "Enormous infection"?

Thanks

[ProgressiveATL]

32. Great, and now he gave it to us.

Awesome find!

[NICO9000]

33. What does that even mean?

I see she shares her husband's command of the English language...

[spanone]

34. she misspoke. meant to say 'he has an enormous affection for lies'

[guitar man]

35. So that would explain

...why he is always standing around scratching his nuts

[11 Bravo]

36. She's just repeating the way Mitt explained his chlamydia to her.

[Dont call me Shirley]

37. So does everyone else who is born, Ann! Until selfish meanies like you and Mitt

steal their jobs, pensions and happiness.

[jmowreader]

38. And 2 grams of Trobicin will clear that right up