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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:47 PM Jul 2013

Romney: "I didn't say that" is a thing of great beauty.

Huffington Post has a pretty funny report of Romney denying what we all saw him say:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/29/mitt-romney-47_n_3670600.html

Here is the beauty of Romney's response:

1) It shows that he is still bothered by the result

2) He knows that when that recording got out he had zero chance of winning

3) Deep in his little tiny heart he knows that he "screwed the pooch" all by his little self.

So if you are having a bad day just remember

1, 2 and 3 above.

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Romney: "I didn't say that" is a thing of great beauty. (Original Post) grantcart Jul 2013 OP
Shows what a petty and small person Miffy is AndyA Jul 2013 #1
Hey... brer cat Jul 2013 #9
Nothing against Georgia, I used to live in Atlanta AndyA Jul 2013 #30
4. For a politician, *nothing* you say is ever "off the record" Freddie Jul 2013 #2
Hahaha! zappaman Jul 2013 #3
Agree with everything except the notion that once the video Downtown Hound Jul 2013 #4
You are right that he didn't know it at the time but the fact that he brings it up grantcart Jul 2013 #5
Isn't Fox still reporting a Romney landslide? n/t griloco Jul 2013 #8
How could they? Everybody knows the race is a toss up. Downtown Hound Jul 2013 #18
I agree Hydra Jul 2013 #31
Romney is obviously still not over losing the election last year. Major Hogwash Jul 2013 #6
A-fricken-men! Lugnut Jul 2013 #16
Unfortunately...... daleanime Jul 2013 #26
And just think, Obama never said Politicalboi Jul 2013 #7
I disagree with both your guesses. Jim Lane Jul 2013 #17
Oh, Please proceed Governor! sheshe2 Jul 2013 #10
ahhh yeah irisblue Jul 2013 #13
I literally laughed out loud at these! tallahasseedem Jul 2013 #23
Some of the best lines from that election. Hubby has a nephew--who never served-- mnhtnbb Jul 2013 #29
That wasn't the only crazy thing he said that night NewJeffCT Jul 2013 #11
I think he still can't believe there is something he couldn't buy rurallib Jul 2013 #12
Some people you just can't help liking no matter how hard to try not to Snake Plissken Jul 2013 #14
Sucks that we have it on videotape, eh Mittsters. tavalon Jul 2013 #15
OMG, the comments! Almost makes me miss the last campaign! calimary Jul 2013 #19
that's fucking vintage romney.. "Actually, I didn't say that, I didn't really do Cha Jul 2013 #20
Massachusetts doesn't remember it that way~ sheshe2 Jul 2013 #25
I find a prophecy that the person he hacked the hair off went on in life to ride the white horse. Sunlei Jul 2013 #21
Like I said on another thread: "Newsroom" thanks you, Mr. Romney. Paladin Jul 2013 #22
lol grantcart Jul 2013 #28
By lying like this Mitt Romney proves he is nothing more than a Liar. UCmeNdc Jul 2013 #24
He should have been perfect for politics Hydra Jul 2013 #32
But Mitt Romney is in a league of lying that is even too much for a politician. UCmeNdc Jul 2013 #33
The number of lies that Mitt told was well documented Gothmog Jul 2013 #27
good thing he didnt win mgcgulfcoast Jul 2013 #34

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
1. Shows what a petty and small person Miffy is
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:52 PM
Jul 2013

He thinks he's so rich and powerful, he should always get what he wants.

"You people" think otherwise. Take a hike, Miffy. And please, feel free to take ALL of your stuck up, spoiled, snobby, nasty family members with you. It's nice in Georgia this time of year, just listen for the banjo music and head toward it.

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
30. Nothing against Georgia, I used to live in Atlanta
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:02 PM
Jul 2013

I was thinking of "Deliverance"...family in the middle of nowhere...maybe they'd get lost and we'd never see or hear from them again.

Freddie

(9,265 posts)
2. 4. For a politician, *nothing* you say is ever "off the record"
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:52 PM
Jul 2013

Pissed off waiters with cell phones can be anywhere.

zappaman

(20,606 posts)
3. Hahaha!
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:52 PM
Jul 2013

A friend who recently passed away had a saying for this...

"Who you gonna believe? Me, or your lying motherfuckin' eyes?"

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
4. Agree with everything except the notion that once the video
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:56 PM
Jul 2013

got out, Romney knew he had no chance of winning. He was pretty much absolutely convinced he was going to win right up until election night. Boy, what a jolt of reality that must have been for the bubble boy.


grantcart

(53,061 posts)
5. You are right that he didn't know it at the time but the fact that he brings it up
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 06:58 PM
Jul 2013

now shows that he now realizes that once that video got out that he was toast, and that it still bugs the hell out of him.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
31. I agree
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 05:50 PM
Jul 2013

He was the last one in on the joke- he was a Bob Dole.

I disagree also that the video sunk him- he didn't have a chance in the first place. The video was a great view into the 1% thinking though- they really DO believe they're the workers and we're the slackers. Funny as hell.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
6. Romney is obviously still not over losing the election last year.
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 07:06 PM
Jul 2013

I hope it bothers him for the rest of his worthless life!

They spent over a billion dollars to try and buy the White House, and they came up short!!!
Rove's group spent over $400 million dollars alone!

And what did they get for it??
Bupkus!

Serves them right for thinking that the American people could be bought off like that.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
7. And just think, Obama never said
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 07:09 PM
Jul 2013

You didn't build your own business, but this asshole ran with it like it was fact. Still lying. My guess is he's going to run AGAIN in 2016. He'll have a fight on his hands with sister Sarah who won't be afraid to call him out for being a Mormon.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
17. I disagree with both your guesses.
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 03:40 AM
Jul 2013

Neither Romney nor Palin will run for President in 2016.

Romney will stay out because he knows he would have no chance of even winning the nomination.

Palin will stay out because, although she'd be a contender for the nomination, she knows she would have little to no chance in the general election. Also, there's little upside to her. If she loses, her luster is dimmed, and with it her ability to grift money off the Tea Partiers. If she wins, she's stuck doing an arduous job where wonks waving briefing books are always running after her demanding that she learn something about Uzbekistan or whatever.

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
10. Oh, Please proceed Governor!
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 08:11 PM
Jul 2013

By all means please~you have done so well in the past.





Thanks for the fond memories grantcart!

mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
29. Some of the best lines from that election. Hubby has a nephew--who never served--
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 02:02 PM
Jul 2013

who has his family call him "The General" (yeah, he lives in Georgia and
used to be active in Civil War and Revolutionary War Re-enactments)
who went BALLISTIC over Obama's quips about the military.
I have never laughed so hard. This relative was practically apoplectic
when I told him he had to admit it was funny.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
11. That wasn't the only crazy thing he said that night
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 09:12 PM
Jul 2013

I'm still incredulous over him saying how he made it on his own through hard work.

Really? Come on dude - the only people that had more help getting ahead in life were named Bush and Kennedy, and at least JFK didn't dodge the draft in WW2.

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
14. Some people you just can't help liking no matter how hard to try not to
Mon Jul 29, 2013, 10:05 PM
Jul 2013

Romney is no one of them,

in fact , he falls into the ....


Some people you just can't make yourself like no matter how hard you try Category

tavalon

(27,985 posts)
15. Sucks that we have it on videotape, eh Mittsters.
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:31 AM
Jul 2013

His royal highness and his consort didn't get their throne. Waah.

calimary

(81,220 posts)
19. OMG, the comments! Almost makes me miss the last campaign!
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 04:18 AM
Jul 2013

For example:

WeezyBaby
Change Is A Process, Not An Event
2009 Fans
2 hours ago ( 2:27 AM)
An object with three sides is called a triangle.
An object with four sides is called a rectangle.
An object with five sides is called a pentagon.
An object with six sides is called a hexagon.
An object with eight sides is called an octagon.
An object with ten sides is called a decagon.

An object with an infinite number of sides is called a Romney.

Cha

(297,163 posts)
20. that's fucking vintage romney.. "Actually, I didn't say that, I didn't really do
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 06:05 AM
Jul 2013

that, that wasn't me, I was in Calif when that happened, and I especially didn't have anything to do romney care".. mini mitt is just as bad.

And, that was alternately interspersed with lying about Pres Obama. What a fucking farce..

sheshe2

(83,746 posts)
25. Massachusetts doesn't remember it that way~
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:38 PM
Jul 2013
Establishing the Exchange
On April 12, 2006, former Governor Mitt Romney (R) signed into law comprehensive health reform legislation designed to provide near-universal health coverage for state residents.1 The Massachusetts health reform law became the model for national health reform.


http://kff.org/health-reform/state-profile/state-exchange-profiles-massachusetts/

Poor poor Mittie he can lie all he wants. Won't change the facts now will it?!

Cha!

Sunlei

(22,651 posts)
21. I find a prophecy that the person he hacked the hair off went on in life to ride the white horse.
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 09:01 AM
Jul 2013

He went on to become a master rider of the world famous Lipizzaner Stallions. Way back then Romney chose the wrong path.

Paladin

(28,254 posts)
22. Like I said on another thread: "Newsroom" thanks you, Mr. Romney.
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 10:00 AM
Jul 2013

You've just managed to construct another episode for the show. We're going to enjoy it a great deal; you? Not so much.......

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
24. By lying like this Mitt Romney proves he is nothing more than a Liar.
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 11:32 AM
Jul 2013

This only shows Mitt Romney lies and has no shame about it.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
32. He should have been perfect for politics
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 05:59 PM
Jul 2013

Being a shameless liar...too bad has has the charisma and likeability of a bowl of watery porridge.

UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
33. But Mitt Romney is in a league of lying that is even too much for a politician.
Wed Jul 31, 2013, 04:17 AM
Jul 2013

This is the perfect example of how Mitt is a liar that is above and beyond.

Gothmog

(145,152 posts)
27. The number of lies that Mitt told was well documented
Tue Jul 30, 2013, 12:48 PM
Jul 2013

Romney has a problem telling the truth. Steve Benen and others documents Romney's lies over the campaign and it was an impressive list. Romney simply can not tell the truth which is why the latest statement is both typical and amusing.

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