2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumJohn Sununu: Democrats are "vermin"
Just said this on C-SPAN a few minutes ago.
And this is a Senior Adviser to Mitt Romney.
Wonder if Mitt will make him apologize when the story gathers traction?
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)John to the list of assholes that I will kick in the nuts if/when I see them on the street.
What a total piece of shit.
GallopingGhost
(2,404 posts)He is beyond pompous.
otohara
(24,135 posts)when Karl Rove was 10 ft in front of me at the airport - I could have done some real damage to him when he was putting his bag in the car in front of me.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)would get me banned from DU.
How I loathe that man.................
valerief
(53,235 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)roguevalley
(40,656 posts)whathehell
(29,090 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)He has had trouble controlling his temper.
Last month he had to apologize for saying Obama was not really American.
Last week he got angry with Soledad O'Brien.
The week before that he got angry on Piers Morgan.
Seems to have an anger management problem.
When someone has a video clip of Sununu's comments, please post it so that we can send it around and let people know what type of folks are advising Mitt Romney.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)trying to get his last licks in before his own beatdown.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)"Trying to get his last licks in before his own beatdown".
These repukes DO seem, beyond any political "bias" here, to be nasty individuals, which would,
correspond to their greedy, "Ive got mine, screw you" values, if that' s what one can call them.
Early this morning, I watched a panel of political strategists talk about their "craft" on C-Span.
It featured Bill Burton, much maligned for the supposed "Romney killed my wife" Youtube vid,
a repub named "Spies" and the very awful -- as he proved again this morning -- Mike Murphy.
I remember Mike Murphy, getting tossed off a show being hosted by Keith Olbermann "Get him outta here",
when he was still on MSNBC...It wasn't Keith's show, but he was one of the people "anchoring" some close
to election night coverage in 2008.
Bill Burton was actually quite nice, relaxed and easy going, even when someone in the audience kind of called
him out for the Bain ad. The other two, especially Murphy, were cynical, nasty and using every other
minute of their time "campaigning" for Romney, even though that was NOT called for by the forum or
the guests in the audience....On the other hand, their aggressive negativity, as you pointed out, is
probably being fueled by their realization that they're going to lose the election.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)these kinds of temper tantrums.
I saw the Soledad clip, but what did he get angry about on Piers Morgan?...It seems
an odd show to flip out on, since Piers doesn't seem to have any particular agenda.
indepat
(20,899 posts)(fill in the blank). I'll start with: noxiously putrid slime.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)WestSeattle2
(1,730 posts)the CNN playground in front of a national audience.
monmouth
(21,078 posts)spineless. I want Chris to be my next ex-husband, he did a great job this morning.
It was enjoyable seeing Sununu Jr. go down to defeat by Jeanne Shaheen in NH in 2008.
Maybe that's why Daddy is so mad with the Democrats.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Lex
(34,108 posts)Why doesn't he just go ahead and say that?
steve2470
(37,457 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)that emphasized "RATS" in the word "Democrats"?
That was no mistake. That's how they see Democrats, liberals, progressives, etc.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)Sunununununu has always been a mean, nasty piece of work, and he is not improving with age.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)I work in public service as do many others I know. NOT ONE would ever refer to citizens of the United States as vermin.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)He was not as aggressively nasty as he is now...I saw him
in a couple of recent vids where he's acting particularly bad (this means "even for a rethug" ,
for instance, didn't he recently question someone's I.Q., or something?
and then he went after Soledad O'Brien, saying she "should wear an Obama sticker on her forehead"
I didn't see the vid of him calling democrats/public service workers "vermin"...Gawd...What was the
context?
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)of the American taxpayers who pay his salary.
MADem
(135,425 posts)women. He was a groper. It's a miracle he never got called on it.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,836 posts)I can't imagine many experiences that would be more disgusting than being groped by Jabba the Sununu.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)He was always ugly...but now he's fat, old, and ugly.
MADem
(135,425 posts)There are more than a few women with stories to tell, that probably included the phrase "When I saw him, I decided to take the stairs..."
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Sorry, but the man's wicked ugly too.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Even in his "youthful glory days" when he was Governor, he was one nasty looking cuss.
He's like Jabba the Hutt, only without the "Hollywood" gussying-up.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)Just curious.....Because from only a television vantage point, I would have to call him one
of the ugliest men I've ever seen!
MADem
(135,425 posts)in the context of my job (not out of personal volition). I will tell you this--he thinks he's the smartest asshole in the room, he's insufferable, he's pompous, he's a grade A jerk. He's not always right though he likes to think he is.
And those are his GOOD qualities!
When I think about him, I think about some of the blowhards I used to have to put up with, and I think, "Retirement is a good thing!"
whathehell
(29,090 posts)You don't have to be specific if you don't want, but I imagine you were a reporter, a journalist, perhaps?
Whatever...MY God...When you had these long, drawn out conversations, you had to be tempted to TELL
him what you thought?...I'm sure you were, and I bet you weren't able to, right?...OMG...That is
funny, because I always felt I'd be lousy at any job where I had to squelch my own opinions for
any length of time...Sounds like that wasn't the case for you, though, unless I'm guessing wrong on your
ability to "hold forth" on your own views!....Good Grievious!....As for Sununu, I always go back to the personal...As I
said to my husband last night..."He must have had very good parents, if ONLY for the fact that they HAD to
have instilled him with confidence, or he'd never be able to go on to a public career, not after looking
in a mirror, I mean, talk about a "face made for radio"!....It really DOES give you a new appreciation for "the power of positive
thinking", and I don't want to be malicious regarding looks*, but the fact that he had the balls to actually grope
women!....Gawd!...There's GOT to be an interesting backstory there!
* I'm honestly not overly focused on appearance, and have found only a FEW people in life I would actually
call "ugly". He, however, is one of them, and I only find it remarkable in light of his self-confidence, his "inner ugly", and his apparent "success"!
MADem
(135,425 posts)No, I was just a servant of the people, a uniformed government employee!
I was not in a position to tell him I thought he was a pompous ass. I (along with others) was interacting with him in an official capacity and when that monkey is on your back, you pretty much have to shut up and suck it up. I will say I found him smarmy and unpleasant, and I have it on unimpeachable authority that he had the "Roman hands, Russian fingers" problem--it was an oft-discussed issue, but no one who was interfered with by the man dared or desired to move forward with official complaints, as that sort of reporting was regarded as career-ending at the time.
I've met plenty of people who--from a distance--might be regarded as "ugly" or "less than attractive" -- but once you get to know them, the ugly disappears completely and their inner self shines through, to the point where their "ugly" face acquires a certain charm.
All I can tell you is that this guy wasn't one of those!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)in person, and it wasn't pretty.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)The "inner ugly', however is another story!
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)some just sort of ooze it.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)Another guy who looks like an iguana is Larry King--he will frighten children without that TV makeup!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)MADem
(135,425 posts)and I think he's annoyed his weaselly son (former NH senator, beaten like a rented mule by Jeanne Shaheen) has not made more of a national mark.
His father was a Senator, he was a governor, his funky son was a Senator...he thinks he's Joe Kennedy Senior, or something.
What he is, is a cretin.
Cha
(297,655 posts)HEAD. ROFLMAOFF!
JBoy
(8,021 posts)that can go dormant for years, and then somehow "magically" be brought back to life.
nobodyspecial
(2,286 posts)I don't like Republicans, but I at least acknowledge they are human. We are your fellow Americans. We are not the enemy that you need to dehumanize so you can kill. This is a new level of sickness.
steve2470
(37,457 posts)wordpix
(18,652 posts)Thrill
(19,178 posts).
It was Sununu Jr. who was defeated by Jeanne Shaheen for the N.H. Senate seat in 2008.
But perhaps that's what set Sununu Sr. off
Has anyone been able to upload a clip of the exchange yet or know whether C-SPAN has posted it?
MADem
(135,425 posts)He was a former Governor of NH and mistakenly believed he had more sway over NH politics than he, in fact, does. Way too many 'foul' Massachusettsians have moved north o' the border since he held the gubernatorial reins, and they don't give a shit about him--makes him MAD, doncha know!
The Sununus are a dynastic family--Jabba's daddy was a Senator, too. He thinks that political clout is "owed" to anyone with the name. He thinks wrong.
still_one
(92,394 posts)catbyte
(34,447 posts)And elevates the political discourse in this country.
What an assclown.
Skittles
(153,193 posts)Amonester
(11,541 posts)It's always very telling when they voice it in public.
redwitch
(14,947 posts)I know he's sick but I mean ill, ya know, like some sort of serious brain malfunction that goes even beyond being a rabid republican?
Zen Democrat
(5,901 posts)kestrel91316
(51,666 posts)Hutus by the Tutsis. Just more dehumanization of the enemy to make genocide more palatable, as far as I'm concerned.
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He'll take Romney's likability numbers into negative territory. He's one of the most unpleasant sounding, looking, and smelling surrogates someone could choose.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)You have to ask MAdem about that...She's had to talk to him, at length, in PERSON!
Gabby Hayes
(289 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)Has C-SPAN uploaded the feed/video from last night's broadcast?
agentS
(1,325 posts)Unlike you, Mr. Sununu, I wouldn't say it on the air, even on CSPAN (which people watch from time to time). It's called 'biting your tongue' a skill you seem to lack.
Mr. R-Money also lacks a skill, a skill with choosing good employees. No wonder he likes firing people who provide (shoddy) services for him.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)mojo2012
(290 posts)He's just hungry for all the publicity he's getting. If not for Romney, he would be just another nut on the tree. Get it while he can I guess...
unblock
(52,317 posts)On the subject of Pat Buchanan's famously combative Culture War Speech at the 1992 Republican Convention, which attracted controversy over Buchanan's aggressive rhetoric against Bill Clinton, liberals, supporters of reproductive and gay rights, and for his comparison of American politics to religious warfare, Ivins famously quipped that the speech had "probably sounded better in the original German," noting the similarity between the concept of "culture war" and the Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck's Germany.
JohnnyRingo
(18,641 posts)They have him out there making comments that the campaign wants to avoid. When he finally crosses the line, the campaign can cut him loose without consequence and appear civil minded.
I believe Sununu volunteered his services knowing this.
MADem
(135,425 posts)That way, when rMoney crashes and burns, he can pound his chest and say "See? See? I TRIED to put lipstick on that pig, and no one listened to me...I AM the SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM!!! See?"
Oregonian
(209 posts)Mitt is the most spineless candidate in U.S. history. He'll say something along the lines of "those aren't the words I'd use", sorta like when Rush called Sandra Fluke a slut.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)No two ways about it.
Was he being interviewed? If so, did the person interviewing him object to his statement? If not, why the hell not?
He is saying that about half the voting population in the U.S. needs to be exterminated. It is the logical extension of using that term to describe us.
What an evil thing to say. How dare he. Well we know how he dares -- these people never are called on their disgusting tirades.
barbtries
(28,811 posts)and that is the truth. but i don't have a nationwide platform from which to spread that shit. there is something really wrong with this guy. he's reminding me of bolton.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)TroyD
(4,551 posts)State Democratic National Committeewoman and former state party Chair Kathy Sullivan said Romney "liked the idea of Sununu becoming a distraction, as Romney doesn't want to release those tax returns.
"So what better way to distract?" asked Sullivan. "Send out the ethically challenged former governor who has a history of calling Democrats vermin and of calling gay marriage garbage - he'll be sure to say something so outrageous that it will take everyone's minds off what Mitt is hiding."
Sullivan said Sununu "is hurting more than he is helping Romney, and therefore helps Obama. Outside of the base, people don't like that sort of visceral nastiness.
"Shame on you, John Sununu, and shame on Mitt Romney for not having the courage to stand up and say, 'No, John, he is an American, he is a patriot, and you can go back home to New Hampshire and be quiet now."
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120725/NEWS0602/707199954
TroyD
(4,551 posts)His comment, coming from a man born in Cuba of immigrant parents from Lebanon and El Salvador (he is thus ineligible to be president), demonstrates the irony of the remark. His remarkable intelligence and gifted abilities have both been wasted on political rubbish. He has apologized for the tasteless comment but like many others involved in our current political morass, his intention to discredit and impugn our president with nasty innuendoes has found an audience.
In another lapse of civility, he referred to the losses of Democrats in the state Legislature as "throwing the vermin out." In concert with the New Hampshire speaker of the House, they have managed to reduce the dignity, decorum and stature of our governing institutions to that of a third-world country.
http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/344853/political-rubbish?SESSb64d29681301be1d6af32410094526bf=google
DFW
(54,436 posts)But still, he provides a great contrast to the cultivated Romney image.
A guy who looks like something the cat dragged in accusing us of being vermin. That should go over well with Democrats sitting on the fence.
progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts)Curious what the connection is between them. Whose money does he represent?
Because we ALL know that Romney has no friends IRL.
BlueStater
(7,596 posts)Actually, even that's too good for him. He's more like the shit of shit.
oldsarge54
(582 posts)Between Rush L, Fox commentators, and half the comment makers on the right on yahoo, how CAN Romney call Obama the Great Divider?
Amonester
(11,541 posts)It's (one of) the unconscious thingy he hates about himself so he projects it onto his adversary.