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CoffeeCat

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1. Romney is an absurd cartoon character...not a clever villan.

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu Oct 18, 2012, 12:23 PM

Oct 2012

He's a combination of two Disney characters: Gaston from "Beauty and the Beast" and Kronk from "The Emperor's New Groove."

Big, dumb, self absorbed, greedy, narcissistic and selfish--but he's successful and gets away with being a sociopath because he looks like an anchorman.

Kronk:

Gaston:

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Wasn't the "Romney" character always the villain in the movies? [View all] edhopper Oct 2012 OP

Romney is an absurd cartoon character...not a clever villan. CoffeeCat Oct 2012 #1

John Galt is supposed to be the hero in Atlas Shrugged... HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #2

He's not John Galt edhopper Oct 2012 #3

He's the Mr. Potter from "A Wonderful Life" SharonAnn Oct 2012 #4

In the future, a character named "Romney" is highly unlikely SDjack Oct 2012 #5