WaPo: Romney shows his sense of humor in Liberty University speech

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13. That would have been funnier than the real "jokes" in the speech

"He also provoked laughter as he recalled his decision to take charge of the troubled 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. “I’m embarrassed now to recall that when this opportunity was first presented to me, I dismissed it out of hand. I was busy, I was doing well,” he said. “And by the way, my lack of athletic prowess did not make the Olympics a logical step.

He noted that his children agreed. “In fact, after I had accepted the position, my oldest son called me and said, ‘Dad, I have spoken to the brothers. We saw the paper this morning. We want you to know there’s not a circumstance we could have conceived of that would put you on the front page of the sports section.’ ”