Video: Mitt Romney’s top ten reasons for getting out of the race; Update: More Cheney
posted at 10:57 pm on April 16, 2008 by Allahpundit
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By special request of the boss. Somewhere Dean Barnett is watching this, shaking his head sadly, and murmuring, “That’s him. That’s him.”
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Update: Cute.
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spmat on April 16, 2008 at 10:58 PM
I thought it was funny!
Pam on April 16, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Cheney and Romney are both comfortable in their own skin and both have a classic dry sense of humor.
Good stuff.
EJDolbow on April 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM
He can’t be that nice! He can’t be that nice! He can’t be that nice!
Tzetzes on April 16, 2008 at 11:04 PM
Mitt was funny. I hope he stays conservative long enough to run for pres again.
jgapinoy on April 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
You know who this benefits? Mitt Romney.
Anyone who says otherwise isn’t to be trusted as an analyst.
amerpundit on April 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
People were honestly laughing at that top 10 list. Marvelous!
robblefarian on April 16, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Funny guy, almost as funny as Reagan. Now, if he can just develope a little more iron on some issues he could win next time.
doufree on April 16, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Cheney was pretty funny too.
malan89 on April 16, 2008 at 11:10 PM
When people don’t laugh at Mitt’s jokes, the markets tank. j/k, Hugh…we still love you.
malan89 on April 16, 2008 at 11:11 PM
Good stuff. His 6-10 were better than 1-5 though.
freevillage on April 16, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Silly and childish statement.
The man has had ONE JOB as a politician and that was Governor of Massachusetts. He was a conservative warrior during those four years fighting the most liberal state legislature in the country every day. While Mitt Romney was fighting against the Democrats John McCain was getting into bed with them at every turn.
Romney stood on the State House steps leading a rally and yelling, “Let the people vote!!” with regard to the gay marriage issue.
He signed laws that made the NRA happy.
He signed laws that made the pro-marriage and pro-life organizations happy.
You can take your cues from the media about people or you can research their record on your own. Anybody who does that with Mitt Romney’s RECORD (not words, actions) will see a very conservative, competent and highly intelligent man.
By the way, Mitt Romney has walked the Conservative Walk his entire life. He lives as a Conservative and is a second generation Republican Governor rather than some Johnny Come Lately to the right.
EJDolbow on April 16, 2008 at 11:12 PM
ROFL!!!
I wanted to get fat, grow a beard and go for the Nobel Prize.
Priceless!
Claypigeon on April 16, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Funnier than David Letterman.
terryannonline on April 16, 2008 at 11:19 PM
That was a hoot,but HA HA,”Its Varmit Season”
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,Too late!
“Varmit Season” opened with the Liberal Nominee process!
canopfor on April 16, 2008 at 11:19 PM
My Black Lab is funnier than David Letterman. And all he does is dig holes, eat Milkbones, and lick his own crotch.
malan89 on April 16, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Thanks.
cjs1943 on April 16, 2008 at 11:22 PM
I wish we had seen more of this side of Romney during his campaign.
d1carter on April 16, 2008 at 11:24 PM
He can be that good! He can be that good! He is that good. He was funny and didn’t he look marvelous? Oh, I’m just rubbing my hands together with glee in anticipation. (For you who know what’s coming next)
Bambi on April 16, 2008 at 11:25 PM
Oh but I hope that Al Gore and Mike Huckabee were watching. Romney popped both of their windbags.
bobthepeeler on April 16, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Amen to that! Sadly though, research is discouraged. It might make someone more informed or (gasp) change thier mind. We can’t have that! We expect 60 year old men to have all the same opinions that he had at 16.
Greenhorn on April 16, 2008 at 11:27 PM
Hmmm… I haven’t watched Letterman in years, but by your description his show is just a little further along the same course I witnessed before I gave it up.
Mr Michael on April 16, 2008 at 11:30 PM
Oh and one more thing…
MITT 2012!!!
Greenhorn on April 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
I’m still going to say it again Mitt should
be Vice President,with his business acumen
and straight talk,it would be a win/win
situation with John McCain!
canopfor on April 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
He did a good job delivering that speech somebody wrote for him, but regarding this:
By the way, Mitt Romney has walked the Conservative Walk his entire life. He lives as a Conservative and is a second generation Republican Governor rather than some Johnny Come Lately to the right.
If you think George Romney was any type of conservative *shakes head*
adamsweb on April 16, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Oh,and when Mitt cracked the Two Christian’s
joke,did you hear the audience’s gasp and
squarming!
canopfor on April 16, 2008 at 11:34 PM
That was pretty funny. Any Greta is too much Greta, though.
ReubenJCogburn on April 16, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Thanks EJDoblow.
Mr. Romney is the first candidate I’ve fallen for since Ronaldus Magnus. After his astonishing rescue of the Winter Olympics (one of the very few that made a profit in spite of increased security expenses), I followed his governorship very closely. To the extent that when he announced an exploratory, I was on board. What a resume, what a man!!
Dear Anne would have been a first class First Lady as well.
Sob (need Kleenax)
YankeeinCA on April 16, 2008 at 11:38 PM
sorry, OT, but a PHD (Caroline Heldman, OBTW, fairly hot) on OR’s show just said the debate created “cleavages” that Hilldog could exploit… lol
TheCulturalist on April 16, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!
(for old times sake…)
JustTruth101 on April 16, 2008 at 11:42 PM
Great, funny list. Some good jabs, and great humor.
Jaibones on April 16, 2008 at 11:44 PM
SaintOaf disparaging Romney and Mormons in 5, 4, 3, 2…
I have to agree with freevillage, 6-10 was better than 1-5
PrettyD_Vicious on April 16, 2008 at 11:45 PM
“broke my hair” lol
will the real Mitt please stand up, please stand up
TheCulturalist on April 16, 2008 at 11:48 PM
LOL, this is why I love this site
TheCulturalist on April 16, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Suck it, Huck.
WasatchMan on April 16, 2008 at 11:53 PM
I think it’s on again at 12:21 AM Eastern, 11:21 PM Central, on C-SPAN2.
RBMN on April 16, 2008 at 11:58 PM
I liked #5 the best…get fat and grow a beard….LOL Very nice, most were self depricating, jabbing himself.
bikermailman on April 16, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Let’s not mention that name anymore, lest the zombies be awakened. It’s been a pleasant night without them.
bobthepeeler on April 17, 2008 at 12:01 AM
That was hysterical.
Dr. Manhattan on April 17, 2008 at 12:04 AM
The more I see of Romney, the more I like him.
jaime on April 17, 2008 at 12:10 AM
5 was awesome
29Victor on April 17, 2008 at 12:18 AM
We can laugh at ourselves. That’s what makes the right so fun. We don’t need to scream about this or that, we can just say, “At a campaign rally, I fell and broke my hair.”
Hasn’t anyone noticed how hilarious the last few years of this dinner have been? It’s been great.
pookysgirl on April 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Mitt in 2012
Thats all that matters in presidential politics at this point.
Roger Waters on April 17, 2008 at 12:19 AM
The “Darth Vader” “it humanizes you” part is precious.
What’s also smirk-worthy is when the cameras show the ones who don’t smile, don’t laugh, and don’t know what to do with their biases.
Entelechy on April 17, 2008 at 12:24 AM
Cheney just doesn’t give two flying fu*ks what any talking head, rube, liberal imbecile, poll thinks about him. He’s an American.
AYNBLAND on April 17, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Mitt was hilarious. He always comes across as presidential. I will be donating money to the McCain camp – if and only if Mitt is on the ticket as his VP.
And speaking of VP’s. Cheney was hilarious as well. His delivery was dry, but whoever wrote that Vader joke – classic.
joncoltonis on April 17, 2008 at 12:33 AM
Christian leader?
Romney is a mormon, not a Christian.
As a Christian I find this mischarecterization extremely offensive!
Romney is a deceitful,sinister,vengeful loser.
Even today he is publicly trying to twist the truth about Christianity!
Romney has such an evil presence about him…I am so glad we got him out of the race!
SaintOlaf on April 17, 2008 at 12:40 AM
I’m just now watching the Chaney speech on H&C.
Very funny.
Conservatives are much funnier than Liberals, they know how to laugh in an honest way.
TheCulturalist on April 17, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Romney wrote that joke specifically about you and you didn’t even get it.
jaime on April 17, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Full of much win.
Good thing that you don’t mind taking their taxes and their unwaivering political support for your causes. Thanks for keeping those devil-worshiping heatherns in their rightful cage!
spmat on April 17, 2008 at 12:51 AM
For great justice:
Romney/Jindal in 2012!
spmat on April 17, 2008 at 12:53 AM
“lighten up Francis”
Sgt. Hulka
TheCulturalist on April 17, 2008 at 12:55 AM
I agree that you and Gov. Romney have little in common.
Dead Hand Control on April 17, 2008 at 1:02 AM
It took little longer than I thought, but your are something else olaf. Did you just wake up?
Bambi on April 17, 2008 at 1:03 AM
That was great, both Cheney and Romney. I wish Cheney had the Imperial March playing in the background as he did his bit.
I like Romney, but I think I’d rather Jindal in 2012, Jindal is a much more solid conservative. Mitt should be put to good use though, he oughta be doing more than running a PAC.
doubleplusundead on April 17, 2008 at 1:11 AM
EJDolbow
EXCELLENT!
winemkr on April 17, 2008 at 1:18 AM
Both of those clips were really funny. I’m glad Romney got a jab in at the Goracle.
p0s3r on April 17, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Hillary gets corkscrewed.
Nice.
profitsbeard on April 17, 2008 at 1:31 AM
that cheney joke was very funny
Defector01 on April 17, 2008 at 1:51 AM
I sure like Dick Cheney. No matter what the surroundings, that is always one very impressive man.
Knuckledragger on April 17, 2008 at 2:08 AM
Iraq is Cheney’s best joke.
Hard to top.
Well, maybe $115/barrel tops it…
alphie on April 17, 2008 at 2:09 AM
Romney is a class act. I certainly hope he runs for president again and succeeds in getting the nomination then. “Get fat, grow a beard, and try for the Nobel Prize.” Aaaaaaaawesome. I had a good belly-laughed at that one.
Jockolantern on April 17, 2008 at 2:10 AM
Mitt was quite funny there. And Cheney, classic as always.
Spirit of 1776 on April 17, 2008 at 2:20 AM
$115 a barrel oil…doesn’t anyone speculate why?? Could the value of the dollar have anything to do with it? Caused by this century’s “chicken in every pot” program, the American homeowner and yes, the Iraq war debt.
Romney is a class act. Constitutionally, McCain is obligated to pick him, n’est pas?
Mormons are heavily represented in sensitive positions throughout our government doing an exemplary job…State Department, FBI, NSA, CIA. St. Olaf-your bigotry reminds me of the anti-Catholicism I’ve endured from Baptists and Church of Christ in the South all my life. My kids were taunted and attacked because they went to Catholic school. Makes me sick. We attended a Church of Christ service one Sunday morning because we were in a sports tournament and went as a team. The darling preacher stood at the pulpit talking about how the Pope was the anti-Christ and how Catholicism was the religion of Satan. My kids loved it. Yeah.
eaglesdontflock on April 17, 2008 at 2:53 AM
…and there it is, just like clockwork. Don’t worry buddy; the attendants will be here soon, and they have your rubber room all ready for you.
WasatchMan on April 17, 2008 at 3:07 AM
It’s amazing to see the bitter unsmiling faces in the crown. I’ve always been convinced humor is a sign of intelligence and it’s not a coincidence that hardcore liberals are humorless.
peacenprosperity on April 17, 2008 at 6:21 AM
Letterman? Or the Lab?
soundingboard on April 17, 2008 at 6:26 AM
Right on!
peacenprosperity on April 17, 2008 at 6:27 AM
The second Cheney video nearly made me fall out of my chair. I’m still laughing now…
OmegaPaladin on April 17, 2008 at 6:29 AM
Christian leader?
Romney is a mormon, not a Christian.
As a Christian I find this mischarecterization extremely offensive!
Because it just wouldn’t be a Romney thread without Hot Air’s resident “REAL Christian” poster telling us how eeeeevil Mormons are…
SuperCool on April 17, 2008 at 6:34 AM
Very funny stuff
Mortis on April 17, 2008 at 6:55 AM
Totally.
inviolet on April 17, 2008 at 6:58 AM
That was truly funny. The jokes were right on and they connected because it took many of St. O’s talking points and turned them on their head. Romney must be reading Hot Air, and specifically some of the evangelistas; it lets some of the hate out of these guys, that’s undoubtedly festering. As a special bonus, he skewered a Hilldebeast and Manbearpig—just getting an early start on varmit season.
MITT 2012!
Cold Steel on April 17, 2008 at 7:16 AM
SaintOlaf on April 17, 2008 at 12:40 AM
Romney walks, talks, thinks and lives like a Christian, all the traits you seem to be lacking.
alphie on April 17, 2008 at 2:09 AM
Hold your wind, wait for intelligence to kick in.
leanright on April 17, 2008 at 7:46 AM
Technically, you may be right however, he acts more like a Christian than many I know who claim to be Christians. (i.e., George Bush wanting to reward people for breaking the law and allows 2 law enforcement officials to rot in solitary confinemen in an American jail, the Pope who lives in hideous splendor, owns a Ferrari (w-h-y), walks in expensive red Italian shoes while he preaches to the world to help the poor.)
Just my thoughts.
stenwin77 on April 17, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Evangelistas, brilliant!
Fitting, because, much like their lefty counterparts, The Sandalistas, they’ve embraced identity politics to the utmost, developed a persecution complex, and have cultivated an irrational fear, more of a loathing actually, of those whose beliefs differ from their own.
I doff my cap to you! Outstanding!
SuperCool on April 17, 2008 at 7:55 AM
Politically, I like the way you think.
However, as a Baptist preachers kid, I was the one who was harrassed by other non-Baptist kids at school. We all have our “crosses to bear”, I guess. In hindsight, it DID make me stronger.
(Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake)
stenwin77 on April 17, 2008 at 7:58 AM
They have risen up and will not move back into the darkness until all Romney or Huckabee posts are 24 hours old. Just don’t get too close to them, you may get infected. Don’t believe me? Look at Iowa.
malan89 on April 17, 2008 at 8:16 AM
I thought Mitt was great last night. He had me really laughing out loud.
What was funnier is when that commedian started ripping on MSNBC and their ratings, the room fell silent. Hah!
Geronimo on April 17, 2008 at 8:49 AM
ROTFLWML (WML = With My Lab)
Red Pill on April 17, 2008 at 8:53 AM
Putz!
E L Frederick (Sniper One) on April 17, 2008 at 9:20 AM
Eagles, sorry about your experiences…but your Pope told us a few months ago that non-catholics had “no means of salvation.” What’s worse than the “holiest man on earth” telling me I’m going to Hell because I’m Episcopalian? BTW, I grew up with a bunch of Caholic kids whose parents trained them to mock my “version” of their religion. Like stenwin77 said, “we all had crosses to bear.”
Malpaso on April 17, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Mitt was good. I enjoyed that.
Tim Burton on April 17, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Gosh I guess I haven’t been around long enough or I’m denser than the rest of you because I don’t understand what all the initials stand for.
Bambi on April 17, 2008 at 9:45 AM
this new video service BLOWS. go back to youtube. it’s buffering every four seconds, if it loads at all.
wordwarp on April 17, 2008 at 10:04 AM
I’m a protestant who thinks that’s FANTASTIC. And the shoes are handmade by some friendly cobbler, so they weren’t that expensive.
Oh, and
The fact that a president is trying to run as a “Christian leader” reveals a complete lack of conservative (or even Republican) values. Ronald Reagan didn’t run as a “conservative leader,” and neither did Barry Goldwater, who was a pro-choice Christian (and was wrong about it). If you have to say “I’m a Christian leader” to get votes, then you’re pathetic – and I mean that not disparagingly/ad hominem-ly, but literally.
emailnuevo on April 17, 2008 at 10:53 AM
The topic of this thread is Mitt Romney, so discussing Mitt Romney and his beliefs is on topic.
For the record, I would trust Mitt Romney with the Presidency more than I would trust John McCain.
I may have faith differences with Romney, but Romney has not shown the Socialist tendencies that McCain has.
Mitt Romney is a good and honorable man, as are most Mormon/LDS men. I appreciate the good works done by most Mormons/LDS. I appreciate the good family lives of most Mormons/LDS. I appreciate the conservative voting record of most Mormons/LDS. All of these things are good for our country, and I sincerely appreciate them.
It is true that Mormons/LDS have spiritual beliefs that are significantly different from the rest of people who consider themselves Christian. While there are differences between Catholic and Protestant Bibles (there are a few additional books in the Catholic Bible), the overwhelming majority of sacred text is the same, and split into old and new testaments. Go to a site like Biblegateway.com and you will find the Bible in many different languages and versions.
Mormons/LDS believe that a third testament, the Book of Mormon, was given to Joseph Smith, and this third testament is their primary focus. Go to scriptures.lds.org and you will find that in addition to the Old and new Testaments they have the Book of Mormon, which they consider “ANOTHER TESTAMENT OF JESUS CHRIST”. That third testament portrays Jesus Christ as not the Son of God, but a son of God.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not put its focus on Jesus Christ as the one and only Son of God, it puts its focus on its members becoming Latter-day Saints… that is on becoming another Jesus on another planet. Evidence on this focus of becoming Latter-day Saints (LDS) can be seen in the official URL of the church…lds.org.
I do not hate Mormons/LDS, although many hate me. They believe that I only have “part of the truth”, i.e. the Old and New Testaments, but not the Book of Mormon. They believe that it is Heavenly Father, not Jesus Christ, who is the “Good News”. They believe that Lucifer and Jesus Christ were brothers, and that I am the spawn of Satan. That’s OK, I love them anyway, because Jesus Christ of Nazareth taught me to.
Mormons/LDS, my heart truly goes out to you because most of you are very good people, but your plan of salvation is hopeless. It is your heart’s desire to dwell with Heavenly Father for time and all eternity, but ask yourself the following questions:
An ex-Mormon (someone with first-hand experience both inside and outside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) explains The Way to Heavenly Father by LDS Doctrine compared to the Bible’s Good News.
Red Pill on April 17, 2008 at 11:05 AM
SaintOlaf, please read this.
Red Pill on April 17, 2008 at 11:06 AM
The sniper fire and the Al Gore references were the two that made me laugh the hardest. Well played, Mitt, well played.
Dave Shay on April 17, 2008 at 11:25 AM
Wow. So many half-truths and distortions in one post.
Troy Rasmussen on April 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Satan Olaf and Pink Pill are a tad annoying.
What they dont understand is that Mitt OWNED them with his joke about “two Christian leaders”.
What Mitt was saying was “isnt Huckabee a d**che?” And the crowds laughter was their agreement that, yes, Huckabee is a Dou**e.
Roger Waters on April 17, 2008 at 1:08 PM
Thanks for the link
The obligatory deny, without backing it up.
*
Hey, Mitt is a funny guy, he understands how stiff he is. I hope he has continued success in business.
And Cheney’s line of infallible was spot on. Also a “stiff” guy with a sense of humor. Although I think the news actually do feel they are infallible.
right2bright on April 17, 2008 at 1:15 PM
I actually would have considered Romeny for President if he was really a conservative like he claims to be. His energy independence plan sounded pretty good.
But he’s not conservative at all: http://trueromney.com/. He’s the John Kerry of the republican party. Most politicians are extremely slimy…but Romney takes the cake.
When someone lies about every single one of their positions, then they are not an ordinary politician but an Uber-politician, and IMO an extremely dangerous character.
He should have dropped out after south carolina. His whole strategy was to win IA,NH,SC.
Am I bitter against romney?
Maybe. This election has been a nightmare because of him.
Do I hate him? No, not personally…only the evil that lurks within him.
Do I think he should get a free pass to publicly disparage Christianity by saying ‘mormonism is Christianity’ without being challenged on it? Certainly not.
After NH, Romney knew he was finished but stayed in to mess up the election. Does anybody truly think that Romney is as innocent as he claims to be?
Romney absolutely spent the most money on smear ads(full of lies)against every single candidate who was leading against him(Huck,Rudy,Mccain).
Fortunately, most people were able to see his true character and voted him out of the race.
http://www.pollster.com/blogs/the_onions_bar_fight_poll.php
SaintOlaf on April 17, 2008 at 2:10 PM
fingers crossed/sarc off
Branch Rickey on April 17, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Careful O’Reilly may hire you as body language expert ;^D
Branch Rickey on April 17, 2008 at 2:25 PM
You stay classy, Roger Waters, stay classy.
Red Pill on April 17, 2008 at 2:34 PM
OK, whatever you say.
By the way, why did you change your name from “I took the Red Pill” to simply “Red Pill”????
Oh that’s right….you were BANNED for being an annoying, UNCLASSY troll.
A few of us are sick and tired of every time there is a thread that has to do with Mitt Romney you and Satan Olaf believe its appropriate to flood the forum with anti-mormon bigotry. You and Satan Olaf should be banned again.
And, no, despite your lying assertions, I dont have a horse in the religious debate.
Roger Waters on April 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Roger Waters on April 17, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Amen, or Aahhmen or Praise Jesus or Barak!
I quit bitching about McCain the day Romney dropped out. If Pill and Olaf can’t get off this kick, please Captain take them away.
I could even get over a ticket without Romney, but I sure don’t want that to happen. Romney is a breath of fresh air, a nimble thinker with a big picture view AND a grasp of details. Very rare. CDR McCain, you would want your wing man to be the best, not the best liked.
eaglesdontflock on April 17, 2008 at 3:44 PM
Did I saw a bad word?
eaglesdontflock on April 17, 2008 at 3:48 PM
well, one of my comments is probably in editorial review. As you can see, the preview option is difficult for me.
Olaf and Pill, anathemas.
eaglesdontflock on April 17, 2008 at 3:54 PM
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