The whole world (or a few thousand people) laughed at Mitt Romney for mocking those poor NASCAR fans he encountered the other day in their plastic ponchos, telling them, “I like those fancy raincoats you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.” Why didn’t Mitt buy them all golden GORE-TEX rain-repellent space jackets? Does he even want to buy the presidency anymore? But no, he says now, he wasn’t mocking them. There are plenty of times when he’s had to wear much worse — garbage bags, even. He loves garbage! He probably only rents his suits, too, when he’s not wearing his beloved garbage bags.
Romney responded to the many responses to his funny line about the poncho’d troll people, all of them watching the race cars go ’round and ’round, in Florida, on Bill O’Reilly last night. From the WaPo:
“Is it worth it for you even to say those things?” host Bill O’Reilly asked Romney in the interview, noting that Democrats have pounced on the remarks as the latest in what they argue is a series of gaffes that reveals Romney is out of touch with most Americans.
“Well you know, it’s hard to imagine all the things they’re going to try and turn into attacks,” Romney responded. “I mean, that’s the first time I’ve heard the one you’ve mentioned. Look, I have worn a garbage bag for rain gear myself. And we’re out there in the rain; the rain was getting us soaked; I didn’t have a rain coat myself. I would have liked one of those. So, you know, it’s just the nature of the process.”
You should all be ashamed for your taunts at Mitt Romney. Wait… it’s the nature of the process? In that case, continue feeling no shame.
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He bought it at Bloomingdale's.
Neiman Marcus.
They don't sell garbage bags!
They sell disposable refuse clutches
Barney's or GTFO.
bespoke garbage bags, who knew???
Bloomingdales? How common. Romney had his garbaged bags custom made by the finest tailors in Metro Detroit.
Mouth opens up, garbage comes out, who can explain it, Bill?
Never a miscommunication! He says exactly what he means, which is that everyone poor sucks.
…or is simply inconsequential.
Someone probably needs to buy Mittens a Gaffe hook….I'd say mouth open and stupidity comes out.
He do have his problems in the public arena.
It's good, then, that he has his garbage bag rain slicker to catch the mouth-garbage with.
Clever, that…Finally, a method to his madness.
Some of my best friends own garbage bag manufacturing companies.
–Mitt Romney
It looks like he's picked up Hefty as a corporate sponsor of his Presidency
WTF?? Now he's calling my $19.95 Poncho I bought at the concession stand a "garbage bag????"
It's like Nelson Muntz saying: "Stop hitting yourself! Stop hitting yourself!" Except there's no Nelson Muntz, only Milhouse Van Rmoney.
Tyler Durden libel!!
Edit: why the hell did this show up twice? *shrug*
If you go back and look closely, you'll see it's actually the same post.
I see everything twice!!!
Yossarian Libel!
Tyler Durden libel!!
If you put Brad Pitt and Ed Norton together, I hope you end up with something more interesting than Mitt Romney.
You could put a telletubby and winnie the pooh together and get something more interesting than Romney.
Yes, I've read that porn.
My wife wears a couple of garbage bags.
But Willard never wore a condom, of course (and neither did his dad, unfortunately).
The Mormons are anti-abortion, but not anti-condom:
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?locale=0&am…
(See under "Additional Information")
Ah, thanks for the clarification. Really, I should've know this; after all, I lived in Utah for 4 years! I'm still trying to find out if I was secretly baptized against my will, though…
Are you dead yet? Then no.
It was during my college years. I remember one morning waking up in the Tabernacle parking lot…still not sure how I got there or what happened!
I call bullshit, Mittens. Pics or gtfo.
Newt wouldn't have said that stuff. Newt would've just blamed the rain on Obama.
It's almost as if he doesn't know shit about dick.
Knowledge about dick is really Santorum's forte.
Almost?
Does Anne wear TWO garbage bags?
None of this Glad crap for her. She wears a Hefty bag–two actually–that's the Cadillac of bags, right there.
Yes, one over Mitt's head with a photo of Megan McCain pasted on
Mitt has also been known to walk past homeless people and say:
“I like those fancy cardboard homes you bought. Really sprung for the big bucks.”
A "cardboard house" really only becomes a "home" when a homeless dude craps in it.
Or when it hears the patter of tiny feet – usually rats.
Romney should be cramming his campaign into a garbage bag at this point.
Does this mean we can officially rename "garage bags"? "Honey, we are out Romney bags!"
"And remember to take out the Romney cans to the curb, they're overflowing with Romney. And don't to forget to separate the food waste and put it in the Gingrich."
Don't forget to wash the Santorum outta the Romney. Otherwise, we'll end up with a maggot infestation. Plus it'll smell to high heavens.
These two truly have stunk up the joint.
"You are also gonna need some Romney bags to clean after the dog. He romneyed all over the living room rug during the lightning storm."
I thought he Romneyed all over the car after the trip he took atop it?
Sounds more appropriate for colostomy bags.
Silly Chill!
You can only call them "Romney bags" if they're monogrammed.
GAH!
I know Oscar the Grouch. Oscar the Grouch was a friend of mine. You, sir, are no Oscar the Grouch.
"Hefty, Maude. That's the ticket."
—Jonathon Winters
Well, this is taking flip-flopping to a whole new, absurd level.
I was for garbage bags before I was against them before I was for them again.
To be fair, his raingear was from the new "Garbaj" line from Derelik.
Have you ever wondered if there was more to life, other than being really, really, ridiculously good looking?
Well, let me answer your question with a question. How many abadigitals do you see modeling?
I'm a MerMAN, Dad. MerMAN.
"To be fair, his raingear was from the new "Garbaj" line from Derelik."
Only available at that new French store; Tar-jay!
Mitt's advisers: "STOP. TALKING."
Surely, one of them is whipping up a nice laryngitis recipe in the kitchen as we speak.
"Mitt was born with a silver foot in his mouth."
–Anne Richards
good grief! You'd think he'd realize he needs to stop opening his mouth as his foot seems to have a magnetic attraction towards it.
"And we’re out there in the rain; the rain was getting us soaked; I didn’t have a rain coat myself I would have liked one of those."
So, question–would it have been MORE or LESS awkward had he offered to buy the poncho off of one of their backs?
"Hey, $10,000 for your garbage bag?"
No, Willard! No! That's an illegal alien wearing that garbage bag. Don't give him the $10,000, it'll look bad in the campaign.
Mitt's trying to become the first handicapped president of the US.
Political Tourette's Syndrome is a handicap, right?
It didn't hurt W too much.
Most of the time, we didn't realize W was speaking English, so he largely got away with it
Frankie Roosevelt Libel!
He needs Jules Winnfield as an adviser.
NSFW
"I don't remember asking you a goddamn thing!"
"Look, I have worn a garbage bag for rain gear myself. And we’re out there in the rain; the rain was getting us soaked; I didn’t have a rain coat myself. I would have liked one of those. And I made fun of myself, I said “I like that fancy raincoat I'm wearing. Really sprung for the big bucks.” So, you see, I can laugh at myself just as easily as I laugh at the hoi-polloi."
It's important to keep one's sense of humor regarding the peasantry.
A garbage bag is acceptable outerwear if you top it off with a hipster fedora.
Must have deep v-neck, also as well.
and flips, after all shoes make the outfit.
Mittt: "I have a camouflage trash bag that I like to wear when I'm I hunting those small varmints with my imaginary gun, if you will…
Mittens/Biden 2016!!!!
Oh yes, small varmint gun! Bringin' back the classics of yesteryear!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1ZTIbr8MuY
And as to the sound quality, this was before the Romneybot 3.0 software greatly improved "its" speech generation.
“Is it worth it for you even to say those things?” host Bill O’Reilly asked…
Like Mitt thinks about things before he says them…
Unless his handlers manage to convince him to never, ever, EVER go off-script we've got eight more months of this stuff to look forward to.
But he is learning to play the victim card when he's called out on the stupid shit he says.
Must have Sarah Palin as a tutor.
Damn "gotcha" LIE-beral media, reporting what our betters actually say…
It is just a shame that we are not all wealthy enough to understand Romney's humor at the expense of the poor.
Keep digging, Mitt. You'll hit bottom eventually.
Or China! Where he can really talk tough about.. the economy and other things that he knows a lot about.
It's a Mormon thing. The garbage bags are magic and repel water, so you should keep a few boxes in your end of the world stash. Every NASCAR fan who wears one gets a free baptism in Salt La Kacity and can worship Joseph Smith along with Jesus H. Christ.
And, really, what is the use of bankrupting tons of company's if you can't them make fun of those who don't have billions of dollars. That is so Anti-American!
I would be quite pleased to help fit a plastic bag over his head. To keep his hair dry of course.
Garbage liner — to leakproof your primary garbage containment from turdblossom overflow seepage — sold separately.
Hefty Hefty Hefty
Wimpy Wimpy Mitty
I've changed my mind. I want Romney now to get the nomination instead of Gingrich.
Gingrich has the most trash but I find that I enjoy seeing Romney's disastrous attempts at relating to ordinary people.
And it's not like it's going to change. The guy just get so flustered. It's odd, too, because I imagine he's a fairly smart guy, but just not comfortable enough in his own skin to deal with the attention. He seeks it out, and then he fucks it in the face.
Maybe one of the brilliant minds behind the Romney campaign should see that he now only appears in public dressed as a hobo, so he can bond with the common man.
Undercover Oligarch, Sundays at 8 on CBS!
Yeah, since when have the Repubs NOT wanted a rich, white, God-fearing, only-married-once dude!
Mitt must be losing his mind!
Unless he's got Hobo Bean sauce splattered on his oversize polyester lapels, I ain't buying it.
I thought he had enough dough to say when it rains or not.
But has he DATED a garbage bag, like I have? This is the real question…
First we let men marry men, and now they want to marry garbage bags!!
Next thing you know, we'll have man on garbage bag sex.
-Rick Santorum
In Soviet Russia, garbage wears you.
Well I can’t have a beer with him but at least we can stand around in garbage bags discussing what it’s like to be unemployed.
So relatable!
I love America — the garbage bags are all the right length.
And the right girth, as well.
Has anyone managed to figure out what the fuck he meant with that nonsensical tree comment?
Google has apologized publicly for any problems their Romneytron 3000 may have caused. The problem has been linked to an error in his PanderPlus program and corrections have been made.
Okay, Mitt's never actually worn a garbage bag — but he did help create the cheap, shoddy America where garbage bags were an affordable form of rain gear. And I'll bet those bag-wearing NASCAR fans didn't even thank him.
Needs more North Face.
OT but since we're on the topic of garbage bags, here's the cheapest Halloween costume ever: wear one garbage bag, slather on some mayonnaise & presto(!), you're a used condom.
I love knowing most The North Face wearers have great manicures and smooth hands.
I'm sure Mitt only wears the garbage bags scented with Febreeze.
Nahh…it's going to be that expensive Scentsy crap.
And his wife owns two garbage bags encrusted with diamonds.
My garbage bag is encrusted with last night's Lean Cuisine dinner. Not quite the same.
That does not exactly call to mind a pleasant image; ouch.
So desperate for votes, Mittens courts the Homeless Dumpster-Diver bloc
Romney, (R)efuse
Hefty cinch sack = magic underwear?
Depends
Conservative media publisher and activist Andrew Breitbart, who was behind investigations that led to the resignations of former Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York and former U.S. Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, has died in Los Angeles at age 43.
Haha, at least I outlived this shit bucket.
See also: http://wonkette.com/465368/andrew-breitbart-drops…
I think what I meant to say was DERP DERP DERP DERP
O’Reilly chided somebody for saying stupid off-the-cuff insensitive insulting remarks? Should have given him a membership card instead.
Well you know, it’s hard to imagine all the things they’re going to try and turn into attacks.
Yes, those things called "Shit My Mormon Says"
I think you misspelled "Moron"
So Mitt wears garbage bags on the outside? What does he wear underneath?
Depends…
And I bet he looks better in a garbage bag than I do.
Republicans like Bill-O just about now coming to realize what an unmitigated walking, talking disaster they have on their hands with Willard… let the panic begin.
The only thing better than a Romney/Santorum ticket in November would be any ticket with Lou Sarah (like Gingrich/Palin….ohmygodohmygodohmygod…)
This is his "garbage bag" rain coat.
http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Everyone%20…
EDIT: If you google "garbage bag full of money" and click "Images" the 2nd photo to the right will pleasantly surprise you.
And that's why we need to leave the "Safe Search" on.
Romney Campaign Memo (confidential):
"We're gonna need a bigger garbage bag"
Now that Mitt has embraced this game of admitting to things working class folks do in a pinch, lets see what else he'll cop to. It's totally lose-lose!
You steal hotel towels?
You ever eat dinner over the sink?
Ever run out of toilet paper and had to improvise?
C'mon Mitt, what else have you and Joe the Plumber got in common?
…granted, it was a Burberry garbage bag."
" He probably only rents his suits, too…"
Never bury your uncle in a rented suit. He'll be gone, but the bills will just keep coming.
How the hell does Mitt, the cardboard cutout walk with one
corrugated foot constantly in his mouth?
As far as inept walk-backs go, it's kind of "blah."
With his economic strategy, we'll all be wearing garbage bags soon.
"So, you know, it’s just the nature of the process.”
I am so ripping this line off.
The possibilities are endless.
The nature of what freaking process? The process by which he snatches the garbage bag off one of his assistants and sends the assistant out to buy him a raincoat, pronto? I'm assuming that's the process.
"it’s just the nature of the process"
No human being would ever utter those words in that sequence in that context.
Romney = robot QED
I was thinking he might be a cartoon drawn and written by the same people who create Mary Worth.
Get Your Mitt On
All that water must have brainwashed him.
Is it just me, or is Mitt starting to remind everyone more and more of W. Granted, he doesn't have the Tejas accent – but like W. he was a CEO, like W., he was a governor, Like W., he ran a big sports franchise (though its arguable that Mitt did more with the Olympics than W ever did with the Rangers), AND, and like W. he says really stupid shit on a regular basis…..etc. I'm not sure about you all, but I really don't want another CEO Preznit who can bumfuck the country just one more time.
Hmm. Now that you mention it, I'm leaning toward NOT voting for him!
RON PAUL 2012!
For once, I wish a politician were a better liar. Mittens is just excruciating.
His wifey wears a good Republican garbage bag coat.
Note: Versace has branched out. Doing a "Faux G" line of garbage bags "prêt-à-porter" now, in raw silk with 24 KG zippers.
“And I remember it like it was yesterday, the time my Dad took me to MacArthur Park. My Mom wore this yellow, cotton dress, foaming like a wave. And then someone left a cake out in the rain so that all the sweet, green icing was flowing down. And being just a small varmint at the time, I said to my Dad, ‘but it took so long to bake it! Will we ever have that recipe again?’ That’s the America I believe in, where we can all have that recipe again!”
Gah.
"It's called fashion. Look it up."
The difference between their gaffer and ours is when Joe Biden gaffes, it's a Golden Gaffe of Truth by Accident. When Mitt gaffes, it's Gaffe Gas of Unreality. They can both have a gaffe-off in '16.
Hopefully Mittens goes away after this year.
We didn't elect the Gaffer. We got him because he came with the package. (Shipping and handling additional) We had a choice between the package that came with the Gaffer and a package that came with the Grifter. We chose the Gaffer as our free selection
Uncle Joe's are chuckalicious.
Mitten's are cringe-worthy.
Up yours, Roy Blunt.
Bill to reverse Obama birth control policy defeated in Senate
Very pleased to hear the Senate finally took the garbage out. It was really stinking up the place.
Though I do want to give a big fuck you to my ostensibly Democratic Senator, Bob Casey, for voting for this woman-hating piece of shit bill. Very glad it still went down despite him.
I too am very glad you still go down despite him. Wait, what?
Where is SNL when we need a new character. I'm looking for a Mitt Romney version of the character who is at a party and every time someone says something she says she did, had or whatever the same thing but it was bigger, worse or more expensive.©
Based on his amazing performance in the Least Amazing Race 2012, he'll be lucky to wear a barrel after he gets sent to the electoral poor house.
Every day with Mittens is like another episode of "Third Rock From The Sun."
Fine, Mittens. Now, please explain the Mom jeans.
I am beginning to think Mitt is not like me.
I just wanna say that, one summer I spent some time on the Pacific Crest Trail. To save weight, I packed a large plastic garbage bag for rain protection. Best investment I could have ever made.
Why does Mitt hate the plastics industry so much?
"By golly, I'll never forget the big storm out on Lake Michigan. We were on the governor's yacht, The Moroni, and nobody had packed the Patagonia foul weather gear. We all donned Hefty bags. Then she began taking on water and the bilge pump failed.
'Have you got any tampons, Ma?' I asked. We were in luck …"
Ticket to NASCAR: $45
Disposable plastic poncho from the concession stand: $12.99
Being a smarmy rich asshole: priceless
Romoney seems destined to keep opening his mouth for the sole (LOL) purpose of putting the other foot in.
Ann Richards' famous line is very applicable to Mormney.
…and we can look forward to more hilarity throughout most of this year. Yeah!
What a dipshit…he's out of touch with himself
Thank you, Republicans, for this gift that keeps on giving. Hopey will CRUSH this very inarticulate fellow.
A garbage bag also makes a great "airtight" travel container for your dog.
Romney in a garbage bag would look almost as ridiculous as Santorum in a sweater vest.
Custom made trash bag raincoat? Taiwan or Paris?
I think I dropped some change into his Dunkies cup a few weeks ago and had no idea it was him!
Maybe that's how he gets the bucks for Ann's Cadillacs??
OK, he never really wore a garbage bag, but he has a bunch of friends who own garbage bag factories.
When even the buffoon O'Reilly is giving him political advice, Mittens is doomed
I hear the nickname "trash bags" is free, ever since the one gal dropped off the Jersey Shore.
Of course, the MittBot would need to be protected from moisture BAMN, even if it means just throwing part of the packaging he came in over his head.
Don't be sad, be Glad© you have any clothing at all.
Mittens is a big trash talker.
Hey, Willard, men in magic underpants shouldn't throw stones. Jis' sayin'.
"Thank you for coming to my rally in this awful <PROTOCOL: RUN STATENAME> weather. I wish you had dressed a little nicer though"
I like his manicured and managed national campaign effort, involving friendly and compliant media personalities. Really sprang for the big bucks.
Garbage bags? Fancy Mitt, even his garbage gets its own bag.
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