GOP Source: Mitt Romney Threw ‘Tantrum’ At Univision ‘Brownface’ Forum

Oh, man. We were already aware that Egg Romney simply does not care for backtalk from The Help, and that Miffed Romney may not be great under pressure (or ever?). And Miffed Romney hasn't had a good day we can remember since his Mr. Bean-level disastrous trip to Europe, which spawned the eternal, plaintive question "What about your gaffes?" But FUCK ALL, Buzzfeed has quite a story about Miffed's trip to see the Mexicans at the Univision forum today, from sources both on the record (a Univision anchor, who detailed the many last-minute demands the campaign made) and off (a GOP source who says Romney threw a "tantrum" and refused to go on). A tantrum, Miffed? In front of people you are not actually paying? BEST. NOMINEE. IN HISTORY.

From Buzzfeed:

While introducing Romney at the top of the broadcast, [Maria Elena] Salinas's co-anchor, Jorge Ramos, noted that the Republican candidate had agreed to give the network 35 minutes, and that Obama had agreed to a full hour the next night. Ramos then invited the audience to welcome Romney to the stage — but the candidate didn't materialize.

"It was a very awkward moment, believe me," Salinas said.

Apparently, Romney took issue with the anchors beginning the broadcast that way, said Salinas, and he refused to go on stage until they re-taped the introduction.(One Republican present at the taping said Romney "threw a tantrum.")

Let's repeat that: Mitt Romney THREW A TANTRUM because he didn't like the anchor noting that he'd agreed to appear for 35 minutes as opposed to Barack Obama's hour. And then he REFUSED TO GO ONSTAGE until they retaped the intro. We are starting to think Miffed Romney, in addition to having what we suspect is Asperger's-induced Insult People To Their Faces Constantly Syndrome, also might have a problem of temperament .

But oh, there is ever so much more. How many haughty demands did the Romney camp make on Univision? (All of them, Katie.)

Here are a couple!

1. Salinas told BuzzFeed that tickets for each forum were divided between the network, the respective campaigns, and the University of Miami (which hosted the events) — and she said both campaigns initially agreed to keep the audience comprised mostly of students, in keeping with the events' education theme.

   But after exhausting the few conservative groups on campus, the Romney camp realized there weren't enough sympathetic students to fill the stands on their night — so they told the network and university that if they weren't given an exemption to the students-only rule, they might have to "reschedule."

They were given an exemption, and "bus[ed] in rowdy activists from around southern Florida in order to fill the extra seats at their town hall."

1. Obama's campaign, meanwhile, stuck to the original parameters and allowed a large chunk of the tickets to be distributed to interested students on campus. The result was a quiet, well-behaved crowd — and a lot of no-shows. Minutes before Obama's forum was to begin, producers began frantically directing university staff and volunteers to sit in the empty seats.

   Salinas said both candidates ultimately had partisan crowds at their forums, but that Romney's non-student activists ignored instructions to hold their applause.

   "We were a little bit thrown because it was supposed to be a TV show, it wasn't a rally," Salinas said of the outspoken Romney supporters. "It was a little bit of disrespect for us."

The result?

When the Republican took his place Wednesday night in the first of two back-to-back candidate forums televised on the mega-network, he was greeted by an adoring, raucous crowd that cheered his every word, and booed many of the moderators' questions. The next night, President Obama was treated to stone cold silence from the audience as he was aggressively grilled on his lackluster immigration record.

The only thing anyone will remember from the Univision forum, of course, is Miffed's disastrous brownface. According to Salinas, the makeup lady swore it was just Miffed being sunburned. We'd imagine it's more along the lines of The Help shitting in the chocolate pie. But we're sure that Great American Hero makeup lady is right, because that way she gets to keep her job.

[ Buzzfeed /Photo by AP, Charles Dharapak]