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Botany

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5. Mitt is nucking futz
Tue Feb 21, 2012, 08:43 PM
Feb 2012


too small (bristle cone pine oldest tree)



too big (redwood biggest tree )

(Michigan trees)

just right


I believe he meant they were the right height for Michigan jberryhill Feb 2012 #1
Romney sounds like he speaks in some secret code. DCBob Feb 2012 #2
He means those trees are at 'murikan height, not like those little sissy asian trees Blue_Tires Feb 2012 #14
michael moore understood it, although he did not explain it. eom ellenfl Feb 2012 #3
They fit on a log truck just just right. alphafemale Feb 2012 #4
Mitt is nucking futz Botany Feb 2012 #5
Like most "Conservatives," Mitt probably prefers his trees ... Denninmi Feb 2012 #6
Wasn't there an issue with his house in California and the height of the neighbors trees? tnlurker Feb 2012 #7
I'm not a Romney fan but the trees in Michigan are just the right height. I can tell because, when Dollface Feb 2012 #8
actually I get it greymattermom Feb 2012 #9
The trees are probably the "right height" because he cut them down to get a good view of the lake, yellowcanine Feb 2012 #10
+1 JNelson6563 Feb 2012 #11
Hahaha! Yea, they're the right height, "now". nt babylonsister Feb 2012 #12
It was like 'Usual Suspects' where they suspect spun a yarn that included everything in front of him grantcart Feb 2012 #13
"I love barbershop quartets..." morningfog Feb 2012 #15
Ok. That's funny. :) MatthewStLouis Feb 2012 #18
I have lived in the ellie Feb 2012 #16
Well in Michigan, we easily have well over a 100 diff. kinds of trees at diff. heights. What a moron MichiganVote Feb 2012 #17
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