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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRoger Simon, Politico - Mitt Romney: King of comedy
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81750.htmlRomney needs some jokes. And he needs them for his first presidential debate on Wednesday.
-snipping most of the column, to get to what happened at their $6 million fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton last week-
Ann Romney introduced her husband with a family anecdote: They say if you look for a body of a Romney body, you look upstream, because theyve been thats the kind of guys that they are, Ann said. They fight and work, and they, theyll find their bodies upstream, and thats what he will do.
The audience seemed more than a little baffled, and Mitt Romney tried to ride to the rescue.
I dont think they followed that one, Romney said. Youve got to try that again.
I dont tell jokes very well, Ann admitted.
Can I tell that? Romney said. Its in a book about one of my ancestors. It said the story of Romneys is if you hear that a Romney has drowned in a river, you look upstream for the body; thats the joke.
I thought I said that, Ann said. But I guess I didnt.
Hey, cmon, give them a break. They grew up in Michigan, not the Catskills.
And theyll be performing until at least until Nov. 6.
Try the veal.
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Roger Simon, Politico - Mitt Romney: King of comedy (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Sep 2012
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BootinUp
(47,186 posts)1. rofl @ Romneys
City Lights
(25,171 posts)2. It's like they're from another planet.
I'm not convinced they're human.
JHB
(37,161 posts)3. Mitt needs to enjoy firing the guy who was supposed to set up the "laugh" sign
Ann, there's a reason for the saying "dying is easy, comedy is hard".
BumRushDaShow
(129,446 posts)4. Yeah!