The brand known as Mitt©..."I'm different than President Bush in a number of dimensions"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21049288/site/newsweek/

By Jonathan Darman and Lisa Miller
Newsweek

Oct. 8, 2007 issue - High above California, between campaign stops last week, presidential candidate Mitt Romney submitted to what he jokingly called "35 minutes of torture." In a wide-ranging talk with NEWSWEEK's Jonathan Darman and Lisa Miller, Romney touched on his family, his religion, his management style—and, excerpted here, Iraq and the distinction he draws between his own leadership style and that of the current president:

NEWSWEEK: If Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, and you're the Republican nominee, and she runs against you and says, "Mitt Romney would be more of George W. Bush," what's your quick response that says, "I am not George W. Bush"?

ROMNEY: I don't know that I have a great line, but people recognize that no two people are alike. About half the country is Republican, about half is Democrat, and all Republicans don't see every issue the same. Our life experiences are very different, our views on a number of issues are very different. We're our own people. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a Republican, I'm a Republican, Mike Huckabee is a Republican. We're different in a number of respects and people will choose among us. And you're right: Hillary Clinton will try to make any person who becomes our nominee into George Bush, but we're all quite different in our own way. And I'm different than President Bush in a number of dimensions despite the fact that I respect him as a fine man and a fine leader, but I'm a different person.

Different how?

Our life experience is quite different in terms of the kinds of enterprises we were involved in. I was 10 years in the consulting business. That means I tend to be highly analytical, data-driven, analysis-driven, so I follow a process for decision making.

[Lucinda]

1. Well....he does have more hair

and seems to have a basic grasp of the English language.

[Mz Pip]

2. Number of dimensions?

Which one? The 5th, 8th? Maybe he's different in the 4th dimension.

Mitwit and Geroge are the same in whatever dimension time occupies - they are both running out of it.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[murielm99]

9. The 5th, definitely.

Wouldn't you like to ride in my beautiful balloon?

Up, up and away, Willard. :rofl:

Or, we could put him on the car roof with his dog and see how HE likes it.

[Mz Pip]

13. Both are full

of hot air. Too bad they just don't float away.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[janx]

12. This dimension:

[MADem]

3. Mitt the Shitt is at LEAST as craven as George, and in some ways, he might even be dumber.

This is a guy who straps a dog to the roof of a car for a 12 hour trip at seventy MPH to Canada.

Mendacious bastard. Dog torturing asshole.

What do they have in common? Why, they were both WEAK governors.

We've learned that weak governors make shitty presidents. We don't need to beat that drum anymore.

[SKKY]

4. I typically don't vote for a candidate who talks of being different in terms of dimensions...

...call me shallow, but it's one of the little things I look for and try to avoid.

[opihimoimoi]

5. Moot , Minutiae, small talk....WHERE is the Beef? So far he has shown SHIT.All the Pubs have no Beef

The GOP has fielded the weakest team in recent history.....Even Newt saw the light....and has declared he is MOOT

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. I wish more outlets would address him by his real name.

Willard.

It has a nice ring to it.

[tekisui]

7. Maybe he means the different levels of heaven he believes in.

Mormons believe in multiple kingdoms in heaven. The more righteous, the higher level and more power in the afterlife. In the highest of the highest level, one can become a God, with your own planet, worshipers and all. Of course, only a Mormon can make it to the highest level.

How many dimensions does that account for?

[Vickers]

8. George doesn't have Magic Underwear.

I'm just guessing here.

[Mythsaje]

10. "I'll be a totally different kind of crazy dumbass." n/t

[aquart]

11. 72 million Dems, 55 million Reps. "Half and half"?

And no one in the media refutes that flat lie?