The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Ghoulish Delight]

Okay, found it.

Honestly, hard to say. He did have a smirk on his face, a self satisfied chuckle, and a bit of a shrug leading up to the line, though he kind always has a smirk doesn't he. There was some audible reaction from the audience, but with absolutely no pause to allow for a laugh, hard to tell if it was a laugh or a collective, "Uhh, wtf?"

Watched it a couple times, and I honestly can't say one way or the other. I have no doubt that he has no ability to deliver a joke, so it is very plausible that he though that was hilarious.

link. Judge for yourself.

[Kevy Baby]

Now why would I want to form an opinion based on fact when I can just have my own ignorant emotional position?

[innerSpaceman]

He was definitely not offering it up as a sober policy proposal, but - to my observation - not the same type of delivery as his other flat-on-their-face attempts at humor.

I can't go as far as "hard to tell" though. If it were a joke, I think he would have given some clue that he was telling it in the same vein of ridiculousness as it conveyed to all thinking people around the world. Also, coming directly on the heels of a rather serious (and appropriate) bit of concern for his wife's safety, there was nothing to indicate an instant segue to an entirely different tone of lightness.

[Alex]

Haven't seen the video but just from the transcript I read it not as asking why you can't generally roll down the windows on an airplane but why there isn't some emergency mechanism to break the seal of the airplane and allow external oxygen to flow in when the cabin is in a low oxygen situation. That there might be situations where maintaining cabin pressure might be worse than keeping it.

But regardless, I don't care much. Even if it was just a stupid thought that popped into his head, I've certainly expressed such stupidity when talking extemporaneously.

[innerSpaceman]

But you're not running for president, are you. And, in doing so, how many times do you have to say something retarded "extemporaneously" before it becomes an indication of a more serious problem (like, ya know, true idiocy).

Worse, to my mind, are the three recent occasions where Romney made specific policy statements in recorded interviews, "extemporaneously" - that his campaign had to immediately retract and denounce.

[Alex]

Oh, I don't put this kind of extemporaneous error anywhere near the same bucket as policy squishiness and self contradiction.

But to answer your question, I don't really take any level of brain farting of the type this item would be to be a sign of idiocy. Presumably I'm not an idiot and I do it all the time. No, I'm not running for president, but then I don't place speaking skills all that highly on my list of presidential qualities. Nice to have, but not necessary.

I don't think Romney would be a good president, but I'm comfortable thinking that without having to think him an evil or stupid person.

But I'm not saying you shouldn't find it important. You can judge based on whatever criteria you want.

[Strangler Lewis]

It was obviously a joke, the kind of lame joke a political candidate makes when he's embarrassed to find his smoke-stained wife standing on stage next to him after he's just tried to have her murdered on an airplane to garner sympathy votes.

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

It was obviously a joke, the kind of lame joke a political candidate makes when he's embarrassed to find his smoke-stained wife standing on stage next to him after he's just tried to have her murdered on an airplane to garner sympathy votes.

That made me laugh.

[Betty]

Mitt Romney Style

[CoasterMatt]

I just hope nobody dies of alcohol poisoning...