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madinmaryland

(64,933 posts)
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 03:39 PM Aug 2012

Romney Stuck In Endless Loop Of Uncomfortable Chuckling

PORTSMOUTH, VA—According to increasingly concerned campaign sources, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney entered his 400th consecutive hour of uneasy chuckling Monday, apparently stuck in an endless loop of discomfort and apprehension that so far has shown no sign of abating.

Staffers confirmed Romney’s interminable nervous laughter has prevented him from sleeping, eating, or speaking a word for the past 16 days, leaving him visibly fatigued and haggard. Yet the presumptive GOP nominee has maintained a full schedule of campaign appearances, reportedly attending fundraisers, headlining rallies, and sitting for televised interviews, all while emitting an unending stream of anxious chuckles.

“Mitt will chuckle for 10 to 12 seconds at a time, pause for a moment, and then start right over again from the top,” said campaign manager Matt Rhoades, who explained how the candidate will take the podium in front of veterans groups or high-profile donors and chuckle uncomfortably for his entire allotted speaking time. “You can tell by the desperation on his face and in his body language that he wants nothing more than to stop chuckling, but he can’t. He’s just trapped in this infinite loop.”

“Last night I put my ear to the door of his hotel room after he was in bed, and I could still hear him chuckling in there,” Rhoades continued. “Everyone’s really worried about him.”

Sources reported that the never-ending cycle of chuckling was triggered at a July 20 town hall event in Dayton, OH, when a local reporter asked the candidate to explain the differences between the individual health insurance mandate he approved as governor of Massachusetts and the one contained in the Affordable Care Act. In response, Romney is said to have broken into a series of tense, ill-at-ease chortles that, as of press time, has yet to cease.



Read more: http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-stuck-in-endless-loop-of-uncomfortable-chuc,29065/


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Romney Stuck In Endless Loop Of Uncomfortable Chuckling (Original Post) madinmaryland Aug 2012 OP
This is a great video idea. RadiationTherapy Aug 2012 #1
Terminal Feedback Loop. Ikonoklast Aug 2012 #2
Giggety. louis-t Aug 2012 #3
Poor Mittens... The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #4
he doing a good job pretzel4gore Aug 2012 #5
Either try hiccup cures ThoughtCriminal Aug 2012 #6
Lord...that 'laugh'. Wait Wut Aug 2012 #7
The Undisputed Truth had Romney down BeyondGeography Aug 2012 #8
He's done it! He's started the countdown timer on the doomsday machine. lpbk2713 Aug 2012 #9
Cobalt Thorium G longship Aug 2012 #12
Satire or Reality? perdita9 Aug 2012 #10
What'd you expect from a "chucklehead". Historic NY Aug 2012 #11
Romney is a mass of nervous tics aint_no_life_nowhere Aug 2012 #13
He chuckles when he's about to tell a lie. LoisB Aug 2012 #14
That He Does, Ma'am The Magistrate Aug 2012 #15

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)
2. Terminal Feedback Loop.
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 03:42 PM
Aug 2012

Awaiting Catastrophic Central Processor Failure.


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pretzel4gore

(8,146 posts)
5. he doing a good job
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:08 PM
Aug 2012

playing the 'choice' in the US election....meanwhile, obama already been given the Whouse and the pretend election is just a sham just like '08 was a sham....imagine, a vile stooge like mcain 'prezident', with a mindless drone like palin as his vice!
Even thieves know better then to include rats in their gang!
I think we are ALL being had, and time's being wasted

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
7. Lord...that 'laugh'.
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:24 PM
Aug 2012

That and that whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. Why does everything that comes out of his mouth sound so friggin whiney? And, why does he always sound like he's whining to a group of 1st graders??? There's no strength in his voice. No conviction. It's just icky and does nothing to foster passion in the listener.

He creeps me the fuck out.

DISCLAIMER: I dislike him for a lot more reasons than his whiney voice. #1 on my list: WWIII.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
9. He's done it! He's started the countdown timer on the doomsday machine.
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:32 PM
Aug 2012



He has finally accepted the fact that he could never
win so he is going out and taking us all with him.


He's an evil genius I tell you!





aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
13. Romney is a mass of nervous tics
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:46 PM
Aug 2012

Besides the "tell" of his laughing when he lies that Rachel Maddow recently described, Romney also has a habit of sucking his teeth and smacking his lips when making a point. He also has what Tom Brokaw has called the White Man's overbite which Romney does when he disagrees with what he's heard. Here's a vid of Brokaw doing a Mitt tic. I'm sure he has others, too.

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The Magistrate

(95,247 posts)
15. That He Does, Ma'am
Mon Aug 6, 2012, 04:54 PM
Aug 2012

Hence the continual chuckling described above byu the nation's premiere news journal....

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