Mitt Romney is working his way into being the most hated man in America

[MrScorpio]

I've never seen this in a political campaign before, a candidate who's pissing everyone off.

There is this weird thing that most of the people voting against the President are voting for a man that doesn't even exist.

The more people who know the real Obama likes him and the more people know the real Romney hates him.

This is an election for the history books, y'all!

[Faygo Kid]

1. Not hated. Just want him to go away.

Most Hated Man in America has been held by the same guy for years.

[DLnyc]

6. Yes, good.

Ridiculed, ignored, pitied, not voted for, good.

I prefer not to go down the road of hatred. That bites you back in the ass. Once you start hating they gather strength from your hatred.

For me, it's fine to just pity him (and them) and move on down the road to a better country.

Believe me i understand the temptation to tear these guys to pieces, though.

[SalviaBlue]

33. That picure is too flattering.

But, I agree, he is Most Hated An in America.

[siligut]

2. But if you are only watching the M$M, you would never know

[MrScorpio]

5. Dick didn't pissing off the Bush voters

Not like Romney

[Mopar151]

17. More hated than Joliet Jake

[Blue_Roses]

4. And the funny thing about it is...

Mitt has no idea. He doesn't see how he comes across

[Kalidurga]

7. Well he is already hated around the world.

A lot has been said of Romney's Gaffathon when he went to the Olympics. I only bring that up because well it was hilarious and provided me with weeks of entertainment. Ok, not really I bring it up because he was on the world stage at the time and while I was laughing, the Brits were seriously peeved by the things he said and his behavior. One positive thing Mitt did was when he went to Israel he managed to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to agree on something; Mitt is a putz. When Mitt insulted the Palestinians he famously offed NO APOLOGIES. Instead he double downed and insulted Mexico, that is what I call a twofer. The of course his staff being jealous of all the attention had to get in on the act when they went to Poland shouting out to reporters; “Kiss my ass. This is a Holy site for the Polish people. Show some respect.”

I feared that Mitt would never provide such joy again as he did back in July. But, not to be outdone by that trip when he got home he managed to insult his audience at the NAACP, telling them "if you want free stuff vote for the other guy." This isn't just an insult, this is the first instance that I can remember where Mitt's hood slipped. It wouldn't be the last either, when he was in Michigan he said "no one has ever asked to see my birth certificate." And finally my favorite and more importantly the moment that brought me back to that same joy I felt in late July, Mitt's tan in a can. Sure it might not seem to horrible a thing Mitt's not the only one that goes orange in D.C. but in this case it is a case of racist pandering. He really thinks he can get more Hispanic votes by appearing to be tan. So, it's racist and somehow hilarious at the same time. And somehow I have managed to be outraged at all of this and amused at the same time. Has any other candidate in the history of US Presidential campaigns done anything this foolish ever? Mitt holds the record for lying and flip flops.

Right now I am on the fence on hating Mitt. He is the nowhere man, the man without a core, the man without principles. He would literally steal from the poor to give to the rich. I believe he would sell his wife if the right price came along. It's kind of hard to hate something that just isn't there.

[Cha]

9. Thanks for the interesting

bit of history there on mitt's recent Stupidity. He makes no apologies for anything..even thought it was a clever book title. Instead of apologies he Lies his way out of it. Deny Deny Deny. He thinks he gets out of it but he's being held accountable by We The People now..and, Ann is having a melt down because it's HARD.

[calimary]

26. Yes indeed, Kalidurga, thanks for the reminders of recent history - which should NOT be forgotten.

There are some key triggers that get pulled in this campaign that provide tipping points for many of us for various reasons.

I'm stopped automatically before I even get inside the proverbial city limits with these guys because they're anti-choice. HOWEVER, if I got past that to continue considering them and not flatly ruling them out on the choice issue, I would be stopped where Roger Simon of Politico said he got stopped. He wrote in one recent column that what he was still having serious trouble with was that incident at wrongney's prep school in which he grabbed some kid whose hair style he didn't like, knocked him to the ground, and forcibly cut his hair - in front of a bunch of other kids and cohorts of his and other assorted goons-in-training who helped hold the kid down and cheered him on.

"And there is another thing that troubles me even though some dismiss it as trivial. I am still bothered by Romney attacking that gay kid and cutting off his hair with a pair of scissors when they were in prep school.
A ghetto kid does that and he gets booked for assault with a deadly weapon. But what does the son of a governor get? A law degree from Harvard."

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0912/81367_Page2.html#ixzz27AP2mfte

If I knew nothing more about wrongney than this (well, I'm omitting the whole shameless Seamus affair on the roof of the family car), I would be seriously soured on the guy. A nice person doesn't do that shit. A true gentleman doesn't do that shit. A follower of Jesus doesn't do that shit. A person with TRUE class and nobility doesn't do that shit. I know all I need to know about mitt wrongney. How he treats others over whom/which he has power - is disturbing. Just plain ol' DISTURBING. Someone like him has NO business being President.

[SmileyRose]

15. one of the best posts of this election

Thanks

[Cha]

8. I was just reading "Mitt's Likability Problem" on

the daily beast..

It’s telling that during and after the 2008 Republican primary, warm feelings did not abound for Mitt Romney. All the other candidates basically got along, even after the fierce competition. There was a sense of camaraderie that came from the surreality of their situation. But the easy off-camera humor never extended to Mitt. Instead there was stiff formality and a simmering resentment.

“Four years ago, the other candidates couldn’t stand him,” said a longtime Republican operative affiliated with another competing campaign in 2008. “There was just this aloofness to him and an elitism that set the tone. There wasn’t the comradeship that you normally have with candidates—you know, when you get to know each other in the course of the campaign and you kind of like each other and respect each other, no matter how badly you beat the daylights out of each other. Romney hammered every single candidate with negative advertising above and beyond what was needed—and his attitude seemed to be ‘I didn’t say it.’ It was this mysterious ad agency off somewhere.’ His aloofness is just what sort of puts people off.”

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/09/21/why-does-everybody-hate-mitt-romney.html

[Jennicut]

11. And it comes to the forefront during the Presidential campaign.

I am not surprised. How can anyone even stand to be around that guy, like his own campaign staff?

[RagAss]

10. It looks like a Social Psychology experiment from the 1970's.

[Gabi Hayes]

12. newt is on with piers morgan right now. according to the article in the OP:

referring to his run against Mitt in the primaries>>> ''How can somebody run a campaign this dishonest and think he’s going to have any credibility running for president?''

[central scrutinizer]

18. spot on!

Instead of the Manchurian Candidate, he is the Milgram Candidate.

[DebJ]

13. Not only voting against someone who doesn't exist, voting FOR someone who doesn't exist, either...

[SmileyRose]

14. I do not hate Willard.

He's not worthy of that much energy. The man and what he represents is so offensive it doesn't even work as the bad guy in this dog and pony show.

[andym]

16. Reagan won in 1980 because he was painted as an ignorant ogre

by the Carter campaign. In the debates, he used his acting talent to easily overcome this and won the election going away. It would be a big mistake to make Romney seem a "hated" man, when the reality is really something closer to boring and quietly ambitious.

[Flatpicker]

19. I'm not sure it's quiet

The vibe that I get from him is the deep seated hunger for the position of President.

He wants it because it's a logical next step in his mind. Not because he has any real understanding of what being President really is.
He sees it as if it is being the CEO of the world and he can't integrate the public service aspects of the job into his worldview.

Sad thing is, as a CEO he wasn't all that hot stuff either. His record is somewhat dismal once you factor in collateral damage. Bain did well, but he left a lot of broken bodies in his wake. That's not really what being President entails.

[ywcachieve]

22. You said it so well. You pegged him

[maddiemom]

27. Absolutely!

Romney is bored and shooting for the next, shiny thing. The Republican party is setting up for JEB, always their intention before a rebel faction jumped the gun with Dubya.

[Gabi Hayes]

34. no rebel faction....just politics. Jeb lost his first governor's race, which put dumbo

ahead of him when Rove had him installed in Texas

had Jeb won the first time, he'd have been running, not his older, more incompetent, brother

[maddiemom]

35. You nailed it! (and love your name).

Remember the tears in"Poppy's" eyes when he spoke about Jeb's last loss? A lot of over-eager Dubya supporters screwed everything up in the Bush Family Plan. Interesting, but Dubya having just disappeared these days is a first in American Politics.

[maddiemom]

24. Valid point!

[Spitfire of ATJ]

20. "This is an election for the history books, y'all!"

Actually, this is the election that should bring back eggs and tomatoes to a speech.

[Auntie Bush]

21. I don't think he's workinng his way to being the most hated...

It seems like he already is! The only reason ReThugs will vote for Obama is...the racist won't vote for him no matter what!

[maddiemom]

23. The problem with Romney is his total CLUELESSNESS

He just doesn't seem to function in the same world that
the rest of us do! I'm calling voters with the Obama campaign, and many are disappointed in the President, but hardly anyone likes Romney, They just seem to want to express their disappointment with Obama. Six or so weeks remain to straighten this out.

[jsr]

25. The problem is

He acts like a fucking asshole.
He talks like a fucking asshole.
He looks like a fucking asshole.
He is a fucking asshole.

[maddiemom]

28. That's really harsh...

and I LOVE IT!

[Kalidurga]

31. Sums it up nicely...

We can talk about how he is an azzhole all day long everyday. We could fill a library with all that makes him an azzhole. In the end one sentence says it all, your last one.

[winstars]

32. He WALKS like a fucking asshole. He truly does, its kinda weird really.... n/t

[lpbk2713]

29. He's been taking charisma lessons from Trump.

[cyglet]

30. He is

rather than being some kind of embodiment of Washington, or his former constituents, the embodiment of Wall Street, and all that that entails....everything done to maximize profit and minimize cost...arbitrary ethics and morals (especially in the name of profit)....going to extraordinary lengths to make oneself look good....egocentrism....little affect or empathy for others...

He actually scares the daylights out of me (probably because a lot of what is on the above list could be considered psychopathic). And I couldn't say that about W (or Cheney, really), or Reagan, or anyone else with an R behind their name. It's not the lies, the deceit or inability to own up to anything...it's the coldness...the hospital sterile inability to relate to anyone.

This is NOT what you want in a leader, particularly not a world leader. It's something you should run quickly from, as history shows....

[Doctor_J]

36. Who might well be president in 5 months

voter suppression, fox news, hate radio...I wonder if we'll finally get pissed enough to fight if he moves into the WH. Probably not

[HipChick]

37. More hated than Bush? And they still re-elected him..