#MittZingers is now trending on Twitter

[highplainsdem]

https://twitter.com/i/#!/search/%23MittZingers


To understand why, see this NY Times story

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/29/us/politics/cramming-and-pruning-for-first-presidential-debate.html

which has also been posted in LBN:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014250183

This is the sentence about the debate practice that got so much attention:

Mr. Romney’s team has concluded that debates are about creating moments and has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August.

[monmouth]

1. This already has so much fail in it. He's going to come out with one of his lame "zingers"

and it will fall flat. The President will look at him with that WTF look only he can do so well. Don't go there Mitt, you have a plastic knife in a sword fight.

[Greywing]

7. I agree with you

I actually think he'll be so anxious to get his rehearsed zingers in that they will come out of his mouth at inopportune/inappropriate times and will have nothing to do with what the subject of the moment is.

[gkhouston]

18. +1. All the President has to do is give him his mildly amused WTF look and Romney will fall apart.

Mitt is not someone who can handle being laughed at, at all.

[Scuba]

2. Knock knock. Who's there? I don't know because I gave my butler the night off.

[coalition_unwilling]

17. ROTFLMAO. Thread winner without a doubt! - n/t

[budkin]

3. We need to make a drinking game out of this during the debates

Can't wait to see this!

[lonestarnot]

4. How is a board going to zing?

Bazing ain't for boards. Nails and hammers are.

[Brickbat]

5. That pretty much sums Romney up as a person and as a candidate. It takes a special kind of person to

so despise and fear the political process that he thinks memorizing a bunch of zingers -- instead of thoroughly learning the issues and standing confidently on his positions -- is what being a strong candidate is all about.

[SmileyRose]

16. Yep

Not to mention it's massively lame to actually have to practice zingers in advance.

[alcibiades_mystery]

22. "Annie's in the kitchen / Cookin' up a sha-aark

Willard's off preparing/ Witty remarks, witty remarks, witty remarks, witty remarks
Witty, witty, witty."

With apologies to Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

[C_U_L8R]

6. Gimmicks instead of substance

Rmoney's been trying to fake his way into office.
Stupidest and laziest campaign strategy I've ever seen

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

8. He'd better remember which zinger to plug in to a given issue

If the subject is Afghanistan and Mitt zings Obama on his immigration policy it will produce some hilarious moments.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Some of these are a real hoot, LOL!

Elon James White?@elonjames
I wont apologize for my success like Obama apologizes for AMERICA! No I dont have proof of him saying that but, um...socialism? #MittZingers

David Waldman?@KagroX
Knock knock! Who's there? Posthumous baptism! #MittZingers

Brinda Estrella?@BrindaStar
I had a good joke but now I'm against it. #MittZingers

Jeremy Littau?@JeremyLittau
OK, fine. I've never had a Zinger. But I do know the owner of Hostess. #MittZingers

Lisa SQOP Bloom?@BloomUtopia
Mr President, tear down that safety net! #MittZingers

I'm Chastastic!?@ThatsMyDILFbert
"I came from a real poor neighborhood. Why,one time Juan had to park the Rolls next to a Benz. Oh, the humanity…" #MittZingers

[beac]

12. SO many good ones! A few more:

LOLGOP ?@LOLGOP
Nothing will improve your tremendous unpopularity than overly rehearsed condescending putdowns. #MittZingers

SpreadTheWord ?@word_34
Error 404 Page Not Found #MittZingers

Micheal Stinson ?@Symbolman
#MittZingers "Mr President, May I call You Joe..?"

[kalli007]

13. The joke one is my fav!!!

Nt

[hootinholler]

10. Zingers????

[beac]

11. One of the tweets said something like:

"No, I've never eaten a Zinger, but the owner of Hostess is a friend of mine!!"


ETA: see above for correct Tweet (somehow forgot saw it here too!)



*edited for typo AND bad memory*

[pinboy3niner]

14. You think YOUR memory is bad?

I forgot to go see my wife's horse prom! Boy, was I in the doghouse! Hehhehhehhehheh.#MittZingers

[beac]

15. "Ann wasn't worried about my 'mental well being'

when she hit me over the head for that one!" .#MittZingers

[cojoel]

19. Ann might say

Let them eat Zingers!

[hrmjustin]

20. I know it is great

[alcibiades_mystery]

21. Every time Romney launches one of his "zingers," Obama should make a face as if

somebody had just farted on stage.