Romney’s Super Fan Loses His Truck in a Fire

[spinbaby]

A metaphor for the Romney campaign, I'm sure.



"Jim Wilson, whose cross-country travels in a GM pickup festooned with giant Romney for President signs and stickers earned the admiration and enmity of strangers, reported that his truck was badly burned on Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania on Wednesday afternoon."

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/20/romneys-super-fan-loses-his-truck-in-a-fire/

[Rambis]

1. Lightning bolt from the planet Kolob?

[left on green only]

4. I view it as being a sign from god. nt

[Skinner]

2. "Wilson (driver of the truck) is FINE"

So, don't worry everyone, it's okay to laugh at this guy.

[Beartracks]

52. Glad he's okay. I guess the oil leak doesn't need to be fixed now, though! n/t

[Robb]

3. I've been to a lot of car fires.

I'll skip the technical and point out the photo appears to show he had time to save the flags and the beer.

[Skinner]

5. But the flags are touching the ground!

Which is a greater affront to this country? Letting them burn in an unintentional fire, or letting them touch the ground?

[Robb]

6. Look, man, he saved the BEER.

[Skinner]

8. God bless America.

[Plucketeer]

57. Yesirreee!

Now THAT'S a righteous Tailgate BBO evernt!

[LibertyLover]

10. It's probably Bud Light

and not real beer at all. Sort of like Rmoney isn't a real human but rather a robot in bespoke suits.

[Suji to Seoul]

18. The o'tool saved his o'douls.

[coalition_unwilling]

21. That is a brilliant bon mot! Kudos! - n/t

[harmonicon]

63. If I remember from a film strip from the early 80's...

isn't the proper way to dispose of such a desecrated flag to fold it in a certain way and then burn it? It looks like he was half way there.

[SDjack]

38. Looks kinda like a portable meth lab fire. n/t

[Arkana]

7. That's what you get for smoking cigarettes with full gas cans in the back.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. No, no, no, it's *crash*, then burn.

Can't Romney's people do anything right?

[turtlerescue1]

12. Thanks TCCH

[Ron Green]

11. Did the wheels come off?

[FSogol]

13. A Car-B-Que. He did manage to throw all of his American Flags on the ground.

Glad, Jim wasn't hurt, btw.

[bullwinkle428]

14. Can someone please visit the fetid swamp we all know as Freeperland, and

report back to DU with all of the bizarre conspiracy theories they're floating with regards to this "accident?

[AverageJoe90]

26. They probably think a bunch of 'commieantiwhitezionistjewlibruls' did it......

Seriously, man, that's how some of these dittoheads really think. That anything that happens to a white, 'God-fearing' conservative is a conspiracy.

[cgnick]

60. You aint lying, read some of the comments at theBlaze (glenn becks website) nt

[tallahasseedem]

15. K&R

A metaphor for the Romney campaign indeed!

[onethatcares]

16. what should he be charged for the cleanup?

and for the firefighters responding to his shitbrained tactics accident?

Looks like he was using his truck for commercial purposes, not as a private vehicle,

will his auto insurance carrier notice?

in my opinion this guy is farked in the head. He probably thinks rmoney is his bud.

[jtuck004]

22. Getting rid of it beautifies the landscape, so there is some offset. n/t

[Lint Head]

17. God? Was there lightening involved?

They call him crusty in the article. Now his truck is extra crusty.

[Crowman1979]

19. Must have been smoking, then threw the cigarette butt in the back.

Next to the gasoline can.

[MADem]

31. Check this out.. it might have been a bit of lighted ta-backy from his pipe.

On the trail, Mr. Wilson lives sparingly. Whenever possible, he stays at a Motel 6 because it’s inexpensive and the chain lets him to smoke in his room, unlike the Marriott hotels that Mr. Romney favors. “They’re Mormons” he said of the Marriott family. “That’s fine.” He subsists on raw almonds, sliced deli meat, yogurt and Diet Coke, which he stores in coolers in the truck bed.

...His truck is about to hit the 300,000-mile mark and could use a few repairs. There is an oil leak. Even so, he is gearing up for his longest drive yet, a 38-hour trek from Virginia to California, where Mr. Romney will make an appearance on Memorial Day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/us/politics/a-zealous-romney-fan-becomes-a-valuable-campaign-asset.html?_r=1

[Crowman1979]

32. DING DING DING! +1000 FOR YOU!

Wish I had a prize to give you. I also bet his truck was a dis-organized clusterfuck as well.

[MADem]

41. It sure looks it--the dude's a geezer and he's smokin' like a chimney and living on almonds and diet

coke and lunch meat!

I--no spring chicken, myself-- eschew the tabacky in my dotage, though I do enjoy the odd diet coke and I really like almonds, too, but if I had to live on that kinda food day in/day out I'd be in a rough way. He's a heart attack waiting to happen.

He was probably rolling down the road, smoking that pipe, knocking out the old plug and getting ready to load the bad boy up anew, when a tobacco ember met flammable material...and I'll bet that oil leak didn't help matters either! He probably had a few containers of oil to top off with in the back of that rolling wreck, too.

If his insurance sucks, maybe the RMoney folks will buy him a new truck....or maybe they will be assholes and say "Pull yourself up by your own bootstraps, MY FRIEND!"

[Crowman1979]

43. My bet is on bootstraps!

[MADem]

48. I'm with you--he wouldn't give a poor bastard a sip of his hot chocolate in a blizzard! nt

[awoke_in_2003]

45. You generally don't inhale pipe smoke...

I know I don't.

[MADem]

47. Sal Di Masi is dying of tongue cancer in a federal prison....

You don't have to inhale!

http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/06/20/former-house-speaker-sal-dimasi-has-stage-cancer-attorney-says-was-denied-medical-care-federal-prison-officials/BCQpzitHK4Epbib8HOrC3M/story.html

[mike dub]

54. Love your lexicon, MADem

"load the bad boy up anew"!!! -I love it!

[pinboy3niner]

34. Those pharmaceuticals he was picking up may have been a contributing factor. :) nt

[Beartracks]

51. Weird, those backward IOWA flags look like they say AWOL. n/t

[MADem]

53. Well, that describes the RMoney campaign...! nt

[sakabatou]

59. That's highly likely

[pinboy3niner]

20. The last words heard before the fire were, "Here--hold my beer."

[proud2BlibKansan]

23. And he'll be blaming the Democrats in 3--2--1-----

[Initech]

24. Since Romney denounced firefighters across the country - are they just gonna let it burn?

[MADem]

30. +1,000 nt

[Bossy Monkey]

25. Bringing Romney's pants along was probably a mistake n/t

[libodem]

27. good one

Tee hee hee.

[xxqqqzme]

28. rmoney's campaign

offered him a ride home & motel room for the night. Jeez what would that cost the campaign - maybe $250? They have the 1% spending mega money everywhere but they can't spring for even a 'previously owned' truck as a replacement for rmoney's super fan?

[SDjack]

37. Most likely, Rmoney did a risk/reward analysis on Jim's situation. Jim, driving around like a fool

on fire with Rmoney signs persuaded no one to cross-over and vote for Rmoney. Making Jim "whole" again so he can continue is a foolish waste of hard-stolen money, and would result in numerous other unfortunates begging Rmoney for money. Disappointing them will drive away votes. There you have it, Jim. No help.

[alphafemale]

62. Some dem/liberal group should step to the plate and help

Show him he's been casting his pearls before swine.

[SemperEadem]

29. looks like it was torched

there's no smoke coming from under the hood, just from the back of the truck and not from around the back wheel wells, either.

Insurance fraud? (/speculation)

[demtenjeep]

33. with almost 300,000 miles I bet so

and they will probably try to claim vandalism


Insurance Fraud indeed

[MADem]

42. My theory is an ember from that pipe he constantly smokes (see upthread). nt

[The Wizard]

35. looks like

an insurance job.

[SDjack]

36. Goper Jim just fell onto the safety net -- unless he is so stupid that he cut a hole in it. n/t

[99th_Monkey]

39. "If you think my truck is ON FIRE ... You should see Rmoney's PANTS" ~nt

[cgnick]

61. OOOOOh burn!

[99th_Monkey]

66. Welcome to DU

And thanks for appreciating this particular sizzle.

[HereSince1628]

40. Critically important....did a WHITE salamander crawl away from the fire??????????????

hey, it is important, just google mormon and white salamander

[firenewt]

44. Ah, a Nelson worthy moment - "Ha Ha".

[clang1]

46. re: Romney’s Super Fan Loses His Truck in a Fire

Sweet. One less of these idiot asshats running around for a while.

[Kyad06]

49. Cheap mofo

Why dosent money bags buy him another truck ?

[Beartracks]

50. Mobile meth lab?

...'cause he must be on something to be that big a fan. Just sayin.'

<Troll: "OMG, he's accusing Wilson of having to be on drugs to support a conservative!" Meh.>

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[clang1]

56. ROFL n/t

[Ikonoklast]

55. It will be awesome when Rmoney gets elected and kills this guy's Social Security and Medicare.

Hope Wilson has a few million stashed away...he'll need every penny after his Hero gets through with him.

[Arugula Latte]

58. "First mah turkey fryer, now mah truck!"

[pinboy3niner]

64. Is that what they mean by...

..."creative destruction"?

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

65. Exclusive video of the accident!

&feature=related

[Marr]

67. Gotta be the tersts.