Michigan: where the trees are 'the right height'

[babylonsister]

Trees and lakes and cars, oh my! This was too bizarre. He just wants everyone to love him!

http://maddowblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/21/10469653-michigan-where-the-trees-are-the-right-height

Michigan: where the trees are 'the right height'
By Steve Benen
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Tue Feb 21, 2012 4:32 PM EST


The clip has been making the rounds -- we aired an excerpt on last night's show -- but for those who still haven't seen it, Josh Marshall argues the video "has been scientifically proven to be the best Mitt video in history."

Video at link~

For those who can't watch clips online, here's Mitt Romney, speaking in Michigan, trying to explain why he loves the state:

"A little history -- I was born and raised here. I love the state. It seems right here. Trees are the right height.

"I like -- I like seeing the lakes. I love the lakes. Something very special here. The Great Lakes but also all the little inland lakes that dot the parts of Michigan.

"I love cars. I don't know -- I mean, I grew up totally in love with cars.... I love cars. I love American cars."

There was apparently some glitch in Romney's programming during that appearance, but I've been assured the campaign tech team has given the candidate a full diagnostic.

As for why Michigan trees "are the right height" -- unlike those other rascally states, where the trees are either too tall or too short -- I'm yet to see someone explain what on earth Romney was talking about.

[jberryhill]

1. I believe he meant they were the right height for Michigan

Perhaps if the Michigan trees were growing in Wisconsin, they would look odd.

[DCBob]

2. Romney sounds like he speaks in some secret code.

Maybe only Mormons understand it.

[Blue_Tires]

14. He means those trees are at 'murikan height, not like those little sissy asian trees

[ellenfl]

3. michael moore understood it, although he did not explain it. eom

[alphafemale]

4. They fit on a log truck just just right.

That'd be my guess.

[Botany]

5. Mitt is nucking futz

too small (bristle cone pine oldest tree)



too big (redwood biggest tree )

(Michigan trees)

just right

[Denninmi]

6. Like most "Conservatives," Mitt probably prefers his trees ...

plowed under and paved over.

[tnlurker]

7. Wasn't there an issue with his house in California and the height of the neighbors trees?

I can't find a link but I thought there was something about that in the news last year.

[Dollface]

8. I'm not a Romney fan but the trees in Michigan are just the right height. I can tell because, when

I've been away, they make me feel like I'm home. Of course if you blindfolded me and dropped me in Wisconsin I probably couldn't tell the difference. But I can see Mr. Mittens getting a warm fuzzy by returning to where he lived when he was a kid. Especially if he visited the lakeshore.

[greymattermom]

9. actually I get it

I grew up in the Ohio Valley, now live in Kansas and visit Atlanta a lot. The trees in Kansas seem too short and the trees in Atlanta seem too tall. When the trees are too short, you feel a little undressed. When the trees are too tall, you feel a little claustrophobic.

[yellowcanine]

10. The trees are probably the "right height" because he cut them down to get a good view of the lake,

which he loves.

[JNelson6563]

11. +1

[babylonsister]

12. Hahaha! Yea, they're the right height, "now". nt

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[grantcart]

13. It was like 'Usual Suspects' where they suspect spun a yarn that included everything in front of him

If he could see a Kentucky Fried Chicken out the window he would have said "I like chicken, and mashed potatoes".

[morningfog]

15. "I love barbershop quartets..."

[MatthewStLouis]

18. Ok. That's funny. :)

[ellie]

16. I have lived in the

Midwest for a large part of my life, including in Michigan, and I have never heard trees described this way.

[MichiganVote]

17. Well in Michigan, we easily have well over a 100 diff. kinds of trees at diff. heights. What a moron