Romney threatened with violence on flight

[sabra]

Source: CNN

(CNN) – Even former presidential candidates are subject to the occasional annoyances of air travel.

A passenger seated in front of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's wife became "physically violent" when the former Republican presidential candidate asked the passenger to move his seat in a more upright position.

The incident occurred Monday when the Romneys were headed from Vancouver, Canada to Los Angeles on an Air Canada flight, according to spokesman Eric Fehrnstrom.

In a statement to CNN, Fehrnstrom said "Romney did not retaliate, but instead allowed the airline crew to respond to the incident."



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[Robb]

1. I can't wait to hear the other guy's side of the story. nt

[liberal N proud]

2. Yes it pisses you off when the guy in front of you lays his seat all the way back

BUT! Usually one just sits there and thinks to themselves; this sucks. I have never asked anyone to move their seat in a more upright position.

I have seen people put their knees up so the seat in front of them could not recline. If I recline the seat, it is ever so slightly so as to not invade the space of the person behind me.

There is two ugly sides to this story, the rude passenger who laid his seat back and the rude former Presidential candidate (sort of) who couldn't endure a few hours of inconvenience.

People never just keep things to themselves and that is where trouble starts.

[WriteDown]

4. It's especially annoying if you have a laptop....

I bought my HP 12.1 inch tablet just because of this very thing.

[trumad]

5. Umm---I believe that the plane was taking off..

hence the seat is supposed to be upright.

Plus--- Mitt was protected by his magic underwear.

[liberal N proud]

16. Only during landing and takeoff

If it was supposed to be upright, why is possible to lay them back?

Magic underwear :rofl:

[nyy1998]

8. Agreed, it's annoying but I've never asked them to move their seat

I also recline my seat very little. Do wish more passengers were considerate but I'm not going to hold my breath.

[harun]

36. Me too. If they want to recline it in my face so be it, rude, but they can.

[No Elephants]

20. Romney flies first class, where the space between seats is greater.

[liberal N proud]

31. Then it shouldn't have been a problem at all

RIGHT?:shrug:

[backtomn]

33. He was in coach (economy)

[Incitatus]

45. With his money?

Then that's his dumbass fault.

[24601]

47. Self-delete (duplicate)

[Ter]

42. Keeping to themeslves is fine, as long as it doesn't effect you

If someone told me to politely move because I was to far back (or in their way of the TV at a football game at the bar), I would say "Sorry about that" and move up, back, or sideways. I'm reasonable enough to think that someone is asking me to move for a very good reason.

Now, if he were to say "Get outta my way jerkoff!" that's a bit different...

[T Wolf]

3. Mittens should have just tied his wife to the roof of the plane where she'd have PLENTY of room. nt

[Zoeisright]

6. LOL!

+100000

If Son of a Mitt is the candidate in 2012 I will never EVER stop telling people about this.

[tsstranger]

9. 2012?

Not a chance. Romney is a Mormon.

The far right, lunatic fringe evangelical Christians will never come out to support him.

[OnyxCollie]

14. LOL!

[Roland99]

19. Santorum did it with the family dog...why not Mittens?

[Myrina]

21. ... it was Mitt that tied the Dog crate to the roof of the car ...

:hi:

[Roland99]

44. Hard to tell these Repuke pricks apart.

:)

[berttheturk]

7. Romney doesn't strike me (no pun intended) as rude. The other guy was likely out of line. n/t

[Enrique]

10. Romney strikes me as someone capable of being a total prick

obviously we don't know what happened, and neither of us knows Mitt personally. Maybe he's the sweetest guy in the world, maybe he's the biggest douchebag.

But when I look at him, my impression is douchebag and it would not surprise me in the slightest if it turns out that this incident was caused by Romney's douchebaggery.

[berttheturk]

23. "But when I look at him" - I don't judge by looks. n/t

[Enrique]

29. based on what I see of him

same as you, when you say he doesn't strike you as rude. Unless maybe you know him personally?

[Iggo]

13. He seems like a completely self absorbed prick to me.

The fucking asshole.

[berttheturk]

24. "seems like" = I really don't know but I'd rather just attack before the facts come out. n/t

[Iggo]

25. The fact is, that's what he seems like to me. (n/t)

[Boudica the Lyoness]

27. The motherfucker is a Republican.

Based on that, he's a dirty piece of shit who wouldn't care in the least if you were starving to death etc etc.

[Enrique]

30. like when you said 'the other guy was likely out of line'

you really don't know, but you decide to rule against the other guy, in favor of your very non-rude friend Mitt.

[Phlem]

26. I've been around Mormons

most of my life and am even married to a non practicing Mormon. Romney is completely self absorbed and thinks he walks on water. They are all conservative to the bone. They all think they are better than normal people. Mormons are a bunch of self righteous assholes, trust me. Not worth the air they breath.
On a side note, PBS made a documentary on Mormons if you want to see just how fucked up they are.

PS HARRY REID IS MORMON if that answers any questions.

-p

[provis99]

37. I've met plenty of decent Mormons; Very polite people.

But I think their religion is shitty, crazy, and oppressive.

[Phlem]

43. Of course they're decent and polite

My stepfather's decent and polite and is a complete asshole.
Go figure.

-p

[igfoth]

50. Of course they're decent and polite as was Ted Bundy

Even serial killers can act polite in public.

[AlbertCat]

11. A passenger seated in front of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's wife became "physically viole

A passenger seated in front of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's wife became "physically violent" when the former Republican presidential candidate asked the passenger to move his seat in a more upright position.

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Musta been a Teabagger. Or a Dittohead. I mean..."physically violent" just when asked to put your seat up?

[peace13]

12. It's comical that politicians can be arrogant and rude to the public during their campaigns...

yet they are surprised when a peon lashes out at them in public. Hey Mit, people can only take so much!

[groundloop]

15. I doubt it was a "peon" as you suggest, I'd wager they were in First Class

I just can't picture Mittens and his wife traveling in the back of the plane with most of the rest of us. That's what makes this all the more intriguing.

[Cha]

18. Oh, that's part of the deal..mitt was in economy class..

traveling with the rest of us like he's going for 2012.

[Tikki]

34. Publicity stunt...

SOooo obvious...

Tikki

[DebbieCDC]

38. Boy I guess he DID spend it all on that race for the 'puke nomination

Must be, why else would he fly coach?

Hey Mittens, seeing how the other half lives???? :rofl:

[totodeinhere]

48. No, he's doing it for political points.

Hell, he could afford to charter the whole plane for himself if he wanted to. But he wants to appear to be connecting with the common man.

[madamesilverspurs]

17. Amazing.

Romney flies in coach?

---

[tabbycat31]

39. He strikes me as a corporate jet type guy

[Downwinder]

22. There is a limit to how many cattle you can put in a corral. n/t

[lonestarnot]

46. moo.

[melm00se]

28. it sounds like

based upon the fact that the "plane returned to the gate", that they hadn't taken off yet therefore the seat sound have been in the upright position.

you are going to find people on flights who firmly believe that the rules don't apply to them and they have to be reminded, more than once, to follow the rules and those jerks usually respond sotto voce with a "f*ck you" when the flight attendant turns their back.

[SemperEadem]

32. romney flies coach/steerage?

there is no room in steerage between rows... but in first class, how much goddamn room does his big head need?

[crim son]

35. The violent passenger was sitting in front of his wife:

maybe Mitt was asking as a courtesy for his wife who complained. Also, it does sound like the plane was on the runway and the seats should probably have been upright & locked anyway. People can be assholes and I can't see how Romney is the asshole in this case, whatever class he was flying.

[John Kerry VonErich]

40. Who knows?

Some people just wanna see the guy beat the holy hell outta Romney. LOL

[damntexdem]

41. Did anyone yell "Keep your Mitts off me"?

;-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

49. His hair would have absorbed the punch.

[Blue_Tires]

51. I gotta give the other guy the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise