Apparently, someone threw a punch at Mitt Romney on an airplane.

[WilliamPitt]

Romney attacked on flight from Vancouver
February 15, 2010 10:37 PM
By John M. Guilfoil, Globe Staff

Former governor Mitt Romney was attacked by a passenger on an Air Canada flight Monday morning.

The former 2008 Republican presidential hopeful had been in Vancouver since Friday for the Winter Olympics, was attacked as he was leaving Vancouver with his wife, Ann According to Eric Fehrnstrom, Romney’s spokesman, Romney, 62, reportedly asked the passenger sitting in front of his wife to raise his seat during takeoff after the passenger had reclined his seat. The man allegedly became violent and took a swing at the former 2008 presidential hopeful.

A Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail, first reported the story, saying that Romney was “physically threatened” by a passenger.

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

Romney was not injured. The pilot returned to the gate, and the suspect was removed from the plane by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The same plane took off a short time later and later landed safely in Los Angeles.

Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2010/02/report_romney_a.html

[naaman fletcher]

1. I'm surprised he's on a commercial plane.

Obviously campaigning already.

[ChicagoSuz219]

7. ...in Canada? n/t

[ddeclue]

11. You can fly privately owned planes (even American ones) in Canada..

in fact they have more pilots per capita than we do just out of necessity.

[ChicagoSuz219]

18. The previous post was about 'campaigning'... n/t

[playboyj305]

2. Hes a career politician...dodges anything thrown at him!

[Drunken Irishman]

3. He's my new hero.

[upi402]

10. lol

with a screen name like yours, i can't argue!

:fistbump:

[leftofcool]

15. Joe Biden is that you?

[Common Sense Party]

4. Update: Puncher was Kevin Smith.

[provis99]

5. Allow me to offer my sympathy to Mr. Romney.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E7CcGnDYNUc/SvDk5Dz3QRI/AAAAAAAAAck/M_ZtxGnABAk/s400/nelson+muntz.jpg

[Wilms]

6. Hope his hair is ok. n/t

:scared:

[Rhiannon12866]

14. +1. DUzy!!!

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

20. LOL!

[47of74]

8. O'Really, Insanity, Fat-Ass Drug Addict, and so on calling for the waterboarding...

...of the attacker in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

I can see Mr. O'Really starting in on his big time tough guy routine too and how the attacker is lucky he wasn't on the plane.

[BlueIris]

16. Fat-Ass Drug Addict?

By that, I assume you mean Limbaugh?

Okay.

[Retrograde]

9. As much as I hate to say this

based on the info in the article Romney was in the right: the other passenger should have heeded the instructions, Romney seems to have made a reasonable request, and the other guy took a swing.

[alphafemale]

13. Agree. Physical assault isn't funny

I doubt the low-life even realized who Romney was anyway.

[Bucky]

17. If a taxi splashed mud on his penny loafers, I'd laugh. Violence on airplanes isn't karma.

If a dog strapped Romney to the roof of a car and drove around Canada, I'd laugh. But no matter how much of a dick you are in a conversation, and I have little doubt there was a dickish, condescending tone in Romney's voice when he made that polite request, no one ought to be punched (or punched at) for the words they speak.

By the way, think about how big Romney's head is. It's practically gargantuan.
He's like a human bobble head. How do you swing at that... and miss?

[Lilith Velkor]

12. Awesome!

(If true.)

[City of Mills]

19. Next time try throwing a shoe

It's hard to duck when you're squeezed into an aisle seat :evilgrin:

[Jennicut]

21. Too bad the punch didn't connect.

I bet the passenger had no idea who Mittens was but was just annoyed with the snotty tone in his voice.

[HopeHoops]

22. DAMN! Someone beat me to it!

I HATE when that happens.

[trof]

23. Similar occurrance on AirTran, but no violence.

While we were taxiing out, after the flight attendants had come through the plane assuring that all seat backs were up, the teen-aged girl in front of Miz t. reclined her seat into Miz t.'s lap.

I tapped her on the shoulder and asked her to please put her seat back up until after takeoff. I got a scowl, but she complied.
As soon as we broke ground, back came her seat back into Miz t.'s knees for the rest of the 3 hour flight.
:grr: