Category Archives: Gaffe


Earth to Romney: We aren’t on the Human Rights Council

Today, Governor Mitt Romney called for the US to pull out of the UN Human Rights Council. According to the AP:

"The United Nations has been an extraordinary failure of late," Romney said in response to a question at a pancake house along the coast of early voting South Carolina. "We should withdraw from the United […]

Hint to Romney: Baghdad is not Ames

Now, I don’t buy all this Yellow Elephant junk, but Mitt Romney doesn’t understand something fundamental:
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Wednesday defended his five sons’ decision not to enlist in the military, saying they’re showing their support for the country by "helping me get elected."

Tooling around Iowa farmland in a Winebago trying to get […]

Did Romney belittle a veteran on Memorial Day?

Everyone knows that our veterans healthcare system is screwed up and brave soldiers are falling through the cracks. In this case, an injured Guardsman isn’t getting the care that he needs, and his friend asks Mitt Romney for help. Romney is not helpful. Read on:

Romney questioned the man’s status, wondering why the military wouldn’t help […]

Romney calls press unfair; Tries to emulate father

Mitt Romney is doing himself no favors these days. Whether it is his lifetime hunter gaffe, his confusing French marriage law for fictionalizations of the Book of Mormon, or calling a ridiculous sci-fi book his favorite novel, he can’t keep his foot — in a silver space boot? — out of his mouth.
So Romney goes […]

Romney’s Silver Space Boot strikes again!

Mitt Romney is developing a real gaffe problem when it comes to science fiction. I have decided to call these his "silver space boot" (in mouth) problem. I will, perhaps, get in trouble for referencing Ann Richard’s "born with a silver foot in his mouth" line.
This time, he confuses French marriage law with something […]

Doh! What a Mitt-iot!

MItt Romney tried to cover for his book gaffe today by sticking his foot farther into his mouth. According to the San Jose Mercury:

Asked about his comments during a Fox News interview Monday that L. Ron Hubbard’s Battlefield Earth is his favorite novel, Romney said Huckleberry Finn is his favorite fiction and that the […]

Mitt-flop on favorite book?

Mitt Romney can’t figure out his favorite book:

And why is he talking about Scientology when people are talking about his own religion?

Tags: Fun, Gaffe, Mitt Flop, Romney

Guy in NRA hat speaks: Romney another Kerry

Last week, Mitt Romney shot himself in the foot by answering a question about hunting. The guy who asked the question was tracked down by a Boston TV station. Here’s what he had to say, and it is brutal:

Some quotes:
"Now I have some doubts."
"Flip-flop? Yeah, I see another John Kerry coming […]

Was Romney quoting Monty Python?

Romney said:
I’ve been a hunter pretty much all my life. I’ve never really shot anything terribly big. I used to hunt rabbits.

Monty Python’s Mosquito Hunter said:
I’ve been a hunter all my life.

Watch the vid:

Note also from that AP story:
Romney added: "Shooting a rabbit with a single-shot .22 is pretty hard, and after watching […]

Lifetime hunter Mitt Romney never had license

Mitt Romney’s hunting problem continues.
Earlier this week, Mitt Romney said he had "been a hunter all his life." (see video here) But a reporter did some research, and Romney’s campaign admitted that Romney had only been hunting twice, once as a teenager and once for a fundraiser. Then Romney himself said that he was a […]