Mitt Romney (seeing as you lot are on about thick people)

[Mich the Tester]

...apparently wants to be President of the USA.



Mitt Romney: why don't aeroplane windows open? - Telegraph

[xoggoth]

At least their leaders/candidates make ours seem not so bad. Even Millibean looks half ok.

[bless 'em all]

At least their leaders/candidates make ours seem not so bad. Even Millibean looks half ok.

That could be the Labour Party's new slogan .... "Not as tulipe as American's!"

[Lockhouse]

The press here always give the Republicans a hard time as it's easy to stereotype them. It's much less clear cut in the US but I think Obama is pretty safe.

[Mich the Tester]

The press here always give the Republicans a hard time as it's easy to stereotype them. It's much less clear cut in the US but I think Obama is pretty safe.

I've heard that argument before, but the republicans just keep on choosing candidates who make it very easy to stereotype them. Instead of complaining about the media they need to stop picking fundamentalist wingnuts and get real; most voters, yes even in the USA, are 'sort of moderatish' and not particularly interested in extremist loons.

[BrilloPad]

Who is Mitt Romney?

[Old Hack]

I've heard that argument before, but the republicans just keep on choosing candidates who make it very easy to stereotype them. Instead of complaining about the media they need to stop picking fundamentalist wingnuts and get real; most voters, yes even in the USA, are 'sort of moderatish' and not particularly interested in extremist loons.

The worst thing about the yanks, is that for so many years, the republican candidate comes from a privileged background, and has no idea about the real world, having lived a privileged life. One day, one day, the penny will drop that to beat them, they'll have to get a republican who's lived the american dream i.e. he's started from a lower/middle class background and worked his way to the top.

All the democrats have to do to win at the moment, given the make up of the country, is show up. This is in the worse depression since the 30's and democrats don't even need to peddle any tulip, they simply need to rock up, and watch the republicans shoot themselves in the foot again.

Romney is a joke.

[BrilloPad]

The worst thing about the brits, is that for so many years, the Tory candidate comes from a privileged background, and has no idea about the real world, having lived a privileged life. One day, one day, the penny will drop that to beat them, they'll have to get a Tory who's a Grocer's daughter.

FTFY

[Old Hack]

FTFY

I agree, but do you not think we'd vote differently if we actually voted for our leaders? Would we not have a Paddy Ashdown, instead of a Milliband? I don't think more than 50% of people would have voted Cameron in, if it were up to us, but it isn't.

[BrilloPad]

I agree, but do you not think we'd vote differently if we actually voted for our leaders? Would we not have a Paddy Ashdown, instead of a Milliband? I don't think more than 50% of people would have voted Cameron in, if it were up to us, but it isn't.

<pedant>Torys get less than 50% and half seats<\pedant>

I agree - we should be able to vote for a person rather than party. Though I think I would prefer Vince Cable.

To get back to the point about Mitt Romney - I think he has thrown it away. The American people hate Obama as, in their eyes, he has fooked the economy. Alas the USA economy is over borrowed and no-one can sort it out. Only a correction can do that - it can be 12 ordinary strokes or 6 of the best.