DECEMBER 21, 2007
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Move over, "definition of 'is,'" you've got competition:
Mr. Romney said today that he had been using the word “saw” in a “figurative sense.”
“If you look at the literature, if you look at the dictionary, the
term ‘saw’ includes being aware of in the sense I’ve described,” he
said. “It’s a figure of speech and very familiar and it’s very common
and I saw my dad march with Martin Luther King. I did not see it with
my own eyes but I saw him in the sense of being aware of his
participation in that great effort.”
Oy.
--Michael Crowley
8 comments
you left out the most painful part (from TPM):
"I'm an English literature major," [Romney] added, after the questions didn't stop. "When we say I saw the Patriots win the World Series, it doesn't necessarily mean you were there."
After saying it was 87 years between Red Sox championships, this is probably not going to endear him to any New Hampshire sports fans...
- sprechs
December 21, 2007 at 12:38am
Did he really say Patriots win the World Series? I saw them win the Stanley Cup.
- stgla
December 21, 2007 at 8:38am
Well, at least he was watching the night that Tom Brady won his Oscar.
- drdannyu
December 21, 2007 at 8:57am
According to the dictionary, "Patriots" can refer to men who support and love their country, and surely that is an accurate way to define the Celtics team that won the World Series.
- adaglas
December 21, 2007 at 10:00am
Boy did Mitt step into a mess on this one.
First off George Romney was Govenor when Michigan exploded in race riots throughout the state. Detroit, Pontiac and Saginaw. Romeny was so out of touch, he viewed the Detroit Riots from a Helicopter.
I really doubt that Romney marches with King. If that had been the case, Dr. King would have made a point to help out with the Detroit Riots and aftermath, and really Dr. King did not offer any assistance to Romney.
Even worse, the Detroit Free Press reported that:
'George Romney told the Free Press at the time that he didn't take part because it was on a Sunday and he avoided public appearances on the Sabbath because of his religion.'
Now you have the whole Mormon thing, which obviously for Mitt's Dad trumped any civil rights agenda.
The only time that I think Romney and King could have been together is the August 2, 1967 NAACP Convetion in Detroit immediately after the riots. LBJ was scheduled to attend and cancelled because he did not want the association with the Detroit Riots from the week earlier. Romney was scheduled and probably attended. I do not know if King would have come if he was not a scheduled speaker.
That convention was probably one of the most interesting, Thurgood Marshll had recnetly been announced as the first Negro Supreme Court Justice, and the national riots had just ended. Best of times and worst of times in Detroit.
I think you will see Mitt start to dismiss his claim as old news and try to walk away from this one.
I think his dad's history is fascinating and would love to discuss this more.
- CRS9TNR
December 21, 2007 at 10:51am
I understand that Mitt's "misstatements" may all be a result of a medical operation Governor Romney had about a year and half ago. To get rid of the gnawing inside, he went into Mayo Clinc for a ethilotomy. That's the procedure, very popular with a certain type of businessman, where they make a micro incision into the brain and vacuum out the little organ where the conscience and courage reside. But in this unusual case, the surgeons couldn't find the damn thing. Just nothing at all there. I've heard through the medical grapevine that they didn't want to lose their fees--their businesspeople after all--so they just sucked out something else out. Some suspect it was his heart.
Another theory is that when the whole family was going through their annual "Stepford" renewal treatment at a secret clinic in the Arizona desert, that's the medical procedure to ensure wealth, good teeth, lovely family, etc., the medical technicians removed the last vestige of Mitt's soul by mistake. Mitt's soul had atrophied to the point that the technicians thought it was just a pimple on his butt, and so they popped it. So there you have it!
Jesus is Our Savior! No New Taxes! Protect Our Borders! Go Mitt!!!!!
- sabatia
December 21, 2007 at 12:12pm
Come to think of it, the Patriots are so hot this year they COULD win the World Series.
- stgla
December 21, 2007 at 2:31pm
Iowa City, Iowa One of the big topics of conversation among the reporters following Huckabee is if or
- Anonymous
December 21, 2007 at 9:40pm