Reid's Source: Matt Romney?

[berni_mccoy]

Could Harry Reid's infamous source be Matt Romney, son of Mitt Romney?



Just thinking about it, remember these points:

- Romney was fond of "gleefully" shoving his sons' faces into butter
From: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/mitt-romney/9347495/US-election-2012-Mitt-Romney-pushed-sons-faces-into-plates-of-butter.html

Matt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor's second son, told how his father would present his children with a stick of butter, telling them "it's so rotten you have to smell it". When they leaned down he would gleefully shove their faces into the plate.

A son doesn't forget this kind of treatment.

Furthermore, Romney did that to one of his grandsons (from the same source):

Mr Romney apparently repeated the trick recently with one of his grandsons, pushing the shocked child's head into a platter of whipped cream.

If my Dad did that to one of my sons, I'd be pissed. Could it have been Matt's son? Matt has three children, one son, two daughters

- Matt did not want his Dad running for office again
From the same article above:

The Romney sons also revealed that they had tried to persuade their father not to make a second run for the White House, knowing it would bring their young families under fresh scrutiny.
Matt Romney said: "I was really reluctant. I didn't want him to do it. I tried to convince him not to. I think there were a few of us who tried that. I just felt like, for us as a family, this isn't the best thing.

- Matt is one of two sons involved in capital investments

From: http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/the-romney-sons-a-guide

Matt is "Senior Vice President of Capital Markets at Excel Trust, Inc"


- Matt pranked his Dad pretty hard with the Schwarzeneggar call
And his Dad was not very happy about it.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-romney-sons-matt-romney-pranks-arnold-schwarzenegger-2012-6


- Matt said "Obama is great"
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/13/443592/matt-romney-obama-great/

- Matt may be upset with his Dad not releasing his returns
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/12/romney-son-makes-obama-birth-certificate-joke/1#.UCRKUaD3CL9
After being embarrassed with the birther joke in NH, he said this about his dad: "He'll do everything he needs to," said Matt Romney. "He's certainly not afraid of anything."

Perhaps Matt feels he's doing what his Dad needs a little outside courage...

[dimbear]

1. Romneys 5 sons are really named Matt, Mett , Mitt, Mutt, and Moot?

Can such things be?

[Drunken Irishman]

4. Matt, Mike Mark, Mo and Mort

[freeplessinseattle]

14. I had neighbors in SLC with 9 kids with all "M" names. Seriously

Absolutely true story. We thought they were just really quirky, but maybe there is some weird Mormon thing about M names, strange. Or some really weird coincidence. I can't wait to tell my mom!

[renate]

2. I'd missed the story about Romney's "pranks"

Good lord, what an angry person. And yes, of course he did that as a "joke," but who DOES something like that without hidden anger at the person they're pranking?

[Salviati]

3. I don't think he's angry -

I just think that he's a d-bag that doesn't care about anyone but himself and his own well being, amusement, and ambitions.

He'll throw anyone and anything under the bus if it will do him good, or give him a laugh.

When people talk about sociopathic personalities being tailor made for buisness success in todays corporate climate, they're talking about Mitt Romney.

[aquart]

7. His little tell laugh is masked anger.

[Major Nikon]

6. I remember my dad pulling the funnel and quarter trick on my brother

I can probably count on one hand the number of times I remember my dad so much as raising his voice. He wasn't angry about anyone or anything.

I play pranks on my kids and they prank me right back. It's all good.

[rfranklin]

8. LIke pushing their faces into their food?

I wouldn't have taken to kindly to that treatment as a kid.

[Major Nikon]

9. Worse if anything

[aquart]

10. Uhhhhhhhhhhh...

Sure. Whatever you say. It's alllll good. Yeah. Whatever. No problem.

[Major Nikon]

12. This is entirely too funny

While I can't buy that playing a prank on your kid = anger issues, I'm pretty sure passive aggressiveness fits that bill.

I bet you didn't realize how much you'd revealed about yourself.

Just sayin'

[aquart]

15. Passive/aggressive IS anger.

Nobody told you?

[Tx4obama]

5. I think the source is John McCain. n/t

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

11. I think it's Flrrrn ROmney the lesser known sibling. nt

[abolugi]

13. Markos Moulitsas

from Daily Kos thinks its Jon Huntsman Sr.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/08/09/1118428/-It-s-John-Huntsman-Sr-right-Harry


The plot thickens!!