Even though Ann Romney was sick with MS, Mitt was

[cthulu2016]

Even though Ann Romney was sick with MS, Mitt was willing to curl up in bed with her.

Ann Romney actually said this on the CNN hour-long Romney profile, as evidence of what a loving man he is.

She actually said that Mitt's warmth and goodness is so epic that in the early days after her MS diagnosis, "even though I was very sick he curled up in bed with me."


Never has anyone been so humanized.


This has been a theme of the humanization of Mitt... bragging about things that are baseline human decencies as evidence of extraordinary warmth and compassion. OMG, he arranged his finances in such a way that this children would have food to eat!

[snooper2]

1. LOL, he scooted his double bed over next to hers

and it wasn't just to procreate another Mormon

[Pab Sungenis]

2. "even though I was very sick he curled up in bed with me."

Why the hell wouldn't he? Did they think MS was contagious?

Her saying that this way leads me to believe that he normally wouldn't curl up in bed with her.

[barbtries]

4. that is one way to look at it.

why wouldn't a husband comfort his sick wife? he does not get any extra points for that.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

9. I took it as a shot against John Edwards n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

10. I took it as a shot at Newt.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

20. Perhaps both, although Gingrich has been stumping for Romney.

Maybe a more reasonable summary, then, would be we're imparting much more cleverness to Mrs. Romney then is her due.

[Fawke Em]

8. My thoughts, exactly.

When I read the OP, I shook my head and squinched up my nose in that "did he think MS was catching?" way.

[BanzaiBonnie]

35. My thoughts exactly.

Except for this, did he ignore her?

AND... did he or she think this was something contagious? For pity ever!

[truebrit71]

3. That's what spouses are SUPPOSED TO DO...

..you dumb, vacuous, condescending, entitled, self-absorbed, snobby bitch....What kind of husband WOULDN'T do that???

When I found out my wife had breast cancer I wouldn't let go of her...

You just don't get it, do you Ann, you just don't get it...

[barbtries]

5. thank you truebrit71

that is what husbands and wives are supposed to do. but i give you points because i bet that not until today did you ever think it scored you some extra ticket to heaven.

[Mariana]

6. OMG. She really thinks this is exceptional.

These are some really fucked-up people.

[onehandle]

7. See? Mitt's normal.

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[coalition_unwilling]

11. Was that before or after the software patch\upgrade to the Romenoid 5000

software? I heard that patch included some lines of code about 'normal human decency,' but I've never been able to verify with my own robot who keeps saying the same line over and over again: "I can't do that, Dave."

[ann---]

12. TMI

Just the thought of anyone "curling up" with her makes me nauseous.

[ann---]

18. p.s.

just to clarify - I did NOT mean because of her illness. She looks colder than him. That's what I meant.

[SDjack]

13. Yeah, even though she had MS, Mittens knew that her body would

be more comfortable if she serviced him each night, stayed pregnant, etc. He's a real sweetheart.

[jorno67]

14. I've heard of two other stories about "Human Mitt"

Once as a child he got a cut and actually bled...

and when he was Governor of Massachusetts he was playing golf with some mayors on the North Shore and he actually...perspired.

[livetohike]

15. Is it time to throw up yet?

Both of them are pathetic, but her attempts to humanize him are really desperate and disgusting.

[Bobbie Jo]

23. She could use a humanization makeover

Her damn self.

[livetohike]

34. Can you hear her now? "We are just like you."

If that "you" is someone with several houses, hired help and never worked outside of the home their whole life

[uponit7771]

16. MS isn't contagious...these people are freaking weird

[ismnotwasm]

17. My husband has MS

And I sleep with him every night, in sickness--which is more and more these days-- and health.. Do I get human points? He's warm and comfy and he loves me.

We're both voting Democrat though. Mitt doesn't get human points from MY husband. In fact my husband thinks Mitt is an no-good asshole. Of course my husband also thinks Republicanism is a disease.

[closeupready]

19. Oh, please. She's lusting for power and money, just like he is.

The reason this sounds awkward is because it IS awkward for her to pander, given that she is accustomed to armies of paid domestic servants and car elevators, estates and mansions located all over the world, offshore bank accounts in the Cayman Islands and Switzerland, etc.

Rich people like her don't know HOW to pander; they demand! They bark! Pandering is so Little People, and she's used to doing stuff in order to put a greater distance between herself and THEM.

[Ghostrider]

21. Even though Ann Romney was sick with MS, Mitt was willing to curl up in bed with her.

That is a very nice story. However something is bothering me about how Mitt Romney is dealing with his wife's illness.

He didn't made the tough choice. He seems to ignore the fact that stress can have an extremely negative effect on MS, yet he has been running for the most stressful job in the world for about six years.

Campaigning alone is very stressful, has he thought about how being first lady will effect her? It doesn't appear so.



No one has ever asked him this that I know of.


Getting into bed with your wife is easy, deciding not to run for president for the sake of your wife's health; not so much so.


So much for epic goodness.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

22. Ummmmm.......ok.

Isn't what any normal person would do with their spouse, particularly when ill? Sorry, not seeing anything particularly special about this. Nobody's accusing Mitt of being a heartless b****d or anything (but his "people skills" with the rest of us could use some help).

[Odin2005]

24. TMI!!!

[NightWatcher]

25. wow, so he's more decent than Newt. That's nothing to brag about

I scrape stuff off my shoe that's more decent than Newt

[hlthe2b]

26. I can't even begin to count all the ways that her need to say this disturbs me

To me, it only underscores how very much a self-entitled POS he is-- and how damned brainwashed (presumably by LDS teachings) she IS.

[Politicalboi]

27. Rmoney also curled up

Next to the kid who's hair he was cutting. Yes he's so humane that he even let a legally blind man run into a glass door. Ann probably had more money than him at the time he curled up next to her.

[appleannie1]

28. What kind of marriage do they have that she thinks this is exceptional? Good grief. They must

never normally even touch.

[n2doc]

29. Sounds like she is describing a pet

My pet cat curls up in bed with me too. And he purrs, to boot! Does that make him suitable for the presidency?

[flamingdem]

30. eww - stop talking about curled up Willards in your bed Ann

[madmom]

31. Just like the aristocracy of old...they have separate bedrooms?

[cthulu2016]

32. That's not as distancing as you think...

I am sure they have a wife-elevator.

[Moonwalk]

33. Everyone is wondering at Ann's thinking, I'm wondering at Republican thinking....

...Are they applauding these stories?

Which is to say, it doesn't in the least surprise me that Ann would find Mitt's actions toward her extraordinary ("My MS didn't matter to him! He still loved me! Isn't that remarkable?&quot . I mean between wealth, politics, religious fanaticism and conservative values, she's undoubtedly surrounded by entitled people who shrink from you if you're sick, abandon you if you're at all different. This is a world where spouses are undoubtedly embarrassed if their wife/husband isn't beautiful and healthy and rich. For Mitt to still snuggle up to her after her diagnosis was probably amazing to her. Heroic even.

What this says about Ann isn't much or surprising. What it says about the Republican party, however, is pretty crazy. How far into Ayn Rand, Evangelical bizarro-land has this political party gone if this story has them applauding and nodding about what an amazing guy Mitt is? Have they come to expect all their politicians to be like Newt?