Queen Anne is getting skewered by commenters at the WaPo

[salin]

per her Mitt's being demonized whine.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/09/09/ann-romney-says-mitt-romney-has-been-demonized/

Read the comments. Serious critiques and hilarious take-downs.

[nc4bo]

1. OMG that photo of him smil....sneering behind his wife is just creepy as hell!! nt

[evilhime]

34. I think he's

trying to pretend he is looking at her with true love - he is working on his compassion expressions

[lob1]

35. After Romney picked Ryan,

there's a picture of Romney looking at Ryan the same way. Now THAT'S creepy.

[bloomington-lib]

48. Here's one

[lob1]

53. Thanks, bloomington-lib, that's the pic I saw.

Just look at Romney. What kind of emotion does he THINK he's emoting? It looks like a school girl crush.

[onecent]

56. looks like fuck me eyes....n/t

[pinboy3niner]

59. This one is even BETTER:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021285402

[lob1]

62. Jebus, there's more than one?!?!!!

That's just...I don't even know what.

Love your sig line, btw.

[AsahinaKimi]

54. its kind of a

Alligator or crocodile smile isn't it? Just before it bites a deer in two.

[nc4bo]

75. Oh yes thatis it, thanks AsahinaKimi!! That's it exactly. He looks like PREDATOR looking at PREY!

This guy is demented - ugh

[AsahinaKimi]

77. maybe someone should use photo shop

and make a Predator movie poster using Romney's creepy face!

[treestar]

2. After all that has been said about the Obamas

As one poster there pointed out - Michelle Obama has never whined about it.

[PA Democrat]

3. I know Ann has MS, but does she suffer from amnesia as well?

Does she not remember the nasty attack ads her husband ran against his fellow Republicans in the primaries?

What a narcissist. I find her appalling and repugnant.

[lunatica]

4. When a Pesidential Candidate and his VP have to constantly defend themselves AFTER their

Convention, and Romney has to drag out his wife to try to convince people he isn't a demon or an idiot they are in deep shit trouble. Face it.

[etherealtruth]

5. Yet she doesn't get it

you can't come from a place where so much has been given ... and complain that you aren't lauded for the great gifts life has bestowed.

Come on Ass Rmoney ... it only works ... if you come out and express gratitude for the life you have been granted ... and do what you can to extend those "gifts" to others.

She could be a great spokesperson for universal health care ... wanting to extend the excellent care she has received to all people. (clearly not the Republican way)

[Brigid]

15. As I recall . . .

Michelle Obama watched her dad go to work at the water company every day while he had MS -- and he didn't whine about it. And Michelle doesn't try to use it to garner sympathy. Sorry, Queen Ann -- you miss the point again.

[etherealtruth]

38. Imagine how powerful he voice could be ...

i... if she came out and said ... I have MS, but I am lucky ... I have had the best health care money can buy ... I am lucky I don't have to get up and go to work everyday to support my family while battling MS ... instead she whines: Poor me.

No, you self centered twit ... you have been given so much and don't have the sense to be grateful

[riderinthestorm]

18. Yup, she could be a great advocate for health care, therapeutic riding, MS

Hell! Pick one, ANY one and make a difference in someone's life! Fer chrissakes.

[treestar]

57. +1

Hit the nail on the head.

[PearliePoo2]

6. I read the comments and could not believe it. I didn't find ONE in support of her!

The comments were well thought out and some down-right brutal in their distaste for her. I'm impressed!

[cr8tvlde]

7. This quote ... does anyone here know what this means...

Quote: ‘Excuse me. He was there when my son was dying of leukemia. He came to my son’s bedside. He did all of these things for my son.’

I don't know this story, and I'm pretty sure they had the best government-sponsored and paid-for health care plus what their money could buy. So for a son with leukemia and Ann's MS...they have my sympathy.

That being said ... My son?

Aren't they all his sons? Or does she have children from another father? If not, what does this have to do with empathy beyond what any father would do?

Even the article is all about Ann, Mitt and sons ... not one word about those "people" whose sons had lukemia or mothers with MS or any other tragic disease ... they, too, deserve, dare I say, "ObamaCares" healthcare... because he does.

[nc4bo]

12. Isn't that from his Bishoping days? I'm thinking that's what the reference is from. nt

[cr8tvlde]

14. So, did they have a son with Lukemia? Must have been cured. First I've heard of it. n/t

[nc4bo]

16. No, not the Romney's... Here's a link.

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54790718-78/bennett-mitt-mormons-olympians.html.csp

Among the friends on tap tomorrow are Ted and Pat Oparowski, who sought Romney’s help when their son, David, was diagnosed with leukemia at age 14. The boy, according to The New York Times, asked Romney, a lawyer, to help him draft a will. Romney later gave the eulogy at the boy’s funeral, The Times reported.

[tammywammy]

17. I think it was a couple from church whose son had leukemia.

So, when he was a bishop in the Mormon church, he performed his duties. It wasn't some stranger's son. It was a fellow church goers son that he was the Bishop of.

Frankly, this is like being happy that the pastor of our church came to our house during a troubling time to pray with us. Hello!!!! That's their freaking job!

[cr8tvlde]

24. So, to state the apparent obvious...it was a "mis-statement" to call him "our son" 3 times?

That's not a mis-statement. That is a ... uh, mis-representation?

[nc4bo]

30. Not really. Ann was speaking FOR the mother of the sick boy.

“And in particular, for Mitt — who really has been demonized in many ways as being heartless and for people to stand up and say, ‘Excuse me. He was there when my son was dying of leukemia. He came to my son’s bedside. He did all of these things for my son.’ And then another woman saying how Mitt was there for her.

She should have said; For example, the woman whose son was dying of leukemia <...> blah-blah.

[pinboy3niner]

31. You omitted her lead-in: "...and for people to stand up and say"

The punctuation in that pararaph (use of both double and single quotation maks) also makes it clear that Ann Romney is quoting somebody else:

“And in particular, for Mitt — who really has been demonized in many ways as being heartless and for people to stand up and say, ‘Excuse me. He was there when my son was dying of leukemia. He came to my son’s bedside. He did all of these things for my son.’ And then another woman saying how Mitt was there for her. So there’s hundreds of those stories that haven’t been told. And it was refreshing to me for the American people to finally be able to see the lens through which I see my husband and the perspective in which I understand how he operates.”

[cr8tvlde]

36. Thanks for the clarification.

[dixiegrrrrl]

58. She is complaing that people do not hear THOSE stories..

uhhh..isn't that the fault of his campaign, then?

[pinboy3niner]

68. Complaining, ironically, after those testimonials were trotted out at their convention

Which got them a lot of press attention.

In the case of the family she cited, googling 'Ted and Pat Oparowski' yields 18,900 results, plus more than 3,000 videos and nearly 16,000 news articles.

Nobody hears those stories? Riiiiight, Ann. Poor you.

[jillan]

8. Someone just quoted the President saying "if you're easily offended than you are in the wrong

profession" in his reaction to Clint Eastwood.


perfect
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[L0oniX]

26. +1

[Cha]

41. It is Perfect! When I read PBO had said that I

immediately thought of the romneys' and their incessant Whining.

[NewJeffCT]

42. That only applies to Democrats

not the delicate flowers of the Republican Party.

[Booster]

9. Judging just from the comments in that piece, I don't think Rmoney has a chance in Hell.

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. What is the typical demographic for the WaPo? Are we seeing conservatives in those comments?

[hedda_foil]

21. WaPo commenters usually lean right imo but...

The crowd reading The Fix may be more liberal?

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Thanks! I was thinking right-leaning, but the comments had me doubting myself.

[Freddie]

69. I used to comment occasionally on WaPo

The regulars are usually pretty viscous and right-leaning. Had enough insults and gave up. Good to hear they're not all like that.

[blueamy66]

10. Eff that B**ch

We're just trying to come up with the $25 co-pay so my guy can see the doc, get released and go back to work tomorrow.

There's a special place in hell for people like this.....

[PearliePoo2]

11. Neither of them are used to being criticized or under the microscope to this degree.

They have thin skin and IMO can be easily angered when questioned.
THIS is a weakness Obama should take advantage of in the debates. Tweak him and see if he loses it and exposes himself as the asshole he really is.
Oh and about all their charity and money to those in need? I call bullshit. Their charity extends no further than the whacko LDS and its members. They keep it in house.

[kestrel91316]

19. Freepers must not read WaPo. The comments are 100% vehemently anti-Rmoney.

[mnhtnbb]

20. Some great comments.

I really do hope that in the debates the President takes advantage of
Mitt's tendency to anger quickly. It shouldn't take
much to set him off.

[salin]

23. I was following the romney twitter feed

on 'twazzup', when this blog post was mentioned. The first four or five comments were up. While I had it open on the computer, about 20 comments popped up - non being sympathetic. Here it is 4 hours later and the pile-on is still going on.

I am guessing that after her convention speech, which generally went over well with the public, the campaign started viewing her as an asset (hence her joining him on MTP). But just as her campaign appearances started diminishing after several "You People!" type comments, I am guessing that a few more appearances like this - with the uniform thrashing that is following on social media, that she will suddenly be not so visible again.

[L0oniX]

25. First Seamus on the car roof and now the dead-cat bounce from the Convention ...

... the Romney's must really hate house pets.

What a laugh riot!

[Dawson Leery]

27. Queen Anne's lesser other has spent most of his campaign demonizing President Obama.

She is not one to talk about being "demonized".

[GoCubsGo]

28. "Demonized", my fat ass.

This alleged "demonization" of poor, widdle Mitt is nothing compared to the shit her ilk, including her creepy-ass husband, have been flinging at the President. Go home, you whiney-ass titty baby. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

[cali]

29. put on your big girl panties, anniepoo and shut the fuck up

[grasswire]

32. won't load for me

Is it just me?

[salin]

33. friend, keep trying

I found it a second time by going to the Washington Post website - there were a batch of Romney stories and this was one (look for Anne and 'demonized'.

The posts are still rolling in. I think that after 4+ hours the first one or two pro romney posts have gone up. It is something to behold (reading the reactions.)

[Hamlette]

37. I've tried it every which way and still can't see the comments.

Have they taken them down because they were so negative?

[salin]

40. Nope - still rolling in like a freight train.

I have to head off on a commute. Will check back in a couple of hours. If its still rolling, I will post another link, that hopefully will do the job.

Normally I don't follow comments on an article. But this is fascinating.

[grasswire]

55. so it's not just me n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

60. I have the page with no problems

and the number of comments are being automatically updated.
836 so far, more are coming in.

try this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2012/09/09/ann-romney-says-mitt-romney-has-been-demonized/

[grasswire]

71. is there some sort of fancy animation on that page?

I tried two different browsers. No dice. The page that comes up has the title for the Fix, but no article and no comments.

I have never had trouble with WashPost before.

[dixiegrrrrl]

78. Have you tried turning off any blockers?

Sometimes I have to turn off Ghostery and/or Ad Block to see a page, when using FireFox.
Opera browser works for me when FFox won't.
I opened the WaPo page in Firefox with no problems.
'Course, I am not running Windows.

[salin]

51. http://www.washingtonpost.com/

on the top left hand is a story about Romney stating he would keep some provisions of HCA. Under that are links to other Romney stories including the Anne Romney "demonized" story.

There are now more than 600 comments, with very, very few being anything but harsh or mocking.

[progressivebydesign]

64. I WISH they'd update the ACA story, now that his spokesperson disavowed the comments already. nt

[salin]

66. That was fast. Need a word for flip flopping so fast back and forth and back

that the image is a blur. Can't think of a word that works - all are two slow of the flip flop. Vacillate. Too slow. Perhaps "fleeting" as in any of his statements per policy are "fleeting" (likely to change extremely quickly and grounded in no true belief.)

[pinboy3niner]

72. Whipflopping?

Flip-flopping so fast it gives you whiplash.

[salin]

73. I like it. We should coin the phrase.

[grantcart]

39. This reflects a phony persecution complex that is taught in the Mormon Church.

Why are people who lost all their savings in the Smith's phony bank angry?

Religious Persecution?



Why are the townspeople angry when Smith's number one associate accuses him of marrying young girls?

Reigious Persecution.


If you get them to actually unwind about it they will paint a picture of Mormons as being the most unfairly persecuted and demonized people in America.

[lonestarnot]

43. Someone get that woman a yellow pissy rug. Bushwhacker knows where to get them.

[DeSwiss]

44. K&R

[Iliyah]

45. And she has excellent health care coverage that money can buy.

I'm not belittling her health problems and wish her well but enough is enough of playing victim. Demonized? I'll have to say Pres O is constantly being demonized 24/7 by Mitten and Ann's cohorts. The so called "Christian" spew some really powerful hateful stuff and not only on O but his wife and girls.

[Cha]

46. Here's a comment I read at the top

that's It in a nutshell..

"Republicans always accuse everybody else of doing what they themselves are doing. You can almost set your watch by it."

Questions: Do demons Lie everytime they open their mouths? Do they hide their tax returns when they're running for President? Do they demonize their opponent? Do they make millions of $$$ off of buying and scrap heaping companies..putting people out of work and piling up the profits? Keeping their money offshore so they don't help support their country's First Responders, Veterans, Military, Highways, Bridges, Etc, Etc, Etc?

These are the kind of Ads I've seen exposing mitt romney.. Ann acts like the facts will melt them.

"Chronicling Mitt's Mendacity, Vol. XXXIII"

http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/09/07/13731433-chronicling-mitts-mendacity-vol-xxxiii?lite

The first 32 Volumes are at the link, too..

[olegramps]

47. Her husband will assure thousands of experiencing the tragedy.

She says that he was present at the death of her child. Firstly, he wasn't her son. She can't even keep her bull crap straight. However, Romney will assure thousands of desperate parents the same agony when he and Ryan the Butcher cut off Food Stamps and Medicare for thousands of children. I know that I shouldn't, but I have grown to actually despise these heartless lying bastards.

[Raine]

49. Ann you have more than 99% of us and you love to remind of that fact. So be grateful for what you

have and quit whinning and playing the victim. No one likes to hear some spoiled rich brat whine, you need a spanking like any other spoiled brat.

[Ilsa]

50. One of the commenters says that Texas is in play.

He said that Texans were pissed about Rmoney's attack on Perry helping minorities get into college, and some of the other crap, like the $10,000 bet.

I don't know if the commenter is right. GOP Texans can be pretty hateful of Obama.

[Avalux]

52. If she understood, she wouldn't be scolding people,

with her "how dare you people" tone. Get lost Ann.

[dixiegrrrrl]

61. "Ann is the one who turned "We the People" into "You People""

and
"I'll buy the fact that corporations are people when Texas executes one... "

over 850 comments now and I have yet to see a postiive one.

Looks the Post just made its own Straw poll.

[progressivebydesign]

63. My fave is the one that points out that MITT uses scorched earth on his opponents..

he is the biggest, most ruthless, asshole, when it comes to campaigning. He makes Newt Gingrich look like a human being. So she has a lot of nerve whining about how mean we are to Mitt.

And god, how fucking embarrassing to have your WIFE whining to the media that people aren't nice to you... If Mitt wasn't an overambitious carpet bomber against his opponents, I might have an ounce of pity. But I don't.

[Spazito]

65. Her arrogance and sense of entitlement was clear back in April when she...

said this, "It's Mitt's time, it's our turn now" and Romney told President Obama to "start packing". It seems neither of them learned from the backlash back then and have doubled down since then.

"“It’s Mitt’s time. It’s our turn now.” In the same interview, her husband told Obama to “start packing,” rather presumptuously (who orders around the president?), but Ann Romney declaring “It’s our turn now” is even worse. Ann, the voters will decide that. Don’t order the car elevator for the White House quite yet."

http://www.salon.com/2012/04/17/its_mitts_time/

[salin]

67. I will up that... her talk (during the RNC) to Hispanic women...

if they just would get over their bias (my paraphrase except the word bias - that was hers) they would obviously love and embrace Mitt.

From the wife of the man who was advocating extreme policies, that have already been shown in Alabama to sweep up and effect legal citizens, in order to get people to "self-deport."

See, they are biased against Mitt. That they may actually hold reservations based on his words in the primaries, is simply bias. As in prejudice. Oh the irony just spins around in the wind, and Anne is so far removed that she just doesn't see it.

[Spazito]

70. Geez, I missed hearing that one...

I am going back and forth between and

I have met some incredibly insensitive, cold and calculating people in my life but, damn, I think she tops them by far.

[meow2u3]

74. Here's one funny comment

medogsbstfrnd
9:18 PM EDT
Democrats beg demons to possess Romney but demons refuse. "I'd rather possess a pig," one demon is overheard to say.

And this was my reply:

meow2u3
11:14 PM EDT
Democrats can simply serve the possessed pork to Romney. (LOL)

[gordianot]

76. Good grief next thing as Mitt sinks she will want to debate Michelle Obama. n/t

[Th1onein]

79. Look! Don't you understand anything?

It "THEIR TURN," dammit! Don't you get that? It's THEIR TURN! We got our four years and we couldn't turn around the mess that some guy (don't say Bush) made of things, so it's THEIR TURN!