John Sununu: Democrats are "vermin"

[TroyD]

Just said this on C-SPAN a few minutes ago.

And this is a Senior Adviser to Mitt Romney.

Wonder if Mitt will make him apologize when the story gathers traction?

[sharp_stick]

1. I think I'll add

John to the list of assholes that I will kick in the nuts if/when I see them on the street.

What a total piece of shit.

[GallopingGhost]

5. lmao

He is beyond pompous.

[otohara]

79. I Wish I Had A Plan Like That

when Karl Rove was 10 ft in front of me at the airport - I could have done some real damage to him when he was putting his bag in the car in front of me.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. What I think of that lousy *(%^ $% %$# @* ()*&^$ &*$@!)

would get me banned from DU.

How I loathe that man.................

[valerief]

3. Man, I would to see (damn! can't say what I want here!) nt

[roguevalley]

37. he's utterly pathetic. but he knows they are losing. give him a dollar. he'll go away

[whathehell]

50. "Give him a dollar. He'll go away"

Love it, Roque!

[roguevalley]

80. :D

[whathehell]

83. Back at ya:

[TroyD]

4. Sununu has been out of control lately

He has had trouble controlling his temper.

Last month he had to apologize for saying Obama was not really American.

Last week he got angry with Soledad O'Brien.

The week before that he got angry on Piers Morgan.

Seems to have an anger management problem.

When someone has a video clip of Sununu's comments, please post it so that we can send it around and let people know what type of folks are advising Mitt Romney.

[taught_me_patience]

7. His behavior is one that knows he's on a losing side

trying to get his last licks in before his own beatdown.

[whathehell]

49. Yes, I didn't think of that, but it fits.

"Trying to get his last licks in before his own beatdown".

These repukes DO seem, beyond any political "bias" here, to be nasty individuals, which would,

correspond to their greedy, "Ive got mine, screw you" values, if that' s what one can call them.

Early this morning, I watched a panel of political strategists talk about their "craft" on C-Span.

It featured Bill Burton, much maligned for the supposed "Romney killed my wife" Youtube vid,

a repub named "Spies" and the very awful -- as he proved again this morning -- Mike Murphy.

I remember Mike Murphy, getting tossed off a show being hosted by Keith Olbermann "Get him outta here",

when he was still on MSNBC...It wasn't Keith's show, but he was one of the people "anchoring" some close

to election night coverage in 2008.

Bill Burton was actually quite nice, relaxed and easy going, even when someone in the audience kind of called

him out for the Bain ad. The other two, especially Murphy, were cynical, nasty and using every other

minute of their time "campaigning" for Romney, even though that was NOT called for by the forum or

the guests in the audience....On the other hand, their aggressive negativity, as you pointed out, is

probably being fueled by their realization that they're going to lose the election.

[whathehell]

51. Yes, I posted that below...I remember him from Crossfire, and I don't recall

these kinds of temper tantrums.

I saw the Soledad clip, but what did he get angry about on Piers Morgan?...It seems

an odd show to flip out on, since Piers doesn't seem to have any particular agenda.

[indepat]

6. If Democrats are vermin, then Republicans are:

(fill in the blank). I'll start with: noxiously putrid slime.

[steve2470]

10. whale excrement at the bottom of the Marianas Trench nt

[Scuba]

42. The "Noxiously Putrid Slime Anti-Defamation League" will be in touch with you shortly.

[WestSeattle2]

8. Oh Johnnie's just mad because a girl verbally humiliated him on

the CNN playground in front of a national audience.

[monmouth]

9. This is what happens when their "Chair" gets smacked down in public. They look whiny and

spineless. I want Chris to be my next ex-husband, he did a great job this morning.

[TroyD]

11. Sununu Jr.

It was enjoyable seeing Sununu Jr. go down to defeat by Jeanne Shaheen in NH in 2008.

Maybe that's why Daddy is so mad with the Democrats.

[JoePhilly]

12. Jabba Sununu rants again.

[Lex]

13. I guess he is in favor of "extermination" then.

Why doesn't he just go ahead and say that?

[steve2470]

15. "(U)ngeziefer: the term that Hitler uses to characterize his concentration camp victims"

http://books.google.com/books?id=vuJ11Iv5OSgC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=Ungeziefer+Hitler&source=bl&ots=pMbZlM_6Gd&sig=Ooh0F5rToulCUUqvMOAf9OSiN8c&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Ungeziefer%20Hitler&f=false

http://translate.google.com/#auto/de/vermin

[deutsey]

53. Remember the 2000 campaign ad by Rove

that emphasized "RATS" in the word "Democrats"?

That was no mistake. That's how they see Democrats, liberals, progressives, etc.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. He's starting to make Rush Limbaugh look courteous and reasonable.

Sunununununu has always been a mean, nasty piece of work, and he is not improving with age.

[mysuzuki2]

16. Project much, Johnny?

[MichiganVote]

17. This public service employee of the US Government and he just called me vermin

I work in public service as do many others I know. NOT ONE would ever refer to citizens of the United States as vermin.

[whathehell]

47. He is such a POS...I remember him from "Crossfire", and as I recall,

He was not as aggressively nasty as he is now...I saw him

in a couple of recent vids where he's acting particularly bad (this means "even for a rethug&quot ,

for instance, didn't he recently question someone's I.Q., or something?

and then he went after Soledad O'Brien, saying she "should wear an Obama sticker on her forehead"

I didn't see the vid of him calling democrats/public service workers "vermin"...Gawd...What was the

context?

[Voice for Peace]

55. Candidate Romney must denounce and renounce him for his hateful words, and then fire him on behalf

of the American taxpayers who pay his salary.

[MADem]

18. Sununu is a pervert who, when he was NH GOV and involved in DC politics, couldn't keep his hands off

women. He was a groper. It's a miracle he never got called on it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Eeww! Eww! Eww!

I can't imagine many experiences that would be more disgusting than being groped by Jabba the Sununu.

[whathehell]

23. Agreed.

He was always ugly...but now he's fat, old, and ugly.

[MADem]

40. He was one of those "elevator" type guys.

There are more than a few women with stories to tell, that probably included the phrase "When I saw him, I decided to take the stairs..."

[whathehell]

21. Ewwwww.

Sorry, but the man's wicked ugly too.

[MADem]

39. You should see him up close.

Even in his "youthful glory days" when he was Governor, he was one nasty looking cuss.

He's like Jabba the Hutt, only without the "Hollywood" gussying-up.

[whathehell]

46. Have you had the horror, I mean "honor"?

Just curious.....Because from only a television vantage point, I would have to call him one

of the ugliest men I've ever seen!

[MADem]

57. Oh yeah--I've had a few long, drawn out conversations with the guy

in the context of my job (not out of personal volition). I will tell you this--he thinks he's the smartest asshole in the room, he's insufferable, he's pompous, he's a grade A jerk. He's not always right though he likes to think he is.


And those are his GOOD qualities!



When I think about him, I think about some of the blowhards I used to have to put up with, and I think, "Retirement is a good thing!"

[whathehell]

62. OMG...That is so interesting!

You don't have to be specific if you don't want, but I imagine you were a reporter, a journalist, perhaps?

Whatever...MY God...When you had these long, drawn out conversations, you had to be tempted to TELL

him what you thought?...I'm sure you were, and I bet you weren't able to, right?...OMG...That is

funny, because I always felt I'd be lousy at any job where I had to squelch my own opinions for

any length of time...Sounds like that wasn't the case for you, though, unless I'm guessing wrong on your

ability to "hold forth" on your own views!....Good Grievious!....As for Sununu, I always go back to the personal...As I

said to my husband last night..."He must have had very good parents, if ONLY for the fact that they HAD to

have instilled him with confidence, or he'd never be able to go on to a public career, not after looking

in a mirror, I mean, talk about a "face made for radio"!....It really DOES give you a new appreciation for "the power of positive

thinking", and I don't want to be malicious regarding looks*, but the fact that he had the balls to actually grope

women!....Gawd!...There's GOT to be an interesting backstory there!

* I'm honestly not overly focused on appearance, and have found only a FEW people in life I would actually
call "ugly". He, however, is one of them, and I only find it remarkable in light of his self-confidence, his "inner ugly", and his apparent "success"!

[MADem]

64. I WISH I was a reporter/journalist!

No, I was just a servant of the people, a uniformed government employee!

I was not in a position to tell him I thought he was a pompous ass. I (along with others) was interacting with him in an official capacity and when that monkey is on your back, you pretty much have to shut up and suck it up. I will say I found him smarmy and unpleasant, and I have it on unimpeachable authority that he had the "Roman hands, Russian fingers" problem--it was an oft-discussed issue, but no one who was interfered with by the man dared or desired to move forward with official complaints, as that sort of reporting was regarded as career-ending at the time.

I've met plenty of people who--from a distance--might be regarded as "ugly" or "less than attractive" -- but once you get to know them, the ugly disappears completely and their inner self shines through, to the point where their "ugly" face acquires a certain charm.

All I can tell you is that this guy wasn't one of those!

[Voice for Peace]

59. I have seen Joe Lieberman up close..

in person, and it wasn't pretty.

[whathehell]

63. Really?...Now, I never thought he was bad looking at all, not for his age, etc.

The "inner ugly', however is another story!

[Voice for Peace]

71. everybody starts out cute, but it's that inner ugly that shows up over time.

some just sort of ooze it.

[whathehell]

73. Heh heh.

[MADem]

65. He is a bit of a Deputy Dawg, isn't he?

Another guy who looks like an iguana is Larry King--he will frighten children without that TV makeup!

[Angry Dragon]

22. He is probably just pissed because Cain did not get the nomination

[MADem]

38. I think he believes that HE was "presidential timber"

and I think he's annoyed his weaselly son (former NH senator, beaten like a rented mule by Jeanne Shaheen) has not made more of a national mark.

His father was a Senator, he was a governor, his funky son was a Senator...he thinks he's Joe Kennedy Senior, or something.

What he is, is a cretin.

[Cha]

20. Says the GIANT VERMIN

HEAD. ROFLMAOFF!

[JBoy]

24. Sununu is like one of those prehistoric shrimp organisms

that can go dormant for years, and then somehow "magically" be brought back to life.

[Firebrand Gary]

28. LOL

[nobodyspecial]

25. Isn't that what the Nazis said about the Jews?

I don't like Republicans, but I at least acknowledge they are human. We are your fellow Americans. We are not the enemy that you need to dehumanize so you can kill. This is a new level of sickness.

[steve2470]

31. yes, see post #15 nt

[wordpix]

69. also was used in the Hutu vs. Tutsi genocide, although term most used was "cockroaches"

[Thrill]

26. Hes gone completely nuts since leaving the senate

.

[TroyD]

33. Sununu Jr.

It was Sununu Jr. who was defeated by Jeanne Shaheen for the N.H. Senate seat in 2008.

But perhaps that's what set Sununu Sr. off

Has anyone been able to upload a clip of the exchange yet or know whether C-SPAN has posted it?

[MADem]

58. This was the father of the Cheese Whiz ex-Senator.

He was a former Governor of NH and mistakenly believed he had more sway over NH politics than he, in fact, does. Way too many 'foul' Massachusettsians have moved north o' the border since he held the gubernatorial reins, and they don't give a shit about him--makes him MAD, doncha know!

The Sununus are a dynastic family--Jabba's daddy was a Senator, too. He thinks that political clout is "owed" to anyone with the name. He thinks wrong.

[still_one]

27. Why John, because your fucking racist, sexist party has been exposed you POS

[catbyte]

29. And once again a Republican stays classy

And elevates the political discourse in this country.

What an assclown.

[Skittles]

30. I smell desperation

[Amonester]

81. It's another case of Psychological Projection.

It's always very telling when they voice it in public.

[redwitch]

32. Do you think he could be ill?

I know he's sick but I mean ill, ya know, like some sort of serious brain malfunction that goes even beyond being a rabid republican?

[Zen Democrat]

34. Sununu has been listening to too much Michael Weiner. Sickos.

[kestrel91316]

35. Not very different from the slurs against Jews by the Nazis, and the

Hutus by the Tutsis. Just more dehumanization of the enemy to make genocide more palatable, as far as I'm concerned.

[Zoeisright]

36. Project much, you fucking pig?

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

41. He needs to be Romney's no. 1 point man, the very face of his campaign

He'll take Romney's likability numbers into negative territory. He's one of the most unpleasant sounding, looking, and smelling surrogates someone could choose.

[whathehell]

66. Oh, now please...Smelling?

You have to ask MAdem about that...She's had to talk to him, at length, in PERSON!

[Gabby Hayes]

43. John is still putting too much ketchup on his red beans

[TroyD]

44. Has it been uploaded yet?

Has C-SPAN uploaded the feed/video from last night's broadcast?

[agentS]

45. I feel the same way about you too, Mr. Sununu

Unlike you, Mr. Sununu, I wouldn't say it on the air, even on CSPAN (which people watch from time to time). It's called 'biting your tongue' a skill you seem to lack.

Mr. R-Money also lacks a skill, a skill with choosing good employees. No wonder he likes firing people who provide (shoddy) services for him.

[CTyankee]

48. Can we get the video? I'd like to see that...

[mojo2012]

52. Sununu needs to look in the mirror

He's just hungry for all the publicity he's getting. If not for Romney, he would be just another nut on the tree. Get it while he can I guess...

[unblock]

54. why do republicans keep saying stuff that sounds better in the original german?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Ivins

On the subject of Pat Buchanan's famously combative Culture War Speech at the 1992 Republican Convention, which attracted controversy over Buchanan's aggressive rhetoric against Bill Clinton, liberals, supporters of reproductive and gay rights, and for his comparison of American politics to religious warfare, Ivins famously quipped that the speech had "probably sounded better in the original German," noting the similarity between the concept of "culture war" and the Kulturkampf of Otto von Bismarck's Germany.

[JohnnyRingo]

56. Sununu is disposeable.

They have him out there making comments that the campaign wants to avoid. When he finally crosses the line, the campaign can cut him loose without consequence and appear civil minded.

I believe Sununu volunteered his services knowing this.

[MADem]

60. Anything to appear to remain relevant.

That way, when rMoney crashes and burns, he can pound his chest and say "See? See? I TRIED to put lipstick on that pig, and no one listened to me...I AM the SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM!!! See?"

[Oregonian]

61. OF COURSE Mitt won't make him apologize

Mitt is the most spineless candidate in U.S. history. He'll say something along the lines of "those aren't the words I'd use", sorta like when Rush called Sandra Fluke a slut.

[ljm2002]

67. That is hate speech.

No two ways about it.

Was he being interviewed? If so, did the person interviewing him object to his statement? If not, why the hell not?

He is saying that about half the voting population in the U.S. needs to be exterminated. It is the logical extension of using that term to describe us.

What an evil thing to say. How dare he. Well we know how he dares -- these people never are called on their disgusting tirades.

[barbtries]

68. john sununu is vermin

and that is the truth. but i don't have a nationwide platform from which to spread that shit. there is something really wrong with this guy. he's reminding me of bolton.

[wordpix]

70. oh, how professional and way to win voters, Johnboy

[TroyD]

72. Sununu has a history of this, it seems

But Democrats are not upset that Sununu is on the loose.

State Democratic National Committeewoman and former state party Chair Kathy Sullivan said Romney "liked the idea of Sununu becoming a distraction, as Romney doesn't want to release those tax returns.

"So what better way to distract?" asked Sullivan. "Send out the ethically challenged former governor who has a history of calling Democrats vermin and of calling gay marriage garbage - he'll be sure to say something so outrageous that it will take everyone's minds off what Mitt is hiding."

Sullivan said Sununu "is hurting more than he is helping Romney, and therefore helps Obama. Outside of the base, people don't like that sort of visceral nastiness.

"Shame on you, John Sununu, and shame on Mitt Romney for not having the courage to stand up and say, 'No, John, he is an American, he is a patriot, and you can go back home to New Hampshire and be quiet now."

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20120725/NEWS0602/707199954

[TroyD]

74. More here:

The recent remark made by former governor John H. Sununu that our president "should learn to be an American" was reprehensible and ignorant.

His comment, coming from a man born in Cuba of immigrant parents from Lebanon and El Salvador (he is thus ineligible to be president), demonstrates the irony of the remark. His remarkable intelligence and gifted abilities have both been wasted on political rubbish. He has apologized for the tasteless comment but like many others involved in our current political morass, his intention to discredit and impugn our president with nasty innuendoes has found an audience.

In another lapse of civility, he referred to the losses of Democrats in the state Legislature as "throwing the vermin out." In concert with the New Hampshire speaker of the House, they have managed to reduce the dignity, decorum and stature of our governing institutions to that of a third-world country.

http://www.concordmonitor.com/article/344853/political-rubbish?SESSb64d29681301be1d6af32410094526bf=google

[DFW]

75. Sununu can't help what he looks like

But still, he provides a great contrast to the cultivated Romney image.

A guy who looks like something the cat dragged in accusing us of being vermin. That should go over well with Democrats sitting on the fence.

[progressivebydesign]

76. And THAT is the guy they had nominate Romney on TV?

Curious what the connection is between them. Whose money does he represent?

Because we ALL know that Romney has no friends IRL.

[BlueStater]

77. Then Sununu is the feces of vermin

Actually, even that's too good for him. He's more like the shit of shit.

[oldsarge54]

78. Between Rush and

Between Rush L, Fox commentators, and half the comment makers on the right on yahoo, how CAN Romney call Obama the Great Divider?

[Amonester]

82. It's another case of Psychological Projection.

It's (one of) the unconscious thingy he hates about himself so he projects it onto his adversary.