I had no idea his real name was "Willard Mittington!"

[K8-EEE]

LOL, now when they do the "Hussein" stuff we can answer with "Well, with MITTINGTON...."

They should have just named him Thurston Howell the 3rd since that is exactly how he comes across!

[REP]

1. I just think of that guy with the rats.

[SlipperySlope]

2. I think that is just a John Stewart joke

"Williard" is true, but I think "Mittington" is just a joke.

[K8-EEE]

11. Haha, I thought Stewart was being serious

He just LOOKS like Willard Mittington....THE THIRD!

[RevStPatrick]

3. Where did you get that from?

According to Wikipedia, his name is "Willard Mitt Romney".

"Romney was named after hotel magnate J. Willard Marriott, his father's best friend, and his father's cousin Milton "Mitt" Romney, 1925–1929 quarterback for the Chicago Bears..."

Are you just being silly again?

[southernyankeebelle]

5. I don't think he was being silly. I think he really thought that was his name. You have to admit

it would be funny if it really was his name.

[FarLeftFist]

14. With a name like K8-EEE I'm suspecting she's a girl. Don't know for sure but it sounds

like Katie. Or Katy.

[southernyankeebelle]

15. I didn't notice the name, but you do have a point.

[ge626dfil]

19. +1

[russspeakeasy]

6. It's actually Williard Therat Shittington.

I know I saw it somewhere that looked official.

[JaneQPublic]

18. I heard it was "Mitzi Bain-er"

My apologies to the great Mitzi Gaynor.

[safeinOhio]

10. We will never know, until

we see the birth certificate.

[DesertRat]

16. Mitt was named after a hotel magnate?

[notadmblnd]

4. It's quite the high falutin, hoity toity name. No?

[northoftheborder]

7. Willard Milton: still uppity sounding

[yortsed snacilbuper]

8. Oh my god!

[MineralMan]

9. Well, that's not actually his name, but

WTF difference does it make? Nobody is responsible for naming himself. Parents do that. With all the issues we can bring up about Mitt Romney, we're wasting our time making jokes about his name? Elsewhere on DU, there's a thread mocking a photo of all the Romney's grandchildren.

Can we not do better than that? Stuff like this is just plain stupid and childish, IMO.

[MineralMan]

13. No, it's not, really a powerful arrow.

Mocking things on DU has no effect outside of DU, I'm afraid.