Posted on 03/06/2010 5:43:00 PM PST by Brices Crossroads
At first sight it was no contest. On one channel Sarah Palin, the poster-girl of the American right, was wowing audiences with her first routine as a stand-up comedian. On a rival chat show Mitt Romney, the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination in 2012, was delivering such dull fare that his host yawned.
Writing a book and promoting it on late-night television have become an integral part of a presidential campaign launch. It certainly worked for Barack Obama.
For Romney, the tactic seems to have backfired. He may be ahead of Palin in the opinion polls. But 5.8m people tuned in to watch her on the Tonight Show last week, compared with 3.7m for his appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman...
When Letterman asked about his late father, a former head of American Motors and governor of Michigan, Romney went into a long ramble about his “character and integrity”.
When Leno asked Palin about her father, she replied: “My dad — he’ll tell me what kind of ammunition to use.”
At one point Letterman seemed to yawn as he listened to Romney, a committed Mormon and former investment banker. “I don’t know what any of that means,” he said after one opaque answer.
Romney, who failed to shine in the 2008 primaries to choose his party’s candidate for the White House, was later asked about losing the ratings battle. “I need to get better material,” he quipped.
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“Don’t ask me who that is. I’ll know him/her when I see them.
You’re going to be waiting for a LONG time...”
Psst...It is Romney. He just can’t admit it here. His instructions are to trash Palin, but not to promote Romney.
I suppose Myth could always start with actual conservatism.
Letterman is a rude, obnoxious liberal who would yawn at any conservative. I hope Sarah never gives him the time of day.
LOL! I’ve got pictures of me doing pretty much the same thing. I’m certainly not qualified to be prez based on those pics. You’ll have to do better than a few photo ops.
you say: “I’m hoping for a conservative candidate with experience AND charisma. Don’t ask me who that is. I’ll know him/her when I see them.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2p91dvm6M
and here’s another one = starts out with a short clip from the “revolution” - but watch this through
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huDnmEQSwLU
Mitt has ZERO charisma.
End of story.
“I believe I mentioned I wasn’t impressed by Romney. So, your point would be?”
The fact that you add that disclaimer does not mean you get carte blanche to praise him as “not an amateur” as opposed to Palin. I see the tactics of you people who have no one to offer yourself, can’t praise Mitt directly (for fear of JR), but come on here and post unsupported slights against Palin.
THIS JUST IN: People who hate Sarah Palin hate everything about her and everything she does, everytime.
Romney (D, undercover shapeshifter, thinking like subliminal Man):
“Sarah Palin is ah, (unqualified, but more than me) …
good (boy she is, good shot, good cook, great mother, heck, she even has guns)
but her laughter on Leno has been ‘piped in’ .
Oh, yeah. Did I tell you I am now a conservative?”
Oh Man!! She is a joke!!!!
She is going to have the last laugh when she is the one sitting in the White House.
God forbid I would slight Saint Palin!
I don’t view Romney as a viable candidate because of his record in Mass. In fact, if he wins the nomination I will vote 3rd party rather than waste my vote on a liberal with and R by his name. I just don’t think Sarah is qualified and I’ll be damned if I’ll vote for another unqualified person to run this country, no matter if they are R or D.
She won't. She'll just go on his competitor's show and kill him in the ratings (not that Leno needs much help in accomplishing that).
Palin’s song: You make me feel like a natural woman.
Romney’s song: Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto
Back when his father was running for president, he accused the military advisors of "brain washing" him on the Vietnam war. The Pentagon's reply was simply "We did what we could with what little we had to work with."
Well.... someone did break his hair.
Mr. Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
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