[Vision2020] Romney Campaign Releases First Picture of V.P. Pick

[Paul Rumelhart]

While these Borowiz reports have a modicum of humor to them, I think I prefer The Onion or The Daily Show, since they seem to treat things with a more even hand (everyone is a target, eventually).  These reports are one-sided and even a little mean sometimes.

By the way, not trying to censor, not trying to get you to stop posting them, not even caring if you decided to start posting their entire collection over the next few hours.  I'm just making my opinion known.  People have been looking upon me a little more fondly than I'm used to, so I take that as a sign that I should open my mouth and bray my opinions out until people start treating me with the loathing I'm sure I deserve :)

Paul



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 From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Romney Campaign Releases First Picture of V.P. Pick
 

Courtesy of The New Yorker at:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/07/romney-campaign-releases-first-picture-of-vp-pick.html
 
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Romney Campaign Releases First Picture of V.P. Pick

NEW YORK (The Borowitz Report)—Republican Presidential choice Mitt Romney shocked the political world today by releasing a picture of his choice for Vice-President—a man who, political insiders admit, was on nobody’s short or long list.

The photo shows Mr. Romney’s Veep pick, whose face was immediately recognizable to millions of Americans, wearing his trademark top hat and carrying what appears to be a moneybag, with currency of various denominations trailing behind him.

The Romney campaign issued scant information about the source of his running mate’s wealth, saying only that he had made his money “in real estate” and would not be releasing his tax returns.

Davis Logsdon, a political scientist who studies the history of Vice-Presidential selection at the University of Minnesota, called the choice of running mate who might be even wealthier than Mr. Romney “baffling beyond words.”

“Is Mitt Romney really going to share the stage at the Republican convention in Tampa with a man clutching a bulging sack with a big dollar sign on it?” Mr. Logsdon asked. “Those are terrible optics.”

Moreover, he added, Mr. Romney’s Vice-Presidential choice has political baggage that could prove problematic going forward: “We’re talking about someone who has gotten out of jail multiple times.”

The Romney campaign may have released the picture to distract attention from yesterday’s controversial comment by 2008 G.O.P. nominee John McCain, who said that he passed on Mr. Romney as his V.P. pick because Alaska governor Sarah Palin was a “better candidate.”

Today, Senator McCain attempted to explain his remark: “Romney had all his money hidden in Switzerland. Sarah Palin was better because she had never heard of Switzerland.”


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Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"If not us, who?
If not now, when?"

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