The Numpty

Mitt Romney's Awkward Exchanges With Humans

"When Romney entered the 2008 presidential race, he released a 13-minute video of his family aimed at humanizing him. The video, titled 'The Decision,' went viral, but not for the reasons Romney wanted. The short film is narrated mostly by his wife Anne Romney, who comes across as charming, personable and engaging, while the rest of the scene gives off a cloying whiff of privilege, cloister and artificiality.

Mitt sits down with his family to discuss the pros and cons of running for president, although Anne had already admitted that the decision had basically been made earlier, undermining the conceit of the filmed family gathering. Mitt, apparently unable to behave informally even with his family, whips out a white legal pad to take notes on his family's discussion. 'Let me ask: How do you minimize the downsides?' the business executive asks his sons and daughters.

Tagg Romney, who suggests he runs, has one warning for his pop: 'The country may think of you as a laughing stock.'"

Mitt Romney is an apparition from an American future without inheritance taxes - where the clueless wives and idiot children of the uber-wealthy will control vast tracts of the political landscape and most of the nation's cash. Horrendous.