# Astonishing picture of Mitt Romney **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 9, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444 "2014-06-09T23:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/1 "2014-06-09T23:57:01Z")
[The astonishing thing is, he’s the kid.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2014/06/Mitt-and-his-dad.jpg) The old guy is pappy George. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/2 "2014-06-10T00:49:01Z")
I have a picture of my grandfather holding my dad (when he was about 6 months old); looks a whole lot like me, or should I say I look a whole lot like him. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/3 "2014-06-10T01:02:43Z")
What’s astonishing? Looks to me like George Romney with some kid on his lap. Bear with me. I turned 60 yesterday and remember and liked George better than his poof-and-he’s-gone son. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/4 "2014-06-10T04:10:47Z")
That’s pretty cool. The apple didn’t fall too far from the tree (after a generation). ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/5 "2014-06-10T05:14:08Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > [The astonishing thing is, he’s the kid.](http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/files/2014/06/Mitt-and-his-dad.jpg) The old guy is pappy George. That photo’s screaming for a caption. Such as: _“Daddy, I saw Dolly Parton on TV today!”_ ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/6 "2014-06-10T07:52:18Z")
Mitt is practically his dad’s twin. Looks like him and aspired to many of the same political goals. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/7 "2014-06-10T17:06:43Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > That photo’s screaming for a caption. Such as: _“Daddy, I saw Dolly Parton on TV today!”_ “_Daddy, I decided I want to learn how to play the accordion._” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/8 "2014-06-10T17:29:35Z")
I bear an incredibly strong resemblance to my father, so much so that I have on occasion looked in a mirror and seen him looking back at me. The only unfortunate part is that I am female – but definitely Daddy’s girl. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/9 "2014-06-10T17:30:41Z")
“Mr Karloff, what did you do with my dad?” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/10 "2014-06-10T20:03:01Z")
Tori Spelling looks so much like her dad Aaron Spelling that its almost scary. Especially now that she’s getting older and gotten quite gaunt like her dad. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/11 "2014-06-10T20:13:04Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Tori Spelling looks so much like her dad Aaron Spelling that its almost scary. Especially now that she’s getting older and gotten quite gaunt like her dad. Aaron never looked like a horse. He may have been a workhorse, but he never looked like a horse. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astonishing-picture-of-mitt-romney/690444/12 "2014-06-11T01:42:52Z")
[Bette Midler (age 65!) and her daughter.](http://neoneocon.com/2011/07/15/heredity/)