# Ha, ha--Ann Romney has to go home and spend her millions now! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231 "2012-11-07T16:15:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/41 "2012-11-08T23:26:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The only way I can describe Ann Romney is that she looked like there was someone under her seat doing weird things to her butt and she was trying to look like it wasn’t happening. [Ann Romney] Goddamn it Mitt. “Go ahead, wear the vibrating butt plug. It will make you look and feel happy!” I should have known that wouldn’t work… [/AR] ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/42 "2012-11-08T23:43:49Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > It’s good that the people in power actually are displaying more class than I am showing now. It’s probably best in the long run that Barack Obama is in charge, and I am not, because my plans for Day One following the elections results would have had Ann Romney paraded spread-eagled with various tax documents from the past twenty years protruding from various orifices while journalists followed her down the street with buckets of tar that they poured over her while chanting intrusive personal questions and demanding that she answer them faster than they were being asked. But, hey, that’s just me. Prolly a good thing I’ll never win election to anything bigger than the SD Hall of Classless Idiots. Be grateful you have just seen, over your vigorous objections, someone elected to the office of POTUS who has grace, class, intelligence, a sense of dignity and decorum, a respect for his adversaries and an imperviousness to insult that most vengeance-seeking humans lack. I voted for Obama and I am both happy and relieved to see the Romneys shuffle off the stage. On the whole, though, I’d prefer you stay off my side in the future, you creepy, misogynistic little toad. The right side won, your purulent rantings detract from that victory. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/43 "2012-11-09T00:16:10Z")
Okay, did Ms. Romney actualy say her sons serving a mission was the very same thing as serving in the military? The only blurb I saw was that she said that her sons learned something from serving others. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/44 "2012-11-09T00:36:09Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > I voted for Obama and I am both happy and relieved to see the Romneys shuffle off the stage. On the whole, though, I’d prefer you stay off my side in the future, you creepy, misogynistic little toad. The right side won, your purulent rantings detract from that victory. Seconded ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/45 "2012-11-09T00:47:32Z")
Ooh, good. Not only do I get my candidate elected, but assholes all over the place are having heart attacks over my attitude about winning. Win win win win win. Any one else pissed off at me? I’d love to know who you are. BTW, **Scumpup** , please don’t write me any more pathetic PMs. If you’re feeling frustrated, beat up your kid or something. I’m not your therapist. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/46 "2012-11-09T00:58:56Z")
No, you are more of a punching bag, or maybe one of those inflatable clowns with a weighted bottom, for me. Fun to punch around a little, but you get boring fast. ---
**Author:** ![rogerbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/47 "2012-11-09T01:40:22Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > Okay, did Ms. Romney actualy say her sons serving a mission was the very same thing as serving in the military? The only blurb I saw was that she said that her sons learned something from serving others. You can youtube anne romney the view, she was on The View and said something like, everyone serves in a different way, and the fact that she likened preaching mormonism in France to getting blown up and disfigured in Vietnam AT ALL is highly offensive to me, and I am the biggest anti-military lib you will ever meet. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/48 "2012-11-09T01:51:50Z")
Well, they did have to tolerate the French, who are atheists and Papists and let their women run around with unshaven armpits, which is very dangerous duty. And while they didn’t have to endure Basic Training, her sons did have to get shoved out of her twat, so they’ve paid a very heavy price for their service. ---
**Author:** ![Hyperelastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/49 "2012-11-09T01:58:23Z")
I suspect Ann Romney has many happy days ahead of her, unlike this sorry group stewing in envy and hate. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/50 "2012-11-09T02:23:23Z")
Bet anything I’m happier since Tuesday than she is, no matter how much money she has. I haven’t stopped smiling, and she hasn’t stopped scowling. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/51 "2012-11-09T02:32:56Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > During the last debate, the cameras were trained on her and Michele for about 15 minutes prior to the start of the main event. > > Michele looked relaxed and comfortable and spent a lot of time talking to her seatmates. > > The only way I can describe Ann Romney is that she looked like there was someone under her seat doing weird things to her butt and she was trying to look like it wasn’t happening. > [@Chimera](#): > > [Ann Romney] > Goddamn it Mitt. “Go ahead, wear the vibrating butt plug. It will make you look and feel happy!” I should have known that wouldn’t work… > [/AR] As a staunch Democrat and in the spirit of unity, I am volunteering to reach across the isle and insert something into Ann Romney’s butt. I get to choose what. Edited to Add: Lest you think me partisan, Michelle’s butt is open to negotiation as well. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/52 "2012-11-09T02:43:36Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > I suspect Ann Romney has many happy days ahead of her, unlike this sorry group stewing in envy and hate. Oh no, you really don’t understand how the other side thinks, do you? I believe I speak for most Obama supporters when I say that each morning I wake up and think “Thank god, the suspense is over - OBAMA WON!!!” Envy and hate are the last emotions I’m feeling right now. “Relief” and “so happy I want to dance” are the main themes in my life today. The hate for AR is a bit over the top, especially under the circumstances. We won! Who cares if AR rubs us the wrong way? I honestly believe that _most_ Democrats are on the whole kinder, more tolerant, and fairer than _most_ Republicans. On the other hand, this thread suggests, as we all know, that no political persuasion is completely free of jerkish behavior. There may be Republicans who look at this thread and say “hah, this is proof that Democrats\* are terrible people”, but that would be unfair. Of course, I _did_ say that I think Republicans are more prone to that characteristic than Democrats… \*Funny, I originally typed “Demoncrats.” ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/53 "2012-11-09T10:10:02Z")
And if there’s one thing I’ve learned about Republicans over the years (there are actually 12), it’s that I need not give a shit what they think of me, since they’ve mischaracterized non-Republicans so completely it must be either malicious or incompetent, and most likely both, to a staggering degree. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/54 "2012-11-09T10:27:28Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > The only way I can describe Ann Romney is that she looked like there was someone under her seat doing weird things to her butt and she was trying to look like it wasn’t happening. Could have been piles. After popping out five kids she’s bound to have a hemorrhoid or two. Very unlikely to have been tax documents jammed up there. And in future I’m going to keep a weather eye on **prr** lest we start seeing threads on kitten strangling or nun bondage. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/55 "2012-11-09T10:33:37Z")
> [@rogerbox](#): > > You can youtube anne romney the view, she was on The View and said something like, everyone serves in a different way, and the fact that she likened preaching mormonism in France to getting blown up and disfigured in Vietnam AT ALL is highly offensive to me, and I am the biggest anti-military lib you will ever meet. I just watched it. That’s not what she said. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/56 "2012-11-09T10:40:30Z")
Strike Post #55 above and substitute the following. * * * > [@rogerbox](#): > > You can youtube anne romney the view, she was on The View and said something like, everyone serves in a different way, and the fact that she likened preaching mormonism in France to getting blown up and disfigured in Vietnam AT ALL is highly offensive to me, and I am the biggest anti-military lib you will ever meet. I just watched it. She did not say that serving a mission is the same thing as serving in the military. She also said, in response to the question of how she would respond to mothers whose children did not come back from war: > [@](#): > > {Taken from the transcript posted on the youtube video} > “I would say that it’s probably the hardest thing that a president and a first lady probably do,” she said. She added that while governor of Massachusetts, her husband “went to every funeral of a returning veteran…and it was the hardest thing [he] had to do.” She did say that people find different ways of serving. That does not mean that she said that serving a mission is the same thing as serving in the military. Out of idle curiosity, where did Whoopi Goldberg get the idea that the LDS church prohibits its members from serving in the military? At one time, the Commandant of the US Coast Guard was LDS. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/57 "2012-11-09T10:45:06Z")
Whatever she said, if she even compared the hardship of enduring French underarm hair to service in the armed forces in any way, shape or form, she revealed herself to be a vapid, bigoted, self-promoting and -aggrandizing insulter of soldiers everywhere. Her pampered babies got off easy, as did Mitt, by geting to travel to Europe and babble their stupid shit about Mormonism in lieu of military service, and I despise for daring her to make that claim. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/58 "2012-11-09T10:52:37Z")
> [@Hyperelastic](#): > > I suspect Ann Romney has many happy days ahead of her, unlike this sorry group stewing in envy and hate. Ann who??? ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/59 "2012-11-09T11:22:13Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Whatever she said, if she even compared the hardship of enduring French underarm hair to service in the armed forces in any way, shape or form, she revealed herself to be a vapid, bigoted, self-promoting and -aggrandizing insulter of soldiers everywhere. Her pampered babies got off easy, as did Mitt, by geting to travel to Europe and babble their stupid shit about Mormonism in lieu of military service, and I despise for daring her to make that claim. You got issues, mang. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231/60 "2012-11-09T15:18:39Z")
So this morning, I’m imagining Ann is having a hard time getting up out of bed, getting dressed, sitting still so her maids can slather her with makeup, etc. and Mitt is all: “Up and at 'em, Ann! Big day today! How 'bout a jetski ride?” “No, Mitt, I still feel so down.” “Ha, Ha, Ha, down is for pillows, I always say. It was just a stupid election, sweetheart. We gave it our best. Can’t do better than that.” “Oh, Mittsy, I really, really thought we would–you know.” “What? Win? We came so close. You can’t let this get you down, shrug it off.” “I really wanted to be First Lady, Mitty-pitty-poo. I wanted to touch all those nice things that Jackie Kennedy had touched, and Mamie Eisenhower, like I saw on TV when I was a little girl, the dishes, and the doilies, and the curtains…” “Oh, the heck with that, may the Good Lord and the Prophet forgive my everlasting soul for blaspheming and for alluding to the netherregions in which all infidels will perish in a sea of ever-lasting all-consuming fire that will endure all the days in creation yet to come, and which the Saints and Angels and Prophets have verily written–where was I?, oh, Annie-Fanny-Manny-Afganistani , you can’t think that way. We can buy the Kennedys and the Eisenhowers with what I’ve got in my back pocket, I can get you any plates you want–except of course for the Golden Plates, can’t seem to find those little devils anywhere–but we’re so rich, Ann, you can have anything you want. Stop sobbing, darling. Please, don’t cry anymore today.” “I’m just so angry, Mittolini. Now those awful colored people will get to sleep in those nice white sheets and those little colored girls will get to play on that nice wide lawn that I was picturing our hundreds of grandkids romping on, with me in the background on the evening news, waving and smiling at them, and I won’t–GET-TO-DO-THAT-NOW!!” “Annie-Pannie-Poo-Poo, stop that, right now, please. You’re upsetting the servants. I told you I don’t like it when you chew on the carpet like that, darling. Annie! Please, can I get some help in here? Mrs. Romney is having another episode! Annie, please stop banging your head against the floor, you’ll ruin all the woodwork again…” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ha-ha-ann-romney-has-to-go-home-and-spend-her-millions-now/640231.md?page=4)