# Poll: Mitt Romothra vs. Barack Obazilla?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629 "2012-10-03T21:58:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![trabajabamos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/47e85d/32.png) [@trabajabamos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabajabamos)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/1 "2012-10-03T21:58:35Z")

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For reasons too silly to describe here I was recently thrust into a conversation, the point of which was to suss out the truth of this matter of grave import:

**If we are ever to successfully cast the current national political contest in terms of a Japanese monster movie, we really need to know which candidate is Godzilla and which is Mothra.**  
…and that’s pretty much it. So, who is who? Feel free to pontificate on your rationale but please begin your post with a clear answer to this most important and painfully relevant question. Also, don’t argue with people or do anything to otherwise annoy the mods and/or get this thread moved if you can help it.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/2 "2012-10-03T22:04:36Z")

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I’m going to carefully ignore the question, and suggest that Obama = Son Goku, and Romney = Vegeta.

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**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/3 "2012-10-03T22:21:16Z")

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Obviously,

Romney = Pirate  
Obama = Ninja

You can work out the rest of the math from there.

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**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/4 "2012-10-04T02:39:19Z")

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Reminds me of [National Funk Congress Deadlocked On Get Up/Get Down Issue](http://www.theonion.com/articles/national-funk-congress-deadlocked-on-get-upget-dow,625/).

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**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/5 "2012-10-04T03:45:57Z")

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Romney’s more of a Ghidorah, I’d say: faces every direction at once, and is the catalyst for the formation of an unlikely alliance of otherwise-enemies.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-mitt-romothra-vs-barack-obazilla/636629/6 "2012-10-04T04:58:36Z")

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I saw some obscure news item a few days ago, that His Dishonest Corruptness Karl Rove has been speaking up, offering his usual nefarious advice to Romney. (Blissfully, I didn’t bookmark it, and NO, I’m not going to search it up just to give a cite here.)

So **Cthulhu** isn’t far away, and he’s stirring from his dreaming sleeping.