# Predict how Mitt and Ann will respond to losing **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 31, 2012, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416 "2012-10-31T10:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/61 "2012-11-01T00:05:34Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > The last time a favored Democrat lost to an unpopular Republican, the left on this board went _crazy_, predicting thousands of more deaths in Iraq w/o the leaders of Al Qaeda paying the ultimate price, more Patriot Act violations of civil liberties and even saying economic disaster was now unavoidable. > > Good thing they were wrong. :rolleyes: Nice. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/62 "2012-11-01T13:52:27Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I don’t see it. Palin got a taste of the good life outside Alaska, extra pocket money and a bunch of followers and craved more of it. That’s part of what made her who she was on the national stage following the election. > > Romney’s always had the good life, extra pocket money and a passel of loyal people down the org chart. It’s not a novelty to him like it was to Palin. Palin picked her path to avoid retiring to Alaska, Romney is already retiring to a quarter-or-half billion dollars. What I was aiming at was more that without folks controlling what topics he discusses, and prepping him hard before he speaks, his ignorance and narrow-mindedness will show dramatically. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/63 "2012-11-01T14:08:30Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > What I was aiming at was more that without folks controlling what topics he discusses, and prepping him hard before he speaks, his ignorance and narrow-mindedness will show dramatically. I’d predict the exact opposite. Without the need to appeal to the right wing base, his intelligence should be a lot more apparent. The guys is no dummy. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/64 "2012-11-01T14:20:07Z")
Mitt: [Now That My Campaign Is Over, I’d Like To Talk To You All About The Church Of Latter-Day Saints](http://www.theonion.com/articles/now-that-my-campaign-is-over-id-like-to-talk-to-yo,29611/) Ann: Oh yeah? You all can eat cake for all I care! ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/65 "2012-11-01T14:28:14Z")
I’d like to see Mitt and Ann unzip their faces to reveal lizard alien faces, then summon their spaceship to take them back to the planet Zolton, where the trees are the right height, just like in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/66 "2012-11-01T14:44:17Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > I think that if Romney loses, at least a few Republican congressmen will realize, “this shit ain’t working” and actually try to work with Obama to gain some public favor. Oh you! You’re just so _cute_ when you talk like that \ I think that any Republican who tries to work with Obama would be primaried out of existence the next election cycle. There is still more hole to dig before some realize the position they’re in. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/67 "2012-11-01T15:00:42Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Well, McCain was gracious for about one night before he spent the next four years acting like said spoiled five year old who just had his toy taken away. > > On the other hand, I don’t really see Romney as the surrogate/pundit type I expect that after losing the election, the name R_mn_y, like the name B\*sh, will be one never spoken by Repulbicans, lest their tongues burn with fire and a plague of locusts be released upon the land. ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/68 "2012-11-01T15:14:01Z")
Both will return to their hobbies - shoveling horseshit. Crane ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/69 "2012-11-01T15:20:04Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > I expect that after losing the election, the name R_mn_y, like the name B\*sh, will be one never spoken by Repulbicans, lest their tongues burn with fire and a plague of locusts be released upon the land. Compared to McCain, how many votes do you figure Romney will get against Obama? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/70 "2012-11-01T16:10:31Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Gracious concession speech. > > Followed by Republican leaders who will vow to make Obama fail, make the economy tank, obstruct every bit of legislation they can find, and try for impeachment sometime in the next 4 years. Not so gracious concession speech. Followed by Pelosi’s retirement announcement and the real Benghazi story. Confidence in the economy will sky-rocket and the left will try to take credit for the recovery that they will claim was on the verge of taking off anyway. As for the excuses… I think there is a dif thread for that. ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/71 "2012-11-01T18:05:13Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Democrats are usually quite gracious losers. Seriously? It’s been 12 years since the 2000 election and they’re _still_ bitter. Hell, they’re so bitter that some of them even believe the _next_ election (2004) was stolen. ---
**Author:** ![ebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@ebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ebb)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/72 "2012-11-01T20:38:20Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > It seems to me Democratic former presidents and candidates stay fairly active on the do-gooder circuit. Jimmy Carter makes Mother Theresa look lazy. > > I don’t recall hearing much from Republican former-anythings, unless it’s having something named after them. One notable exception that occurred to me without looking anything up is Bob Dole, who has been very active in various efforts to combat world hunger, often working with recently deceased George McGovern. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/73 "2012-11-01T21:15:53Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Seriously? It’s been 12 years since the 2000 election and they’re _still_ bitter. Hell, they’re so bitter that some of them even believe the _next_ election (2004) was stolen. Some may still be bitter, but on the whole? If Romney wins there will be some wailing and teeth knashing, and even some cries of fraud among some… But you know what will then happen? Most folks and even Democrat politicians will roll up their sleeves and actually work to make the country better. I highly doubt that a major political figure will say “our single most important goal is to make Romney a one-term president” I also doubt that congress will be as obstructionist as it has in the past 4 years, if Romney is president. ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/74 "2012-11-01T21:45:18Z")
I’m guessing that Ann will be none too happy about having to return to her former life as a likeness of Diane Sawyer at a low budget wax museum. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/75 "2012-11-01T22:59:18Z")
I think Mitt will make a lovely concession speech, feel a tiny bit relieved and a lot disappointed, and go back to the private sector where he is at home. I think Ann will be quiet and probably extremely relieved. Romney won’t run for anything again. As time passes, he will again show himself to be a very moderate Republican. Ann will be completely out of sight. If Obama loses, I think he’d make an even more lovely concession speech, be a tiny bit relieved, maybe embarrassed, and quite disappointed. Michelle would probably be singing an internal hallelujah, while being disappointed for her husband’s sake. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/76 "2012-11-01T23:13:22Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > I wonder what condescending words either will use to characterize their loss next week. Personally, I think Mitt will talk about the loss as an opportunity squandered by the American people who foolishly believed the fraudulent claims of an Obama administration bent on deception, while Ann will angrily denounce the voting totals and claim that only a corrupt electoral conspiracy could have kept her out of the White House. I confidently predict none of this will happen, and that they’ll bow out graciously, as all Presidential losers do. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/77 "2012-11-01T23:23:11Z")
> [@What\_the](#): > > Followed by Pelosi’s retirement announcement and the real Benghazi story. I love how you folks just don’t realize that the “Benghazi story” is simply a desperate Fox News piece of horseshit that only exists because it’s the only possible thing that FoxNews could find to beat Obama’s foreign relations record with, and it also serves the other purpose of enabling FoxNews to cry “we’re the only one covering this important story, so the Lamestream media is in on the coverup!” The only thing more pathetic are the pathetic people who repeat their bullshit. In short, it’s a lame conspiracy theory being touted by a biased network in order to get more ratings and pander to the dolts who watch it. That’s all. There is no “there” there. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/78 "2012-11-02T01:15:16Z")
Well… I think the real Benghazi story is that Khaddafi was marching his army toward the city and was going to murder about half the people in it if the rest of the world did not do something. The Europeans wanted a no-fly zone, which would look good but not actually accomplish anything. Obama took initiative to blow up some military hardware, which probably saved tens of thousands of lives. People still got killed, but it could have been orders of magnitude worse. Oh, and really I think the Romneys would be polite at the very least if they lost. ---
**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 2, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/79 "2012-11-02T02:08:57Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > I confidently predict none of this will happen, and that they’ll bow out graciously, as all Presidential losers do. How dull can you get? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416/80 "2012-11-02T02:23:58Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > How dull can you get? Dude, this board is the home of Oep’s Law. One must never assume anything. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/predict-how-mitt-and-ann-will-respond-to-losing/639416.md?page=5)