# Romney hates cookies! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2012, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408 "2012-04-20T13:35:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/21 "2012-04-20T19:30:42Z")
> [@Glory](#): > > I thought for sure he threw in 7-11 to make him sound like a regular guy. I’m not an out of touch millionaire - “I go to 7-11 and buy cookies, like normal people!” I mean, really…how often do you think that guy is in a 7-11? I’m sure some of his best friends are on the board of 7-11. (I was about to say owned 7-11s, but he’d never associate with such riff-raff.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/22 "2012-04-20T19:35:07Z")
[Better than sitting sad and alone.](http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/04/19/obama-rosa-parks-bus_620x350.jpg) It’s the Rosa Parks bus here in Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/23 "2012-04-20T19:59:53Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Why does that conversation play in my head with Homer’s and Homer’s brain voices? “That’s it… you can stay here, but i’m leaving!” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/24 "2012-04-20T20:20:23Z")
What cracked me up about that is that I know that park! My cousin’s high school graduation party was in that park! ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/25 "2012-04-20T20:32:09Z")
You know, if there was a random 65-year-old who kept saying things out loud that he knew he shouldn’t say, I’d suggest testing them for Alzheimer’s or senile dementia. But that will never happen here - because if word got out, the campaign would be over. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/26 "2012-04-20T20:49:33Z")
> [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > You know, if there was a random 65-year-old who kept saying things out loud that he knew he shouldn’t say, I’d suggest testing them for Alzheimer’s or senile dementia. But that will never happen here - because if word got out, the campaign would be over. … as Republicans hailed the Second Coming of Amun-Reagan, the Redeemer. ---
**Author:** ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/27 "2012-04-20T21:08:09Z")
Obviously a bug in Romney’s cookie subroutine. One would have thought the last six months of beta testing should have ironed out these issues. They should have stayed with the 2008 32-bit version. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/28 "2012-04-20T21:14:14Z")
> [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](#): > > Obviously a bug in Romney’s cookie subroutine. One would have thought the last six months of beta testing should have ironed out these issues. They should have stayed with the 2008 32-bit version. All they have to do is hit “Enable Cookies”. ---
**Author:** ![DadWagonDriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/edb3f5/32.png) [@DadWagonDriver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DadWagonDriver)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/29 "2012-04-20T22:40:23Z")
Cal, that was brilliant. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/30 "2012-04-20T23:22:58Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > I can’t remember the last time that I’ve seen someone so clearly uncomfortable in their own skin. That discomfort isn’t going to help him in the campaign at all. This guy makes Richard Nixon look like Bill Clinton in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/31 "2012-04-21T00:09:24Z")
So true! His body language is really off to me, too. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/32 "2012-04-21T00:14:40Z")
D’ja ever notice he never turns at the waist when he looks from one side of the room to another? He takes three little steps in place to change position of his whole body; it’s like his spine is fused. Perhaps it is the moral rectitude. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/33 "2012-04-21T00:35:08Z")
Geez, he has all the social skills of a nerdy high school kid. The weird thing, it’s not like he’s some guy lurking around the shelves at the comic book store and making these awkward comments - he’s a successful businessman and an elected governor! You’d think he would’ve smoothed out a bit by now. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2012, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/34 "2012-04-21T00:41:17Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Better than sitting sad and alone.](http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2012/04/19/obama-rosa-parks-bus_620x350.jpg) > > It’s the Rosa Parks bus here in Michigan. I’ve waiting for the right wing media to try to make something out of that picture, but they haven’t taken the bait, that I have seen. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/35 "2012-04-21T00:57:34Z")
> [@Al\_Bundy](#): > > However, I’m pretty sure Mitt can bowl more than 43 like Obama did. However, unlike cookies, nobody gives a shit about bowling. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/36 "2012-04-21T01:36:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’ve waiting for the right wing media to try to make something out of that picture, but they haven’t taken the bait, that I have seen. I’ve been on that busy in Dearborn. Isn’t Rosa Parks actual seat on the other side of the bus? I’ve forgotten. ---
**Author:** ![nudgenudge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9f8e36/32.png) [@nudgenudge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nudgenudge)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/37 "2012-04-21T01:43:50Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > D’ja ever notice he never turns at the waist when he looks from one side of the room to another? He takes three little steps in place to change position of his whole body; it’s like his spine is fused. Perhaps it is the moral rectitude. Maybe it’s those undergarments? ---
**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:** [April 21, 2012, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/38 "2012-04-21T01:46:41Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I’ve waiting for the right wing media to try to make something out of that picture, but they haven’t taken the bait, that I have seen. Well, it would remind people of the civil rights struggle, and I’m not sure that helps their side of politics. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/39 "2012-04-21T01:47:01Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > Geez, he has all the social skills of a nerdy high school kid. > > The weird thing, it’s not like he’s some guy lurking around the shelves at the comic book store and making these awkward comments - he’s a successful businessman and an elected governor! You’d think he would’ve smoothed out a bit by now. Meh. Its one comment out of what I’m sure at this point is thousands of hours of folksy small talk Romney has been forced to engage in during similar photo-ops. I suspect everyone, Governor or not, has a few awkward social moments every so often. The guy is a little stiff in front of the cameras, but I think he’s getting the same treatment that Gore and Kerry got, where their reputation as off-putting led to the press (with no small amount of help form the opposition campaign) fishing for comments to reinforce the narrative. > [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve been on that busy in Dearborn. Isn’t Rosa Parks actual seat on the other side of the bus? I’ve forgotten. STOP TELLING ROSA PARKS WHERE TO SIT!!! ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-hates-cookies/619408/40 "2012-04-21T03:04:58Z")
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