# Romney - the problem is that you can't open airplane windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 24, 2012, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709 "2012-09-24T21:12:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/101 "2012-09-25T18:13:15Z")
I’ll give anybody a pass on saying something kind of stupid when he’s out there talking all day every day for weeks on end. I’ve certainly tried to tell some jokes off the cuff that ended up coming out as weird and kind of stupid. If Obama had said this we’d be hearing about it hourly on Fox News and the right-wing blogosphere would be griping that the Lamestream Media is just showing its colors by not breaking into its regular programming with a Special Report. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/102 "2012-09-25T19:46:50Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > in general the debates don’t usually change the complexion of the race I see what you did there. I think. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/103 "2012-09-25T19:48:56Z")
I was saying the debates usually don’t reshape the race. Lately people have been focusing on the debates like they might totally change the way the campaign is going, but they probably won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/104 "2012-09-25T20:16:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Well, Chris Christie is more human, in the most literal sense. Man. I thought this would kill. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/105 "2012-09-25T20:42:37Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > But every dumb thing said now is a day wasted and he can’t afford a single one. Well, I think this one is going to hurt more: Romney just acknowledged in a speech that Obama has not raised taxes. This undercuts claims Republicans have been making for a while, as well as the claim that the Obamacare mandate is a tax. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/106 "2012-09-25T20:43:31Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Man. I thought this would kill. ☹ I laughed offline. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/107 "2012-09-25T21:07:32Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Was he running against John Kerry? It’s Wikipedia, but it’s [a good summary](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney#2002_gubernatorial_campaign) of the gubernatorial campaign. John Kerry would kick his ass six ways from Sunday in a Senate matchup. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/108 "2012-09-25T21:43:30Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Man. I thought this would kill. ☹ Fat jokes, yay!!! ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/109 "2012-09-25T22:17:41Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > (…)but I got the impression it was a bad joke told badly by Mitt. > [@Simplicio](#): > > Yea, sounds like an awkward attempt at a joke. > [@drewtwo99](#): > > Definitely a joke, now that I’ve seen the video. (…) It was a lot more damning in print, that’s for sure. Yep. It was a joke. The link in the OP has the video. He throws the remark in as an aside, with a tight smile. He isn’t trying to make people break up in laughter, but it was a Letterman-type comment. Is that appropriate for a presidential candidate? Sure, why not? ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2012, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709/110 "2012-09-26T06:05:18Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Oh he’s [hilarious](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vr842TpBWE). Meh. I find that semi-endearing. Yes, he’s rich and famous, and I’m not, and he’s rubbing it in my face, and I’m jealous, and I also disagree with him on policy, etc., etc., but I could imagine myself making a similar crack with a shit-eating grin at at least one point in my life were I ever in his position of being rich, famous, and somewhat not-unhappy about it. I also, having seen the video, am sure Mitt Romney was just making a half-baked joke about the windows thing that happened to fall flat and which he probably regretted afterwards. We’ve all been there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romney-the-problem-is-that-you-cant-open-airplane-windows/635709.md?page=5)