Originally Posted By TomSawyer Seriously. His wife was on a plane that had to make an emergency landing because of an electrical fire. At a fund raiser in Beverly Hill this weekend, Romney was expressing his concern for his wife while it was happening. “I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.” She was flying in a Canadair Challenger 601, a pressurized business jet. Next he's going to wonder why submarines don't have screen windows. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-beverly-hills-fundraiser-20120922,0,2317962.story" target="_blank">http://www.latimes.com/news/po...62.story</a>
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost I believe that he and Ryan also intend to balance the budget by installing pay toilets in diarrhea wards. Sort of a pay as you go tax plan to keep the wealthy from those pesky unfair burden on their lifestyle.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Besides the obvious reason that airplanes don't have roll-down windows, someone might want to clue Mitt in to the fact that oxygen feeds fires. So it really wouldn't be a good idea to open the windows, even if you could. And to the fact that they have those oxygen mask thingies that fall from the ceiling if they become necessary. And... Oh, never mind.
Originally Posted By ecdc Uh, is there video of this? Are we sure he's not joking? I'm not voting for Romney for approximately 17 billion different reasons, but I never thought he was stupid.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem.<< Yeah, wull, Obama once said there were 57 states, y'know.* *Inevitable post.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Some people are geniuses at certain things and remarkably uninformed on others.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer It probably isn't stupidity. It's just talking without thinking. He's done that a lot.
Originally Posted By fkurucz >>Uh, is there video of this? Are we sure he's not joking?<< My thought as well. Just because he's despicable doesn't mean he's stupid.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan In fairness, however, I am wondering if he meant the aside about the windows not opening as a little attempt at humor? I can picture him, in his fast-talking salesperson mode, saying that line as a joke. Now I need a shower.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I just have one question right now: What are they teaching kids in prep schools today?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox If you read the transcript at the Times link of what he said, I'm certain he was not joking. Too much of the context centers around his concern for Ann's safety. The man was serious. For further proof of Mitt's lack of science chops, I wish to thank the bloggers at Daily Kos for this gentle reminder, concerning the gaffe from December 2011 where Mitt touted the University of Utah's solution to the cold fusion problem: <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/transcript-of-our-interview-with-mitt-romney/article/992671#.UGDHoBjrlSd" target="_blank">http://washingtonexaminer.com/...HoBjrlSd</a> "I do believe in basic science. I believe in participating in space. I believe in analysis of new sources of energy. I believe in laboratories, looking at ways to conduct electricity with -- with cold fusion, if we can come up with it. It was the University of Utah that solved that. We somehow can’t figure out how to duplicate it." Someone needs to tell Mitt that cold fusion was completely debunked in 1989: <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com/library/national/science/050399sci-cold-fusion.html" target="_blank">http://partners.nytimes.com/li...ion.html</a> Science simply isn't Mitt's strong suit. Which is a bit disconcerting, given that the man has two degrees from Harvard. He should be a bit smarter than that. This is fairly basic stuff for a modern day Ivy League-educated millionaire to comprehend.
Originally Posted By SuperDry <<< Science simply isn't Mitt's strong suit. Which is a bit disconcerting, given that the man has two degrees from Harvard. He should be a bit smarter than that. This is fairly basic stuff for a modern day Ivy League-educated millionaire to comprehend. >>> It is a bit hard to believe. Coming from an engineering background, it's difficult for me to relate personally to how a lay person views engineering issues, but I would be very surprised if that many well-educated, non-scientific people would even consider that a jet aircraft should have roll-down windows in case of fire. They may not be able to articulate exactly why, but I suspect that most would know that this isn't possible without even having to think about it. And Mitt's no dummy - that makes it all the stranger.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>The man was serious.<< I am sure he was serious when he talked about his concern about his wife on the flight, but I find it hard to believe that he wasn't intending a little levity in regards to opening windows. Until someone produces a video showing otherwise, I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt on this one.
Originally Posted By TomSawyer "Someone needs to tell Mitt that cold fusion was completely debunked in 1989" His family has a long history of believing things that have been debunked.
Originally Posted By Tikiduck He did not know what a doughnut was. That by itself robs him of any credibility. Seriously, would you vote for a guy who didn't know what a flippin doughnut was? I wonder what people in his world substitute for doughnuts?
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I wonder if he ever really was governor of Massachusetts, seeing as there are almost as many Dunkin Donuts stores as there are Starbucks stores! <sarcasm off>
