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Thursday, September 13, 2012

2012 Mitt Romney, Keeping a Low Profile, Flies on Hair Force One

Posted by on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:50 PM

Mitt Romney is intentionally keeping a lower profile today, having been slapped around all day yesterday by Democrats and Republicans alike. He's not attacking the president directly anymore; instead, he's just claiming that he'll be a president who provides "leadership' and a "strong military." In his spare time, when he's not accusing American ambassadors of bringing attacks on themselves, Romney is sending out e-mails making weird, self-deprecating hair jokes.

Ann likes to joke that the campaign plane should be called “Hair Force One.”

Personally, I don’t quite know what to call it, but I do know it’s crucial in getting this campaign’s message to every corner of the country. And with just 54 days left until the election, we will be putting it to good use.

I’m excited to invite two of my supporters to come on board the plane, and join me for a day on this important journey. I hope you’ll enter for a chance to fly with me.

I don’t know exactly what our itinerary will be, but if you’re one of the winners — I can tell you it will be exciting. And, who knows, maybe you and I will come up with a better name for the campaign plane.

I bet the internet could come up with a few good names for your plane, Mitt.

 

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1
"I'm going to be a strong leader," Mitt Romney said, while spinelessly backtracking from lies he made yesterday and not admitting that he made them.
Posted by GermanSausage on September 13, 2012 at 2:00 PM
2
He'll at least claim to have come up with a better name. But he won't speak it where any media might hear him.
Posted by kitsapien on September 13, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Dougsf 3
What about the Profuse Goose? The Spirit of Latter-Day Saint Louis? The Enola Better Not Be Gay? I could do this all day, if I knew any more names of planes.
Posted by Dougsf on September 13, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Dougsf 4
I would like my first answer stricken from the record, and "Obtuse Goose" entered in it's place please. Thank you.
Posted by Dougsf on September 13, 2012 at 2:06 PM
Pick1 5
Outsource One so far seems to be the best.
Posted by Pick1 on September 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM
6
Shit Hawk Two
Posted by Mittens cunt robber on September 13, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Urgutha Forka 7
Some of the names they've come up with are fantastic:

Outsource One
Snakes on a Plane
LuftWaffle
Posted by Urgutha Forka on September 13, 2012 at 2:12 PM
biffp 8
Smirky Cock Express.
Posted by biffp on September 13, 2012 at 2:13 PM
9
Air Force One Percent.
Posted by Proteus on September 13, 2012 at 2:14 PM
Pick1 10
&7 I liked the Flakes/Fakes on a Plane better
Posted by Pick1 on September 13, 2012 at 2:16 PM
Pope Peabrain 11
Titanic Airlines.
Posted by Pope Peabrain on September 13, 2012 at 2:18 PM
12
I would like to retract my vote for Outsource One and instead vote for Air Force 1%.
Both are good.
Posted by YoungBS on September 13, 2012 at 2:19 PM
13
Robo-jet
Posted by subwlf on September 13, 2012 at 2:25 PM
MacCrocodile 14
The You-People Express
Posted by MacCrocodile http://maccrocodile.com/ on September 13, 2012 at 2:26 PM
lukeiscool 15
https://twitter.com/RafalcaRomney/status… I found the winner.
Posted by lukeiscool on September 13, 2012 at 2:28 PM
Hernandez 16
There are some real gems, but "LuftWaffle" actually made me laugh out loud.
Posted by Hernandez http://hernandezlist.blogspot.com on September 13, 2012 at 2:33 PM
17
What's even more amusing are the plane names being suggested by pro-Romney folks (or anti-Obama folks or whatever they are) and how aggressively unfunny they are.
Posted by MarcVH on September 13, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Pope Peabrain 18
LuftWaffle is hilarious!
Posted by Pope Peabrain on September 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM
Foghorn Leghorn 19
Heir Force One seems the obvious choice.
Posted by Foghorn Leghorn on September 13, 2012 at 2:44 PM
SPG 20
@9 beat me to it for Air Force One Percent, so how about Albatross?
Posted by SPG on September 13, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Sir Vic 21
@15 That is awesome.

I'm voting for @3' s "Spirit of Latter-Day Saint Louis", especially considering Lindbergh's politics in the 1930's.
Posted by Sir Vic on September 13, 2012 at 2:51 PM
22
I'm for Error Force One or Air Horse One.
Posted by Bhamjason on September 13, 2012 at 3:01 PM
biffp 23
@15, if only someone could photoshop Seamus on there.

http://i49.tinypic.com/20tml3s.jpg
Posted by biffp on September 13, 2012 at 3:07 PM
Bauhaus I 24
Hope people will remember what an opportunist he is. He wants to be president because he wants to be the first Mormon president and he wants to be president to prove to himself how deserving he is. If he played football, he'd want the Heisman.

None of these reasons will make him a good leader.
Posted by Bauhaus I on September 13, 2012 at 3:20 PM
Max Solomon 25
when's your open-air rally at pike place market, mitt? don't give up on WA state, you're only 18 points down!
Posted by Max Solomon on September 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM
rob! 26
Has anybody come up with Hair Furor yet? (Old Erica C. Barnett line about Peter Steinbrueck's erstwhile tonsorial deportment.)
Posted by rob! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZBdUceCL5U on September 13, 2012 at 3:36 PM
27
I don't know about the plane, but a good name for Romney himself might be The Bermuda Triangulator.
Posted by Brooklyn Reader on September 13, 2012 at 3:49 PM
Urgutha Forka 28
@15,
Photoshop it on an airplane elevator and it'd be golden.
Posted by Urgutha Forka on September 13, 2012 at 3:52 PM
biffp 29
Massachusetts Über Alles
Posted by biffp on September 13, 2012 at 4:25 PM
30
Fucktard Flymobile, or is that too harsh?
Posted by KevinW on September 13, 2012 at 5:56 PM
Knat 31
This post, its associated comments, and the Twitter suggestions brightened a very long day. Thanks, all.
Posted by Knat on September 13, 2012 at 8:13 PM
32
My, you're all really bright today.

Disturbingly Nazi-name-ish, but bright.
Posted by sarah70 on September 13, 2012 at 9:22 PM

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