Mittens Makes Great Mashed Potatoes!

[AnnieBW]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/12/23/ann-romneys-potato-mashing-agenda/


NORTH CONWAY, New Hampshire (AP) — Mitt Romney wants voters to think about his business background and government experience when they go into the voting booth and make their pick for president. His wife wants them to know something else: "He can really make good mashed potatoes."

The anecdote, which Romney himself said was being made public for the first time, came as Ann Romney traveled with her husband Saturday, testifying to the little-known qualities she believes make him the preferred Republican presidential contender.

She said another one is that her husband taught her how to both change a diaper and feed a baby, experience she lacked when she had the first of their five boys.

"I think everybody knows we have five boys," Ann Romney told an audience at a local elementary school. "They may not now that I'd never held a baby until I held my first baby. I did not grow up in these big Mormon families and all these kids and everything; I really grew up in the country in Michigan, and I never held a baby until I had my own."

Romney had experience in holding, feeding and cleaning babies from taking care of his nieces and nephews.

"So, he comes in handy," his wife said.

On the subject of Romney's culinary skills, Ann Romney said she never cooked, growing up the daughter and granddaughter of excellent cooks. Her first foray into mashed potatoes led to "the most extraordinary glue."

Her husband stepped in, as he has done for each successive Thanksgiving dinner.

"You make the gravy, too," Ann Romney said, looking at her husband, "You make very good gravy. So, I don't know why that popped in my head; It's like people should really know this about Mitt, yes they should. When they go into the voting booth, they should know he can really make good mashed potatoes."

[Beelzebud]

1. Well that settles it then, no need for an election.

:D

[Olney Blue]

2. So who would he appoint as Secretary of Mashed Potatoes?

[polichick]

3. But does he scrub the pan afterward?? nt

[THUNDER HANDS]

4. *breaking* - they're calling Idaho for Romney

[Vickers]

8. Bwahahahahahahaha!!!!

:rofl:

DUzy for sure!

[Snarkoleptic]

5. He's also a skilled...

Oh nevermind, it's too easy.

[MADem]

6. He's also a pro at dog washing, after the dog has shit himself in his carrier, going 70 MPH on top

of a Rambler Station Wagon.

If I'm in the voting booth, and what comes to mind is that Mitt makes great mashed potatoes, what I'll think to myself is "Maybe he should go take a job at Boston Market Take-Out as a Vegetable Boy?" Yeah, that's the ticket...

Romney's Cruel Canine Vacation

"...The incident: dog excrement found on the roof and windows of the Romney station wagon. How it got there: Romney strapped a dog carrier — with the family dog Seamus, an Irish Setter, in it — to the roof of the family station wagon for a twelve hour drive from Boston to Ontario, which the family apparently completed, despite Seamus's rather visceral protest.

Massachusetts's animal cruelty laws specifically prohibit anyone from carrying an animal "in or upon a vehicle, or otherwise, in an unnecessarily cruel or inhuman manner or in a way and manner which might endanger the animal carried thereon." An officer for the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals responded to a description of the situation saying "it's definitely something I'd want to check out." The officer, Nadia Branca, declined to give a definitive opinion on whether Romney broke the law but did note that it's against state law to have a dog in an open bed of a pick-up truck, and "if the dog was being carried in a way that endangers it, that would be illegal." And while it appears that the statute of limitations has probably passed, Stacey Wolf, attorney and legislative director for the ASPCA, said "even if it turns out to not be against the law at the time, in the district, we'd hope that people would use common sense...Any manner of transporting a dog that places the animal in serious danger is something that we'd think is inappropriate...I can't speak to the accuracy of the case, but it raises concerns about the judgment used in this particular situation."

Ingrid Newkirk, president of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, was less circumspect. PETA does not have a position on Romney's candidacy per se, but Newkirk called the incident "a lesson in cruelty that was ... wrong for to witness...Thinking of the wind, the weather, the speed, the vulnerability, the isolation on the roof, it is commonsense that any dog who's under extreme stress might show that stress by losing control of his bowels: that alone should have been sufficient indication that the dog was, basically, being tortured." Romney, of course, has expressed support for the use of "enhanced interrogation" techniques when it comes to terrorists; his campaign refused to comment about the treatment of his dog.

As organizer of the Salt Lake City Olympic Games, Romney came under fire from some animal welfare groups for including a rodeo exhibition as part of the Games' festivities. At the time, he told protesters, "We are working hard to make this as safe a rodeo for cowboys and animals as is humanly possible."

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http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638065,00.html

[Submariner]

7. Makes Great Mashed Potatoes!

Well hells bells, Mittens got my vote. That's all I need to hear. It just shows that this campaign ad shit can really work if you say it enough. Does Mitt do gravy?

[TwilightGardener]

9. My husband doesn't cook much, but he also makes good mashed potatoes--

he makes them as his big contribution to holiday meals. Must be a guy thing, like running the grill.

[sniffa]

10. he's a take charge kinda guy

these anecdotes he keeps coming up with to demonstrate his leadership get funnier and funnier.

:rofl:

[vireo]

11. Not as good as Paul McCartney's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyyEc-GNDfQ

[msongs]

12. and Paulie has contributed to the welfare of humanity for 40 years too nt

[HuffleClaw]

13. yum

but i doubt they are good as mine.

[trashcanistanista]

14. Yes, but does he do Mormon Funeral Potatoes?

A friend of mine made these for a work party and they are to die for! Best. Potatoes. Ever.