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Friday, September 28, 2012

2012 Mitt Romney Is Not as Well-Loved as George W. Bush

Posted by Paul Constant on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:47 PM

No, really. Wonkette says:

A recent Bloomberg survey revealed that a full 43 percent of Americans have a positive view of Mitt Romney, against only 50 percent who don’t. This puts Romney only 3 percentage points away from America’s most beloved president, George W. Bush!

Yes, a full 46 percent of Americans apparently have fond memories of George W. Bush, though it’s likely that most of these people are political comedy writers who miss the endless stream of easy jokes.

If this whole election thing doesn't work out for Romney—knock wood if you're superstitious—I could see he and George W. Bush getting along real well: Taking vacations to the Caymans together, comparing portfolios, boating at Kennebunkport. They'd both be about equally loved by their own party, and when you put a pariah together with a pariah, they're not pariahs anymore; they're a super-exclusive clique!

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Oh, that is sad! But I can see it. Romney is so far from passing the beer test, and not just cause he doesn't drink...

Posted by Nitidiuscula on September 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM

i loved it when he nearly died choking on a pretzel. i have fond memories of that.

iraq, not so much.

Posted by Max Solomon on September 28, 2012 at 12:57 PM

Mittens doesn't have to worry much...he's still in the 1% and they are the ones in charge of the country. I've never understood why he even ran unless it's daddy issues.

Posted by Cato the Younger Younger on September 28, 2012 at 1:15 PM

cato, i think you've nailed it. he was pressured into a political career, and it didn't suit him. i think the same about al gore. it was expected of him, but not right for him.

Posted by ellarosa on September 28, 2012 at 1:29 PM

@3 because it's his turn to be president!

Posted by Pick1 on September 28, 2012 at 1:37 PM

Despite his mistakes, foolishness, and duplicity; despite his inability to do the right thing as POTUS, George W. Bush seems like someone I wouldn't mind watching a baseball game with. Mitt lacks that 'human' thing.

Posted by Post_Mortem

on September 28, 2012 at 1:38 PM

@6: Agreed. GWB always struck me as guileless and dopey and unsubtle. Never sinister. I don't think his widely agreed-upon lack of wits is commensurate with his oft-posited evil agenda. That shit was all Dick Cheney and Co.

Posted by Mischa Vainburg

on September 28, 2012 at 2:05 PM

@ 2, I was getting lunch in downtown Seattle one day and there was a bicycle messenger in line ahead of me. He had a button on his bag that said "Give the pretzel another chance."

Posted by Matt from Denver on September 28, 2012 at 2:13 PM

Bush has always been on my fantasy dinner guest list. I hated his policies, and boy did he screw this country up, but I found him to be charming and as a person.

Romney - I should point out - told a joke that actually made me laugh out loud the other day. It was after sharing a stage with Bill Clinton at the Global Initiative summit:

"If there's one thing we've learned this election, it's that Bill Clinton can do a man a lot of good. I'm just waiting for that bounce."

The delivery was good, too - it actually made him more likable (as a person) in my book.

Posted by Free Lunch on September 28, 2012 at 7:02 PM