After a plane his wife was riding in had to make an emergency landing over the weekend, Republican presidential candidate and future leader of a group called Robot Nation, Mitt Romney, had this to say:
"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. When you have a fire in the aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly."
He continued by saying,"...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... You can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open."
The New York Times reported who reported the story - Ashley Parker - updated the matter, by saying, "...it was clear from the context that he was not being serious."
I'm not sure if I buy that and if he was kidding, the guy has a very strange sense of humor. When one's wife is in danger - this time via an emergency landing on an airplane - I'm not thinking that's the time to be cracking jokes.
I can't see the first quote being anything but serious, when Romney said, "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. When you have a fire in the aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly."
I'd like to believe he's being sincere in those sentiments and he's right about that last part - there really isn't any place to go when there's a fire in an airplane. So, I can't for the life of me (no pun intended) believe that the Republican nominee wasn't being at all serious there.
Yes, as it seems Ms. Parker insinuates, I have a difficult time believing Mr. Romney wasn't being serious in the latter quote, when he said, "...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... You can't find oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open."
First of all, the quote isn't at all funny and especially when taken in the context that his very own wife was in a plane that required an emergency landing. It wouldn't be a very wise move on either the family or political front to joke around about that.
In my opinion, Romney was likely being serious, but pressured Ms. Parker to lay claim that he was kidding, in thinking that would prevent any jokes or backlash; that or the New York Times reporter didn't want to be the focal point of this story and for it to result in the former Massachusetts Governor being reluctant of doing any future interviews with her.
In other news, it's being reported that when upon a submarine deep in the ocean, Romney has been known to ask, "Why don't the windows open?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mitt-romney-airplane-windows_n_1910930.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=735358,b=facebook
"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. When you have a fire in the aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly."
He continued by saying,"...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... You can't find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open."
The New York Times reported who reported the story - Ashley Parker - updated the matter, by saying, "...it was clear from the context that he was not being serious."
I'm not sure if I buy that and if he was kidding, the guy has a very strange sense of humor. When one's wife is in danger - this time via an emergency landing on an airplane - I'm not thinking that's the time to be cracking jokes.
I can't see the first quote being anything but serious, when Romney said, "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. When you have a fire in the aircraft, there's no place to go, exactly."
I'd like to believe he's being sincere in those sentiments and he's right about that last part - there really isn't any place to go when there's a fire in an airplane. So, I can't for the life of me (no pun intended) believe that the Republican nominee wasn't being at all serious there.
Yes, as it seems Ms. Parker insinuates, I have a difficult time believing Mr. Romney wasn't being serious in the latter quote, when he said, "...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... You can't find oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don't open."
First of all, the quote isn't at all funny and especially when taken in the context that his very own wife was in a plane that required an emergency landing. It wouldn't be a very wise move on either the family or political front to joke around about that.
In my opinion, Romney was likely being serious, but pressured Ms. Parker to lay claim that he was kidding, in thinking that would prevent any jokes or backlash; that or the New York Times reporter didn't want to be the focal point of this story and for it to result in the former Massachusetts Governor being reluctant of doing any future interviews with her.
In other news, it's being reported that when upon a submarine deep in the ocean, Romney has been known to ask, "Why don't the windows open?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/mitt-romney-airplane-windows_n_1910930.html?utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=false#sb=735358,b=facebook
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