Trying to figure out what goes wrong whenever Mitt Romney interacts with members of the human species.
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1) Spot on! Dude is the king of awkward, weird passive-aggression.
2) Bring back the cat!
Brilliant, as usual!
How much time — honestly — do you spend looking at yourself Dude? You're one of the more self-obsessed acts I've seen in a long time.
To the degree I'll bet you practice EVERY LAST LOOK over and over and OVER again in the mirror — not only to get it 'just right' — but because you loooooove looking at yourself that much. And no — I am not a Republican.
Pardon me while I go vomit.
You're an ass.
Marc, you're incredibly juvenile. This might be the first time someone has commented about Jay and not the actual substance of what he's talking about. So you win an award… for being the world's biggest jackass. Congratulations.
Marc just thinks Jay is a cutie. It makes sense…. Jay IS a cutie! Besides that
Marc just thinks Jay is a cutie. It makes sense…. Jay IS a cutie! Besides that, Marc! Kick rocks, troll.
I'm sure Romney is also a lot of fun at parties…While this kind of tone-deaf "diplomacy" has probably been going on for a long time, I think (W) Bush helped usher in a golden age of people believing tone-deaf statements that quickly alienate your listener should somehow be lauded as "straight talk", and a preferred way to get your point across (or shove your point done people's throats). Rather then, say, concerning yourself with how your message may be coming across to people you presumably are trying to talk with rather than at (b/c that kind of empathy and understanding is considered wishy-washy or something).
I think Marc hates himself because HE cant stop looking at jay. Listen to the words
On a lighter note. Where was the "people find you awkward" and "I will be neither seen of heard" voice over pulled from. It sounds so familiar, but I cannot put my finger on it.
Love the videos Jay… especially this one.
Also, not mentioned here, Romney's geography sucks. He called England "a small island". News to the rest of us in Scotland and Wales!
(Yeah, I know that's one of the fish in the barrel, but the popular conflation of English = British is like calling Americans Canadaians and acting confused when they're offended.)
I apologize for the lateness in commenting. I only discovered your Vlogs today, and have been really enjoying it..
One of the things that has been strangely ignored by the media is how the right-wing UK politicians openly mocked Romney. Usually they fawn over any US politicians, but I think that the GOP has become so far right, so insane in its policies and behavior, that even the right-wing Tory party (incl. prime minister David Cameron and mayor of London Boris Johnson) are distancing themselves.
Another thing that struck me was that Cameron and Johnson both come from extremely wealthy families and went to very expensive schools and universities. These are people who are in Romney's peer group, but he struggled to elicit any genuine warmth from them.
The worse thing in all this was when David Cameron made the bitchy little joke at Romney's expense. Those of us who would usually hate the prime minister had to give him credit and say "nice one PM!"
As a foreigner, I struggle to see how the supporters of the GOP have become so blinkered to the realities. Whilst they may not be particularly interested in the opinions of a small wet island off the coast of mainland Europe, surely they must at some point see that by courting the wing nuts they have become so toxic that even their overseas friends don't want anything to do with them.
Sorry for the long comment, I will go back to enjoying your videos.