Ann Romney’s plane was grounded Friday after the main cabin filled with smoke. The small electrical fire caused no injuries, but apparently did cause the Presidential candidate to forget the dangers of altitude.
“When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly,” he told the LA Times. “And you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem.”
This is a week or two old, but I'm surprised nobody's posted it yet.
Of course, Romney's PR says he was joking. Somehow, I doubt that.
There's a pic floating around FB (mainly within the Portuguese speaking community) of Romney and Portugal's Foreign Affairs Minister Paulo Portas. In it had Romney wondering why airplanes don't have windows that opened while PP said he was wondering the same with his submarines.
Romney's becoming a joke in other nations too. lol
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If it was a joke, what the hell was the punchline supposed to be?
Even better are the mouthbreathers I've seen on FB going 'well obummer couldn't find the phone icon on an iphone so there', as if that makes Romney look any less stupid.
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It is telling that many idiots on the far right rarely refute a claim, but usually say "Will Obama does it too!" or "Does it worse!" as though that somehow makes all the difference.
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This is such a non story, that's why it wasn't posted. What possible discussion could this generate that isn't stupid jokes based on the initial stupid sound bite?
Some windows on passenger aircraft windows open anyway, making peoples comments all the stupider. Smoke is a major and poorly addressed problem in commercial aircraft. Internal fires in general are basically matters of design the plane so they don't happen, and hope that works.
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According to Snopes, Romney laughed after making the comment, as did the audience. I'm inclined to believe he was just making a stupid joke. I still don't think he's fit to be president, but I prefer to keep my criticism away from the petty end of things. Hell, if it were a tasteless joke I could see a reason to care. But a joke that's simply a dumb one? Not worth using as more than evidence that he shouldn't be a stand-up.
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