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Mitt Romney Denies Knowing When His Wife's Olympic Horse Will Run

ProudProgressive 2012/08/03 15:24:03

Mitt Romney Denies Knowing When His Wife's Olympic Horse Will Run
By John Amato
August 03, 2012

Let me start off by saying Mitt Romney is a Pathological Liar.

The New York Times reports that the Romney's took a $77,000.00 Tax Deduction on their dancing horse, Rafalca.

The Romneys declared a loss of $77,000 on their 2010 tax returns for the share in the care and feeding of Rafalca, which Mrs. Romney owns with Mr. Ebeling’s wife, Amy, and a family friend, Beth Meyers.

So it doesn't surprise me that he'd do everything in his power to distance himself from any talk about horses, but when he out-and-out makes believe he's completely unaware when Ann's own horse will run in the London games I just about gagged. Will the media ever call Romney out on his preposterous lies?

Digby:

If you wondered whether Romney really has no center, this should dispel any questions:

Mitt Romney tried to distance himself from the elite horse-dancing sport of dressage on Wednesday night, telling NBC’s Brian Williams that he doesn’t know anything about it – and doesn’t plan to watch his wife’s horse compete in the upcoming Olympics.

“It’s a big, exciting experience for my wife. I have to tell you, this is Ann’s sport,” Romney said. “I’m not even sure which day the sport goes on. She will get the chance to see it, I will not be watching the event. I hope her horse does well.”

This is low, even for him. This is his wife, to whom, by all accounts, he is completely devoted. And that was the best he could do?

Also too, he's just lying:

Romney’s coolness towards dressage is certainly a new development. The presumptive Republican nominee has talked extensively about his love of horses, and he has been deeply involved with his wife’s Olympic contender, Rafalca, in the past. The Romneys have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars in the horse, and Mitt himself personally picked the music that Rafalca “danced” to at the World Cup.

Even if he couldn’t attend, it would be odd for a supposed family man — and Olympic enthusiast — to be unaware of what day his wife’s horse is competing.

It's part of the Mormon history and culture to lie about everything they have to so they can protect their religion from too much scrutiny or criticism so I guess it's not a stretch for Mitt to lie even about Rafalca. It's also a clear indicator of what type of man he really is. Ann obviously is on board with this kind of prattle coming from her hubby. How hard could it be for him to have said this?

But it's absurd for them to try to hide it or pretend that it isn't a big deal for their horse to be in the Olympics --- especially since Mitt is supposedly Mr Olympics! Who do they think they're fooling?

Mitt should have just said that Ann's horse is competing and the family is very excited and hopes he brings home the Gold for the USA. Jesus, how hard is it for this guy to be a human being?

Romney will do or say anything when it comes to winning elections. When will the Villagers finally take notice?


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  • Redneck Gal 2012/08/03 16:01:23
    Redneck Gal
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    True Romney is a pathological liar...very true. If nothing else, as an American you'd think Romney would be interested in how well all our hard working American athletes are doing. A very ignorant response on Romney's part.

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  • **StarzAbove** 2012/08/03 23:32:49
    **StarzAbove**
    +1
    He'll lie about anything and everything. romney liar
  • Rebel Yell 2012/08/03 17:48:11
    Rebel Yell
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    Even by the standards of politicians, Romney seems unusually prone to dishonesty and evasiveness. But why lie about that dancing horse?? Of course Mitt is hoping that horse will win and knows specific details about the event. Why be so evasive, as though the Olympic event is just another county fair event?

    To quote George Costanza ... "It's not a lie, if you believe it." That sums up Romney. He believes what he's saying at the moment. It's expedient. It serves his purpose. And when he has a new purpose, there's a new lie. The scenario never changes.

    Many curiosities about Mitt, but his constant lies about minor events are puzzling. Why bother when the truth would serve him better ? Those supporting Mitt are either tiptoeing around the source of Mitt Romney being a pathological liar or haven't keyed into its source: ....Mormonism.
  • ProudPr... Rebel Yell 2012/08/04 16:10:33
    ProudProgressive
    Although Dressage truly is a very impressive sport and fascinating to watch when you get to know all the details involved, I think Mitt realizes that most people view it as an "elitist" sport only for the very wealthy (which it is - the outfit that a dressage rider has to wear alone costs over $14,000, and the cost of a top dressage horse can run over $100,000, and that doesn't include the costs of boarding and training). His utter disconnect with the average American is one of his bigger problems already (this is the man who saw a touchscreen for the first time in his life a month ago), and I think he feels that if he embraces the sport it will simply reinforce his image as a candidate only for the extremely wealthy. Add to which that in the one tax return we have seen it turns out that Mitt took a $77,000 tax deduction for the horse, and it's pretty obvious why he wants to pretend that he's not involved. Too bad no one buys it.
  • gocar 2012/08/03 17:22:53
    gocar
    +3
    let's face it, these people live on a different planet than the rest of us peons. A tax deduction for a luxury sporting horse is par for the course with the aristocracy. The people who write the tax code are the very people who benefit from them. It will ever be so unless the masses of working people smarten up. I despair that there are always plenty of people who buy the propaganda that these people create jobs. They live of the fat of the land and only make money NOT JOBS.
  • JCD aka "biz" 2012/08/03 16:04:44
    JCD aka "biz"
    +3
    No problem. Rafalca has her own Twitter account @RafalcaRomney , so he can keep in touch with his wife's mare.
  • Redneck Gal 2012/08/03 16:01:23
    Redneck Gal
    +4
    True Romney is a pathological liar...very true. If nothing else, as an American you'd think Romney would be interested in how well all our hard working American athletes are doing. A very ignorant response on Romney's part.
  • unclepat 2012/08/03 15:57:02
    unclepat
    +4
    So now the old mittster wants people to believe that he doesn't care anything about his WIFE'S interests either. I know the guys is already out of touch but Jesus does he not care about the wife and dog either? lol
  • **Starz... unclepat 2012/08/03 23:35:59
  • AndyBoy 2012/08/03 15:34:48
    AndyBoy
    +1
    So what?
  • Schläue~© 2012/08/03 15:34:05
    Schläue~©
    +2
    [“It’s a big, exciting experience for my wife. I have to tell you, this is Ann’s sport,” Romney said. “I’m not even sure which day the sport goes on. She will get the chance to see it, I will not be watching the event. I hope her horse does well.”]

    More desperation and mountains out of molehills as the Proglodytes twist in the wind while searching the bottom of the barrel for ANYTHING substantial to come after Romney with.

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