My team surprised me with a cake made out of my favorite snack—twinkies! Looking forward to all this year has in store. pic.twitter.com/lQfyIrQ9Qe
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) March 12, 2019
March 12, 2019
Who blows out birthday candles like that? Mitt Romney (with his cake made of Twinkies).
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Little Mittie is suddenly being pushed back into prominence by the MSM as the Statesman that we all want to hear from on every issue. Maybe he save us from that very, very bad man.
Someone who doesn't want germs and spit all over his cake?
Dust Bunny Queen said...
Someone who doesn't want germs and spit all over his cake?
Someone who doesn't want his germs and spit on everyone else's cake.
He doesn't want to spit on everyone's Twinkies.
Unfair criticism is the only thing that can make this opportunistic toady a sympathetic figure.
It's kind of a cool way of addressing the issue. Very hygienic, like Mitt. Mitt doesn't look like a TB carrier, but who wants a Twinkie that someone has just forcefully exhaled upon. I can see this catching on. It was the Romney family, after all, that popularized horse dressage.
Not quite the Oval Office he has there. That doesn't look like the Resolute desk either.
Mitt avoids the "blow the twinkie" jokes.
Twinkies seems appropriate somehow.
My mom made me a bunt cake with powdered sugar as the frosting for my birthday once. When I blew out the candles, I blew powdered sugar into my sister's face...she couldn't breathe for a few scary seconds. If only Mitt had been around...
I had actually never thought of the germophobia aspect of this old tradition. I wonder if he shakes hands.
I remember a lot of talk about Trump being a germophobe -- even that he'd never run for office because he won't shake hands.
Oh, yeah, it was Roger Stone who spread that notion: “I think even people who don’t like him have a certain fascination with him … He’s Donald Trump. There’s a public fascination. So I don’t think he has to go shake hands among the pig farmers.... We’re well aware of his position on hand-shaking."
Who knew that Twinkies were Mormon crack?
Not quite the Oval Office he has there.
Looks like a prison cell. Small, high window, bare walls. Who's his decorator?
W got some flak for using hand sanitizer.
The optics aren't very manly....
The same guy who steams his shirt while still wearing it.
Thank God we didn't elect this guy president. At least Li'l Barry knows how to blow out candles.
had actually never thought of the germophobia aspect of this old tradition. I wonder if he shakes hands.
Not germophobic. There is something about it being individual, grab-and-eat Twinkies rather than one, big cake that makes his action understandable. That, and he just joked about sharing them with staff.
Verdict: Not Weird
Great scoop there. Two of the key factors in choosing our leaders: Favorite snacks, candle blowing technique.
We are doomed.
For all we know he's recovering from a cold and was being thoughtful about not spreading germs. I couldn't swear to it, but I'm fairly sure during his presidential campaign I saw family videos of him blowing out birthday candles in the more traditional manner. I think this is just an aberration from his usual method. Having no more information, we extrapolate from this one data point and assume we know more than we probably do.
All his secret smoking has given him COPD.
A Twinkie will trap more air and thus germs, while the sugar in smooth icing is also a preservative. I'm sure Mitt thought about that. OTOH, there are probably enough chemicals in Twinkies to use them to sanitize hotel toilets.
Does he eat his pizza with a knife and fork as well?
To: Senator Romney
From: Chief of Staff
Re: Birthday Celebration
Date: 3.12.19
This morning at precisely 10:02 a.m., we will be presenting a birthday cake to you in your office, which will be filmed and placed on Instagram/Twitter/Facebook and other coordinated social media outlets.
We would respectfully request that you appear surprised for the presentation. To that end, we are specifically not divulging to you the exact type of cake and candle arrangement, but we can reveal that it will be politically edgy, but tasteful.
We anticipate that the video portion will take no more than 15 seconds, so please take the appropriate measures with our staff cosmetologist to prepare your hair.
For hygiene purposes, please do not lean over the cake and blow out the candles, which would greatly increase risk of projecting spittle on this consumable product. We would suggest that you extract each alighted candle, individually, and carefully exhale to extinguish the flame.
Please initial in the space provided below to authorize this action item. The lack of initials will be interpreted as a veto of the initiative.
At 10:07 a.m., this memorandum, all copies, all notes, all E-documents relating there to will be destroyed.
For the "germophobe" theory -- he still blew the candles out directly over the cake (you can even see one still on the cake get blown out as he blows on one in his hand) -- if he was doing it that way to be considerate, he should have turned his head.
Does he eat his pizza with a knife and fork as well?
Doesn't everyone?
This way he doesn't splatter wax everywhere.
What a dumpy office for a US Senator.
(eaglebeak)
Looking forward to all this year has in store? Romney would vote for impeachment. Ugh.
Oops. I just remembered. The dog is strapped to the roof of my car.
Just a little symbol of civil rights under the Uniparty he wished to lead.
It's going to be, like, 20 years by the time his wish comes true! (If only he'd done this 20 years ago, he'd be president today.)
Paige no!!!
This way he doesn't splatter wax everywhere.
Winner.
That's a good screen. You can have the spreadsheet open on one side, a full size document on the other and there's still room for IMs and Althouse underneath!
Sure, it is a minor and certainly insignificant thing, but it dovetails nicely with my own observation of Romney's 2012 general election campaign- the man was just too passive to win.
Clever. A nice way to not spittle all over the cake.
the man was just too passive to win
Too nerdy, too. Nobody wants President Pocket Protector, except for discovering the optimal blowing out the candles on the Twinkie cake strategy.
Tommy Duncan... Report to the principal's office.
Twinkie the Kid.
Twinkies, huh? Well, they are an awesome sugar-bomb, if you like that sort of thing. Mitt is and has always been a fastidious fella.
Was Mitt involved in the rescue of the Twinkies brand and product? I've heard that's his thing, rescuing impaired businesses. Oh, and not paying taxes. And incorrectly assessing the most serious threat to the United States.
But that was so long ago. I think @traditionalguy nailed with the first comment.
Maybe he has a cold and is being considerate.
Oh for Pete's sake. Basic consideration for others (or, conversely, thoughtfulness) < > "passiveness".
The costs of not being a jerk when it comes to blowing out birthday candles are extremely low. So consideration costs you very little.
To extrapolate from a low cost decision to a person's general response in cases involving higher costs or high stakes makes so little sense that I'm left shaking my head.
Romney definitely lacks the common touch, unlike another well known rich guy. If not a never Trumper, Romney is definitely not Trump.
Does he eat his pizza with a knife and fork as well?
No, just Snickers bars.
"What a dumpy office for a US Senator."
Actually, it's a perfect office for a servant of The People. What, you like spending tax dollars on bullshit like drapery?
Romney is now 72.
Same age as Trump and W and Clinton.
72 twinkies or 72 virgins. No wonder there are more Muslims than Mormons.
Not a day goes by where I don't regret voting for that prick.
he always carries a bottle of Hollandaise sauce in his purse
Mittens, thy name is Dweeb. If he eats M&Ms, he probably does it with a spoon. Or hot dogs with a knife and fork.
btw, even Peter Russo, who was only a rep, made a nicer office than Mittens.
Good grief. Did they later retire for a lunch of ham, mayo on white bread with a glass of water for dipping? Mitten's instincts were always awful so its good to see he's still keeping his hand in for the white republican candidate democrats wish they could run against again.
Thank god Romney lost in 2012.
Obama was at least honest about selling the country out.
Does he eat his pizza with a knife and fork as well?
The Jon Stewart segment roasting Trump for eating pizza with a knife and fork belongs in the television hall of fame.
Big Mike said...
Twinkies seems appropriate somehow
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Would have guessed cream puffs
I bet Mittens strapped that cake to his car roof and took it home.
Imagine being that rich and thinking Twinkies are a good snack.
What a weird bunch of comments here.
1. Romney is in a temporary basement office while his permanent office is being refurbished.
2. Romney has a cold. He didn't want to blow all over what was an unusual and funny arrangement of Twinkies. He was interviewed on and explained it.
3. Does anybody think that Senator Romney had the slightest input on the creation of this "cake"? It was a bit of fun by his staff.
I actually think Romney is considerate not wanting to blow spit on the whole thing. I just thought that humanity agreed thirty years ago that Twinkies were a buzz word to make jokes about gross/cheap/last resort food. Even Peggy Bundy was too sophisticated for Twinkies She ate Bon Bons.
I don't think Mitt Romney is a bad person by any stretch. I'm sure he is very decent fellow. But I really wish he would just kind of vanish into semi-retirement. The only reason I can see him sticking around is because he wants another shot in 2024.
1. Romney is in a temporary basement office so nobody can hear the screams.
2. Romney has a "cold," his magic underwear failed him. He likes to blow, but not Twinkies.
3. Does anybody think that Senator Romney had the slightest input on the creation of this "cake"? He defers to the Globalists for his marching orders, like he always does.
"Does anybody think that Senator Romney had the slightest input on the creation of this "cake"? It was a bit of fun by his staff."
Can you prove they made that twinkie cake- I will bow to your greater expertise on commercially available pastries.
Maybe mormons know about germs. Since he's avoiding putting his germs on the cake, it's altruistic, whatever else it is.
1. Mitt is a Bain alum. He’s maximizing the number of wishes; one per candle.
2. And look at that shitty office space he got assigned.
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