The Salt Lake Tribune
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Mitt actually has a sense humor
Three months after abandoning his presidential campaign, Mitt proved that if he is a robot, he's got some sharp programmers. The GOP vice presidential hopeful offered this shtick to a group of Washington journalists as the Top Ten reasons he dropped out:

No. 10: There weren't as many Osmonds as he thought.

No. 9: Got tired of the corkscrew landings of his campaign plane while under fire.

No. 8: As a lifelong hunter, I didn't want to miss the start of varmint season.

No. 7: There wasn't room for two Christian leaders in the presidential race.

No. 6: I'd rather get fat, grow a beard and try for the Nobel prize.

No. 5: Got tired of wearing a dark suit and tie, and I wanted to kick back in a light colored suit and tie.

No. 4: Once my wife Ann realized I couldn't win, my fundraising dried up.

No. 2: I took a bad fall at a campaign rally and broke my hair.

And the No. 1 reason Romney dropped out: His campaign relied on a flawed campaign strategy that as Utah goes, so goes the nation.

3 Comments:

At April 17, 2008 9:03 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

The original now has all 10 reasons.
Thank for posting this!

 
At April 17, 2008 9:45 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wait..where is reason #3?

 
At April 17, 2008 3:25 PM , Anonymous Sterkworks said...

This is great. I have heard about it all day and this is the first place I have been able to track it down. (Love the Osmond photo, too.)

 

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