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| One of Romney's many prank photo ops |
It was bad enough they spent a king’s ransom on trying to
get him elected, but backers of Romney are now hearing stories of how he never
wanted the job in the first place and how Romney himself had to be held back on
election night as he tried several times prematurely to call Barack Obama and
wish him much success in his second term.
All this while Florida Governor Rick Scott was furiously
using last ditch efforts to swing the state of Florida in Romney’s direction.
Romney’s son Tagg came out on Sunday in an interview with
the Boston Globe and claimed that his father never really even wanted to run
for President. Feeling a bit sorry for the prank, Tagg told the newspaper that
his father’s running was all his (Tagg’s) fault.
“Dad’s been a prankster all his life practically (we
still secretly chuckle over that hair cutting incident). When the 2012
elections were nearing, we told Dad that it would be the biggest prank of his
life to make the GOP think he was a good candidate,” said Tagg.
“I can’t tell you what was said in the various meetings
leading up to my dad finally deciding to go for it, but suffice it to say, some
key Republicans were left in the dark about my dad’s unwillingness to actually
BE President.”
Tagg says at the time it seemed like the perfect prank
that brought the family closer than it had ever been before.
“We were all in on it, even Mom. She was actually
enjoying herself the most,” said Tagg. “She would get up on the stage and laugh
and smile and no one had a clue that she was laughing because she knew Mitt was
going to throw the race, so to speak.”
Tagg says they were rolling in the aisles in the last
hours leading up to the elections watching Rick Scott scramble to take away as
many voting rights as he could in hopes of Romney becoming President.
The eldest Romney also let fly a little secret that
photos and videos leaked to the press that depicted his father as a bit
heartless were actually just the Romney family’s way of dropping little hints
that no one in the family had any intention whatsoever of giving up their
lavish lifestyles to live on a President’s salary.
It was a hoot,” says Tagg. “I never realized politics could be this much fun.
We were having the time of our lives, except for the occasional photo ops with
idiots like Meatloaf and Ted Nugent,” he said.
“We’d have a race back to the tour bus for a quick shower
to wash off what we called the “red neck.”
Newt Gingrich, however, isn’t laughing.
“I knew it all along. I tried to get people to listen, to
understand that Mitt Romney wasn’t the man for the job; that it was all a big
joke, but would they listen? Especially Shelly (Sheldon Adelson),” said
Gingrich.
“Just when I had Shelly where I wanted him, a
half-million shy of paying off my Tiffany’s credit card,” here comes old Mr.
Prankster being his usual self. Did he care if I could possibly end up on the
wrong end of an Obama welfare plan? Not in the least,” said a furious Gingrich
on Face the Nation Sunday, who didn’t hold back his palpable dislike for the
former GOP Presidential Candidate.
Meanwhile, Romney’s running mate Paul Ryan, when asked,
said he knew nothing of the charade.
“All I know is that when I was running for Vice
President, they called my positions on certain matters wonky and they continue
to call my position on the fiscal cliff wonky. I want to know where the hell
the word “wonky” came from and what the hell does it mean?”
