Oh, Mittens...

While it's true that politicians are just people, it's also true that they need to be more than "just people." Someone is always standing there with a tape recorder or camera waiting for the perfect quote or picture. Someone is always waiting for them to screw up, and they do! People often speak without thinking. People make mistakes. Politicians cannot.

Every now and then I take pity on the poor politicians who get caught saying the wrong thing at the wrong time; this is not one of those times. Instead, since I could currently use a major dose of comic relief, I'd like to focus on some of the ridiculous things Mitt Romney (more fondly known as Mittens in my apartment) says and does.

1. Video taped footage of Romney speaking at a $50,000-a-plate fundraising dinner in May was recently posted by Mother Jones, and it seems pretty darn clear that he wasn't expecting anyone outside of that dinner to hear what he said. I'd like to share several quotes from that video and the transcript provided by abc news.

• While talking about his wife, Ann, he said, "We use Ann sparingly right now so that people don't get tired of her."
• "There are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47% who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to take care of them, who believe that they are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing, to you name it."
• "I have inherited nothing. Everything Ann and I have we have earned the old-fashioned way."

2. In an interview with George Stephenopoulos in September, Mitt defined the middle class by saying, "Middle income is $200,000 to $250,000 and less."

3. At a stop Romney made in Bethel, Pennsylvania, he decided it would be appropriate to criticize cookies that local residents offered him. "I'm not sure about these cookies. They don't look like you made them. No, no. They came from the local 7/11 bakery or whatever."

4. In an attempt to make strides toward gaining the Latino vote, Romney recently went on Univision. There was a bit of an issue, though... For some odd reason, Mitt was looking super tan that day.

5. "I like being able to fire people." This remark was uttered in good 'ol New Hampshire.

6. At a 2011 campaign stop in Iowa, Romney responded to a heckler with, "Corporations are people, my friend. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend."

7. Let's not forget that he said it was "hard to know" if the Olympic games would go well while he was in London. That comment was what earned him the nickname "Mitt the Twit" in The Sun.

8. This one needs no explanation:

Every time I watch a speech or an interview of his, and every time I read about him, I can't help but let out a woeful sigh and an "oh, Mittens..."