As the 2012 presidential election grows near, Republican candidate Mitt Romney is doing all he can to inform the American people of “The Real Mitt.” The most recent strategy to communicate “The Real Mitt” to voters was a document distributed by his campaign staff to various media organizations. We at WaFB were fortunate enough to obtain a copy of this document, which is titled “Mitting to Know You,” and is basically a list of things about him. Most of it was quite obvious—“A man of faith,” “A defender of small businesses,” “An animal lover,” “A leader”—but, sprinkled in between the obligatory, there were some amusing bits. Below, some of the more interesting aspects of “The Real Mitt”:
- Has a t-shirt with blurry text that he loves to wear as an ice breaker for focus groups.
- Willing to give laser tag a shot.
- Has never met a stick of celery he hasn’t slabbed in peanut butter and handed to a youngster.
- Enjoys a little music in the morning.
- Selects two ha’s per laugh in a formal setting, three for an informal.
- Once had a dream where he was a pelican.
- Never goes to the pool or beach without his trusty aqua socks.
- Loves that LL Cool J as Senior Field Agent Sam Hanna on NCIS: Los Angeles.
- Prefers an old feather duster when tickling Ann.
- Knows the value of a good dashboard.
- Often wonders why more items aren’t made of Nerf.
- Likes to type up his family’s weekend agenda so that he can put in three or four different font colors.
- Gets a real kick out of those Roombas.
- Loves Wednesdays.
- Believes there’s no better show of affection from a father to son than an arm around the shoulder with a quick, yet firm squeeze of the clavicle.
