Posted on Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 2:09 p.m.
Snyder is a 'strange guy,' Mitt Romney says on fundraiser video
By AnnArbor.com Staff
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has endorsed GOP nominee Mitt Romney in his presidential bid and the two have appeared together, but Romney describes Snyder as strange on the now-infamous fundraising video that surfaced this week, MLive reports.
AP photo
A Snyder spokesman told the Detroit Free Press the remarks were not troubling to the governor.
The video, recorded secretly, was thrust into the spotlight, when Mother Jones wrote an article about it and posted it on YouTube.
Background noise obscures much of the conversation, but you can watch it below.
Comments
Jay Thomas
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 11:55 p.m.
This is par for the course with everything the clueless Republicans have been doing. They made a big deal about how they were pulling up stakes and not spending more ad money here. They've sent me absentee ballot applications in the mail in the past by this time. Not now. Michigan was winnable but they seem to intend on losing it. Why?
PattyinYpsi
Tue, Sep 25, 2012 : 12:35 p.m.
Because the people running the GOP campaign got a quick glimpse of a clue once, but they cannot, for the life of them, remember anything about it. And they were never close enough to get it.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 : 11:39 p.m.
JT: I think it's because there are too many 47-percenters in this state to make it worth bothering with. Better to spend the money where there are more 1-percenters or such.
genetracy
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 5:27 p.m.
And as we all know, Obama has never said anything negative about anyone in his whole life. The man is perfect.
Chase Ingersoll
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 12:25 p.m.
I know plenty of people who pay no federal income tax on an annual income tax return but who despite their lack of income understand the basic economics of money and understand that all of the government borrowing and spending results in a substantial loss of value to the money that they have, in the form of the hidden tax of inflation, higher prices and devaluation of currency. They also understand that the more government programs that are out there, the more regulation and greater drag on the private sector as everyone's money and activities become more and more regulated, causing a reduction in the velocity of the private sector activity. Both Snyder and Romney are individuals who posses abilities of analysis and management that 99% of use can only wish that we had. Rather than being grateful that we have some in such a position to restructure our bureaucracies that are bankrupting public and private organizations and persons in the private market, we want to complain about them not being "cool" enough like the "cool kids," we re-elected like Granholm, Kilpatrick and Clinton. I will grant you that Clinton is in the top 1% of analytical minds. But he did not combine that with top management skills and had personal issues perhaps worse than 99% of us. That is part of the vitriol we see against Snyder and Romney - people are just plain jealous, because these guys are happy having lived up to both to the expectations of other and their own expectations. Most of us have not lived up to either and will appease the resentment we have against our-selves by knocking the achievement of the fellow who does not resent himself. We keep this up and we are going to have the collective psychology of a country like....Pakistan. Chase Ingersoll
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 : 11:15 p.m.
Two questions, C.I.: 1) How would you rank the analytical mind of the previous Republican President (Dubya Bush, in case you can't remember him)? (If any.) 2) Do you include in your concept of government programs that form a drag on the economy the incredibly expensive military-industrial complex and all the wars that Republicans seem intent on getting us involved in? I have experienced the G. W. Bush administration, and I have watched as we got enmeshed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I have listened to Republicans, in particular, crying out for more wars around the world, so that we can remain a strong leader of the free world (so to speak), and I keep wondering if there's some reason, economically speaking, that these trillions and trillions of dollars, and the debt resulting from them, do not have a similar effect on our country as other government programs.
Tru2Blu76
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 8:19 p.m.
"I know plenty of people who pay no federal income tax on an annual income tax return but ... understand the basic economics of money and understand that all of the government borrowing and spending results in a substantial loss of value to the money that they have..." But you also seem to know no one who understands that, without regulation, the economy will be wrecked again and again so long as there's no policing. Your assessment of the public's desire for more and more "assistance" from govt. can't be faulted but you implicitly call for the same extremist solutions as the rest of the Conservative Fanboys. In other words, you support and defend the SAME deregulation that was promoted and installed by Bush / Greenspan, et all. That's the "policy" (aka, ideologue belief) which wrecked our economy in the first place - and led to this over-large federal debt. Just FYI, if not for the social economic aid programs of FDR, a few million people would have gone from poverty to starvation and homelessness, and then on to DEATH. But today, arrogant false prophets we know as "conservatives" target those very same public aid programs which have remained because THEY WORK. And you purposely single out the "jealous" opponents to make it seem they are the entire anti-Republican camp: when in fact independents and the truly educated hate them because they practice deceit and ideological thinking on a grand scale. Besides: your comment is off topic and therefore, by definition, is the work of a political fanboy / troll working on behalf of "conservative beliefs". Example: you point to Granholm, Kilpatrick and Clinton as having been elected by supposedly deluded voters - but entirely miss that YOUR candidate, G.W. Bush also got re-elected even though it was obvious he was an incompetent and a fool of the first order. You're "just a little" skewed in your thinking and your statements.
genetracy
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 5:30 p.m.
Yor are correct about the "cool kids" example, like being a democrat qualifies one to do any and everthing.
CincoDeMayo
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 11:36 a.m.
What scares me more is the participant that implies liberals don't read books....people with this kind of contempt and ignorance are who Romney is pandering to here. It shouldn't be hard to convince this "choir".
CincoDeMayo
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 11:27 a.m.
Are these things that Romney is saying really surprising? Contempt for the "47%", etc.? I just don't see what the news is.
Deborah Gibson
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 7:48 a.m.
Is this the only commentary on Gov. Snyder? What about Blue Cross premiums? What about the state health insurance exchange to be created for Michigan residents.?
Tru2Blu76
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 4:58 a.m.
Mitt says: Michigan's governor is a strange guy -- true and so is the saying, It takes one to know one, Mitt.
treetowncartel
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 4:16 a.m.
What is the big news? Jim Morrison made this observation about people decades ago.
ArthGuinness
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 3:17 a.m.
Totally innocuous comment.
An Arborigine
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 1:26 a.m.
Might this fit into the generalization of the pot calling the kettle black?
Ron Granger
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 10:57 p.m.
Strange. Has Snyder ever tied the family dog to the roof of a car? Has he ever allegedly forcibly shaved the head of a gay high school classmate? Sometimes I can't tell what passes for normal.
kms
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 : 1:35 p.m.
Tying a dog to the roof in a cage and traveling cross country is a pretty inhumane thing to do. Surprised you're defending it Chase Ingersoll.
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 : 11:04 p.m.
So does this mean that you disapprove of anyone who grew up in a different culture than your?
genetracy
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 5:26 p.m.
Obama admitted to eating dog when he was growing up.
cinnabar7071
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 1:02 p.m.
I can see the movie Idiocracy come to life every time I read some of the comments here.
Chase Ingersoll
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 12:11 p.m.
This is what is so aweful about people like you being given a public forum. 1. The dog was in a dog carrier that was attached to the roof of the car as many families did, before SUV's were the norm. 2. There was never an allegation that the incident involved shaving anyone's head and any allegation that anyone's hair was even cut and Romney's involvement was thoroughly called into question. You are probably one who attributes the statement "I can see Russia from my house" to Sarah Palin rather than the comedian on SNL. But there is no "probably" concerning your being horribly ill informed and being a person that appears happy to use a public forum to slander someone you don't like. I didn't vote for Romney, but I at least ask that if you are going to slander someone at least don't insult the intelligence of people that unlike you, go to the effort of reading more than one media source.
tom swift jr.
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 10:47 p.m.
Well, at least now Mitt can say he was right at least one time.
xmo
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:57 p.m.
Mitt is a little too liberal like Snyder but anybody is better than President Obama!
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 : 11:02 p.m.
Actually, your comments are only kind of nasty cheap shots with no real meat (well, or serious veggies) to them. It's not about sheep, it's about intelligent discourse. Ever try any?
HB11
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 1:08 p.m.
Careful xmo, you're upsetting the sheep.
Ghost of Tom Joad
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 8:23 p.m.
I'm guessing anybody left of Ayn Rand is too liberal for you, judging by your comments
Mike
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:42 p.m.
At least he wasn't caught talking to the Russian ambassador and telling him to let Vladimir know I'll have more leeway after I'm re-elected..............
Billy Bob Schwartz
Sun, Sep 23, 2012 : 11 p.m.
J Thomas...Interesting statement. Your reliable sources would be?.......
Jay Thomas
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 11:58 p.m.
Obama is planning on unilaterally eliminating most of America's nuclear weapons. In the opinion of many analysts that could only invite a first strike if we ever have another Cuban Missile Crisis like event with China or Russia.
Sue
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 3:12 p.m.
Right on Mike! Too bad liberals are too hypocritical to be able to admit when their own precious savior Hussein screws up, but then they'd might be forced to see just what a mistake they made by electing such a hater of America and our Constitution. So sad when people deliberately ignore the facts and turn a blind eye to reality while our liberties and freedoms are being destroyed more and more each day by a control freak who thinks it's his god given right to play Robin Hood.
clownfish
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 2:06 p.m.
Here, have another mole hill, see how big of a fantasy mountain you can build.
Stephen Landes
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 9:23 p.m.
The Left wishes to forget that little slip of truth.
jmac
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:19 p.m.
Look who's talking about being strange...
An Arborigine
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 1:29 a.m.
When you're strange, at least people remember your name, eh?
TrappedinMI
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 6:59 p.m.
Forgive any ignorance on my part, but were any laws broken in the taping of this?
An Arborigine
Sat, Sep 22, 2012 : 1:27 a.m.
were any animals harmed in that frat party?
Mike
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:45 p.m.
Veracity - he's smart enough to know that he will be unable to persuade the hard core Obama drones into voting for him so he's going to spend his time going after the remaining voters. Why is this so difficult to understand? That was a dumb question wasn't it?
kmgeb2000
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:21 p.m.
Shouldn't it fall under whistle-blower protection? It does seem to benefit the Country suggesting what he really thinks of us. "George Bailey" said it best: Just remember this, Mr. Potter: that this rabble you're talking about, they do most of the working and paying and living and dying in this community. Well, is it too much to have them work and pay and live and die in a couple of decent rooms and a bath?
Veracity
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 7:10 p.m.
Yes! Mitt Romney defames 47% of Americans!
lugemachine
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 6:34 p.m.
A guy who wears magic underwear surrenders all rights to judge the attire of others.
Kai Petainen
Mon, Sep 24, 2012 : 3:20 a.m.
I'm not mormon, but I have friends who are. the term 'magic underwear' is generally considered to be derogatory in nature. i'm half tempted to 'report abuse', but i'm a firm believer in freedom of speech, even when it isn't what we want to hear.
Ron Granger
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 10:54 p.m.
The first rule of Magic Underwear is: you do not talk about Magic Underwear
bobslowson
Fri, Sep 21, 2012 : 6:20 p.m.
Ha Ha! (insert Nelson Muntz laugh)