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Mitt’s $10K Bet Shows He’s In Touch

Dec. 12, 2011 5:01pm

Mitt Romney throwing down a $10K bet during Saturday’s GOP debate is evidence he’s…out of touch? Bull. I say it shows he’s in touch.

Every weekend guys throw down meaningless $10,000 bets. It’s a tool to say: “I’m know I’m 100% correct and I’m going to embarrass you…so walk away from your claim right now or put your money where you’re mouth is.” It works like this:

Two guys having beers. Guy Number 1 says, “I’ve been working out a lot lately. I bet I can do 25 pull ups.”

Guy Number 2 laughs increduously, “You can’t do 25 pull ups!”

Guy Number 1, “Yes, I think I can.”

Guy Number 2, “You couldn’t do 25 pull ups even if I gave you a step stool and a Crossfit membership.”

Guy Number 1, “Oh yea? Wanna bet?”

Guy Number 2, “Yes. $10,000.”

Dan Foster at NRO says there two scenarios in which guys make such a bet:

The first is that the determinant of the bet is so far off (e.g., a typical bet in the questionable circles I move in would be taking an over-under on the number of games the New York Mets will win in the next ten years) that the combined chances of the bet being forgotten about, runaway inflation greatly devaluing its outcome, or one/both of the bettors coming into a great fortune in the interim are sufficiently high to make it worthwhile. The other scenario is that the person offering the bet is absolutely sure he’s correct and wants to make a point of it to the idiot doubting him. Examples of this scenario in my milieu include β€œYes, David Lynch did direct Dune” and β€œNo, you couldn’t swim the widest Manhattan-Queens span of the East River at midnight, even if I gave you a month to train and a top-flight wetsuit: You’re not a strong swimmer, it’s close to a mile wide, and it’s a tidal estuary with a shifting current that could easily carry you out to see. Besides, it’s really dirty.”

So see, I think Mitt Romney might actually be in touch with average Joes out there making ridiculous bets.

(FYI – it doesn’t always work. I recently made a late night $1,000 bet with a friend of mine – who weighs 320lbs and played offensive line in the NFL – that he couldn’t fit himself into an outdoor water tank with a 15 inch hole in the top. After ten minutes and some incredible shimmying…I was light $1,000.)

In all seriousness, I like the cajones Romney showed here. Gingrich’s appeal over Romney is about one of two things:

a.) Style. His perceived ability to take it to President Obama aggressively. To debate Obama. To be an alpha male candidate. This, versus Romney’s bland nice guy persona.

b.) He’s not a Mormon. (This increasingly appears to be an issue. I’ll write more about this later.)

Whatever Gingrich’s appeal, we know its not about conservative principles or character. So good for Romney for taking on a little alpha-male and throwing down a ten large wager on Perry.

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Comments (9)

  • southernORcobra
    Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:30am

    Romney could crap gold and I still would not support the gun grabbing *****

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  • Luckywon
    Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:11am

    Will Cain, I FULLY agree with your article. When Romney stuck out his hand to Perry and said “Bet me”, that was exactly the feeling I got from it. That he is exasperated with Perry kicking that tired old horse over and over again and finally had enough. Tried to finally end it by asking Perry to take the bet and back up his words.
    I’ve done it, everyone I know has done it. Romney has now done it. This should not have been a story. It’s sad that the media made it one.

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  • loneindividual
    Posted on December 13, 2011 at 12:24am

    Great article

    FINALLY!

    Will Cain, you have balze (blaze) for actually hinting at the religious bigotry within the GOP/Conservative Bowel Movement.

    I myself am a Conservative Libertarian & Deist…and I’m ashamed to call myself an American with all this religious bigotry, Racism (yes, even that), & Sexism (I am a positive chauvinist btw).

    I will follow your articles closely. :)

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  • ROMNEY2012
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 8:10pm

    What transpired today should scare every single conservative.

    All the Presidential candidates (other than Ron Paul) used SOCIALIST CLASS WARARE RHETORIC to defame Mitt Romney.

    Newt Gingrich used a Socialist Occupy Wall St. attack to suggest Romney give back all the money he made “bankrupting” businesses. Please God wake up the American People!

    Even Conservative darlings Michelle Bachman and Rick Santorum could not resist the bait to dump on Romney because he is rich.

    Mitt Romney’s team should listen to Neil Cavuto’s commentary from todays show.

    Mitt Romney needs to stand up and say “ENOUGH WITH THE CLASS WARFARE. AMERICA IS ABOUT HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED. I WANT ALL AMERICANS TO HAVE THAT CHANCE. THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.”

    It is because Mitt Romney is successful that he is admired by many. It is his past successes that make him best suited to lead this country at this dangerous moment in time. We cannot afford to take any more chances with Americas Future.

    If you are someone who mindlessly hates Romney and you dont really even know why, please do some homework for the sake of our country:

    http://whyromney.com/

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  • tharpdevenport
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 7:34pm

    And what if it’s “Not” in touch? There IS NO fixed betting amount; depending on your income, you can bet more. You can bet more than what you can afford, as long oas payments plans are offered from the other party.

    So, what if they had said “$500″ was more accurate? Well, what if you are out of work? You can’t swing that, so then you might suggest “$100″. What if you don’t have a job? Then you can’t bet anything.

    “$10,000″ is just inline with reality for Romney and his $240+ shirts. Hell, it’s puppy piss for Donald Trump. And check out Obama’s net worth — he could bet twenty times what Romney could.

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 6:18pm

    I ask, who is he in touch with?

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  • DrFrost
    Posted on December 12, 2011 at 5:33pm

    I find it hard to believe a significant group of people cares about Romney being a mormon. Some hardcore religious people, yes… but I’d be shocked if it was more than 5% of the population… and he wouldn’t get those people’s vote IN THE PRIMARY because he’s not conservative enough anyway. And if he wins the nomination, I think most of those people would vote for him over Obama regardless.

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    • Luckywon
      Posted on December 13, 2011 at 6:09am

      lol. Check out any story on Yahoo, heck, even on here that mentions Mormonism. Then read all the hateful comments that get posted against Mormons under that story. Believe it or not, there are a lot of idiots out there, a huge amount of them that make Mormonism a BIG deal.

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