Did Media Fail to Report That Romney Was Joking About Wanting Airplane Windows to Open?

Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney boards his plane after campaigning in Pueblo, Colo., Monday, Sept. 24, 2012. (Credit: AP)
UPDATE 3: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow played the video of Romney’s “airplane windows” comment on Monday and still reported it as a gaffe, saying that the footage may “end up being a turning point in the election.”
Watch the video for yourself of Romney delivering the remarks:
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UPDATE 2: The initial Los Angeles Times story that reported Mitt Romney’s airplane remark was based on a pool report by the New York Times’ Ashley Parker, who later emailed New York Magazine and confirmed that the presidential candidate was joking. Mystery solved.
From NYMag.com:
The Los Angeles Times story that relayed Romney’s airplane remark to the world was based off a pool report written by the New York Times‘s Ashley Parker. When we asked Parker this morning whether it seemed as if Romney made the mark in jest, she left no doubt. “Romney was joking,” she e-mailed. Parker told us that while the pool report didn’t explicitly indicate that Romney was joking, it was self-evident that he was.
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UPDATE (8:20 p.m.): William Everitt, vice president of Investment Real Estate Associates (IREA), told TheBlaze that he was at the Romney fundraiser in Beverly Hills on Saturday. He said Romney was absolutely joking when he said he doesn’t know why airplane windows don’t open.
“Basically he was retelling the story and when he said ‘I don’t know why they don’t have roll down windows on airplanes,’ he looked at the audience and everyone laughed,” Everitt told TheBlaze. “It was a clearly delivered joke…There were 1,000 people there that will tell you the same thing.”
If what Everitt is saying is true, this could be an instance where a gullible media jumped at the opportunity to make Romney look stupid. An initial report by The Los Angeles Times did not indicate that the remarks were made jokingly, however, a later LA Times article mentions that the comments may have been a joke.
TheBlaze is working to get comments from additional fundraiser attendees as well as the Romney campaign. Check back later for more updates.
For now, here is a rundown of some of the media outlets that reported Romney’s comments as a gaffe:
Yahoo! News via LiveScience.com:
Additionally, MSNBC host Ed Schultz mocked Romney on his show Monday, lecturing the GOP presidential nominee for his comments on airplane windows. After condescendingly lecturing on why you can’t open airplane windows, he
“This guy wants to have authority over the Federal Aviation Administration,” he said.
The Majority Report with Sam Seder, a small time podcast, also attacked Romney over the comments.
“This is the time where I say we need to start giving the guy a pass on things like this because it really is starting to become kind of cruel,” one of the shows hosts said. “He’s going to lose anyways.”
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GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney made an apparent gaffe while speaking at a fundraiser in Beverly Hills Saturday that liberal pundits will have a field day with.
While explaining how concerned he was for his wife, Ann, after he discovered that her plane was forced to make an emergency landing on Friday because of an electrical fire, Romney said it is “dangerous” and a “real problem” that plane windows don’t roll down.
Here’s exactly what he said, from the Los Angeles Times:
“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”
As Gawker explains, “Also very dangerous: installing roll-down windows in airplanes, the cabins of which depend upon precise levels of air pressurization to keep passengers and crew members from passing out due to lack of oxygen.”
While it’s obvious that Romney’s comments came out of concern for his wife, if he wasn’t joking, let’s just hope he doesn’t decide to get into the aeronautics business.
There has been some speculation that Romney made the comments jokingly, however, the Romney campaign has yet to comment.
This story has been updated.
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:01pmI assumed Romney meant that when a plane in distress lands, there should be a way for the windows to roll down to let smoke out and/or let passengers escape.
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P8riot
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:07pmAmen! Why is this so difficult for so many to see IMMEDIATELY?
Thank you for your common sense! :)
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Stelex
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:09pmI hate Obama and I’ll give anyone the benefit of the doubt….But we are in real trouble folks. You are making excuses just as the Dems do, don’t rationalize this. It was a very stupid statement and very telling. Good god we are so f>>ked. Again I will vote for this guy……but I am not delusional enough to believe that he will fix everything……O must GO…..then I’ll deal with whats next.
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Kupo
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:21pmBecause if an airplane window even has the capability of rolling down there is a much higher probability of a pressure seal failing. The more seating surfaces an airplane has between pressure barriers, the much likelier the threat of leakage, especially since the cabin is pressurized so much higher than atmospheric pressure. When a plane is flying at maximum altitude, differential pressure between cabin and atmosphere is almost 15 psi.
Right alongside Romney, let’s hope that you never get into the aeronautics industry either.
Silvertruth
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:23pmActually, many small aircraft have plenty of windows that mechanically open, even ones with pressurized cabins. You should open them on the ground and yell ‘clear’ before you fire up the prop as a nice thing to do. Aircraft windows aren’t that hard to design to open. You can even build in safeties so they can’t be opened above certain speeds or certain heights. The added cost and weight would be prohibitive.
So, he’s speaking from a viewpoint of being able to get air in an enclosed space, I actually agree with the concept, there should be a safe, rapid ventilation capability on all aircraft. He’s just choosing to go with the window bit. I wouldn’t but hey, I get what he means.
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1TrueOne55
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:24pmYeah and why was there no oxygen masks? Because the plane was not a commercial airliner with paying customers, I think that it might have been a GulfStream or some other “Private/Corporate” style jet.
The reason that they don’t is because when they first created pressurized cabins capable of flying at 30K+ feet above the ground they found that sealing windows of that nature was difficult. And there was a famous jet crash in the UK of a first generation BOAC jet where cracks had formed around the window frames that caused a loss of pressure and crashed killing passengers.
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DarkJello
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:27pm@stelex:
That sentiment is good enough for me.
We need every vote legally possible to boot Owebama out!
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MrButcher
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:28pmPerhaps, but even if you could open the window at 30,000 feet you wouldn’t be able to breath the air at that altitude very well especially if you are panicked and breathing heavily. Not to mention the 300 mph winds that would rush into the cabin.
Why not include parachutes on commercial flights instead? That way if your plane becomes uninhabitable or breaks apart in mid-flight, you’d have at least a slight chance at surviving.
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Restored One
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:31pmLet’s try this on the current Air Force One.
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encinom
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:32pmFDR promised a chicken in every pot, Romney wants power windows on every plane.
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fastfacts
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:51pmI think he explains to much. Here is a better way for him to say it – It is a problem that there is no way to vent smoke, its not like you can open the windows or anything…
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Mike Benton
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:55pmMitt did not say “roll down”, the article’s author said that. ( remember I can see Russia from my porch…)
Besides the door(s) don’t roll down, they are whinged against strong seals.
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swamp_donkey
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:02pmyeah cuz all firefighters will tell you the best way to combat a fire is to add as much oxygen as you can lol you people are brilliant
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BlazeMaestro
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:04pmThere are windows that open up in an aircraft. They are located in the cockpit. They cannot be opened in flight because of the pressure differential between the negative pressure outside the aircraft and the positive pressure inside the aircraft – the windows swing inwards, so the positive pressure inside the cabin holds them tight.
Once pressure is equalized on the ground the windows will open. These windows are only in the cockpit. They could put the same type of window in the passenger section with no concern that passengers could open them in flight, because it is physically impossible. The positive pressure in a pressurized environment seals the windows closed. It is just more costly and requires more maintenance costs to install opening windows in areas outside the cockpit. But, it is not a bad idea to install a swing-open window in a few rows of a commercial aircraft. It would provide more airflow in an emergency situation on the ground. Electrical fires, when they occur on a commercial aircraft, are all in the equipment located in the forward, cockpit area.
This isn’t a gaffe. It is not completely thought out, but it does point out that pilots have access to swing door windows, while passengers do not. The only problem would be making sure that the windows are closed for take-off, but attendants already make sure every table tray is stowed, and every seat is upright. It wouldn’t be much more work to make sure a few carefully placed opening windows are secure
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:15pm…
I agree.
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JediKnight
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:20pm@JennieMac: Exactly what I was thinking after reading what he said. The headline makes it sound like it would be good to be able to open the windows in flight. I’m sure Romney isn’t that dumb, but I’m also sure the MSM will have a field day with this. It’s Bush Sr. comments about grocery scanners all over again.
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The Giver
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:32pmYou can see that Romney cares for his wife dearly. He thinks big. I like that. I wouldn’t trust any commercial airline to do it safely.
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Mutiny
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:40pm@swamp
Exactly. It was a dumb comment. Every public figure makes them. Romney is still a horrible candidate.
Obama_Forward_Over_The_Cliff
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:44pmJust out of curiosity … do Obama and Romney both read from the same teleprompter? Because without it, they both sound so “unqualified” to do anything but mind their own business.
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Want our country back
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:52pmfor the TROLLS here……..A gaffe is The Foreign Affairs Expert – Joe Biden misstates number of troops in Afghanistan by over 580,000…
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Look4DBigPicture
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 9:02pmI was thinking the same thing and don’t have a problem with what Mitt said. Planes are equipped with automatic oxygen mask drops, so why aren’t there mechanisms to remove or blow out the windows?
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America is Godless
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 9:32pmMy wife is not the least bit technical. But she understood that windows can not open. Has Mitt never watched a movie or seen a TV news about explosive decompression?
Sorry but Mitt has to be in the bottom 5% in understanding this.
As far as air to help in case of a fire most of the time it would make the fire far worse. Never a good idea on an Airplane. The pilots did what was necessary. There was no other solution. Get on the ground as fast as possible is it.
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Deadbang
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 9:44pmAnyone who thinks this was not Romney trying to be funny is an idiot! His delivery definitely needs a little work. The pathetic thing is if he said the moon is made of Wisconsin cheese at a fund raiser in Green Bay the media would be all over it with “Romney commits another Gaffe, thinks the moon is made of cheese”. Come on people!
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The-Monk
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:02pmDang, come to think about it….
That 1942 Stearman I flew didn’t have any windows either. : (
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steelpanther
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:10pm“swamp_donkey
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:02pm
yeah cuz all firefighters will tell you the best way to combat a fire is to add as much oxygen as you can lol you people are brilliant”
Right, planes should automatically suck all the oxygen out of the plane to kill off the fire. Who honestly cares about the people inside that need to breathe? Priorities, it doesn’t matter how bad the fire is if everyone suffocates to death.
As far as the person mentioning(sorry, wasn’t able to get the user name)”explosive decompression”, I try not to insult, but you are an idiot if you believe that hollywood fantasy. I assume if someone ever dinged your fender or worse, you would run screaming from the car about how it was going to explode. Planes have came home after bombs have went off in them and blew holes in the side. Get out from in front of the TV, it’s healthy for you, think a little bit, and maybe then you can tell that Mitt was making a joke.
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EndTheGOPTEA
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:09pmThe Guy is an Idiot..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/latherland/8021957358/
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jzs
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:37pm“I appreciate the fact that she is on the ground, safe and sound. And I don’t think she knows just how worried some of us were,” Romney said. “When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.”
Yeah, well, it doesn’t sound like a joke given it’s sandwiched between very serious comments of his genuine concern for the safety of his wife. That would be a really bizarre place to make a joke.
I don’t think it was a joke, but I don’t think Romney is that dumb either. That’s just the kind of stuff that comes out of his mouth when he isn’t reading a script.
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Bucky007
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:31amEmily Litella is alive and well in the Main Stream Media.
“Never Mind”…..
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christos
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 2:07am.If the plane dropped below 1k feet you would be able to crack a window open enough to get rid of smoke,Mitt Romney is Brilliant good idea,,,,I also believe someone Sabotaged the plane,,the opposition is Evil they would do anything.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 2:43amPersonally, I’m encouraged that the MSM is so HYSTERICAL.
We must be beating them worse than I thought. A real journalist would have interviewed some of those attending. I’ve tried to post this several times, but most airplane disasters happen on TAKE OFF and LANDING and windows that could pop out wouldn’t be so bad…they do you know over wings and the doors open for the chutes. The fact that they could not be removed on this place in emergency is awful! More people die from smoke inhalation than anything else.
I adore ANN ROMNEY and I’m sure MITT was fit to be tied when he heard this. A little compassion from these trolls would be nice…ah, but then, if they had any compassion, they wouldn’t be trolls would they.
43 more days to watch the MSM act like a poorer version of the Key Stone Cops , GOOD GRIEF!! Expect them to make a big deal over MITT calling the SKY BLUE tomorrow! Stay Tuned. They sure are sweating bullets aren’t they. I LOVE IT!!! 2.5 days until Prayer vigil starts… I need it, they bring out the worst in me, these nasty, silly, mean-spirited trolls!
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Lamarr01
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 2:51amOnly the pilot’s window opens. Otherwise, they couldn’t go through the Wendy’s drive-thru.
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Mil Mom
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:03amDo the media want so badly to believe that he’s stupid. YEAH LIKE WHEN THE WHOLE U.S. OLYMPICS LOOK LIKE THEY’RE GOING SOUTH AND NOTHING CAN BE DONE, WE COULD CALL IN JOE BIDEN AND HE’D PULL IT OFF SO SMOOTHLY WE’D HAVE THE WORLD PROUD TO BE HERE!
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Mil Mom
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:11am@STELEX
Re: Again I will vote for this guy……but I am not delusional enough to believe that he will fix everything……O must GO…..then I’ll deal with whats next.
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Take a CHILL PILL, and quit listening to the media if they’re going to get you so upset. Look up Glenn’s stories about Romney on the Blaze and read them. Remember the story of him being so poor in college that he and Ann rented an apartment for less than $200 per month and couldn’t afford furniture. For a desk and table, they used a door set over saw horses. He didn’t inherit his millions, he earned it, then set up Bain Capital to invest in businesses which were going bankrupt and then help them turn them around. He succeeded with enough of them to become a Millionaire. And he’s the guy who did the nuts and bolts work of turning them around. He’s not our Savior, but he is someone who has experience at doing the nearly impossible with the help of his God.
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Mil Mom
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:19am@Mutiny
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:40pm
@swamp
Exactly. It was a dumb comment. Every public figure makes them. Romney is still a horrible candidate.
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So let’s all vote to keep biden a heart beat away from the presidency for 4 more that would be so much better. Personally I think he’s doing much better than I expected. Sure wish he’d give that missing 2 minutes of the 47% speech everywhere he goes. Did you listen to it?
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GETLIFE
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:10am“While it‘s obvious that Romney’s comments came out of concern for his wife, if he wasn’t joking, let‘s just hope he doesn’t decide to get into the aeronautics business.”
Jason Howerton, I just want to draw your attention to the fact that great inventions have quite often come from the pursuit of ideas which the majority consider to be ridiculously and obviously impossible.
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GETLIFE
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:24am“Romney said it is “dangerous” and a “real problem” that plane windows don’t roll down.”
–Jason Howerton for TheBlaze
“— and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open.
–Romney
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realindependent
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:31amYawwwnnnn.
bored now
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GETLIFE
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:53amAside from all that– It was a JOKE.
Funny how when Biden asserts his stupidity, I think “He must be joking.”
Romney makes an obvious joke and even the Blaze is like “wull good thing he’s not in aeronautics, heh heh.”
Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right….
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BrotherWill
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 6:50amLetting air in feeds fire which will produce more smoke. IT WAS A JOKE. Maybe a bad one, but thats what public speakers do when they speak. They start off with jokes.
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dblaess
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 7:54am@encinom
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:32pm
FDR promised a chicken in every pot, Romney wants power windows on every plane.
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There you are. Finally some shovel ready jobs that were promised by dear leader. Redo planes for power windows will generate work and suppy request. Good call on your part as always.
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sta
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 7:58amWho cares? The Middle East is on fire and our ecomomy is about to run off a cliff. This dude isn’t an engineer, he is a businessman. AND that’s what we need right now!
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turkey13
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:10amRomney has to quit telling jokes or explain them when the laughs don’t follow. In the last 3 & 1/2 years I can think of at least a dozen times Obama had to explain some of his jokes. On a couple of them I still didn’t get it and I sure didn’t laugh.
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oldguy77
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:22amDid you know why Poland does not have a submarine force?Because the sailors liked to sleep at night with the windows open. US Navy 51 to 54.Destroyers.
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kadster01
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:41amWhere I come from, not getting a joke and, furthermore, getting serious and trying to explain why the joker is mistaken, is an indication of low intelligence.
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poorrichard09
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:46amAh, Mitt you’re kind of a nerd. Show people the wisdom and common sense that comes from working in the real world.
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MiloArk
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:50amOMG…people even on first glance can’t you tell he’s kidding? Jeesh! Read some of the comments through here..unbelievable!
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sWampy
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:08amLiberals think at or below the level of 4th graders 40 years ago, you have to use very, very small words for them to understand, and you sure can’t expect them to have fill in missing details, logical thought is above their abilities.
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Berealalready
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:15amYes, and Obama wants submarines with screen doors. I mean, those submarines have stuffy air, it would be sweet to open the windows and let a little breeze in. HONK HONK! The circus is in town. C”MON PEOPLE, lighten up and laugh. <–that is mostly directed at you humorless libs.
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dwinant
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:21amHe was making a JOKE…OMG…He has been flying in airplanes, probably since he was a toddler! He makes a “joke—(ha-ha-funny) and everyone takes it as serious. Some people will believe anything. Oh, by the way, I heard that Joe Biden replied “yea, we’ll have to look into that window thing”. (ha-ha-funny).
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inxy
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:28amTypical gullible, hating media at it again. A very subtle joke and it flew over their heads.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:04amHmmm, I do recall the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985. A terrorist was pushing the pilots face and his along with a pistol in his right hand out of the open window of the aircraft. I recall that he took a couple of shots at the tarmac as reporters got too close too. Seems to me that was a Boeing 727-200.
Well duh, so many of you want to claim that a man who has been flying jets probably since the 707 made passenger jet flights common place, knows nothing about the windows? Those windows that I am sure he has sat next to if not thousands of times, the maybe only a few less than that. Then, keep dreaming.
http://avstop.com/history/majorevents/flight847.html
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N37BU6
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:10amThey exist… they open inward, just like the doors. The positive pressure makes them impossible to open in transit.
Not on commercial airliners that I know of, however.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:15amOh yeah, JZS, ENCINOM, and others. Compare this window ‘joke’ to Biden’s 650,000 troops gaffe along with his hundreds of other idiotic gaffes, and let’s just go ahead and toss in 57 states and so many others by “0″ and you guys just have so much to talk about, right?
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oneshiner
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:27amED SCHULTZ is an IDIOT. For any of you who thought this was anything but a joke, I feel sorry for you.
This MSM will nit-pick anything to sound like slur from Mitt. I saw the clip yesterday and laughed because I knew Mitt was joking and I thought it was kinda cute, since even I know you can’t roll down windows on a plane. The more I hear from the IDIOT press, reporters and sooth-sayers, the more I’m determined to avoid all of them like the plague. Pizz on all of you hateful people. You try to make trouble, while we’re sliding down into losing our Country with a Marxist for a Prez. FIRE him
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betsyyoung
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:40amIt was a joke for cripe’s sake…………hello! Can the left be any dumber??? Wait…I’ll answer that…yes they can…..dumb, dumber and dumbest!
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oneshiner
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:06pmYou’re absolutely right……….When I hear DUMB and DUMBER I think of Jim Carry with his tongue stuck to a frozen hand rail on a chair lift. It fits our CURRENT GOVERNMENT. Dumb and Dumber.
Too many of them have no idea that we KNOW how they’re scamming us. Sometimes I think “we the people” are the dumber for allowing these people to live high & mighty off our taxes instead of doing their jobs, spending our money wisely for important things for the Americans, not our enemies.
Take your stupid tongues off the rail and remember we’re the ones who ultimately vote for or against you. I’m going to start voting AGAINST everyone wasting our money on scam bills you vote on that usually have nothing to do with bettering our country. You “smart” politicians are STUPID
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fancynancy
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 1:03pmooho, I did not think of that comment related to the emergency landing Ann’s plane had to make. I just figured he was being sarcastic about something media said but now, I can see another viewpoint. And I was not pouty that Romney might make a sarcastic remark. Probably not his character but everyone has a limit. And this Pres and media are mine.
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PlowMan
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 1:28pmThis is insane! Why would anyone in the media or a guy in his underwear writing a blog think that Romney thinks windows on planes should roll down. The man is a lot smarter than most people in the country why would he think that? It was clearly a joke!! Morons!!
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oneshiner
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 1:32pm@MIL MOM……..one of the reasons I like Ann Romney is she knows how to make do when she has to.
The comment about living in a cheap basement apt. during college and she taped carpet samples together to have a carpet really hit home for me.
We lived on a military base, in a Quanset Hut and I couldn’t stand no carpet on the floors, and
didn’t have the money to buy a big rug, so I did exactly like Ann, I went by carpet stores to get whatever samples they wanted to get rid of and taped them together to have approx. a 5×8′ carpet. Sure, it was colorful, but I loved it and the memory of those good days make me tear up. Knowing
Ann Romney did the same thing tickles me.
Some of the best days in life are the times you have to suck it up and make do with whatever you have. At least, they are my best memories, and I remember loving my life during those times. Military service, little money, but pride in our Country. That’s what it’s all about.
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TEARS FOR AMERICA
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 2:00pmIs that so hard for the media to grasp? Their hatred oozes from them.
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AvengerK
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:35pmJZS…it’s much like anything you post here. It’s delivered with a deadpan seriousness but it doesn’t take a genius to work out that it’s really a joke. Ok…you’re not the pinnacle of intellectuality by any stretch so the nuance in Romney’s delivery may have evaded you.
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Obama_Forward_Over_The_Cliff
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 4:32pm“UPDATE (8:20 p.m.): William Everitt, vice president of Investment Real Estate Associates (IREA), told TheBlaze that …. Romney was absolutely joking”
Well, our BAD for jumping all over Romney for a non-”gaff”. TheBlaze’s BAD for reporting the “incident” like it was true. And the propaganda Media’s BAD for more of their “deliberate distortions”.
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Mulder1
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 5:11pmObama’s minions in the news media are doing all that they can to make Obama look good and Romney look bad. These people are not just biased, they are corrupt. Do NOT believe the liberal media.
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Lagornai
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 6:30pmWTF people……. The man was kidding. haha. morons
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Wolfgang the Gray
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 8:25pmSome of you people actually think Romney was serious? You don’t think that all the flying he has done over time, he doesn’t understand about airplane windows? If that is true, the Dems and media aren’t the only stupid people in this country. Good grief people!
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DenverKitty
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:11pmFor God’s sake, his comment was a JOKE!!
You news people are like hungry sharks, patrolling for any bit of blood in the water…especially about Mitt Romney. Why don’t you go back to your “eye candy” guy and hook his face to some bodybuilder’s body and make fun of him. “Eye Candy” my backside, you’d better use Don Knott’s body with Obummer’s head!!
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Secret Squirrel
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 11:10pm.
Hey, Mitt.
Make up a goof every week and watch the MSM run with it.
Next week, “If elected, I won’t ride in Marine 1 because it doesn’t have wings.”
Then, “I really have 5 secret wives.”
Or, “I was born with 6 toes on each foot.”
maybe, “I hate socks.”
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coldnorth
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 1:50amIf we had sliding windows in the cabin of a commicial aircraft, in the event of an emergency (ground fire), I’m jumping out of it. I’d rather chance a broken ankle than dieing of smoke inelation. Word to the wise, if you are ever in a no crap emergency and you are sitting in an overwing exit, chuck that door out on to the wing. Don’t put it in the seat for everyone else behind you to trip over.
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rennyangel
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 6:49amOur “media” are deliberately idiots while they are shilling and campaigning for obama’s reelection.
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G-WHIZ
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:01amNooo! he just wants an “open-wondow” so’s his dog can put his head-out .=(sarc.) .
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on September 26, 2012 at 11:18amI can’t believe this. Did some of you people not read the story? He was JOKING.
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Walkabout
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:00pmRomney has a J.D. like most lawmakers. He has the added advantage of having an MBA & real world experience.
Too bad he didn’t have an engineering degree, but it is tough to be perfect.
Most law makers only have J.D.s.
Most reporters are J school grads & that is the end of the education.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:36pmI’m sorry, but it was stupid and rather funny, but still stupid. I’m sure he was also a bit distressed over the mater as well.
But, unlike a Biden uber gaffe, or one of 0bama’s gaffes, this one will be the toast of the media for at least a week straight.
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The-Monk
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:05pmHi RJJ,
I can just see the new Obama ad….
Romney in a jumbo jet, hanging out a window and his dog cage strapped to the top…
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swamp_donkey
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:07pmi think you rocket scientists on the right may have done the impossible and actually found a candidate dumber than dubya lol
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The-Monk
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:14pm@swamp_donkey
It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know what a “swamp donkey” is. LOL
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 10:55pmDo we ALWAYS have to be on opposite sides? I think Romney was trying to be funny.
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:00pmInteresting note…The Blaze was one of the “media” making fun of Romneys’ “gaffe”. The story, and the replies, have since disappeared.
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Mil Mom
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:29am@RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:36pm
I’m sorry, but it was stupid and rather funny, but still stupid. I’m sure he was also a bit distressed over the mater as well.
But, unlike a Biden uber gaffe, or one of 0bama’s gaffes, this one will be the toast of the media for at least a week straight
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Of course it will the mid east is burning our flag and b o in effigy and the entire lie the w h has told for a week just was refuted, but he went to the u.n. to repeat it again there, and he and hillary have a commercial keeping pakistan whipped up over it. DOES ANYONE ELSE THINK THIS IS BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE A CODE TO HIS ISLAMIC BUDDIES? “The real polls show he’s winning and I need to declare martial law, you guys go into frenzy mode quick!”
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ron2win
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 7:47amYou have that right .They get a two year eng lit or lib arts degree and think they now know every thing.That is why a lot of them think the lying lybrils are the elite !Two year worthless degree and they think it makes them Einstein’s in the real world.Just ask them ,they will confirm it ,readily !
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sWampy
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 9:15amLiberals always make fun of things they are incapable of understanding, they remind me of my 9 year old when he was 6 and was incapable of understanding that he didn’t know everything about the world, before he matured enough to question, and go find out answers on their own. He would tell you you were wrong and laugh at you, now thankfully he has matured and asks why.
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RJJinGadsden
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:20amI just had to correct my response in this thread. I started to think about what I posted today, just last night. Wish I had posted it then after all. A joke is just that a joke, and I apologize for saying he was stupid to say it.
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Kenszen
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 11:13am@RJJINGADSDEN Good for you, thanks.
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P8riot
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:59pmREAD THE ACTUAL TRANSCRIPT – NOT this slanted article!
Did the Blaze writer seriously just use “Gawker” to “explain” to us what Romney meant??? Nice source!
Romney never suggested “roll down windows” he was simply stating that airplanes should have some way to let non-contaminated air from the exterior into the cabin when its full of smoke! DUH!
I think that once you hit the tarmac and still couldn’t breath because of the smoke, you might agree with Mitt on this one. I guess his common sense is too much for some.
***Of course he didn’t mean for the windows to be able to be opened by anyone but the pilot and even then with a safety override to only open when the altitude and speed would allow…
Its kinda funny how the people trying to make this into a gaffe are actually the ones who look stupid by expecting Romney to explain the details of how the airplane windows would actually work – step by step!
What a waste of time.
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Walkabout
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:09pmWell Glenn did hire an editor from the Huffpo to run The Blaze.
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:12pmthis article is to distract from other things that have been going on with the Romney campaign – but you havent seen them here. This is a nice fresh one – Romney thinks US should spend a lot more money in space (HUH???)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49153974/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.UGDYTlH4J64
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:13pmAmen, P8riot!
These morons ASSUME that Romney (and the rest of us) are as stupid as they are. It’s obvious that Romney takes it for granted that EVERYONE KNOWS why jet windows don’t roll down. It’s common knowledge, people. Unfortunately, on the left, knowledge doesn’t seem to be as common as it once was.
Pretty much every single negative report on Romney’s campaign has been disingenuous at best, in that the reporters always seem to have to suspend their intellect in order to feign ignorance of common sense.
The Blaze need to stop jumping on board the propaganda express every time it rolls through the station.
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kalli
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:14pmRight on, P8RIOT!
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P8riot
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:25pmI’m glad to see I’m not the only one who found this immediately apparent.
@Soy – Nice article, but Romney does not say that he wants to spend “more money” towards a space program. Your article actually states that Romney’s position is that “[a] strong and successful NASA does not require more funding, it needs clearer priorities…” Since this article is discussing a non-issue and you have brought up a good one – do you disagree with this position?
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:28pmMaybe we should write to this new Editor and let him know that we don’t appreciate his misleading
headline? Maybe let Scott Baker know as well?
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soybomb315_II
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:40pm@P8riot
As usual, Mitt Romney wants to have it both ways. Just like with the budget. He says he will balance it but he refuses to make any significant cuts or even say where the minor cuts will come from. For him, it is just a political opportunity to criticize Obama without having to worry about fallout.
Regarding the space program, i tend to think that whenever the government tries to do something or ‘improve focus” it necessarily means more money spent. Look at the department of education
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swamp_donkey
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:15pmlol yeah the blaze is left leaning hahahaha
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progressiveslayer
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:17pm@SOY The space program can and will be privatized,that’s the best possible solution to funding through taxes.
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Mutiny
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 9:46pmAgain, opening the windows in a air plane fire would make matters worse. You can defend him all you want the comment was stupid.
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Bucky007
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:34amActually, even at 14k feet, you’re ok with open windows.
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Want our country back
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:14amPatty, happy to see the Blaze changed the headline. It was a joke made by Mitt Romney in light of what happened to Ann. He used humor to deal with it. Sad for the media to think that it was worth reporting but the POTUS neglecting the Middle East on fire isn’t news worthy.
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P8riot
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 11:31amYeah, I’m glad as well that they changed the headline! That was very strange coming from the Blaze!
@SOY – I agree that any space program will cost a lot of money – but lets be realistic, dominance of space programs is ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL to national security (e.g. where would our defense systems be without the best satellites?)
Thus, to neglect the space program is to violate one of the first principles of the Constitution; “to provide for the common defence…” Agree?
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floridareader
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:59pmAnyone thinking in the possibility of her/his spouse to die of smoke inhalation can say many things that doesn’t make sense.
Even the smartest guys have made mistakes.
“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new”, Albert Einstein.
And to say that of a plane is totally different from saying that the unrest in the Middle East are just “another bump in the road”.
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budahbabe
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:59pmThe LA times is a rag. He was concerned for his wife and most likely exhausted. They will use this as many ways as they can. SNL will have a field day. They give the Actor in Chief a pass all the time but they will not do the same for Romney.
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DIR
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 3:28amRomney says something insignificant about opening a window in a jet and the trolls go nuts amplifying his comment. Barry say’s a stupid film caused the killings in Libya, which is an obvious out and out lie, an ambassador is dead for no good reasons, meanwhile Barry has to go on Letterman. Oh well! Where’s all the hype over that crap? The only bigger looser than Barry in this situation is the ambassador. He’s dead.. Screw Barry. I don’t care if Romney was joking, made a gaff or whatever. Barry is incompetent and needs to go. He’s nothing more than a joke to the Right, and a love slave of the left. Release him! Let him go back to Kenya where he belongs. He can become heap big tribal leader and his nutty followers can join him for a real love fest. Liberals loosers all!
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swamp_donkey
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 1:07pmhe is another brain dead republican puppet in a long line of them , just look back at the primary and he was the smartest hahahaha , even santorum has stated that the republican party is the party of dummies and you need look no farther than this site for proof
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SPOT_OF_TEA
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:58pmThe article right beside this one warns of world war 3 and they found this story worthy of printing…..what is wrong with the world?
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Creativethinker
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:57pmHe was very concerned about his wife, she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Move along nothing to see here
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BJC
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:55pmI’ve never flown. I might reconsider flying if they did have windows.
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kalli
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:23pmI use to fly a lot, but don’t anymore. On a flight across the country, I had to sit in a window seat. I get claustrophobic, and after about 3.5 hrs. of the 4 hr. flight, I started having a claustrophobic fit. I really had to hold myself in check to keep from knocking that window out to get more air.
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skimmer57
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 12:11pmKalli– You should have tried to imagine you were in your trailer home watching Huckabee strumming his Base guitar. Maybe go over your check list for when the caliphate destroys the U.S.A. But don’t fret too much because if we elect Bishop Mitt he will cut taxes on the rich and save the economy.
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PerfectDuck
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:54pmThe lack of oxygen at higher altitudes that would result from opening windows would have a positive influence on extinguishing the fire. Crew and passengers would just have to wear the oxygen masks and enjoy the breeze.
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BasketFullOfPuppies
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:51pmI’d like to think that maybe he was wondering why there aren’t some sort of emergency window releases, like there are on buses. Surely, someone that flies as much as he does, knows a little about cabin pressurization at altitude. Or, maybe not.
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Walkabout
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:04pmThat is what I was thinking. But to put one for every aisle would be an engineering nightmare.
You could do it but the plane would develop too many stress cracks too quickly.
Plus Jihad Johny would have tried to open one of them by now.
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Chromo200
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:51pmbig deal so he make gaffes .. I trust Mitt a heck a lot more than the Bozo that is in the WH.
Let us see .. Corps man, 57 states, .. there a lot more that Obama has done but MSM did not make a field day of it.
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Want our country back
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 9:03pmthat is NOT a gaffe, but this is ….Joe Biden misstates number of troops in Afghanistan by over 580,000…. this guy is the Vice President and a Foreign Affairs expert…. give me a break
the Liberals are wetting themselves at this ‘gaffe’, which was a statement out of concern for his wife….. michelle wouldn’t have to worry, obama’s only concern would be that HE get oxygen first. obama and biden have 1,000 of REAL gaffe’s and Liberal fools can’t see them because they are blinded by his halo.
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Barabus
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:49pmThe people at Gawker are the dregs of the liberal left.
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SimpleTruths
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 11:56pmThe people of the Blaze are the dregs of the right.
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Kankokage
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:46pmActually, with proper locks, roll-down windows in emergency situations would be a good idea to prevent suffocation in case of fire. Not user-controlled, mind you, but the control and sensor design necessary would not be difficult to produce.
I also find it sad and petty that the media is so giddy over a “gaffe” of a contender yet completely silent on the deadly blunders of the current president.
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hi
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:58pmI know! That is what I was thinking. But people are too stupid to realize it would be a better design the way you described it. the part where you couldn’t open them in a non emergency was obvious but idiots need to be told every detail.
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Angel_light
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:58pmI couldn’t help but laugh. don’t some small planes windows open?
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P8riot
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:04pmexactly right! I was writing the same thing when you posted this…
I think the people trying to make fun of Romney are the ones who look silly by expecting him to take the time to explain the details of such an idea when that wasn’t the purpose of the statement, he was simply saying that airplanes should be able to take in fresh air and release the smoke in an event like that.
BTW – from that stagnant smell on EVERY plane, I wish they could somehow roll the windows down while changing passengers… maybe then everyone on board wouldn’t catch that one guy’s cold! :)
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Kupo
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:24pmITT:
A whole bunch of clueless people pretending they are smarter than aeronautical engineers.
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gary kilmer
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:39pmYour first paragraph is not safe!
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Maxim Crux
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:45pmSo people do not jump out of course
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jimbo_from_suwanee
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:44pmOh, come on. In the middle of him worried about his wife in danger? Come on! New low. If the media attacks on this it will make the National Enquirer a better source of news. If you have never had a loved in danger, you cannot judge what is going on in these statements.
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Walkabout
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 7:06pmHe’s been open so many planes in his life he had to have known., He probably had a brain fart form the stress of the campaign & worry over his wife.
If his wife died prematurely (God forbid), he wouldn’t yell wahoo & find another one the next day like Bill Clinton.
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nonofmybiznez
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:44pmDon’t we have real problems to talk about?
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swamp_donkey
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 8:13pmyes we do and the biggest problem is that an out of touch mormon moron is running for pres
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Kenszen
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 11:18am@Swamp_donkey Well, it looks like you fell for the MSM’s take on the story and your true colors came out. It appears that you are more of a donkey than Romney. Or Obama for that matter.
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ReaganBaby
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:44pmIf the liberals try and use this all Romney needs to say is lets compare college test scores, Øbama does not stand a chance the guy i am convinced is not smart and the only thing he is good at is lying his way through everything.
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flyoverbob
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:43pmThats pretty dumb,I wonder which one of the 57 states e was in when he said that.Ive got two words for you Mitt “don’t build airplanes”
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ReaganBaby
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:47pmAre you counting Hawaii? because isn’t that in Asia
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ReaganBaby
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:48pmMaybe the Romney’s should just take the intercontinental Rail Road that Obama says America built
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Exrepublisheep
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:53pmSorry, on the field of idiocy, your guy wins.
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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:42pmIn the 70′s, my Dad’s Aerostar and twin Commanche planes had windows that opened. He would occasionally open them in flight; though we weren’t 30,000 feet of course.
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Just_Us2
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:40pmLuckily we have safe planes in all 57 states.
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Wango
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 10:42amYou complain when people call Romney on something stupid, and yet your’e still peddling this nonsense four years later. Child.
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barber2
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:40pmAirplane windows : front page issue tomorrow for all of the MSM outlets.
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Dustoff
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:39pmHe’s NOT a Pilot. No big deal
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blackyb
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:38pmHe was worried about his wife, he would not be expected to be at his best. So freaking what, big deal, and who cares. Everyone is not always on top of everything, especially when one of their loved ones comes close to getting killed. People are swatting at nats and swallowing camels again.
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U.N.hater
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:57pmExactly. But obama is the smart one he new better. I bet Romney can’t roll a blunt or load a crack pipe either.
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BHOHG2G
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:37pmLuckily he didn’t build the plane…someone else did.
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Maxim Crux
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:47pmI like that
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The_Jerk
Posted on September 24, 2012 at 6:35pmSome cockpit windows do open.
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Willik
Posted on September 25, 2012 at 7:21amYgbsm!!!
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