Basically it's just a juvenile play on his name; digging at him the same way conservatives say 'NObama', or 'Billary' when Clinton was in office. We on the left really ought to be better than that, and take the high road of attacking him on his awful, awful ideas.
His own family and staff call him Mitt. Like catcher's mitt. Mittens is about the least sarcastic nickname anyone could possibly come up with. How about we call him "Willard" instead? Because that's his actual given first name, and everyone involved with his campaign chooses to use "mitt" (his middle name) instead.
Basically it's just a juvenile play on his name; digging at him the same way conservatives say 'NObama', or 'Billary' when Clinton was in office. We on the left really ought to be better than that, and take the high road of attacking him on his awful, awful ideas.
His own family and staff call him Mitt. Like catcher's mitt. Mittens is about the least sarcastic nickname anyone could possibly come up with. How about we call him "Willard" instead? Because that's his actual given first name, and everyone involved with his campaign chooses to use "mitt" (his middle name) instead.
Lighten up, Francis.
Well, to be fair, if my grandfather is anything to go by, many people whose first names are Willard go by their middle name instead. In fact, I had no idea my grandfather's first name wasn't Keith until last Christmas.
Basically it's just a juvenile play on his name; digging at him the same way conservatives say 'NObama', or 'Billary' when Clinton was in office. We on the left really ought to be better than that, and take the high road of attacking him on his awful, awful ideas.
His own family and staff call him Mitt. Like catcher's mitt. Mittens is about the least sarcastic nickname anyone could possibly come up with. How about we call him "Willard" instead? Because that's his actual given first name, and everyone involved with his campaign chooses to use "mitt" (his middle name) instead.
Stiles
Miami Beach, FL
November 2002
SEP 21, 2012 06:13 PM