If you watch closely here during this encounter between vaguely-presidential-tasting-automaton Mitt Romney and a New Hampshire voter on a campaign stop earlier this week, you can actually pinpoint the moment when Romney realizes he is going to have to cut a bitch for setting this glad-handing opportunity up. Or should I say GLAAD-handing, because, woops, this 63 year old Vietnam vet is gay, and he wanted to get the answer straight from the horse's ass-mouth on whether or not Romney thinks he's less of a citizen than the rest of us normal, space-underwear-worshiping, descended-from-polygamist types.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — When Mitt Romney sat down next to a patron wearing a Vietnam veteran's cap, Romney wanted to ask him about his military service.
But 63-year-old Bob Garon wanted to talk about gays in the military — because he is a gay veteran.
Garon was sitting in a booth across from his husband, Bob Lemire, at Chez Vachon, a must-stop diner for politicians looking for votes in the New Hampshire primary.
Garon and Lemire eat there nearly every morning. The owners call them "The Bobs." AP
Haha, classic The Bobs, am I right? Romney, to his credit, held his ground, his shitty, hateful ground, and treated the man with as much respect as one can when looking him in the eye and saying the love of his life won't ever be afforded the same spousal rights as he would if he had been born like the other, minor league, Mormon Jesus intended, with a vagina.
Garon later clarified his reasoning behind the question, as the Associate Press reported, saying "Because I'm gay, all right? And I happen to love a man just like you probably love your wife. Alright? And I think that he or she or whatever are entitled to the same rights that I have. I fought for my country, I did my thing, and I think that my spouse should be entitled to the same entitlements as if I was married to a woman. What the hell is the difference?"
You did do your thing, old Bob. And we're glad you did.
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What was Romney supposed to do there, act like he supported gay marriage when he doesn't?
Well, no, but it might've been nice if he didn't have to pretend to have that opinion in the first place.
Anyone who’s not a weird Mormon T-1000 would have at least known to throw out an insincere show of gratitude for the veteran’s service, at least.
Right, it was like even his robo lizard campaign man brain broke out of frustration at having been AMBUSHED!
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