Mitt Romney's Awkward Exchanges With Humans

It's no secret Mitt Romney's not the most personable politician around. He's been described in the media as wooden, stiff, robotic, unable to relate to voters, out of touch, and as 'America's awkward stepdad.'

The Onion put it another way with this recent headline: "Mitt Romney's Goal To Connect With One Voter By The Time This Is All Over."

Despite Romney's increased effort to appear casual and charming to voters -- he stopped wearing a tie on the stump and enlisted the help of his wife, Anne, to bring a more personal touch to the campaign -- Romney has had a tough time jibing with the average Joe. Check out some of the best Romney-meets-humans moments:

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[thebarbecuemast]

12:10 PM on 04/24/2012

he has 6 months to interact with real americans and understand what its like to be a real person,i doubt he can handle that

[starrianna]

07:28 PM on 12/04/2011

That video was a hoot and a holler. What shenanigans those two lovebirds got into as young crazy kids! Sliding down ice blocks and getting thrown in a paddywagon? By criminy!

[Frog in a pot]

07:12 PM on 11/26/2011

Romney make John Kerry seem like a gregarious social worker.

[gurukalehuru]

10:09 AM on 11/26/2011

You didn't need to go to fifteen. You could have left out the "no place like chrome for the Hollandaise" and the "I am John Kerry" bits, because those were actually not bad. If somebody you liked delivered the same lines, you'd think they were very clever.
The "corporations are people, too" line, plus his nastiness as an airline passenger, should be enough. That plus, of course, that he thinks lying is a perfectly acceptable campaign tactic.

[p456]

08:51 AM on 11/26/2011

Mitt and the rise of the Machines be afraid be very afraid.

[rparis8241]

10:59 PM on 11/25/2011

mitt look awkward

[Steelsil]

06:23 PM on 11/25/2011

If you listen carefully, you can hear whirring, racheting, and clicking when the Romney-bot moves. Also, the slap-slap of flip flops flipping and flopping.

[Knowitall]

11:06 PM on 11/25/2011

I've said before, he reminds me of the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. That's his joints causing the whirring and clicking you're hearing.

[Greg Armstrong]

01:10 AM on 11/27/2011

That is an unfair criticism. The Tin Man needs a heart. Romney-bot works perfectly well without and does not need one.

[gurukalehuru]

02:41 PM on 11/25/2011

Plus, he's a big lying liar who tells lies.

[1johnf]

01:02 PM on 11/25/2011

Compared to Mitt, Al Gore's a regular Robin Williams

[IWantTofu]

12:18 PM on 11/25/2011

Remember when you were young and you thought your dad was a dork, and it turned out he was a pretty good dad, still a dork but pretty good. That's Mitt.

Vote for Mitt, because you know all those things he is promising, pandering to the right to get the nomination, He is going to flip flop away from them when the gets to the general and the majority is for something else.

[Knowitall]

10:57 PM on 11/25/2011

THAT my friend is why I would NOT vote for Mitt. He has no core. You can't trust a person like that.

[IWantTofu]

12:13 PM on 11/25/2011

I have to admit, the first time Romney pulled the pretend his buttock was pinched trick it wasn't too funny, but the 10th time, it started getting real funny.

[Knowitall]

11:02 PM on 11/25/2011

Yeah, it took me back to elementary school. The boys used to pull those kind of things along with turning up their eyelids and giving our arms "Indian burns".

[deebeedonny]

09:49 AM on 11/25/2011

romney is certainly out-of-touch, with the average american. he seems, he's not comfortable, with the 99%. the elderly, disabled, middle class, working class, poor. his comfort zone, buying and selling american companies, outsourcing tens of thousands of american jobs to foreign countries, and getting those darn bush/republican tax breaks. all for the wealthiest, wall street, and huge corporations. his great jobs plan, giving even more tax breaks to corporations. his claim, the more profit companies make, the more "likely", they will re-invest....he may call it his jobs plan, i call it ridiculous....corporations are sitting on a trillion dollars of profits. they are not re-investing, they are giving themselves ridiculous bonuses, closing down american factories, building and relocating operations to foreign countries, outsourcing american jobs, flooding the u.s. market with their foreign made products, hiding behind the bush/republican tax code provisions, which allow them to "avoid" paying u.s. taxes on foreign profits, in which these corporations are lobbying heavily to extend permanently...so, yes, romney is out-of-touch with the 99%.

[IWantTofu]

01:26 PM on 11/25/2011

The Presidency seems to be one of those jobs where being smart is probably more important than whether the guy wpuld make a good drinking buddy.

[deebeedonny]

12:33 AM on 11/26/2011

the president, also has to be someone the majorituy of people can relate to. romney is far from it. he is very award with his exchanges, to others. rmney has never been called, mr. personality.............

[deebeedonny]

12:36 AM on 11/26/2011

we need someone we all can relate to...he has been called wooden, stiff, robotic, unable to relate to voters, (read the description above). it's not a secret, romney is awkward around humans. do you think he can realte to the 99%??? i think not...

[p456]

06:36 AM on 11/25/2011

Wasn't Willard a R@T?

[Daly]

03:10 AM on 11/26/2011

Still is

[OhMyBoehner]

12:32 AM on 11/25/2011

Why would the republicans elect a cult leader?

[Zadeekah]

09:30 PM on 11/24/2011

You left out the most important characteristic of Milt "Dr. Stangelove" Romney--that he's stark, raving mad.