Jon Stewart: Mitt Romney Is 'His Own Mistress' (VIDEO)

As Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain was fighting off allegations of a 13-year affair this week, fellow candidate Mitt Romney found himself defending his own past actions. On Thursday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart picked up on this coincidence and declared Romney "his own mistress" in an analogy that probably makes way more sense than it should.

It wasn't entirely obvious that Past-Romney is Now-Romney's "mistress" until he sat down with Fox News' Brett Baier Tuesday in a rare one-on-one interview that was not only tense but brought out some very defensive talk from Romney.

Aside from saying that he "just finished" reading President Bush's "Decision Points" (the same book he said he "just finished" six months ago), Romney came off as less than genuine when he spoke about the more liberal policies he had when running for Governor of Massachusetts. After playing the clip followed by one of Cain denying the alleged affair with Ginger White, it became clear how similar they've both been acting.

"Just like Herman Cain, Mitt Romney has an embarrassing person in his past that he's desperately trying to hide," Stewart said. "For Herman Cain, it's a woman named Ginger White -- for Mitt Romney, it's Mitt Romney!"

Watch the full clip above (or here) to hear Stewart's full explanation of how Romney has become "his own mistress."

We just hope no sex tapes were made during that affair...

Comments

[UncleMandingo]

03:41 AM on 12/14/2011

I'm not defending the mitt here but, you change your opinion when you learn more about a subject. Nothing wrong with that unless you're a conservative.

[YOKEL13]

03:32 PM on 12/05/2011

Is it possible that Mitt would lose to Newt in an integrity face-off?

[Bluejay00234]

09:25 PM on 12/04/2011

If Mitt can't handle questions from Faux, then I can hardly wait for 2012.

[Ballu12b]

02:01 PM on 12/04/2011

Again, Mitt the used car salesman emerges (or in this case, the Bain salesman). ie. Tell the customer whatever he thinks they want to hear, and hope they don't go and read the fine print.

[markburn]

11:28 PM on 12/03/2011

And once again the question: why is HP covering every segment of the show but the really impotant, shocking one?
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-1-2011/america-s-next-tarp-model
The fed loaned banks $7.7 trillion (!!!) in secret bailout funds at no interest and then borrowed the money back at interest.
This should be on HPs front page - actually this should be all over the media, but you could be sure to never hear about his again...

[Ballu12b]

02:08 PM on 12/04/2011

I can't quite figure out how this subject relates to the subject Stewart was talking about. Maybe the Fed is its own mistress? Or HP is? Or....?

[markburn]

12:42 AM on 12/05/2011

As I said/wrote, it is from the same show.

[CraiginPhoenix]

09:26 PM on 12/03/2011

Mitt Romney is an opposition researchers dream. You can find video of him literally on every side of every issue. Pro-choice, pro-life, pro-heath care reform, anti- health care reform, pro-war, anti-war, pro-gun, anti-gun...

If there is a political position, Mitt Romney has been on both sides of it.

[YOKEL13]

03:29 PM on 12/05/2011

Mitt, the patrician, is actually a Mutt.

[one1byke]

04:49 PM on 12/03/2011

Priceless. I finished a book I finished reading six months ago - today.

¿Que?..... Lo que es un mentiroso.

[Ballu12b]

02:16 PM on 12/04/2011

Agreed, priceless. Actually, he meant to say he was going to start a book today, that Bush read to him six months ago, before he finished writing it. "Boy, it is, or was, a real page turner. I learned something good from it, even before reading it."

[YOKEL13]

03:30 PM on 12/05/2011

Perhaps he read the book twice, mining it for its nuggets of wisdom.

[one1byke]

04:12 PM on 12/05/2011

He would've elaborated rather than repeat schtik.

[joe1964]

03:08 PM on 12/03/2011

"Opposites attract."
Hahahahahahahahhahahhahahahahahaha!

[nitwitsRus]

01:59 PM on 12/03/2011

Hay Jon!
it's ONLY
politicians who AIN'T
allowed ta change their minds
right?

[thegreatdaveo]

11:11 AM on 12/04/2011

You totally miss the point. Anybody can change his mind, there's nothing wrong with that. What Mr. Romney does is deny he ever had a different position on some issues.

[nitwitsRus]

12:57 PM on 12/04/2011

actually
it was a
PRIVATE conversation
so
YOU missed the point
(geesh
can just ANYONE
read these comments?)

[nitwitsRus]

01:32 PM on 12/04/2011

naugh
ya won't get my
LAST one
neither

[HavahappyJ]

11:37 AM on 12/03/2011

He's not as bad as Conan O'Brian .

[Evan Joseph Ringle]

10:41 AM on 12/03/2011

There's something about Jon that I can't stand. I like Stephen Colbert more.

[UKGAL36]

02:25 AM on 12/03/2011

You think Mitt would get his story straight before running for President again, this man has been running fir the past 8 years even faux news have turned against him.

[msbeal]

01:28 AM on 12/03/2011

I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Thank you JS.

[HavahappyJ]

11:38 AM on 12/03/2011

You must be depressed .

[msbeal]

11:54 AM on 12/03/2011

You must be a sour conservative.

[ihatepeople0 1]

12:03 AM on 12/03/2011

Poor M!tt! He never thought it would be such hard work to pretend to be human....

[Ballu12b]

02:22 PM on 12/04/2011

He never thought it would be such hard work remembering what he said before. He should do interviews with a laptop on his lap. "I'll answer that question in a sec. Let's see, I said, no wait, here it is, I said, no wait, I said...."

[ihatepeople0 1]

07:02 PM on 12/04/2011

Haw, Haw, True!

[ihatepeople0 1]

11:59 PM on 12/02/2011

OMG Stewart is too funny.....