Mitt Romney: Obama Campaign Promises As Good As Kardashian Wedding Vows

Mitt Romney made an unusual dig at President Obama on Sunday, comparing him to Kim Kardashian.

"I’ve been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama, then candidate Obama, going through Iowa making promises," he said. "I think the gap between his promises and his performance is the largest I’ve seen, well, since the Kardashian wedding and the promise of til death do we part."

Romney's comments came at a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The GOP candidate has recently doubled down on courting Iowa voters in a last minute push to win the January 3rd caucus.

The Kardashian reference is one of a few recent attempts for Romney exhibit cultural awareness. The candidate, who is generally known for his lack of pop culture savvy, made a reference to I Love Lucy last week and in May, claimed that his favorite book is Twilight. In 2008, he famously took heat after randomly quoting the song "Who let the dogs out?"

This isn't the first time Romney has compared Obama to a famous female, either. He likened the president to deposed French queen Marie Antoinette on Thursday.

Romney's efforts seem to be paying off-- a recent Des Moines Register poll showed him in the lead.

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Comments

[nq5511]

07:55 PM on 01/05/2012

Mitt, the other 75% of Americans are very aware that no matter what, the TP GOP in Congress just ALWAYS said NO! We know what Obama inherited from the Republicans and with that and a WORLDWIDE economic crisis, we "know" we didn't elect GOD.

GOD wasn't on the ballot no matter any promise. We're also not a totalitarian government. Obama isn't king.

Yet, MOST know enough after the debt crisis broadcast, that the GOP is not about AMERICA. That's why Obama is receiving MANY more small donations than 2008, and NO major Jewish big money donors have deserted him no matter the lies. And relatively few others per latest polls!

One on one nationally, Obama has gone up in the polls against you of recent, though he has been ahead of you for the last year or so.

In other words, don't waste your time practicing an acceptance speech.
Sincerely,
an American.

[paulsca138]

07:02 PM on 01/04/2012

Hey Mitt do you want to be taken seriously as someone to that will be commander in chief? Dont admit that you watch reality TV or fire your speech writer that wrote that horrible speech.

[Tracy Herrera Lee]

06:04 PM on 01/04/2012

"resignedsigh" please don't post your lies!

[parksle2]

02:33 PM on 01/04/2012

tell us something we don't know, Buddy!

[dmm1047]

01:09 PM on 01/04/2012

And Romney's comments and accusations are much like Pinocchio's.

[Ashley Anderson Isadore]

10:39 AM on 01/04/2012

You mean his promise to get Osama Bin Laden, or his promise to pull out of the Iraq war, or his promise to end don't ask don't tell...you are right he didn't do any of...wait....?!?!?!?

[golfr415]

12:47 PM on 01/03/2012

Actually, I think Mitt got it somewhat wrong in regards to the promises. At least Kardashian made a PROFIT off of her promises.

[canoeal]

06:02 PM on 01/03/2012

Fanned

[LeslieNeilson]

12:55 AM on 01/04/2012

Mitt dosen't really need profits.He has enough money as it is. I have confidence that he won't fold when in the Oval Office.

[sherry York]

04:59 PM on 01/04/2012

Where are the pictures of Osama Bin Laden?

Obama can let Americans see Kaddafi brutalized but cannot show our biggest enemy in history death?

Mitt cannot be bought and he will not bow to the Sudie KIng and kiss his ring.

[Liberalforsure]

10:54 AM on 01/03/2012

That is a blatent and out right lie considering all the President has accomplished DESPITE republican obstuctionism. "The actions of a desperate man is to lie" btw mittens do you have ANY plans or ideas other than attacking the President cause we have heard NONE from you so far???

[usmcqtco]

07:28 PM on 01/03/2012

Please detail where Romney lied. And be very specific. Thanks.

[Ralph Boyd]

06:13 PM on 01/04/2012

Sure. Romney opens his mouth and away we go!

[LeslieNeilson]

01:02 AM on 01/04/2012

All of these accomplishments.please .So far I haven't seen any. Runnng past Congress in order to promote his socialist agenda is not at all an accomplishment.It's an insult to moderate conservatives and the American people.
Forget the Flag. My opinion .

[Tommygun264]

05:05 AM on 01/04/2012

"Socialist agenda" - drink. How about the FACT that when President Obama took the oath of office, the nation was LOSING 770,000 each month, and we have had 21 consecutive private sector job GROWTH, offset only by the pubs in Congress cutting public sector jobs. Thems the facts, sparky.

[rlaura668]

10:10 AM on 01/03/2012

Attack as opposed to providing substantive solutions, and using the Kardashian name certainly provides insight into his reading material. Rhetoric.

[LeslieNeilson]

01:19 AM on 01/04/2012

Mitt allways did have a sense of humor. btw,I have no idea as to who Kardashian is . :-0 ((

[abacuses]

10:06 AM on 01/03/2012

What an insult to Kim. Romney should be ashamed of himself. He owes Kim an apology for that comment! :-)

[John Paganas]

10:49 AM on 01/03/2012

Yes he insulted an American Citizen and voter.. Something Obama has never done.. He has never slanted anyone... And before you rant, post a link other than Fox showing Obama saying anything bad against anyone..
He has been nothing but a Gentleman and has executed the Office of the Presidency with Style, Grace, Elegance and Class.. He has tried relentlessly to work with a Congress Hell bent on making him a One term President.. He has offered solutions that Concervatives supported until he suggested them... Sorry, your Intelect and class show in your comment... This is not the way to win an election... Your party has offended far too many people to actually win anything but ridicule...
Here is the Link to the Policy once supported by Concervatives:

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/11/25/24-policies-that-republicans-supported-before-they-were-against-them/

[abacuses]

11:52 AM on 01/03/2012

Obama has insulted me and all that has made this country great. Never slanted anyone? Please. He wrote the book on being passive aggressive, and isn't always passive. "I don't need the Republicans." Well, he said it in 2009 and set the tone for his one term. He's done everything he can to divide the country politically and economically.

As for being unable to win, you just keep drinking the Kool Aid and I'll email you again on November 13th. Yes, Republicans are focused on making him a one-term president. For that, I am grateful. But don't forget it was your controlling numbers in Congress the first two years that couldn't get anything done. You had all the numbers you needed and still dragged on pushing a policy that very few wanted.

You have nothing I need or want to hear. Let's chat again and November.

[Sean Kruz]

12:41 AM on 01/06/2012

Oh but Kim Kardashian insults herself... She's an American embarassment and we are tired of her

[canoeal]

06:03 PM on 01/03/2012

No, he does not. Not at all.

[Ccrafty1]

03:30 AM on 01/03/2012

Notice how hateful the comments are from the republicans.......so much for all these family values and religious convictions they always say they have. I think the righties are just sending more usless hot air our way....just like always. If you have some real solutions and plans we might listen, but ragging on Obama is so old and worn out. The name calling is used mainly because the righties have no answers except to return to the Bush economy that got us into this mess to begin with. The republicans and especially Romney have no answers. Our country needs to move forward, not back to what never worked.

[resquedog]

08:00 AM on 01/03/2012

Well, all I can say to this is none of us will ever forget the boisterous rejoicing when the DEMS celebrated and gloated over Sarah Palin being called a pig in lipstick. Hmmmmm, which individual was the originator of that hateful comment . . . many believe it was the big O himself!

[John Paganas]

11:02 AM on 01/03/2012

Once again Concervatives spinning the wrong information.. What is it with you guys...
You guys are like lemmings, one guy says it and all of you are willing to walk off a cliff..

“putting lipstick on a pig” is a popular put-down, especially among politicians. It generally means taking a bad or unattractive idea and trying to dress it up.

Its not attributed by any party as many Politicians have used this term in the past..

Here it is by Definition:
The political newspaper The Hill labeled the phrase “Congress Speak” back in June, and gave it an official definition: “an expression used to illustrate that something unattractive cannot be beautified or otherwise positively changed by any amount of makeup or other exterior alterations.”

>Jim Hightower used the phrase to criticize Ronald Reagan’s farm policy
>Dick Cheney and John Edwards used it to attack the other guy’s running mate.
>Linda Sanchez of California “You know the old saying about putting lipstick on a pig? Well, I smell bacon,” she groused.
>“I think they put some lipstick on a pig,” McCain said, “but it’s still a pig.”

If your going to post something, at least know what your talking about...

[Tommygun264]

05:19 AM on 01/04/2012

The saying "lipstick on a pig" did NOT refer to Sarah Failin, but to McSame's FAILED policies. Media Matters found no less than three (3) separate times McSame used the "lipstick on a pig" phase himself. By continuing to push this LIE you are either ignorant or dishonest. Which is it?

[abacuses]

10:09 AM on 01/03/2012

Way to hit the same ole boring talking points ... "return to the Bush economy." You read that perfectly right out of the Democrats for Dummies book (an appropriate title if I do say so myself.) No one is saying Bush had a good hold on the economy. He was incredibly irresponsible. But the answer is not socialism. That has never succeeded in any economy. Our country was built on freedom and for freedom.

[Liberalforsure]

10:56 AM on 01/03/2012

You obviously have NO clue what is socialism or you wouldn't make that faux comment. Stop listening to faux news, go to other sources and smarten yourself up. btw republicans believe in corporate socialism obviously (bailing out the banks and companies with gov money is socialistic)

[John Paganas]

11:04 AM on 01/03/2012

Please post a link of all the Freedoms you have lost under this administration..

[TRAINJANE]

12:04 AM on 01/03/2012

THE DEMOCRATS ARE AFRAID OF NEWT GINGERICH BEING NOMINATED. THEY KNOW HE WILL KEEP HIS WORD AND UNDO OBAMA'S MASSIVE PELOSI INSTITUTED POLICIES. EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE RIGHT TO THE POINT THRY LOOSE SIGHT OF WHAT WE NEED. ROMNEY CAN'T DO IT! RON PAUL CAN'T DO IT!
NEWT GINGERICH IS OUR WINNEING CANDIDATE. HE WILL HAVE THE EXPERINCE TO GET THIS JOB DONE LIKE WE AS AMERICANS NEED. HE'LL GIVE US BACK OUR PRIDE. COURT JUSTICES WILL START BEING JUST THAT, COURT JUSTICES. THEY DO NOT HAVE THE ATHUROTY TO MAKE LAW WHICH IS WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING FOR YEARS. CONGRESS MAKES LAWS. COURTS FOLLOW THE LAW. WELL GOODNIGHT FOLKS. REMEMBER VOTE FOR VEWT GINGERICH FOR PRESIDENT. P IN Ga.

[John Paganas]

01:11 AM on 01/03/2012

Its hard to comment on the sheer stupidity of your rant.. Newt of all people.. The guy who was asked to step down as speaker of the house, LOL, By his OWN PARTY... The guy who was up on ethics violations charges.. Even the concervative party does not want this man to be President..I wonder if the Rep party is even interested in the Presidency, as the candidates as a whole seem lack luster and almost insulting.. Michelle Bachmann, I mean really... I can hardly say her name and the word President in the same sentence without laughing.. Any party that even in Jest could consider someone like this woman deserves to lose..

[abacuses]

10:10 AM on 01/03/2012

If it's hard, then don't comment on it.

[Liberalforsure]

11:30 AM on 01/03/2012

newt is a sociopath, bachman is criminally insane, romney is a pathological liar = typical republican party candidates

[Liberalforsure]

10:57 AM on 01/03/2012

The caps tell me without reading this is a rant with no truth or substance, i am sure I am right

[TRAINJANE]

11:42 PM on 01/02/2012

WELL FOLKS NEWT'S OUR MAN SO LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER AND VOTE HIM INTO OFFICE. STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS ROMNEY CLOWN AND THIS WANNA BE RON PAUL JOKE AND LET'S GET TO WHO REALLY CAN WIN. NEWT IS OUR CANDIDATE IF WE ARE GOING TO WINN THIS ELECTION. NO ONE ELSE EVEN HAS A CHANCE TO BEAT OBAMA. OR YOU CAN TALK ABOUT RON PAUL THEN ROMNEY. THEN WAIST YOUR VOTE AND WE'LL LOSE THIS ELECTION SURE AS WE HAVE ONE. OR PULL TOGETHER FOR NEWT AND LETS WIN.KEEP UP THE PARTY SPLIT ROUTINE AND WE'LL LOSE AGAIN. THE LAST ELECTION WAS A PITTIFUL MESS FOR REPUBLICANS SIMPLY BECAUSE THE PARTY IS SPLIT INTO SEVERAL GROUPSL PRIMARY LOOSERS WOULDN'T VOTE NOR SUPPORT McCain BECAUSE THEY WERE MAD ABOUT LOOSING.I WAS VERY ASHAMED OF OUR PARTY.REALLY IT WASN'T EVEN A PARTY ANYMORE.NOT CARING IS WHERE WE WERE AND NOT CARING TO VOTE UNLESS YOUR CANDIDATE WINS PRIMARY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. WE MUST NOT ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN AGAIN. OBAMA IS LAUGHING AT YOU RIGHT NOW.NANVY PELOSI MUST HAVE THOUGHT REPUBLICANS WERE SUCH A JOKE! THIS TIME LET'S PULL TOGETHER TO SUPPORT NEWT GINGERICH ! OUR BEST CANDIDATE. P IN Ga.

[wonderYrednow]

12:57 AM on 01/03/2012

PLAINJANE, please, fly away.

You 'R' hurting our ears.

[parksle2]

02:38 PM on 01/04/2012

may be just to stupid to figure out where the cap lock is.

[paulsca138]

07:05 PM on 01/04/2012

hey dude or chick can you chill on the all caps, its hurting my eyes.

[tobcantine]

11:32 PM on 01/02/2012

Mitt is right: Obama has not fullfilled manyt of his promises. Many of them were BLOCKED by Republicans. He fullfilled some of them, and he will do more, particularly if we have more Democrats in Congress.

The thing to do is to vote for Romney because Obama has failed to fullfill his promises. Of course, Romney will totally fullfill ALL of his. Why should we believe that? Because, Romney is Romney. Elementary!

Vote Romney so that you can take revenge on Obama for failing to fullfill all his promises and so that Romney can make his own promises and we can see how good he is at keeping them! That is so very logical!

[Gabe A Davis]

08:52 AM on 01/03/2012

You mean all Obama's promises were blocked in the whole 9-10 months Republicans were in controlled? What about the rest of the time when the dems were in control?

[abacuses]

10:19 AM on 01/03/2012

Amen Gabe! Funny how they conveniently forget they had a huge majority in both houses for two years. Obama wasted his first two years ramming a policy through that so few wanted. Massachusetts voting in a Republican was proof enough most of use did not want this. He neglected the many other issues at hand that needed attention; mainly the economy, education and infrastructure. He then rushed to get what he could done with a lame duck Congress knowing the Republicans would say no to all his attempts to turn us into a failing European socialist country.

[Liberalforsure]

10:58 AM on 01/03/2012

Actually he tried to get a compromise from republicans and didn't RAM his policies thru like bush did but I guess you also forgot that too???

[Sean Kruz]

01:05 AM on 01/06/2012

But have you read exactly WHY some of the promises were blocked? There are two sides to this. While I don't claim to have read through all or even most of the proposals Obama put forth, I did take a look at the so-called "Jobs Bill" and it won't work for the long haul, it was a superficial (and very minor facade of a fix) that would be extremely costly. Cash For Clunkers was a complete flop. And the Big Bank Bailouts that he approved was astronomically an affront to the people... He should have lost everyone of his supporters right there on that alone!

[wonderYrednow]

12:58 AM on 01/03/2012

B I N G O !