Mitt Romney Tie Has Us Distracted At Presidential Debate (PHOTOS)

By many accounts, Mitt Romney hit it out of the park at Saturday night's presidential debate. He had his talking points down pat, ignored his opponents attacks and seemed to dominate from start to finish.

Yet one distracting little detail had us doubting Romney's "flawless" performance: his questionable blue tie.

Mitt, arguably the least radical of the GOP candidates for the presidential nomination, typically chooses blue neckwear while his competitors opt for red.

Men's fashion expert Hendrik Pohl, the CEO of ties-necktie.com, has said of the choice, "Blue is the color that people most commonly name as their favorite color and it has very calming effect on people" -- and sure enough, Mitt's worn the hue in over 75 percent of the debates.

But considering his surprising near-tie with Rick Santorum in the Iowa caucus, perhaps Mitt felt the need to make a splash. Or maybe he just didn't bother to check with a stylist before hitting last night's stage. Because Romney's navy tie was covered with a small white print, little globules that from afar resembled... a certain male reproductive organ?

Take a look below and help us identify the strange pattern. What the heck are those things?

Comments

[surfandshop]

12:26 PM on 01/10/2012

what a wimpy knot in ths tie! Man up, tie a bold knot... It must be a missionary knot!

[sf girl]

07:55 PM on 01/09/2012

Diamond-headed sperm?

[sonatina2001]

05:41 PM on 01/09/2012

Those look like fish hooks.

[Christina-Xena]

04:38 PM on 01/09/2012

Kinda look like question marks on Mitt's tie to me, as in "what the heck did I mean by what I thought I said about whatever I was trying to refer to?"

I watch these so called debates and get tired of listening to dribble about what each candidate thought about each other's past, without saying much on current issues, or how to deal with the economy or other major issues.

It's just mind numbing, and I don't think any of them could give a speech that anyone wouldn't fall to sleep trying to pay attention to. They speak in ways only a Teaper Republican would love.

[cdish]

04:16 PM on 01/09/2012

Mitt is a Twit full of _hit!

[Tonydeeee]

04:15 PM on 01/09/2012

If he just immersed himself in a drum of snake oil maybe that would offset the bad tie, and by the way; the tie is an old trick to manipulate the perceptions of the audience. Mitt Romney is a salesman who have learned the calculated art of the game and nothing is by accident. .

[rhomsky]

04:09 PM on 01/09/2012

Must be a cult sign.

[dmoongo]

04:07 PM on 01/09/2012

Looks like question marks to me. Appropriate, since he has none of the answers.

[snuggibelle]

03:46 PM on 01/09/2012

SPERM!

[Christina-Xena]

04:46 PM on 01/09/2012

Why not?....to try to make him look like a more "viral and viable" candidate.

Either that or it conveys how screwed up his proposed policies really are.

I would go with the latter view.

[Chuck Lattka]

03:31 PM on 01/09/2012

he wore a blue tie because he is a DEMOCRAT in hiding !!!!!!!!

[Tonydeeee]

04:02 PM on 01/09/2012

I doubt it, and i am not sure if he even knows. When a politician is as slippery on the issues as he is there is a tedency to get lost. Good enough?

[kellyarenzi]

03:10 PM on 01/09/2012

Who really cares about what kind of tie he is wearing ? Is this a fashion show ?

[Christina-Xena]

04:49 PM on 01/09/2012

Image is critical for any candidate at any level, and for many jobs in society. The image either works for you in a congruent manner, with the right message being sent, or it works against you. To ignore the image for a President would be a major shortcoming, and most candidates have attire consultants at some point. Even what their wives (or husbands), and kids, wear is important.

[Kelly Carroll]

03:02 PM on 01/09/2012

Up close I can see it is a horshoe and clover design, but from far away the tie looks like it's covered in bowling pins to me....nothing phallic.

[Rich Altman]

02:52 PM on 01/09/2012

Maybe it's his magic tie. I was looking at his tie...but not the pattern...the knot.

[forgetdc]

02:51 PM on 01/09/2012

HP must be hitting hard times. Time to start hiring adults - I think the minimum age to be considered an adult will have to be raised to 30 based on what I have seen and heard lately.

[JOEL OK]

02:29 PM on 01/09/2012

Realy his tie is the only thing if this guy get elected president say goodby to middle class america he is for the rich and big bussiness RIP AMERICA