A 'Severely Conservative' Lexicon

The New Yorker:

Last Friday, Mitt Romney caused a stir in Republican circles when he went before the Conservative Political Action Conference and declared himself "severely conservative" as governor of Massachusetts. Many were puzzled by the phrase, noting that the adverb "severely" was not commonly used as modifier signifying admiration and respect. Rush Limbaugh was especially confused. He played the clip on his radio show and then said, "I have never heard anybody say, 'I'm severely conservative.' "

Read the whole story: The New Yorker

Comments

[Geowill]

10:18 AM on 02/14/2012

Severely conSTIPATED!!!!!

[Tanuru Henrique Osah]

10:02 AM on 02/14/2012

Romney's "severely conservative" comment caused a new ad by AmericanLP airing in Michigan this week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M6J_pvxxtY

[clivechristy]

07:45 AM on 02/14/2012

Perhaps he can take metamucil to help with that.

[henrypapillon]

10:14 AM on 02/14/2012

Or Lax-ease.

[centsable]

05:45 AM on 02/14/2012

For "severely conservatism", they give shots for that.

[clivechristy]

07:45 AM on 02/14/2012

Laxatives.

[Kate Zeiss]

08:50 AM on 02/14/2012

Enemas

[realrand]

02:23 AM on 02/14/2012

I'm SEVERELY enjoying myself with Mitt Romney with the stuff he says. That's a mistake that can never be corrected.

[SteveB523]

02:12 AM on 02/14/2012

Exactly my observations. Conservatives, at heart, are afraid - afraid of people who don't look to think like them. Afraid of change. Against everything.

[Mochilero]

02:03 AM on 02/14/2012

Ruth Buzzi hitting Arte Johnson over the head with her umbrella. Now everything about that was completely severe.

[Openmindedguy]

02:03 AM on 02/14/2012

Richie the Robot is severely incapable of going more than a day or two before putting a foot in his mouth. But, he will severely spend his funds to win the GOP nomination and then severely lose in November.

[SeekingClarity]

01:56 AM on 02/14/2012

Mitt is just trying to establish himself as a mean dude.

I just LOVE firing people. Come to the dark side. Mwahahahaha."

[izekman]

01:43 AM on 02/14/2012

Over compensation, for a power hungry empty suit.

[clivechristy]

07:46 AM on 02/14/2012

Aaaah but for Republicans, it's ALL about the hair.

[VisitingMartian]

01:35 AM on 02/14/2012

"Severely" is yet another "tell" of the negative emotions that are the source of conservatism. When was anyone ever "severely" FOR anything? It's a sign that Romney's only way forward with the tea party base is to be against everything.

The entire GOP message is some flavor of negativism ... "No" this and "no" that. Just fill in the blanks, it could be contraception (or Santorum "no sex at all"), no safety net, no social security ... severely NO to everything. Reminds me of my grouchy elderly neighbor.

They loathe Obama for being "for" things ... like FOR the middle class, health access for all, fairness of taxation, etc. etc.

[RitaS]

01:33 AM on 02/14/2012

Hey Romney how many more "severely conservative" values do you have that 'haven't' been contradicted by your many flip flopping performances???