Mitt Romney got into an argument with another passenger on an airplane the other day. We don’t really know much more than that. Oh, we know they were sitting in coach, the plane hadn’t taken off yet, Romney asked the guy to unrecline his seat and he “became violent.” Yes, the quote marks were in the original story.
We don’t know who the guy was, whether he knew who Romney was, what exact words were used and what “became violent” meant. I’m guessing he didn’t actually strike the former governor and mega-millionaire, or they probably would have reported that.
Once again, the main stream media (MSM) is not doing its job. Back when I was studying journalism at El Camino Community College, I’d have got a failing grade for a story like this. How old was the man? Where was he from? Did he have any reason for being angry? Had the flight been delayed? Was alcohol involved? Did other passengers witness this? What did they have to say? How was the “violent person” restrained? And, the question I would really like to know the answer to, why was a man whose net worth is between a quarter and a half a billion dollars flying in coach?
I’ve got a guess on that last one, which some would say is a conspiracy theory, but in the absence of any actual facts, what the hell. Romney was flying in coach so he would be seen flying in coach. Of course, it does no good if it doesn’t get in the papers. So, when the person in front of him put his seat back, Romney probably said “Excuse me, could you put your seat back up (sotto voce) you pudding headed Canuck.” Or something like that. It’s even possible that the whole thing was staged, that Romney bought the struggling young actor a seat just to stage the whole kerfuffle. (Unsurprisingly, Romney is not pressing charges.)
Some will say that this is a rather far fetched interpretation of events, that I have no reason to suspect such a thing, but…if that were Romney’s intent, it worked. The comment threads across the internet were filled with comments (possibly placed by Romney staffers, but quite likely some not) saying “Gee, Romney flies coach. What a rare politician. I think I’ll vote for him.”
Besides that, I suspect it just because I think it’s the kind of thing that politicians do. When they’re not planning on running for office in the near future, they fly 1st class or take a private plane.
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yes, this is what our US politics have come down to…performances. Neither party cares about the voters, but only about the big money interests that put them in office.