MAYBE CAMPAIGNING IS GETTING TO MITTEN$

UPDATE: The full transcript shows that Mitten$ was joking.

(h/t Atrios)


Last August, Mitten$ cancelled an appearance in Orlando, FL because of exhaustion  and at the time I recalled then-candidate Obama asking "When does one get to sleep?" during a campaign stop.  Obama is significantly younger than Mitten$, so I'm not surprised that the latter is beginning to mentally break down:

Mitt Romney wants airplane windows to roll down in case of fire so people can breathe more easily

by Jed Lewison
Mon Sep 24, 2012 at 08:57 AM PDT
Daily Kos

As you may have heard, Ann Romney's airplane had to make an emergency landing on Friday due to an electrical fire. Fortunately, nobody was hurt. But, via Wonkette, it did give Mitt this great idea:

When you have a fire in an aircraft, there’s no place to go, exactly, there’s no — and you can’t find any oxygen from outside the aircraft to get in the aircraft, because the windows don’t open. I don’t know why they don’t do that. It’s a real problem. So it’s very dangerous. And she was choking and rubbing her eyes. Fortunately, there was enough oxygen for the pilot and copilot to make a safe landing in Denver. But she’s safe and sound.

Yeah, great question Mitt. I mean, wouldn't it be awesome to be able to crack the window when you're at 35,000 feet? You know, get a taste of that 500+ mile per hour breeze?