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David Letterman Mocks Mitt Romney

Monday February 4, 2008
Mitt Romney David Letterman has been mocking Willard "Mitt" Romney with wicked glee for his matinee-idol looks. Here are a few of his Romney riffs from recent weeks:

"Don't worry about Mitt, if this presidential thing doesn't work out he can always go back to playing Victor Newman on the 'Young and the Restless.' ... Mitt Romney doesn't look like a president, he looks like a ringmaster. … Mitt looks like a guy wearing a golf shirt in an Eddie Bauer catalogue. … He looks like the desk clerk at a Peninsula Hotel who tells you your room's not ready. … Mitt looks like the guy at a party who gives you his card. … He looks like a tennis pro at a restricted country club. … He looks like a jet blue pilot who comes out to greet the passengers during the delay. ... Mitt Romney looks like the guy who says to the contestant, 'We're out of time, can you come back tomorrow?'" --David Letterman

"The Florida retirees didn't go for that Mitt Romney, either. He reminded them of a guy who tries to get a hold of their nest egg. ... He reminded them of a guy who sells subdivisions in the Everglades. ... He reminded them of the guy who pitches overpriced cemetery plots. ... He reminded them of the pharmacist who doesn't accept their prescription plan." --David Letterman

"How about that Mitt Romney, am I right about this guy? ... I mean, he looks like the guy on TV selling life insurance, doesn't he? ... He looks like that guy on a Father's Day ad for Norelco. ... He looks like a guy on cable urging you to tap your home equity. ... He looks like an American President in a Canadian movie. ... He looks like the medical expert in a Victoria Principal infomercial. ... He looks like the spokesman for senior lending networks. ... He looks like the guy who promises accident victims he'll get the money they deserve. ... He looks like the guy on the 'Just For Men' bottle" --David Letterman

"How about that Mitt Romney, huh? I mean, this guy looks like he'd be selling fruit dehydrators on cable. ... He looks like the guy who tells you how to buy real estate with no money down. ... He looks like a cosmetic surgeon who gets ambushed on '60 Minutes.' ... He looks like the photo that comes with the frame. ... By the way, if Mitt Romney is elected, he'll be the first president ever sworn in on a copy of GQ." --David Letterman

"What about that Mitt Romney? He looks like a guy who would run a seminar on condo flipping. He looks like a weekend weather man, doesn't he? He looks like the neighbor who spends way too much time on his lawn" --David Letterman

"Mitt Romney looks like he is the closer at a Cadillac dealership. ... Mitt Romney looks like that guy on the golf course in the Levitra commercial." --David Letterman

"By gosh, Mitt Romney won the primary in Michigan. … We're all very proud of Mitt. He's the only presidential candidate to come from the Channel 2 news team. Let's throw it over to Mitt and see what's going on in the weather." --David Letterman

Read more Mitt Romney jokes...

See also:
Funny Mitt Romney Pictures
Dumb Mitt Romney Quotes
Late-Night Jokes about the Candidates
Best Campaign Humor

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Comments

February 6, 2008 at 12:07 pm
(1) Mediaguy08 says:

This Romney supporter is undterred, even if a bit looney: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70T4mLnk1Dk

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