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What does Romney wear to bed? "As little as possible"
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann greet the crowd at a campaign rally in Nashua, New Hampshire September 7, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder
By Steve Holland
NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:54pm IST
(Reuters) - The normally uptight Mitt Romney found himself on Friday pondering how best to answer the question, What do you wear to bed at night?
"I think the best answer is as little as possible," the Republican presidential candidate said.
There comes a time in every presidential campaign when a candidate faces light-hearted questions from morning television show hosts as a way to show a more personal side.
Thus Romney and his wife, Ann, were interviewed by Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan for ABC's "LIVE! with Kelly and Michael" show airing next Tuesday.
Things got interesting during the "Romney rapid-fire round" when the Romneys were asked to give quick replies to personal questions.
Ann revealed her guilty pleasure is doughnuts while her husband's answer was somewhat predictable: "Peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and chocolate milk."
Asked what was her most embarrassing moment, Ann Romney had a doozy: the time she and her husband spent the night at the White House when George W. Bush was president and Ann decided to do some exploring.
Opening a door, she said she was shocked at what she found: "It was George Bush having a massage."
"He was covered up. I was so embarrassed that the next time I saw him I didn't know what to say. He looked at me and winked and said, 'I look pretty good, don't I?'" she said.
The Romneys' favorite TV show? ABC's "Modern Family."
Romney initially misfired when asked who he would like to play Ann in a movie about the Romneys.
"Gene Hackman," he said, having misheard the question and thinking he was supposed to say who he would want to play him.
He finally settled on Michelle Pfeiffer for the Ann Romney role after pointing out Hackman had dressed up as a woman in the movie, "Bird Cage."
And Romney showed some knowledge of popular culture.
"I'm kind of a Snooki fan. Look how tiny she's gotten - her spark-plug personality," he said.
Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi is a cast member on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" and recently had a baby.
As for pet peeves, Romney said Ann does not always squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom up and doesn't always put the cap back on.
Ann said her husband needs to look on the bright side more, will sometimes fret, "'This is a problem or that's a problem,' and I say let's keep looking at the good side."
"Who hogs the blankets?" Romney was asked.
"No question about that," he said. "That's Ann."
(Editing by Alistair Bell and Doina Chiacu)
Copyright 2012 Reuters
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Romney Fan of Snooki Gets Personal in Bid to Show Lighter Side
Nicole 'Snookie' Polizzi at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Jason Merritt/Getty Images
By Lisa Lerer - Sep 14, 2012 1:42 PM CT
Mitt Romney indulges in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, though he doesn’t really consider the treats junk food.
He hates how his wife, Ann, squeezes toothpaste tubes (she doesn’t start from the bottom). And he likes Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki on the reality show “Jersey Shore.”
“I’m kind of a Snooki fan,” the Republican presidential candidate told the hosts of ABC’s syndicated daytime talk show “Live! With Kelly & Michael” today. “Look how tiny’s she’s gotten. She’s lost weight. She’s energetic. Just her spark-plug personality is kind of fun.”
The interview, taped today in New York and airing Sept. 18, was the latest effort by Romney’s campaign to fend off criticism that the former Massachusetts governor and one-time private- equity executive is too stiff -- and too rich -- to understand the average voter.
“He’s got a good heart, and I don’t think people know that about him,” Ann Romney said in their joint appearance.
Other recent efforts by Romney’s campaign to humanize him included a video played at the Republican National convention last month that showed Romney goofing around with his five sons. Also at the convention in Tampa, Florida, fellow Mormons recounted how Romney, then serving as a bishop for their local church, helped them mourn the death of a child or get through other difficult times.
His campaign also has increased the number of television interviews Romney does with his wife joining him.
The couple’s interview today may have approached the boundaries of TMI -- Too Much Information.
Nighttime Attire
When show co-host Kelly Ripa asked Ann Romney what her husband wears to bed, the presidential candidate jumped in: “I think the best answer is as little as possible.”
Romney’s wife had her own embarrassing story to tell. She recalled a White House visit that ended with her stumbling into a room where then-President George W. Bush was getting a massage.
“He was covered up but I was so embarrassed that the next time I did see him I didn’t know what I was going to say to him,” Ann Romney said.
She said Bush was ready with a retort, saying: “I look pretty good, don’t I?”
Mitt Romney disclosed to co-host Michael Strahan that his “guilty pleasures” are peanut butter sandwiches and chocolate milk.
President Barack Obama also will be on a television talk show on Sept. 18, the same day the interview with the Romney is shown. Obama will travel to New York to make his seventh appearance -- and second as president -- on CBS’ “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Lisa Lerer in New York at llerer@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jeanne Cummings at jcummings21@bloomberg.net
©2012 BLOOMBERG L.P.
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Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his wife Ann greet the crowd at a campaign rally in Nashua, New Hampshire September 7, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder
By Steve Holland
NEW YORK | Fri Sep 14, 2012 10:54pm IST
(Reuters) - The normally uptight Mitt Romney found himself on Friday pondering how best to answer the question, What do you wear to bed at night?
"I think the best answer is as little as possible," the Republican presidential candidate said.
There comes a time in every presidential campaign when a candidate faces light-hearted questions from morning television show hosts as a way to show a more personal side.
Thus Romney and his wife, Ann, were interviewed by Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan for ABC's "LIVE! with Kelly and Michael" show airing next Tuesday.
Things got interesting during the "Romney rapid-fire round" when the Romneys were asked to give quick replies to personal questions.
Ann revealed her guilty pleasure is doughnuts while her husband's answer was somewhat predictable: "Peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches and chocolate milk."
Asked what was her most embarrassing moment, Ann Romney had a doozy: the time she and her husband spent the night at the White House when George W. Bush was president and Ann decided to do some exploring.
Opening a door, she said she was shocked at what she found: "It was George Bush having a massage."
"He was covered up. I was so embarrassed that the next time I saw him I didn't know what to say. He looked at me and winked and said, 'I look pretty good, don't I?'" she said.
The Romneys' favorite TV show? ABC's "Modern Family."
Romney initially misfired when asked who he would like to play Ann in a movie about the Romneys.
"Gene Hackman," he said, having misheard the question and thinking he was supposed to say who he would want to play him.
He finally settled on Michelle Pfeiffer for the Ann Romney role after pointing out Hackman had dressed up as a woman in the movie, "Bird Cage."
And Romney showed some knowledge of popular culture.
"I'm kind of a Snooki fan. Look how tiny she's gotten - her spark-plug personality," he said.
Nicole Elizabeth "Snooki" Polizzi is a cast member on the MTV reality show "Jersey Shore" and recently had a baby.
As for pet peeves, Romney said Ann does not always squeeze the toothpaste tube from the bottom up and doesn't always put the cap back on.
Ann said her husband needs to look on the bright side more, will sometimes fret, "'This is a problem or that's a problem,' and I say let's keep looking at the good side."
"Who hogs the blankets?" Romney was asked.
"No question about that," he said. "That's Ann."
(Editing by Alistair Bell and Doina Chiacu)
Copyright 2012 Reuters
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Romney Fan of Snooki Gets Personal in Bid to Show Lighter Side
Nicole 'Snookie' Polizzi at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Jason Merritt/Getty Images
By Lisa Lerer - Sep 14, 2012 1:42 PM CT
Mitt Romney indulges in Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, though he doesn’t really consider the treats junk food.
He hates how his wife, Ann, squeezes toothpaste tubes (she doesn’t start from the bottom). And he likes Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki on the reality show “Jersey Shore.”
“I’m kind of a Snooki fan,” the Republican presidential candidate told the hosts of ABC’s syndicated daytime talk show “Live! With Kelly & Michael” today. “Look how tiny’s she’s gotten. She’s lost weight. She’s energetic. Just her spark-plug personality is kind of fun.”
The interview, taped today in New York and airing Sept. 18, was the latest effort by Romney’s campaign to fend off criticism that the former Massachusetts governor and one-time private- equity executive is too stiff -- and too rich -- to understand the average voter.
“He’s got a good heart, and I don’t think people know that about him,” Ann Romney said in their joint appearance.
Other recent efforts by Romney’s campaign to humanize him included a video played at the Republican National convention last month that showed Romney goofing around with his five sons. Also at the convention in Tampa, Florida, fellow Mormons recounted how Romney, then serving as a bishop for their local church, helped them mourn the death of a child or get through other difficult times.
His campaign also has increased the number of television interviews Romney does with his wife joining him.
The couple’s interview today may have approached the boundaries of TMI -- Too Much Information.
Nighttime Attire
When show co-host Kelly Ripa asked Ann Romney what her husband wears to bed, the presidential candidate jumped in: “I think the best answer is as little as possible.”
Romney’s wife had her own embarrassing story to tell. She recalled a White House visit that ended with her stumbling into a room where then-President George W. Bush was getting a massage.
“He was covered up but I was so embarrassed that the next time I did see him I didn’t know what I was going to say to him,” Ann Romney said.
She said Bush was ready with a retort, saying: “I look pretty good, don’t I?”
Mitt Romney disclosed to co-host Michael Strahan that his “guilty pleasures” are peanut butter sandwiches and chocolate milk.
President Barack Obama also will be on a television talk show on Sept. 18, the same day the interview with the Romney is shown. Obama will travel to New York to make his seventh appearance -- and second as president -- on CBS’ “The Late Show with David Letterman.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Lisa Lerer in New York at llerer@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jeanne Cummings at jcummings21@bloomberg.net
©2012 BLOOMBERG L.P.
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New Rules - Real Time With Bill Maher September 14, 2012 [true must-see]
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