SMACK IN THE FACE

Romney Tops List of 2012's Least Influential People

Further down the list, First Lady Michelle Obama...

Nov 28, 2012 by Dain Fitzgerald

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As if having your picture taken during one of life's most mundane moments wasn't enough, now Mitt Romney graces GQ's list of the "Least Influential People of 2012."

Of course, so too does Michelle Obama, informs Yahoo!'s Rachel Rose Hartman. The First Lady made the list, Hartman writes, because despite her efforts to get the nation to eat healthier, "we're still a bunch of fatties." Romney, on the other hand, topped the list not merely because he failed to influence Americans enough to put him in the Oval Office, but because, as GQ puts it, "Voting for Romney is like hooking up with the last single person at the bar at 4 am."

GQ can poke fun, but its list would more accurately be titled, "The Least Influential People of 2012 Who Were Almost Very Influential." The individuals on the list may have failed to win folks over to the degree they'd hoped, but they're power players when compared to, say, Missouri State Treasurer Clint Zweifel. (Or Dain Fitzgerald, for that matter.)

Via Yahoo! and GQ.

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Nov '12

DARSB

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Mr Romney slop have to settle for the second least influential Republican - after Tucker Carlson but before Keith Olbermann. :-)
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DARSB

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" Mr Romney WILL..." (Damned predictive text feature)
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martydotcom

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How could they leave out the charming persona of Nancy Brinker founder of of Race for the Cure who single handedly destroyed a great fund raiser for breast cancer research by inserting her anti women's politic beliefs into a woman's cause. Unnecessary Bone headed move of the year
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DARSB

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@martydotcom Maybe we could ask Politix for a year end poll of the Most Boneheaded Move of the Year with categories for Elected Officials and Party Activists.
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martydotcom

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@DARSB do they monitor for suggestions or want to write one of the editors?
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PolitixMary K

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@martydotcom We try to keep track of suggestions in the comments threads, but we probably miss some. You're always welcome to write to us at pxeditors@topix.com - that way you can be sure to get our attention.
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Cool_voter

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No. But if it was GQ's stupid stupids of America, he should be the poster d0uche for it..
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Litdes

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Before one can be influential, they need to be at least a little consistent. The only consistent thing about Mitt was his inconsistency.
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MRMacrum

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Because GQ probably ranks as the least influential source of anything for me, they're opinion of the least influential people hits negative numbers on my influence chart.
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Cool_voter

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So I take it your a Romney fan?
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MRMacrum

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@Cool_voter - My comment was aimed at GQ. And who's Romney anyway? I must have missed him. When was he in the news?
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Cool_voter

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@MRMacrum lol no not realt
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Cool_voter

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@Cool_voter really***
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Sharpshooter

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Reported by Yahoo News... the same people who fired their lead political buffoon because he demonstrated his massive bias against Romney and the journalistic giant GQ. Who exactly is GQ? Just a shortened version of GABS Quarterly or referring to the Genuinely Queer models and writers? Remember "GQ can poke fun..." so they should understand how it goes both ways. Or as a GENTLEMAN would put it.... "takes ass to get ass."
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jessejaymes

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You know we as Americans seem to have a need to make "something" out of our President's wives. We call them the first lady but in reality they are just women along for the ride. That makes them pretty much inconsequential. Unless of course they are not. Like Nancy Reagan and her astrologer and taking the China (dishes) with her. Most First Ladies are severely incapable dealing with shark infested D.C.. Laura Bush and Rosalyn Carter were both wall flowers who really didn't need that. They always have some "cause' which nobody pays any attention to. Lady Bird Johnson wanted us to clean up the highways of trash. I can't tell you of a soul who ever went highway cleaning. I have no idea what Pat Nixon ever did and Barbara Bush got famous more for being snippy tongued than anything else. Jackie Kennedy wore dumb looking hats and said almost nothing while her husband boffed every woman in sight.

No the only First Lady of my lifetime that I would consider influential has been Hilary Clinton. That woman went to work every day whether anyone wanted her involved or not. Throughout the Monica scandal and resulting uproar I found myself often thinking "Was he intentionally lying to the nation or was he just terrified of Hilary finding out?" My money goes on the latter. LOL>
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Zazziness

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Oh, you're wrong about Lady Bird Johnson (and many of the other first ladies, too.) I can remember as a school kid, we went on weekend projects to clean up roadways as part of the America The Beautiful program. Before she started that program, it was considered perfectly OK to pitch your litter out the car window as though time or perhaps magic fairies would make it disappear. Her program made people think about it and change their ways.
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RobertJHarsh

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No mention of Robert J Harsh, dances-with-weebles, or martydotcom? What about PoliltixMary? This list sucks! And I disagree with it. Jimmie Dimon and Guy Fieri actually are far more interesting that Romney. They just made Romney #1 because he lost an election. That's cheap journalism and an easy cop out.
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MRMacrum

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I feel slighted that I did not even make your least influential list. Just for that you are off mine now.
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DARSB

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In my eternal search for external validation I see I didn't make your least influential list. Thanks!
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RobertJHarsh

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@DARSB I'd take just plain 'ole acknowledgment! You know what it is...that least influential contest was rigged!
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dances-weebles

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yeah!
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Denizen_Kate

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I agree with you on the cheap journalism, but why didn't I make your list? Whaahhh!(Quick, someone toss me some cheese to go with my whine! ;-)
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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The media is still in attack mode. Same with Palin.
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Bellweather

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Palin was born in attatck mode.
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jessejaymes

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@Bellweather Palin reminds me of a girlfriend I once had. You could take her anywhere and be ashamed of her.
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Neo_NtheMatrix

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@Bellweather - The media is still attacking her long after she left office. So sad...
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PayThatCEO

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@jessejaymes

I found her an embarrassment to my gender and my race.
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Dan_Tien

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@Neo_NtheMatrix That's we don't want to see her come back. It's sort of like playing Whack-A-Mole.
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lawnmowrman

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I feel so bad for Romney. I spent many an hour defending his positions even though his chances of getting my vote were less than 1%. To his credit he had a better chance of getting that vote than Obama. No Romney should not top GQs list. My name should sit at the top of that list.
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MongoAPillager

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UUUmmm who is GQ and should i take the time to google Them?
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MRMacrum

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I wouldn't bother. They'll just turn you into a metrosexual.
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MongoAPillager

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@MRMacrum 10 years of marriage has pretty much neutered me,so i,m probably safe
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MRMacrum

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@MongoAPillager - 10 years? You must have a kind and loving relationship to have it take so long.
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MongoAPillager

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@MRMacrum I have a therory thet God invented marriage so that we would not fear death so much
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MongoAPillager

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@MongoAPillager on the romney subject though,it seems that romney is willing to fade into obscurity but the media for lack of will to tackle any serious issues will not let him go?
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WMCOL

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Well, what do you know, Romney and his supporters are the most influential people of 2012. LMAO! Nothing left to do but roll up the GOP and take it to the dump and watch the influential righteous machinery cover it over for good, never to be heard from again. Amen.
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jessejaymes

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I think Mitt Romney has been very influential. For decades I have felt that money could buy anything. Romney had all the super pacs blowing money like it was water, he was rich himself, he had the structure behind him, he had the etch a sketch platform, the man could dodge bullets like nobody I ever saw and short of walking on water, there has never been anyone who could walk something back faster and switch positions with a straight face within a single hour like Mitt.

He was very influential with me. Proved I was wrong. Proved you can't always buy an election.
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LGRepublican

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Maybe GQ should put together a list of the Least Influential Magazines on the market.
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CanisCanemEdit

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Romney "Least influential"?

48.3% of the American Voters disagree.

GQ = LOL BS
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Kellso

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No, It just goes to show ya that GQ is nonfunctional crap. If Romney is the Least influential person, then how did he get soooooooo many million votes???
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Zoe2012

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No, Barry and Michelle Obama should top the list. As I stated before, 69% of people in Ohio without a high school diploma, voted for Obama. Need I type more?
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Dan_Tien

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The Least Influential List from the Least Influential magazine (GQ). It should stick to advising men how to dress for excess.
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sabbatical

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Should Barack Obama have taken the #1 spot among Kenya's most influential people?
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whataGOVwehave

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Who makes this shtuff up?!?!?! Didn't he get a couple votes. I could think of a blonde and an Alaskan that should have beat him.
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blue_yahoo

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My vote would have been for Obama to be the top one. He has done nothing basically about influencing the Congress to pass a budget, like putting up spending cuts on the table for tax hikes.
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InjusticeSucks

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Mitt is the same Category as Looser.The Nations biggest looser all in one Mitt da twitt.
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ACTSmom

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What's a looser?
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