WP reporter: Romney aides add new curtains to campaign plane to separate Romney & staff from press

[highplainsdem]

From Washington Post reporter Nia-Malika Henderson on Twitter:

http://twitter.com/niawapo/status/249630216769658880

Romney aides add new curtains to campaign plane today. Separating his cabin and staff cabin from press. http://twitpic.com/axdgyg

5:04 PM - 22 Sep 12

Less than 20 minutes after she tweeted that pic, she tweeted that "Romney aides now say curtains won't be used."

http://twitter.com/niawapo/status/249634965837471744

[TXDemoGal]

1. Good work, Ms. Henderson! nt

[annabanana]

2. Well worth retweeting BOTH tweets!. . . .n/t

[highplainsdem]

10. +1,000

[MichiganVote]

3. Pathetic

[nc4bo]

4. Do Mormons shun?

Mitt tells the press to talk to the hand!!

[kestrel91316]

6. Nope, that's the Amish. But the Mormons are snooty to Gentiles

(and presumably the excommunicated) so that's worse.

Shunning in the Amish is done out of love to try to encourage the person to return to Amish ways. Mormons just always look down their noses at nonmormons - they are told they are superior and they never let you forget it.

[nc4bo]

8. You know Kestrel - wouldn't it be loverly if Mitt's press got really po'd?

I'm sure they hear and see many things the general public ever could.

Maybe Mitt should have given that a 2nd thought?

[DonViejo]

5. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain

[highplainsdem]

9. Chris Matthews will really love this, after his recent Hardball segment on "the real Willard of Oz":

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/49105875/ns/msnbc-hardball_with_chris_matthews/t/hardball-chris-matthews-wednesday-september-th/

HARDBALL
September 19, 2012

Guests: Cynthia Tucker, John Feehery, Chuck Schumer, Dana Milbank, Shira Toeplitz

CHRIS MATTHEWS, HARDBALL HOST: The Tin Man.

Let`s play HARDBALL.

Good evening. I`m Chris Matthews in sunny Philadelphia.

"Let Me Start" with this rare moment when you get to look behind the
curtain. Remember in "The Wizard of Oz," when we saw the man actually
doing the talking? Well, this is the week when we heard from the real
Willard of Oz, Mitt Romney. Pay no attention to the man behind the
curtain, we`re told, but how can we ignore the real Willard who says half
the country, the country he wants to run, is filled with beggars --
beggars, moochers, loafers, looters, people who don`t work, don`t want to
work, want the better-off half to give them breakfast in bed.

-snip-

Anyway, let`s take a look at that famous scene in "The Wizard of Oz"
when the curtain is pulled back and we see who`s calling the shots. Let`s
take a look.

-snip-

MATTHEWS: Howard, that is the way this thing strikes me for the first
time. We`ve all known that politicians have a secret life behind the
scenes where they talk frankly and oftentimes too candidly about what they
think of the voters who may be against them, the people on the other side
politically.

I think this is maybe the first time we`ve really gotten, you know, an
unscrubbed, uncleaned-up, uncosmetized look at Romney.

FINEMAN: Well, first let me say that that`s every reporter-to-be`s
favorite scene, when the curtain is pulled back. Cynthia would probably
agree with me. We love to see the curtains pulled back.

-snip-

[MineralMan]

26. Damn! I posted that too, but later.

Props to you for posting it first. That'll teach me to read through the thread.

[beac]

7. Another campaign goof!

Queen Ann is FURIOUS that the drapes she ordered for the Lincoln bedroom got delivered to the plane!!

[HangOnKids]

11. Holy Moly beac you are on a roll

Yet another DUzy!

[beac]

12. Seems my fear that 2012 wouldn't provide the same snarkortunities as '08 was unfounded.

Who knew the Rmoney gang would out-idiot McGramps & Caribou Barbie???

[HangOnKids]

13. Please keep them coming

I laugh my ass off, well I wish I could laugh me ass off....

[oldhippydude]

15. regardless

it's curtains for Romney

[HangOnKids]

16. Ouch Thanks For Playing!

[oldhippydude]

19. your welcome

however could not spare the rod...

[beac]

22. At a time like this, Romney should be

draping himself all over reporters, not shunning them.

[oldhippydude]

23. pleats..........don't know if i can fabricate another one n/t

[beac]

27. It's like the blind leading the blinds. n/t

[oldhippydude]

28. in the end it's a draw n/t

[beac]

30. Indeed... just shades of grey. n/t

[oldhippydude]

31. the grey is inmaterial..n/t

[beac]

32. I shutter to think what you will say next! n/t

[oldhippydude]

33. was going to comment on the window

but couldn't handle the payne

[beac]

35. I just can't seem to cut the cord. n/t

[oldhippydude]

36. it getting near the end

you will get a handle on it..

[beac]

39. Don't you sash me! n/t

[oldhippydude]

41. looks like you don't screen your replys n/t

[beac]

43. Sorry it took me awhile to get back to you... I was watching a movie...

"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance".

[oldhippydude]

44. give me libety or give me depth

[ThoughtCriminal]

14. Reminds me of this great Southern Airways commercial

[pacalo]

20. Spot on!

[highplainsdem]

17. NBC's Garrett Haake says the curtains were installed while press was off the plane for 2 hrs in SD

http://twitter.com/GarrettNBCNews/status/249626928817008640

Garrett Haake
@GarrettNBCNews

In the 2 hours the press was off Romney plane in SD, a new curtain has been installed to separate the reporters from the staff section.

4:51 PM - 22 Sep 12

Then he retweeted a pic of the curtains with a description from LA Times reporter Seema Mehta:

http://twitter.com/GarrettNBCNews/status/249630150851952641

[nc4bo]

18. Wow LOL.

[highplainsdem]

21. kick

[BumRushDaShow]

24. When he was overseas, he and his staff routinely left the press behind

to fend for themselves as they bolted off. Even Greta VanStuffit was pissed at the time.

[MineralMan]

25. Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!

[Raine]

42. Paging Toto!!! nt

[HipChick]

29. Keep the riff-raff in the back..

[SoapBox]

34. Talk about class warfare!

Mittens the Snob.

[barnabas63]

37. That will improve his press coverage..

good plan there (sarcasm).

[loyalsister]

38. Mitt's downfall is technology

and behavior not expected to be for public consumption. He might have done a little better pre-youtube and social media. But, he gets caught acting like a jerk because that's who he is and he still doesn't get that people will find out if he's not careful.

Obama either doesn't get caught or just doesn't act like a jerk at inopportune times- ever. His off script moments are usually charming. I love my pres, but am not naive enough to believe he's perfect. Joe gets into trouble occasionally, because he is still catching up to the modern self censorship requirements. But he's not a mean guy and will never be vulnerable to the kind of damning moments romney has.

OFA is totally synched with current technology and they have strong guards against mishaps and gotchas.

It's bad enough that there was DNA testing available in 98. Imagine candidate Clinton in today's world. I'm so glad that he preceded the tech revolution!

[Ikonoklast]

40. I wonder if those are Special Mormon Curtains.

That keeps the stink of the Plebian Non-Believers from traveling all over the place.