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Romney seems to have had the impression that this affair was a political roast where you go after your opponent with hopefully humorous insults and put downs. Actually, that’s not typical of the traditional presentations at the dinner. More often participants engage in light-hearted self-deprecating humor and general swipes at the institutions of government.<\/p>\n
However, whoever wrote Romney’s address was intent on lambasting the President repeatedly over political matters that have been a part of his campaign all along. Romney used this appearance as just another stump speech with a few extra punch lines. The result was that he affirmed his reputation as a bully who lacks the social skills to congregate amicably.<\/p>\n
Romney’s rant included references to Joe Biden, Big Bird, “You didn’t build that,”<\/em> unemployment numbers, redistribution of wealth, the deficit, Bill Clinton, the “liberal”<\/em> media, and Obamacare. All of those are staples on the campaign trail with Romney and he used them all to disparage Obama in this speech.<\/p>\n By contrast Obama’s speech was heavily weighted to jokes about himself. There were very few references at all to Romney, personally or politically. His performance demonstrates the distinct difference between the personalities and temperament of these two men. One is a self-aware, congenial, decent person with a sense of humor. The other is a self-centered, exploitative, megalomaniac with a superiority complex.<\/p>\n