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Odd Romney Gaffe: Americans The Only People Who Put Hands Over Hearts During Anthem
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Fri, 03 Feb 12 10:50 PM
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Odd Romney Gaffe: Americans The Only People Who Put Hands Over Hearts During Anthem

by Tommy Christopher | 12:52 pm, February 3rd, 2012

There are actually a couple of odd things about the Mitt Romney gaffe that recently surfaced on the newly-Ben Smith-run Buzzfeed. In the brief clip, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney claims that “we (Americans) are the only people on Earth that put our hand over our heart during the playing of the National Anthem.”

The claim itself is weird (and false) on its face, and reminded me of nothing so much as the running gag in the film Shaun of the Dead, in which Simon Pegg’s character questions the claim that “dogs can’t look up.”

It’s a relatively innocuous claim (it’s not as if he said “We’re the only people on Earth who don’t eat live kittens), but it’s possible to interpret this fantasy of his as an extension of a facile “exceptionalist” worldview. It’s not enough that America be the best country on Earth, her people have to be the only ones who love their own country enough to show her reverence.

What’s equally weird is that Romney’s been making this claim for months. 

http://www.mediaite.com/online/odd-romney-gaffe-americans-the-only-people-who-put-hands-over-hearts-during-anthem/


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