Mitt Romney: Hurricane Sandy Let Obama Be ‘Presidential,’ No Regrets About Dead People Though

Mitt Romney’s Hurricane Sandy comments, made this week, are yet another sort that indicate the former presidential contender is not very good at feeling empathy for the everyday American dude.

During a conference this week, Mitt Romney’s Hurricane Sandy comments seemed to tipify the view most Americans have of Romney, whether or not they supported President Obama. While the rest of us were kind of freaked out that people died and drowned and much of the Eastern seaboard was underwater, Mitt felt bad for a different reason — it made the President look kind of good.

Yes, while everyone where I live was busy being without power and other necessities to remain alive for weeks on end — with many still displaced today — Romney’s Hurricane Sandy remarks indicate that suffering that isn’t due to Mitt Romney not getting what he wants is suffering Mitt Romney can’t see.

Ugh.

Mitt Romney’s Hurricane Sandy remarks weren’t the GOP contender’s first tone deafness about the devastating event. While my uncle, in his 60s, bailed out his small business (literally) with a bucket due to six foot high floodwaters and President Obama suspended his campaign to respond despite election proximity, Mitt and Ann ran a useless campaign rally slash food collection drive because maybe people could build rafts with cans of tuna, or fashion a hut to live in with bags of popcorn?

Hurricane Sandy killed 285 people in seven countries, and Mitt Romney is so sad it happened — sad because it made President Obama look good, what with the bipartisanship and caring and empathy and whatnot. Life is really unfair sometimes.

This is what Romney actually said this week about Hurricane Sandy when asked about Chris Christie’s willingness to work with the President when, you know, half of his freaking state was homeless and freezing:

“I wish the hurricane hadn’t happened when it did because it gave the president a chance to look presidential. But, you know, you don’t look back and worry about each little thing.”

Seriously. Did Mitt Romney’s Hurricane Sandy comments make you dislike him more, or are you used to this sort of thing by now?