Right now, kos has a front-page story that asks, quite simply, Can Romney interact with ANYONE without insulting them?
I'm surprised that this question has to even be asked. As evidence, just watch the following clip from the Conan O'Brien show, in which Romney's 5 adult sons talk about his propensity for "practical jokes" while hating having them played on him:
OK, did you watch the whole thing? For those who don't have video access, here's the gist of it:
--When one of the sons grabbed Romney's arm in the dark to frighten him, after shrieking, Romney angrily wrestled his son to the ground and pinned him down (must've gotten plenty of practice when forcibly shaving his high school classmates' heads).
--He ruined a former friends' wedding by sneaking into the grooms' hotel room and writing "HELP" on the bottom of his shoes (it was a Catholic wedding, think about it). Conan notes that the bride probably wasn't too amused, and one of the sons admits that "they're not friends anymore". Hmmmm...wonder why?
--When they were children, Romney loved to trick his kids into putting their faces close to a bowl of rancid butter, whipped cream or cantaloupe and then shove their faces into it. The sons proclaim that they do the same thing to their own kids, as if this is something to be proud of.
--Just like the Seamus on the Car Roof story, the sons gleefully tell these stories with the expectation that these somehow present their father in a positive light.
At the end, O'Brien, while joking, predicts what a Dubya-Giving-an-Unwanted-Shoulder-Rub-style disaster Romney would be as President, speculating that he might shove Ben Bernacke's face into a bowl of pudding.
I think today's events show that this wasn't just idle speculation.