MOOS: A BLOW-OUT FOR MITT ROMNEY'S BIRTHDAY
<pi> This package/segment contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package/segment. Usage must cease on all platforms (including digital) within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN. </pi>\n\n --SUPERS--\n**ALL SOURCES PREFONTED**\n\n1:09-1:19\nJeanne Moos\nNew York\n\n --LEAD IN--\nUTAH SENATOR MITT ROMNEY RECENTLY TOOK SOME GOOD-NATURED RIBBING ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE WAY HE BLEW OUT CANDLES ON HIS BIRTHDAY CAKE.\nJEANNE MOOS THINKS WE SHOULD GIVE MITT A BREAK.\nHERE'S HER TAKE:\n --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--\n-NATS Romney video-\nWHEN MITT ROMNEY TWEETED OUT A VIDEO OF HIS STAFF PRESENTING HIM, ON HIS 72ND BIRTHDAY, WITH A CAKE MADE OUT OF HIS FAVORITE SNACK...TWINKIES...YOU'D THINK THE TWINKIES WOULD BE THE STORY.\n(nats)\nBUT NOPE, WHAT EVERYONE ELSE WAS SAYING "HOLY COW' ABOUT WAS THIS.\n(nats)\nHE PICKED UP EACH INDIVIDUAL CANDLE AND BLEW IT OUT.\nTHE DAILY SHOW CALLED HIM AN "INCREDIBLY LIFELIKE MITTBOT" \nSOMEONE TWEETED "YOU DON'T GET A WISH FOR EACH ONE, BUDDY." OH YEAH?\n(nats)\nTRUE, MOST BIG TIME POLITICIANS TRY TO BLOW OUT THEIR CANDLES ALL AT ONCE...\nTHOUGH THE QUEEN OF DENMARK FOILED GEORGE W BUSH WITH TOO MANY CANDLES.\nAND HILLARY CLINTON NEEDED HELP FROM BILL. \nTHE ICING ON THE CAKE WAS THE HEAD CARESS. \nBUT MITT DOES THINGS DIFFERENTLY. \nAFTER ALL, THIS IS A GUY WHO TRIED TO IRON OR STEAM HIS SHIRT WHILE WEARING IT...\n(nats)\nJeanne Moos/New York: "Life isn't fair. It's your birthday, you post a nice little video moment on social media and you get burned<pi></pi>by your own candles."\nBUT SENATOR ROMNEY TAKES THE CAKE FOR CONSIDERATION.\nHE TOLD TMZ "I HAVE A BIT OF A COLD AND I DIDN'T WANT TO SPRAY MY GERMS ALL OVER THE TWINKIES FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO EAT." \nAT LEAST ONE STUDY HAS SHOWN BLOWING OUT CANDLES CAN INCREASE CAKE BACTERIA BY 1,400 PERCENT. \nSO TO THE CHARGE THAT "MITT ROMNEY BLOWS OUT BIRTHDAY CANDLES LIKE A SERIAL KILLER" WE SAY, MITT DIDN'T BLOW IT! \n"IT'S FLU SEASON AND BLOWING OUT CANDLES IS BASICALLY SNEEZING ON THE CAKE."\n(nats)\nJEANNE MOOS CNN\n(nats)\nNEW YORK\n -----END-----CNN.SCRIPT-----\n\n --KEYWORD TAGS--\nNEW YORK MITT ROMNEY SOCIAL MEDIA KICKER\n\n