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October 13, 2014 WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Mitt Romney wanted to tell a joke. "Now when you're running for office people tell you, you shouldn't tell jokes," he said at a political rally here on Sunday. "But I'm not running for office, so I can tell one."
And that's just what the two-time Republican presidential candidate did. Brushing aside 2016 chatter, he inserted a one-minute humor (or at least attempted humor) interlude into a rally Sunday evening for Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst.
Romney began by telling the crowd that he "got this on the Internet from a family member." Here is the joke, in Romney's telling, in full:
President Obama went to the bank to cash a check and he didn't have his ID. And the teller said you've got to prove who you are.
He said, "How should I do that?" She said the other day Phil Mickelson came in, he didn't have his ID but he set up a little cup on the ground, took a golf ball, putted it right into that cup so they knew it was Phil Mickelson. They cashed his check.
And then Andre Agassi came in. And Andre Agassi didn't have his ID either. He put a little target on the wall, took a tennis ball and racquet– hit it onto that target time. We knew that was Andre Agassi so we cashed his check.
And she said to him, "Is there anything you can do to prove who you are?" And [Obama] said, "I don't have a clue."
And she said, "Well, Mr. President, do you want your money in small bills or large bills."
And that's just what the two-time Republican presidential candidate did. Brushing aside 2016 chatter, he inserted a one-minute humor (or at least attempted humor) interlude into a rally Sunday evening for Iowa Republican Senate candidate Joni Ernst.
Romney began by telling the crowd that he "got this on the Internet from a family member." Here is the joke, in Romney's telling, in full:
President Obama went to the bank to cash a check and he didn't have his ID. And the teller said you've got to prove who you are.
He said, "How should I do that?" She said the other day Phil Mickelson came in, he didn't have his ID but he set up a little cup on the ground, took a golf ball, putted it right into that cup so they knew it was Phil Mickelson. They cashed his check.
And then Andre Agassi came in. And Andre Agassi didn't have his ID either. He put a little target on the wall, took a tennis ball and racquet– hit it onto that target time. We knew that was Andre Agassi so we cashed his check.
And she said to him, "Is there anything you can do to prove who you are?" And [Obama] said, "I don't have a clue."
And she said, "Well, Mr. President, do you want your money in small bills or large bills."
