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kpete

(71,997 posts) Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:15 PM Sep 2012

Robert Reich Asks: Mitt Says His Heart

Mitt Says His Heart "Aches" For You -- Convinced?
The absurd effort to repackage Romney as a compassionate conservative.
September 27, 2012 |

“My heart aches for the people I’ve seen,”

Mitt Romney said, on the second day of his Ohio bus tour. He’s now telling stories of economic hardship among the people he’s met.

Up until now, Romney’s stories on the campaign trail have been about business successes – people who started businesses in garages and grew their companies into global giants, entrepreneurs who succeeded because of grit and determination, millionaires who began poor. Horatio Alger updated.

Curiously absent from these narratives have been the stories of ordinary Americans caught in an economy over which they have no control. That is, most of us.

At least until now.

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What we’re seeing in Ohio isn’t a new Mitt Romney. It’s a newly-packaged Mitt Romney. The real Mitt Romney is the one we saw on the videotape last week. And no amount of re-taping can disguise the package’s true contents.
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the rest:
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/mitt-says-his-heart-aches-you-convinced

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Robert Reich Asks: Mitt Says His Heart (Original Post) kpete Sep 2012 OP

'Crocodile Heart Aches.' nt onehandle Sep 2012 #1

Can we make that into a derogatory statement like the GOP did to Clinton's, sinkingfeeling Sep 2012 #2

Let's do a reverse one like "Romney. He feels our pain!" lunatica Sep 2012 #3

We can do one that shows that statement Hutzpa Sep 2012 #4

We could name any number of clips to pair with the new improved Mitt--- Grammy23 Sep 2012 #5

onehandle

(51,122 posts)

1. 'Crocodile Heart Aches.' nt

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:16 PM

Sep 2012

sinkingfeeling

(51,461 posts)

2. Can we make that into a derogatory statement like the GOP did to Clinton's,

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:42 PM

Sep 2012

"I feel your pain."?

lunatica

(53,410 posts)

3. Let's do a reverse one like "Romney. He feels our pain!"

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:44 PM

Sep 2012

Hutzpa

(11,461 posts)

4. We can do one that shows that statement

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Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:46 PM

Sep 2012

and another image or video showing him talking about shipping jobs overseas.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)

5. We could name any number of clips to pair with the new improved Mitt---

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:56 PM

Sep 2012

The secret tape is full of things that are the exact opposite to his new, kinder heart.

The more Mitt talks the more we see that he is not worried about the rest of us. Just let him keep talking. He is his own worst enemy. All the Dems need to do is put up an ad with all of his contradictory statements. OH WAIT! They just did that! Thank you secret tape person.

Now all Mitt has to do is convince us WHICH Mitt will get elected. The kinder, gentler Mitt. Or the tough guy who really doesn't give a rat's ass about the rest of us. Some folks may decide they don't want to find out.

Too bad, Mitt. This is what you get when you try to be one person to your base, another to your donors and another to the people you hope will change their vote to YOU. When you try to be all things to all the people, you wind up just a two (or three) faced liar.

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