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kpete

(71,996 posts) Thu Jan 19, 2012, 05:27 PM Jan 2012

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Mitt to 99%: "America is right and you're wrong."

Mitt Romney pretty much lost it today with an apparent Occupy Wall Street protester, once again revealing a typically tone-deaf 1960's "America, Love It or Leave It" mentality.

Romney was walking the rope line outside of his headquarters in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday when a person off camera asked, "What would you do to support the 99 percent seeing as how you're part of the 1 percent?" That's a fair question, but Romney's testy response suggests that he thinks folks who ask such things must support communist or dictatorial regimes in Cuba, North Korea, China etc.

He ends this diatribe saying "America is right and you're wrong." That's Mitt's answer for a simple question like "what would you do to support the 99 percent?" In other words, he's saying don't you peasants bother me with such things.

VIDEO & MORE:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/craig-crawford/mitt-to-99-percent-youre_b_1217006.html

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Mitt to 99%: "America is right and you're wrong." (Original Post) kpete Jan 2012 OP

Fools and psychopaths cloak themselves in patriotic rhetoric Vincardog Jan 2012 #1

Blazing away at both feet with hifiguy Jan 2012 #2

America IS the 99% Mopar151 Jan 2012 #3

I hope Mitt keeps these statements comming, Joe Shlabotnik Jan 2012 #4

Vincardog

(20,234 posts)

1. Fools and psychopaths cloak themselves in patriotic rhetoric

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 05:33 PM

Jan 2012

But the GOP has nothing left to offer if the best they can come up with is another over privileged under socialized frat boy.

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

2. Blazing away at both feet with

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 05:47 PM

Jan 2012

machine guns. That's Mittens, alright. Each statement that comes out of his noisehole is more tone-deaf and royalist than the last. Amazing.

Mopar151

(9,989 posts)

3. America IS the 99%

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 06:33 PM

Jan 2012

So who's wrong?

Joe Shlabotnik

(5,604 posts)

4. I hope Mitt keeps these statements comming,

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Jan 19, 2012, 06:50 PM

Jan 2012

all the way through the American Spring, Summer and Fall. He'll be on track to receive 1% of the votes.

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