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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsROMNEY: 'Not An Ardent Fan-But I have some friends who are NASCAR team OWNERS."
Asked if taking time to appear at Daytona was an indication of his level of confidence going into Tuesday's primary in Michigan, Romney said it wasn't.
"No, it's a sign of a guy who loves cars," Romney said. "And this has always been a place where American cars have shined. And a long history from Daytona being connected with Detroit, with Detroit cars, and with the spirit of America."
Romney was at Daytona last year and said he also has been to the track in New Hampshire. Does he follow the sport?
"Not as closely as some of the most ardent fans," he said. "But I have some friends who are NASCAR team owners."
more:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/26/1068569/-Romney-Crashes-and-Burns-Pandering-at-NASCAR-s-Daytona-500?via=siderec
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Another classic RMoney tone-deaf gaffe!
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)They even threw a pair of blue jeans on him. Yet he keeps making gaffe after gaffe.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Even in trying as hard as he can to present a false image of himself, he can't help revealing his true self. To impersonate a 'common man' character, you have to understand something about what you're impersonating. He clearly doesn't. Even his 'doing laundry' photo op didn't wash.
DCKit
(18,541 posts)we're down to our last pair of sweats or shorts and a ratty T-shirt, not the last three-piece suit hanging in our warehouse-sized closet.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)Maybe get a fancy little walking stick, too, so he can poke the riff raff as needed.
Ishoutandscream2
(6,662 posts)Man, he's sooooooo out of touch.
fishwax
(29,149 posts)aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He has no free will to escape this cycle of self-destruction.
agentS
(1,325 posts)All he had to do was say he knew some fans or "owners and fans", and it wouldn't be a problem.
This guy could not hit a beach ball if it was tossed down the middle over the plate!
pa28
(6,145 posts)Here is a guy with nothing to prove. Everybody knows he's filthy rich but it seems to me he's overcome with this compulsion to brag about his money anyway.
Whether it's his wife driving a couple of Cadillacs, the problems of owning and staffing many expensive houses or betting 10k on an offhand remark by an opponent Mitt just loves referencing his own wealth.
Oh yeah. I wanted to include the "I like to fire people" but the list was getting too long. Mitt has got to be the most tone deaf politician I've ever seen at the national level.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)He said he was out of work, too. He said that GM should have gone bankrupt. He said banks should have foreclosed on homeowners to shake out the market. He said corporations were people, too. Twice he mentioned his wife owning Cadillacs, the second time in Michigan and the first time in Arizona, AT A FORD DEALERSHIP! I'm sure there are even more than the ones on your list.
pa28
(6,145 posts)Also the comment about his worry over getting a pink slip.
Another one that stands out his analogy about his sons employment on the presidential campaign trail being somehow like combat service in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Also his story about being a kid while daddy presided over the Detroit golden anniversary despite the fact he hadn't even been born yet! He loves to brag so much he'll combine it with a lie if he has to. Why?
ecstatic
(32,704 posts)Romney was standing outside a Fannie Mae-foreclosed home in a struggling neighborhood telling a small crowd why they're having so much trouble. "In this case, it's because of the banks," he explained. "Well, the banks aren't bad people. They're just overwhelmed right now."
During a Monday roundtable with business owners struggling in Florida's hobbled housing market, the former Massachusetts governor told the group that their troubles with banks came because the lenders were worried about staying in business.
"The banks are scared to death, of course," he said. "They're feeling the same thing that you're feeling. And so they just want to pretend that all this is just going to get paid some day."
http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=15433619
Of all his gaffes/comments, that one bothered me the most.
pa28
(6,145 posts)If corporations are people I guess banks are people too. Really special people who don't have to pay taxes.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,318 posts)before they make themselves look even more extreme, rich or insanely angry.
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)madrchsod
(58,162 posts)they are even more clueless than their boss.
i bet his dad is rolling in his grave.
Initech
(100,076 posts)Yavin4
(35,439 posts)He is just giving them easy material to satirize.
bayareamike
(602 posts)We get it, you're effin' rich. Not like normal rich, either. Like, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY rich.
It's who he is; the guy IS out of touch because, well frankly, he lives in a different America than pretty much EVERY American. Purportedly there are only 9,000 people in the WORLD who are wealthier than Mitt.
silverweb
(16,402 posts)[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]There's no cure for doofus!
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)production is way up
Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Remember, this is from the "A" bench.
TheKentuckian
(25,026 posts)In a way he is the most frightening of the bunch. He is soulless as I can think of and makes the robot from 'Lost in Space" look like Lady Gaga, Ben Franklin, JFK, Joan of Arc, Charles Manson, Audrey Hepurn, and George Clooney wrapped into one.
Add to that his beyond McShame/Poppy/Bob Dole levels of being out of touch and a seeming utter lack of principles and you get a very dangerous and unappealling option.
ecstatic
(32,704 posts)It sure seems like it! Hey, it works for Trump!
JBoy
(8,021 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I'd say it was a joke, and in some ways, actually sort of funny. I realize that for the modern politician, appearing at a NASCAR event is de rigeur. For those who don't give a happy rat's ass about shiny cars whipping around an oval track, there's practically nothing worse than having to feign interest in it, for the sake of impressing voters who care passionately about it. The first part of Romney's response is obviously spot-on (he's not as interested in NASCAR as these devoted fans, who came out in the rain), and the second part is sort of self-deprecating. Put them together, and it's like a Jim Gaffigan joke: You have "fruit," which is good, and "cake," which is great, put them together and you have "fruitcake," which is nasty crap.
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,501 posts)He'll probably find a way of making it look douchey.
Glimmer of Hope
(5,823 posts)BOHICA12
(471 posts)Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)Mittens. You are screwing yourself. Keep talking!!
opihimoimoi
(52,426 posts)DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)But once I saw how little capitalized wealth was in its holdings I knew I couldn't leverage it enough to make a profit before sale. But hey, lovely day for a race isn't it? The cars all seem to be the right height."
No DUplicitous DUpe
(2,994 posts)You could write for The Daily Show.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)I'm all for having a decent vocabulary but this doesn't sound to me to be the way normal people speak in everyday conversation. It sounds prepared and artificial.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Even with campaign staff, advisors, consultants telling him what he needs to do, and with him trying his damnedest, he just doesn't get it. He never will. He's always a square peg trying to fit into a round hole.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)(despite being ahead of Nixon by 8 points) because he used a single word, 'brainwashing'.
He has developed a second voice inside his head that is trying to preselect 'impeccable' words so that his world won't come crashing down on him like it did his Father.
My dad died in a scuba diving accident and I have never had any interest in scuba diving.
aquart
(69,014 posts)Bozita
(26,955 posts)He said it Friday evening.
Take a look:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002349214
av8rdave
(10,573 posts)NICO9000
(970 posts)You don't even want to have a non-caffeinated beverage with this idiot. Even the morons are wary of him.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Last edited Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:52 PM - Edit history (1)
He really "connects" with the 1%.
I bet he gets a vote from every NASCAR team owner.
Chalk up 50 more votes for Romney!
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)only magnifies why he hasn't a clue what non-filthy-rich people appreciate and value.
existentialist
(2,190 posts)What do you think?
Maybe just a little?
freethought
(2,457 posts)spicegal
(758 posts)Is he really that "tone deaf"?
Kablooie
(18,634 posts)Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)spanone
(135,838 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)I hate chickenshits.
Raine
(30,540 posts)he wouldn't want to have to live down being an ordinary guy when he goes back to that life. Visuals are for the average guy the audio is for his 1% buds.
bluesbassman
(19,373 posts)ScottLand
(2,485 posts)I'm sure that will resonate with all the regular people, Mitty!