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Amerigo Vespucci

(30,885 posts) Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:15 AM Jun 2012

"Regular Guy" Mitt Romney "pruning hedges" in La Jolla, so "I guess he doesn't outsource it all!"

Chris Jansing, just now on MSNBC, pushing what is apparently MSNBC's talking point for today (John Kerry went windsurfing so Mitt is no more out of touch with "regular people" than John Kerry)...

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"Regular Guy" Mitt Romney "pruning hedges" in La Jolla, so "I guess he doesn't outsource it all!" (Original Post) Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 OP

Proably the first time he has ever done it himself. liberal N proud Jun 2012 #1

Hey, pretending to dig a ditch and pull weeds got Bush a LOT of media mileage.... Blue_Tires Jun 2012 #2

But not all of it was good press. Sometimes it was portrayed in a negative light RZM Jun 2012 #6

R U kidding? The RWers at my workplace ate that shit up. They still think he loves his ranch. Nay Jun 2012 #9

Well yeah, his supporters supported him RZM Jun 2012 #10

Is he using Fisher Price pruning shears? He might hurt himself with the real thing. smokey nj Jun 2012 #3

Chopping wood = Reagan, Clearing brush = GWB, Pruning hedges = Romney KurtNYC Jun 2012 #4

I'm surprised he didn't let the hedges grow, since he loves high trees. Frustratedlady Jun 2012 #5

He trims the hedges until they are "just the right height"...then he loves them. Amerigo Vespucci Jun 2012 #7

I want to see pictures! lutefisk Jun 2012 #8

liberal N proud

(60,336 posts)

1. Proably the first time he has ever done it himself.

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:16 AM

Jun 2012

All for the camera.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. Hey, pretending to dig a ditch and pull weeds got Bush a LOT of media mileage....

Reply to Amerigo Vespucci (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 10:18 AM

Jun 2012

RZM

(8,556 posts)

6. But not all of it was good press. Sometimes it was portrayed in a negative light

Reply to Blue_Tires (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 11:06 AM

Jun 2012

As in:

'The president is out here in West Texas clearing brush while there are problems with (Iraq, Afghanistan, the economy, Katrina, etc.) that demand his attention.'

By the end I think 'Crawford' had more of a negative connotation than a positive one.

Nay

(12,051 posts)

9. R U kidding? The RWers at my workplace ate that shit up. They still think he loves his ranch.

Reply to RZM (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 7, 2012, 06:10 PM

Jun 2012

When I told them he was scared of horses and never rode, they didn't believe me. When I told them he had moved to town about 6 milliseconds after leaving the presidency, they didn't believe that, either.