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lexw

(804 posts)
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 01:03 PM Sep 2012

Want a good laugh..."Romney: My heart aches for struggling America."

Yahoo "News" of course...

"I've been across this country, and my heart aches for the people I've seen," Romney told a crowd of several hundred people here. "There are so many in our country that are hurting right now. I want to help them."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/romney-ohio-heart-aches-struggling-americans-153739193--election.html

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Want a good laugh..."Romney: My heart aches for struggling America." (Original Post) lexw Sep 2012 OP
As a "hurting" person ruffburr Sep 2012 #1
Maybe he should share his wealth rather than sending it to offshore tax havens. Viva_Daddy Sep 2012 #2
My heart aches for struggling America." Flashmann Sep 2012 #3
Mitt wants to help? fun n serious Sep 2012 #4
I am watching CNN's coverage of Ohio campaigning slydog1227 Sep 2012 #5
no more than a character actor, I guess lexw Sep 2012 #6
who is Mike Rowe?? nt progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #17
Host of "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery channel, also narrated... JHB Sep 2012 #19
Polls must have told this Phony Thrill Sep 2012 #7
A crowd of several hundred, LOL livetohike Sep 2012 #8
If that is your splendid purpose, sir... catnhatnh Sep 2012 #9
He would have to have a heart first... RedSpartan Sep 2012 #10
No, this is just his sad and pathetic attempt to blunt the impact from Grammy23 Sep 2012 #11
Yeah, and my hemorrhoids ache for Rmoney meow2u3 Sep 2012 #12
It is laughable, because the facts tell us he doesn't give a shit. So disengenuous. n/t Avalux Sep 2012 #13
What next for Mittbot? I suppose he's gonna say he can even "feel our pain". MatthewStLouis Sep 2012 #14
I'm glad his heart aches. He deserves it for what he's done to people. begin_within Sep 2012 #15
Such Bullshit from that guy. He has no warmth or empathy. His interactions speak volumes. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #16
wait a second... FLAVA707 Sep 2012 #18
Why, in my own neighborhood... Jeff In Milwaukee Sep 2012 #20
:D lexw Sep 2012 #21

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
3. My heart aches for struggling America."
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 01:40 PM
Sep 2012

No doubt...All those poor,poor billionaires and even the pissant millionaires facing increased taxation....Horrible....It's just horrible...

 

slydog1227

(23 posts)
5. I am watching CNN's coverage of Ohio campaigning
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:06 PM
Sep 2012

And Mike Rowe is speaking on behalf of Romney. WOW! I don't know why, but I was shocked. I always pegged Mike as someone who would actually support the working man.
He's seen most of the struggling Americans firsthand.

lexw

(804 posts)
6. no more than a character actor, I guess
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:14 PM
Sep 2012

...seeing something like that, certainly changes how you enjoy their films from that point on.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
19. Host of "Dirty Jobs" on Discovery channel, also narrated...
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:19 PM
Sep 2012

..."Deadliest Catch". Both shows that featured people who don't exactly make their money the way Mitt did/does.

Thrill

(19,178 posts)
7. Polls must have told this Phony
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 02:29 PM
Sep 2012

he needs to show some empathy. LOL. So all of sudden, he aches for people

Grammy23

(5,813 posts)
11. No, this is just his sad and pathetic attempt to blunt the impact from
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 03:19 PM
Sep 2012

That awful 47 % comment on the now famous video released last week. (Can it only have been a week ago?? Seems like longer. LOL) I think that video did a LOT of damage to Mitt and it only confirmed what some of us already suspected.

Now what the Dems need to do is come out with a video and show both of those statements, side by side. And Ask the question, Which Mitt do you think you'll elect if you vote for him? The one who knew the cameras were rolling using a scripted statement? Or the guy who had no idea that there was a camera on him and he was talking to folks digging in their pockets to give him more money? The hypocrisy is dripping from his lips when he talks about helping the poor on that new ad. Makes me want to gag.
His comment that his policies will help the poor and middle class sounded pretty hollow and forced.

We've gotten an unscripted look at Mitt and we really do not like what we see.

MatthewStLouis

(904 posts)
14. What next for Mittbot? I suppose he's gonna say he can even "feel our pain".
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:04 PM
Sep 2012

I am cautious to celebrate, but he seems to be in "mad lib" mode.


progressivebydesign

(19,458 posts)
16. Such Bullshit from that guy. He has no warmth or empathy. His interactions speak volumes.
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 04:24 PM
Sep 2012

Someone told him to say that, and it just doesn't ring true. better he just stfu.

Jeff In Milwaukee

(13,992 posts)
20. Why, in my own neighborhood...
Wed Sep 26, 2012, 05:52 PM
Sep 2012

many of my friends can no longer afford enough jet fuel to fly their families to Barbados for the weekend. And others have started eating domestic cavier -- DOMESTIC! Why, just the other day I was walking through my bedroom and picked up a sock. Me. Myself. Like a common field hand. It was horrible.

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