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Related: About this forum"In Comments About His Wife’s Horse, Romney Shows Why Americans Just Don’t Like Him"
In Comments About His Wifes Horse, Romney Shows Why Americans Just Dont Like HimPosted by Nick Chiles at the Atlanta Black Star
http://atlantablackstar.com/2012/07/26/in-comments-about-his-wifes-horse-romney-shows-why-americans-just-dont-like-him/
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Clearly hes afraid that if the public sees him at a horse dancing competition, we will suddenly be reminded: Oh yeah, Mitts richI almost forgot until I saw him at the Olympic dressage event!
The Romney campaign doesnt seem to understand a fundamental fact about the American electorate: Americans dont hate rich guys, Americans hate liars. Rich guys trying to pretend they arent rich, acting like they are the same as the rest of us. Thats being fake, a fraud, and we can spot it from a mile away. We dont want the existence of your money thrown in our face, but if we dont see it were not going to forget its there.
Take a look at the American Senate. Nothing but rich guys. A fraternity that provides definitive proof that Americans vote for rich guys all the time. In fact, I would contend that we actually PREFER to vote for rich guys. This is a nation that tends to lionize the very wealthySteve Jobs, Bill Gates, Donald Trump, P Diddybelieving that they must have some special stuff the rest of us mere mortals dont have.
Lets take a look at New York City, for example. For seemingly like the last two decades, one of the most liberal cities in the nation has been run by an incredibly rich guy, Michael Bloomberg. In fact, Mitt, hes even richer than you. A lot richer. But the thing about Bloomberg, one of the reasons New Yorkers keep electing him again and again, is hes comfortable being rich. He doesnt seem to mind if you know that he happens to be a billionaire. He doesnt try to hide itlike some people I know. If Bloomberg wants to spend his leisure time at the Metropolitan Opera or the New York City Ballet, hes gonna go to the opera and ballet. Hes not going to pretend hed rather be at a Knicks gameyou know, like regular guys.
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"In Comments About His Wife’s Horse, Romney Shows Why Americans Just Don’t Like Him" (Original Post)
applegrove
Jul 2012
OP
He does not care about anything, not even his own wife. He totally lacks emotions.
appleannie1
Jul 2012
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C_U_L8R
(45,019 posts)1. Dog on the roof
Horse and wife under the bus.
What a creep Romney is.
ejbr
(5,856 posts)2. You don't know if Bloomberg
is richer than Mitt Rmoney...just sayin'
applegrove
(118,766 posts)3. Very true.
appleannie1
(5,068 posts)4. He does not care about anything, not even his own wife. He totally lacks emotions.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)5. Well he's going after the "I don't give a fuck what my wife is doing" democgraphic, which in fact is
a huge demographic
Im not even sure which day the sport goes on, Romney said. She will get the chance to see it; I will not be watching the event. I hope her horse does well.
Unfortunately it isn't going to do much for the 'wife' demographic.
applegrove
(118,766 posts)6. He's either completely selfish narcissist, or he's a liar. One or the other.
whathehell
(29,090 posts)7. He knows he's got "unfavorables" associated with Horse Ballet
So he's chosen to "soft peddle" it. If he weren't running for president
this year, he'd be there, believe me.