Richard Gere's character in Pretty Woman=Mittens

[spooky3]

Just saw Lawrence O's interview with a casualty of Bain Capital's anti-job creation strategy in the 1990s. His story reminded me of Gere's corporate raider portrayal, pre-magical transformation by Julia Roberts' character.

Surely the DNC can make some hay with this.

[Snarkoleptic]

1. Less the gradually teased-out humanity.

imho

[CarmanK]

2. I agree. Romney fits the bill.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Randi Rhodes has also likened Mittens to Gere's character in Pretty Woman

She has mentioned it many times, a la, Bain Capital

[spooky3]

11. It's good to know--thanks

[mucifer]

4. I reallllly hated that movie.

[JI7]

5. i don't know. i think it's Julia Roberts and her character that most people think of with that movie

even i don't remember much about the Gere character other than him being her guy.

i think Romney himself just comes off as such a stereotypical wealthy phony jackass that just allowing people to see him is enough for people to see what he is.

[freshwest]

6. I like that: 'anti-job creation strategy.' Fits with a video I saw here yesterday.

That mass unemployment was planned since the days of Reagan to put the working class in their place, so to speak.

[msanthrope]

7. You mean the type of guy who would fuck you, but not kiss you?

Yeah.

[spooky3]

10. Good one!

[sce56]

14. Well the Piano scene dissmisses that idea!

One of the things I could not believe as reasonable in that movie was a guy going down on a prostitute a real dirty gambler.

[spooky3]

18. You kinda have to set aside reality throughout that entire movie. Sort of like

you do when considering Mittens as President.

[thelordofhell]

8. He's the Mormon version of Gordon Gekko

[Control-Z]

9. He reminds me of

Meg Whitman who, as you probably recall, tried to buy the governor's seat in Cali.

I just hope he goes out the same way. After spending a record chunk of his his own fortune.

[Tx4obama]

12. IIRC in the film Gere did not buy up or close down the older guy's company

in the end Gere did the right thing.

Can't say the same about Romney.

[spooky3]

17. If you'll re-read my post

You'll see I referred to the pre-transformation version of the character, i.e., before she had the magical impact on him to cause him to become a better person,

[ZombieHorde]

13. He can only be saved by a prostitute with a heart of gold? nt

[Kalidurga]

15. Ohhhhhh I thought you the OP was meaning...

he couldn't get a date unless he paid for one...

[Raine]

16. Yes Romney has that same "useless look about him"

as Julia Roberts said about Richard Geer.