Mitt Romney wants you to know that banks are 'feeling the same thing that you're feeling'

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Mitt Romney wants you to know that banks are 'feeling the same thing that you're feeling'

by Jed Lewison

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Did anyone honestly think that Mitt "Corporations are people too, my friend" Romney would turn out to be such a bad candidate? Over the past couple of days, he's sat down with voters in an effort to humanize himself by talking about the housing crisis. But instead of humanizing himself, he's unleashed junk like this:

"Well, the banks aren't bad people. They're just overwhelmed right now."

No, Mitt. They aren't bad people. Because they aren't people! For Pete's sake, Bank of America is not a person.

"The banks are scared to death, of course," he said. "They're feeling the same thing that you're feeling...

No, they aren't feeling the same thing we're feeling. They don't stay awake at night worried about how to pay the mortgage. They aren't worried about being forced to spend the night in their car because they've just lost their home. In fact, they aren't feeling a damn thing. Because they aren't human. They aren't even robots. They are companies. And the last thing we need is a president who can't tell the difference!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/01/25/1058376/-Mitt-Romney-wants-you-to-know-that-banks-are-feeling-the-same-thing-that-youre-feeling

Yup, he's tone deaf: "Romney Camp Offers $1.6M 'Reward' For Missing Newt Docs"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002211850

With this latest, he's moving from tone deaf to being weird.

[russspeakeasy]

1. My Dr. doesn't know this yet, but I fell and skinned the shit out of my knee.

I wonder if he felt my pain?

[gratuitous]

2. Look, mistakes were made

And sure, a lot of people got turned out of their homes and their credit was ruined by bankers who pocketed gazillions of dollars in fees and interest. But the truth of the matter is that the bankers are feeling bad, too. So let's just say everybody's upset and let bygones be bygones and start all over again.

Everything cool again?

[da_decider]

3. Wierd...

I have never been able to get federal loans at 0% APR and use it to buy government debt at higher APY!

[jenmito]

4. When banks have to go to the bathroom when out in public, do they use the "male" or "female"

bathrooms?

[JohnnyRingo]

5. If Romney was the reporter watching the Hindenberg go down in flames....

The frantic and now immortal quote would be "Oh, the financial loss!".