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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:26 PM Feb 2012

Former co-worker I had lunch with today is non-political and doesn't even vote

Never watches any political shows whatsoever. He has a deep dislike for politics. Never watches political shows or speeches. So naturally I never bring the subject up.

Today he brought it up one time. Out of the blue he brought it up. He said, "You know that Romney guy?" I answered sure I know who he is. He went on to say. "If he were forced to make a list of ten people in this world I hated the most, Romney would be number one right at the top of the list." That is what he said.

I asked him why? He said "It was because of Romey's attitude about the poor. Made him sick to think someone like this could even be running for president."

My friend who told me this today is not poor by the way.

Just out of the blue. Strange, huh?

Don

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southernyankeebelle

(11,304 posts)
3. It's because he is a flip flopper. He doesn't take a stand one way or the other. He is a liar. He
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:35 PM
Feb 2012

loves his own people.

 

joeybee12

(56,177 posts)
6. I'm being sarcastic...or snide...
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:44 PM
Feb 2012

Meaning hating the poor is so important to the Repuke base that they have SO much in common with him.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
4. The difference between Bush and Romney. Bush was an idiot but to some, a loveable
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:36 PM
Feb 2012

idiot. A lot of Americans could associate with him. But Romney is the epitome of the handsome, smiley, fast talkin', flim-flam man. And he is not a Christian in the eyes of many.

Initech

(100,036 posts)
5. I love how the freeps and GOP try say Obama hasn't done anything to our economy.
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 05:43 PM
Feb 2012

And the best their party can do is a guy with the personality of a third world dictator (Gingrich) or a guy who's made a living destroying everyone else's way of making a living (Romney). Bain Capital isn't a company it's a virus.

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
10. Romney is not likeable..period. He is almost a joke.
Tue Feb 7, 2012, 08:31 PM
Feb 2012

He's like a caricature of a rich prick jock who you cheer when they get their comeuppance at the end of the movie.

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