Mitt: my family was "helped by the government to get on their feet"

[Enrique]

I will be very interested to hear what form this "help" took, if any reporter bothers to ask him.

“My dad’s dad was not a polygamist. My dad grew up in a family with a mom and a dad and a few brothers and one sister,” he said. “They lived in Mexico and lived a very nice life there from what I understand and then when he was , I think five or six years old there was a revolution in Mexico. They escaped. I believe they went to El Paso first, and were helped by the government to get on their feet and then his dad went around the country, Los Angeles, I think Idaho, Utah, went broke more than once. My dad had a very tough upbringing.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75409.html#ixzz1tWh3IL2l

[Scuba]

1. Could be Mitt, but you're just a sperm lottery winner.

[liberal N proud]

2. Trying to relate to the plight that he helped inflict on the the middle class

It's bad enough that he was part of the problem, but to try and be part of the pain is just too much.

[Gman]

3. For his own good he should stop

He sounds ridiculous.

[CTyankee]

4. And he brought up the polygamy issue. Bad strategy. He should leave that word alone...

[randome]

5. Yeah, that was weird to say out loud.

Notice he didn't say anything about his father not being a polygamist. But I guess if that was the case, we'd know about it by now.

[CTyankee]

6. The guy has an incurable "tin ear."

He turns an ordinary statement into something with red flags all the time. It's incredible. He's out of touch in more ways than one. He can't hear himself talk and can't stop himself from self destruction...

[randome]

13. I don't think I've ever anticipated a presidential debate more.

Some new adjectives will need to be invented when Romney tries to debate Obama.

[CTyankee]

14. I loved it when Obama was asked what he'd say to Mitt Romney and Obama just smiled

and said "Hey, Mitt..."

BHO keeps it cool and even. Mitt's gonna get flustered and dribble from the mouth again. He's not up against the clowns he was "debating" during the primary.

Ready for prime time, Mitt?

[Buns_of_Fire]

11. Willard the Weird strikes again.

Somewhere between the brain and the mouth, most of us tend take a quick detour through our self-editing functions. Willard seems to successfully bypass that detour with alarming regularity.

[CTyankee]

12. Self destructing tendency? I'm beginning to wonder.

As you said, it's "alarming."

But I'm all for him sailing along on "self-destruct" mode. That makes Obama's work easier, doesn't it?

[Buns_of_Fire]

15. I think he's just oblivious to the way his statements sound to us peons. It doesn't register.

Is it a self-destructive flaw? I think, in politics and diplomacy, it is. There are always things better left unsaid, subjects not to be broached, and little seeds not to plant in people's minds.

Poor Willard, he doesn't get it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth. (Apologies to Ann Richards.)

[Javaman]

7. empahty via proxy.

Just like we are not responcible for the sins of our fathers,we are also not to take credit for their trials and tribulations.

mittens once again demonstrates the worst kind of pandering. trying to equate himself to poverty via proxy.

until you have lived poverty, you have no idea what it's like.

mitten's inability for empathy only highlights the rapidly revealing fact that he may actually be a sociopath.

[Enrique]

8. I wasn't thinking about the empathy

I was thinking about the government help part. Which is it, right-wingers, is government help good or bad?

Reminds me of Craig T. Nelson on Fox News, "I was on food stamps and no one ever helped me!"

I still want to know the specifics of the government help the Romneys received.

[Javaman]

9. ahh. gotcha...

yeah, they all think that magic helped them when they were poor, not the government.

[Buns_of_Fire]

16. Magic? Well, I HAVE heard talk about some "special" underwear...

Obviously, it's better stuff than I pick up at Kmart.

[LynneSin]

10. Yes but fuck the rest of you

My dad was helped but screw you to everyone else expecting the same type of government help