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I don't know who is more out of touch; that they both lie is a given.http://thinkprogress.org/special/2012/04/29/473280/boehner-romneys-wealth-wont-hurt-him-because-the-american-people-dont-want-to-vote-for-a-loser/
Boehner: Romneys Wealth Wont Hurt Him Because The American People Dont Want To Vote For A Loser
By Travis Waldron on Apr 29, 2012 at 11:30 am
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has struggled to connect with average voters throughout his campaign, but that wont hurt him in the general election, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Sunday.
Asked by CNNs Candy Crowley whether Romneys wealth presented him with a hill to climb in tough economic times, Boehner said it wouldnt because the American people dont want to vote for a loser:
Do you think that someone who is as wealthy as he is, who has had as much privilege as he is, has a hill to climb to overcome that?
BOEHNER: No. The American people dont want to vote for a loser. They dont want to vote for someone that hasnt been successful. I think Mitt Romney has an opportunity to show the American people that they, too, can succeed.
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Romney has consistently reminded voters of his wealth, noting that he is friends with the owners of NASCAR and pro football teams, that his wife has a couple of Cadillacs, or that he doesnt consider $374,000 in speaking fees to be very much. That top Republicans consider Americans who dont enjoy those luxuries losers or unsuccessful, however, may be why its nominee has had such a tough time gaining favor with average voters throughout the 2012 election.
renegade000
(2,301 posts)if they have a multi-millionaire former executive, former governor as a father...
Andy823
(11,495 posts)Boehner said "The American People Dont Want To Vote For A Loser , funny things is the americans in his state voted for him, and his sure as hell is a "loser"!
As for Romney, the more he brings up his wealth the less people are going to like him. He is nothing more than a spoiled rich kid who got through college by "cashing in his stocks" so he and his wife didn't have to work, then he made his fortune buying companies, firing people, dumping the retirement plans for those companies on the government, and sent jobs offshore when they closed down the entire plants! Yep, the american people just love those kind of "regular" guys! Do republicans really think people are that stupid?
salin
(48,955 posts)I can almost see him holding an "L" formed by his fingers to his forhead and saying in a taunting voice: "Loser"!
Sick thing is how many americans he is taunting with this phrase. Sad, sick and ironic thing is how many americans who now struggle, were put into shaky grounds by Bain Capitals vulture capitalism.
*shudder*
babylonsister
(171,028 posts)salin
(48,955 posts)Their assaults and insults are coming so fast and furious, that I expect that the trend will continue. The sad thing is how LONG that takes to happen and how much damage has been inflicted upon us, that will just keep escalating until perhaps it is far too late to turn back the damage.
tanyev
(42,511 posts)Stuart G
(38,403 posts)tsuki
(11,994 posts)to make the money will. I've had Reapubligan women tell me he is a sociopath. I think there is going to be a lot of vote canceling in Reapubligan households in November.
Zorro
(15,721 posts)What a compelling reason.
Rex
(65,616 posts)They are incredibly narrow sighted.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)because some day "they" will be wealthy too and need that extra cash.
You know, the ones who lined up to vote for McGrumpy and the Grifter.
Its like Joe the Plumber is writing Boehner's lines for him...