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57. Remember the great, tragic scene in Roger & Me

Mon Jul 9, 2012, 12:24 PM

Jul 2012

After showing us what a decimated, dying city Flint had become, he took his camera to a local country club where the local rich folk went on and on about how great everything was, capped off with a rich old lady on the golf course who said that the unemployed don't really want to work anyway.

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ROMNEY Donor: The "Common" People Just "Don’t understand what’s going on." [View all] kpete Jul 2012 OP

"Let them eat cake." sakabatou Jul 2012 #1

This woman should get 100% national attention BlueCaliDem Jul 2012 #13

"Cake." tjdanielstj Jul 2012 #43

Indeed. ErikJ Jul 2012 #94

Because no one's posted 'em yet: Adenoid_Hynkel Jul 2012 #96

if this doesn't make... handmade34 Jul 2012 #2

Sadly, it will make no difference in how people see the 1% liberal N proud Jul 2012 #5

She's not common - she's "special" aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #18

it is a handmade34 Jul 2012 #29

Will it get any coverage? flamingdem Jul 2012 #23

I can see Ed covering it... handmade34 Jul 2012 #28

Just saw another post on DU that the LA Times reported this flamingdem Jul 2012 #30

The LA Times is where the story originated. The LA Times reporter got the quote from the woman Tx4obama Jul 2012 #39

Too many "common" people have been duped into believing they'll be as rich as she is deutsey Jul 2012 #54

Imagine, opening up the paper, to find your own mother, referring to use as "common". justice1 Jul 2012 #83

your mother? handmade34 Jul 2012 #93

No, it's Disneyland dwellers like you who don't have the first fucking clue BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #3

This idiot woman is who they made guilloines for. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #4

Yes, she's so much more educated than us common folk intheflow Jul 2012 #71

This is so awesome! I wish this person was given a much larger platform to express her frustrations. Guy Whitey Corngood Jul 2012 #6

It reminds me of that old Star Trek episode, "The Cloud Minders" aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #7

I never saw that show, but it sounds like a remake of an HG Wells story. Jackpine Radical Jul 2012 #9

In reverse, perhaps aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #10

This episode ended bad. Archae Jul 2012 #24

Dr Who Had A Similar Episode TheMastersNemesis Jul 2012 #78

The nails ladies? Ah yes, BlueBloods; simply discusting. n/t wandy Jul 2012 #8

She talks to her 'help' and she knows that the common people are simply too ignorant sabrina 1 Jul 2012 #11

If it were JUST a strike, she should consider herself lucky, as this piece of film demonstrates... Volaris Jul 2012 #38

What? They don't get a Concierge Doctor like Royal Pains? hootinholler Jul 2012 #58

heh. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #65

Well, in a sense PatSeg Jul 2012 #12

what she means is that the "common People" Volaris Jul 2012 #40

And as I said PatSeg Jul 2012 #46

Doesn't he though? laundry_queen Jul 2012 #50

"But Ann, they smell funny." PatSeg Jul 2012 #56

Indeed, if the common people DID grasp how the US is run kenny blankenship Jul 2012 #97

What's going on? They are SCREWING the average guy royally Raine Jul 2012 #14

I've met these people. PDJane Jul 2012 #15

"Authoritarian Personality" handmade34 Jul 2012 #31

great post thank you TeamPooka Jul 2012 #37

+1 nt laundry_queen Jul 2012 #51

Wake Up Everybody BeyondGeography Jul 2012 #16

Ask her if she understands this: 99Forever Jul 2012 #17

Wow! Condescending or what! Spazito Jul 2012 #19

Well lady, this is a republic treestar Jul 2012 #20

Yeah we do - it's massive theft on a grand scale. Initech Jul 2012 #21

I'm sending this message to everyone I know. Curtland1015 Jul 2012 #22

And whose fucking fault is that, eh? sofa king Jul 2012 #25

The fuck I don't. Wait and see lady. MichiganVote Jul 2012 #26

She probably speaks for most of them. nt limpyhobbler Jul 2012 #27

Anybody still wondering why I'm a communist? socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #32

socialist_n_TN Diclotican Jul 2012 #59

... SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #66

SammyWinstonJack Diclotican Jul 2012 #70

... SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #102

At this point Diclotican, I'd make a united front........ socialist_n_TN Jul 2012 #103

socialist_n_TN Diclotican Jul 2012 #105

Wonder why Ann Romney declined to give her name? bwhahaha. n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #33

Ann Romney is exactly who it sounded like to me JI7 Jul 2012 #36

The woman .... Tx4obama Jul 2012 #41

+1 tallahasseedem Jul 2012 #55

But the propaganda is working mountain grammy Jul 2012 #34

What's laughable and sad.... CoffeeCat Jul 2012 #45

The sooner their heads explode, the better for all of us. My tea party neighbor listens to Beck. SammyWinstonJack Jul 2012 #67

Your neighbor and my neighbor CoffeeCat Jul 2012 #92

"Common People"---- really arrogant of her young_at_heart Jul 2012 #35

i'm a lower income person with a masters' degree in a science. please enlighten me, rich lady? HiPointDem Jul 2012 #42

Move over "Joe the Plumber"... CoffeeCat Jul 2012 #44

I found this at Facebook this morning PatSeg Jul 2012 #47

no... it's wealthy delusional folks like you who need a guillotine to get it. fascisthunter Jul 2012 #48

Range Rover woman.. soccer1 Jul 2012 #49

Things didn't end well for the original Marie Antoinette. hifiguy Jul 2012 #52

Who the hell does the women think she is? These very rich people are the problem because southernyankeebelle Jul 2012 #53

Remember the great, tragic scene in Roger & Me DefenseLawyer Jul 2012 #57

We get it: YOU want to rip US off! Democrats_win Jul 2012 #60

Or to put it another way ... Ganja Ninja Jul 2012 #61

kpete Diclotican Jul 2012 #62

Great Gatsby Meets Gilligan's Island... triplepoint Jul 2012 #63

If Romney is sworn in, the common people sure as hell will "get it." n/t Orsino Jul 2012 #64

The nails ladies? smokey nj Jul 2012 #68

It's class warfare when we fight back and certainly not when the ruling elite draw the class Citizen Worker Jul 2012 #69

I'll gladly compare my education and life experience to hers any day. JDPriestly Jul 2012 #72

we are long overdue for a violent revolution frylock Jul 2012 #73

compassionate conservatism ... napkinz Jul 2012 #74

They have to tell themselves this or face the abyss. raouldukelives Jul 2012 #75

And what is up with the Zambrellis? They think THEY are our economic engine? MissMarple Jul 2012 #76

She's certainly got FlaGranny Jul 2012 #99

The election of GOP candidates proves this to be true. obxhead Jul 2012 #77

It's true I don't understand abelenkpe Jul 2012 #79

It is amazing to me, the number of people Esra Star Jul 2012 #80

Smerconish just had this quote on Matthews show. demgrrrll Jul 2012 #81

This is a very common feeling among the very rich. I have been in the music business for Lint Head Jul 2012 #82

Many of the "common people" don't understand what's going on... hughee99 Jul 2012 #84

I absolutely cannot stand conservatives anymore. Megahurtz Jul 2012 #85

I'm Starting to Wonder if she posts here fascisthunter Jul 2012 #86

Hmm the Hamptons ... YOHABLO Jul 2012 #87

Good one.... soccer1 Jul 2012 #91

This message was self-deleted by its author Dolores02 Jul 2012 #88

Range Rover lady..... soccer1 Jul 2012 #89

We feel your pain? Peaceful Protester Jul 2012 #90

This is the reason for the Estate Tax.. nt Thor_MN Jul 2012 #95

Sounds like some British aristocrat from the 1830s, explaining why the 'common people' cannot be LeftishBrit Jul 2012 #98

There are many different "its" malthaussen Jul 2012 #100

She’s right. If they did understand they wouldn’t be voting for these A-Holes. liberal N proud Jul 2012 #101

I have named her "The Snob Heard 'Round the World." Her story has some good traction this week n/t progressivebydesign Jul 2012 #104