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PolitiFact Lie of the Year: Romney's Ad on Jeeps Made in China

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LeftyRambles2413 (HappyWarrior)12/12/2012 8:22:12 pm PST

re: #201 EPR-radar

Since I write for a living, I’ll take that as a challenge.

I think the unlikability issue for Romney is that he is a sincere plutocrat, and he is incapable of dissembling adequately on this point. In his world, the only people that count are his immediate friends and family, and peers of similar or greater wealth. Everyone else is a thing, to be exploited if useful, and ignored if not.

Right, there have been others who are just as wealthy as he is but are able to employ the common man touch. I mean I look at W Bush. Guy has quite the pedigree. Dad was president and Grandfather was a Senator. Not many if any Americans can claim that pedigree but Bush for all my faults with him could relate or try to do so with the average American. Maybe it’s a personality thing, maybe he’s a better bullshitter, or maybe something else but to me Romney’s problem wasn’t his wealth. It was relating to people beyond his class. Good example of that is the NASCAR owners bit. I mean I could give two shits about NASCAR but when you’re asked about NASCAR, for fuck sake, don’t say some of my friends own hte teams. And for heavens sake don’t even joke about how you like to fire people when your argument is that the president has mismanaged the economy.