Sun Apr 29, 2012, 07:16 PM
babylonsister (144,165 posts)
Boehner: Romney’s Wealth Won’t Hurt Him Because ‘The American People Don’t Want To Vote For A Loser’ 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: Romney’s Wealth Won’t Hurt Him Because ‘The American People Don’t 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 won’t hurt him in the general election, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said Sunday. Asked by CNN’s Candy Crowley whether Romney’s wealth presented him with a “hill to climb” in tough economic times, Boehner said it wouldn’t because “the American people don’t want to vote for a loser”: CROWLEY: You know, he comes from a privileged background. You did not come from a privileged background. This is a time — an economic time when people are hurting and have been hurting for quite some time.
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 don’t want to vote for a loser. They don’t want to vote for someone that hasn’t been successful. I think Mitt Romney has an opportunity to show the American people that they, too, can succeed. 
Video @ link~ 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 doesn’t consider $374,000 in speaking fees to be “very much.” That top Republicans consider Americans who don’t 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.
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 Boehner: Romney’s Wealth Won’t Hurt Him Because ‘The American People Don’t Want To Vote For A Loser’ (Original post) |
babylonsister | Apr 2012 | OP |
| renegade000 | Apr 2012 | #1 | |
| Andy823 | Apr 2012 | #2 | |
| salin | Apr 2012 | #3 | |
| babylonsister | Apr 2012 | #4 | |
| salin | Apr 2012 | #5 | |
| tanyev | Apr 2012 | #6 | |
| Stuart G | Apr 2012 | #7 | |
| tsuki | Apr 2012 | #8 | |
| Zorro | Apr 2012 | #9 | |
| Rex | Apr 2012 | #10 | |
| Ruby the Liberal | Apr 2012 | #11 | |
| HopeHoops | Apr 2012 | #12 |
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:02 PM
renegade000 (1,655 posts)
1. they too can succeed...
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if they have a multi-millionaire former executive, former governor as a father...
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Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:18 PM
2. Let's see now
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Boehner said "‘The American People Don’t 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? 
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Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:19 PM
3. Political discourse from Boenher now sounds like the 7th grade lunch room.
Response to salin (Reply #3)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:41 PM
babylonsister (144,165 posts)
4. The really sad thing is a lot of these people he's taunting won't even get it. nt
Response to babylonsister (Reply #4)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 08:53 PM
5. Far more get it, than would have a decade ago.
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 09:02 PM
tanyev (22,089 posts)
6. Then explain how you keep getting re-elected, Boehner.
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:02 PM
Stuart G (7,676 posts)
7. Excellent Post..thanks....K and R....Shows what an idiot Boehner really is...nt.
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 10:42 PM
8. His wealth won't hurt him. How he lied and cheated
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Sun Apr 29, 2012, 11:59 PM
Zorro (3,998 posts)
9. Vote Mitt Robmey -- because he's a wealthy guy
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 12:31 AM
Rex (34,646 posts)
10. Money is all that matters to the GOP.
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 01:12 AM
11. Think of the rubes that are fighting to keep the Bush 2% tax cuts
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
Mon Apr 30, 2012, 11:28 AM
HopeHoops (47,675 posts)
12. So, the 53m who voted for the shrub aren't Americans?
