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Showing Original Post only (View all)Ann Romney: ‘I Don’t Even Consider Myself Wealthy’ [View all]
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/05/438264/ann-romney-wealthy/Ann Romney: I Dont Even Consider Myself Wealthy
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Mar 5, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Apparently Romneying defined as accidentally bragging about your place high up in the economic stratosphere runs in the family.
His wife, Ann Romney, inexplicably talked about her wealth this afternoon during an interview on Fox News. We can be poor in spirit, and I dont even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow, she said.
Watch it @ link~
The couple made $20.9 million last year, making more in a day than an average American makes in a year, and are worth about $250 million overall.
From discussing his NASCAR team-owning friends, to saying he likes firing people, to bragging about Anns two Cadillacs, Mitt also has a problem with accidentally and inappropriately touting his enourmous wealth.
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Not to mention their shamelessness and insufferability quotients shoot through the roof.
HughBeaumont
Mar 2012
#42
Well, maybe the allowance Mittens gives her is modest, aside from the two cadillacs.
Avalux
Mar 2012
#4
I guess neither does Queen Elizebeth. If you've never known anything but wealth, you can say that.
demosincebirth
Mar 2012
#6
If she really identifies with the poor in spirit, why no objections to her husband...
Moonwalk
Mar 2012
#7
In their case, the grass was greener because of the undocumented workers caring for it.
Gormy Cuss
Mar 2012
#33
Seriously. If I ever found myself with $250 million, they'd have to pry it from
kestrel91316
Mar 2012
#31
Right? You'd have to be phenomenally incompetent with money to lose $250 million straight.
HughBeaumont
Mar 2012
#44
The wealthy never do. They're basically insecure, which is why they became wealthy.
mainer
Mar 2012
#29
"The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it." -Edith Wharton
limpyhobbler
Mar 2012
#32
Ooooh . . . Chris Wallace (a Faux-rightist tool) asked him just that. His answer?
HughBeaumont
Mar 2012
#45
I personally think she's uncomfortable as hell being thrust into this position
LynneSin
Mar 2012
#52
No doubt, she's spends more in a year on beauty services and supplies
Dont call me Shirley
Mar 2012
#57