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renate

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54. the essay at that link is worth a look--there's more from the article, too
Sat Apr 14, 2012, 03:44 PM
Apr 2012

I think it's sweet that they lived in an apartment with carpet remnants and a door for a desk, I really do.

Having said that, OMG, Ann. The vast majority of the citizens of the country your husband would like to be in charge of STILL eat pasta and tuna fish and--here's the key--don't feel sorry for themselves for doing it. To them, it's LIFE. And they can't scrape by by SELLING STOCK.

Oh, for crying out loud. madaboutharry Apr 2012 #1
And the fact is, that she has no idea how out of touch this is nobodyspecial Apr 2012 #2
They live in a bubble. Glimmer of Hope Apr 2012 #4
She also unintentionally lets the world know madaboutharry Apr 2012 #9
LOL, they may not have known there is such a thing Mariana Apr 2012 #71
She should quit while she's behind. SammyWinstonJack Apr 2012 #14
Weren't all 5 of their kids sent away to boarding school also? FarLeftFist Apr 2012 #58
many American households rely on pasta and tuna fish and don't look down on it as their "poor" diet Doremus Apr 2012 #74
Hell many live on just pasta! burrowowl Apr 2012 #77
What was the name of that movie???..n/t monmouth Apr 2012 #3
Love Story madaboutharry Apr 2012 #11
My husband and I also struggled spartan61 Apr 2012 #5
graceless. tacky. that woman is showing who she really is- and cali Apr 2012 #6
+1 fishwax Apr 2012 #79
If she wants to piss off working people, that's is a great way to do it. Marr Apr 2012 #7
made me want to barf....she is clueless AnotherMother4Peace Apr 2012 #53
Crap, I paid for my food by working at fast food and a wait... all american girl Apr 2012 #66
Yeah, I read about their college years and it was a riot. Mass Apr 2012 #8
+1 000 000 000 kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #50
Struggle For The Ultra Wealthy Is Considered Easy Street By The Rest Of Us cantbeserious Apr 2012 #88
This is breaking my heart. earthside Apr 2012 #10
I bought a house when starting grad school. Viking12 Apr 2012 #16
A $42,000 house in 1971. Marr Apr 2012 #18
My 1st apt. rent back in 1971 was $50 a month. That was in Ohio though. A Brand New World Apr 2012 #28
They were getting ripped off--believe me, you could get something decent for way less than that. MADem Apr 2012 #35
In 1969, I was in a $200 a month apartment 2 blocks from Harvard starroute Apr 2012 #72
"so we not only stayed for free, we made money." HangOnKids Apr 2012 #30
Sounds to me like daddy arranged some free housing. Marr Apr 2012 #41
Please give them another tax cut! They have suffered so much! neverforget Apr 2012 #12
Perfection SoCalDem Apr 2012 #61
Keep on talking, R-Money Clan! HughBeaumont Apr 2012 #13
The average college student graduated in 2010 with $25,250 in student loan debt. PA Democrat Apr 2012 #15
So poor old Neverworkedadayinherlife is trying to push some bullshit onto the Poorneverworkedadayin- lonestarnot Apr 2012 #17
I didn't know anyone who owned stock in those days, let alone lived off of the sale of it livetohike Apr 2012 #19
The only stock I knew about was chicken or beef, for making soup! MADem Apr 2012 #37
LOL livetohike Apr 2012 #52
Heavens to Betsy! I need a fresh hanky. tanyev Apr 2012 #20
These people are so fucking clueless Marrah_G Apr 2012 #21
I wonder if she visited the same plasma bank I went to on occasion in college DisgustipatedinCA Apr 2012 #22
did they have to cut back on caviar and champagne also? Liberal_in_LA Apr 2012 #23
Clueless. These are people that think $350,000 louis-t Apr 2012 #24
Grrr. progressoid Apr 2012 #25
Is this Alan Rickman? anti-alec Apr 2012 #42
Clearly, but from which movie??? FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #46
Yeah, I just found it somewhere in the intertubes. progressoid Apr 2012 #59
Took me a few minutes. toddwv Apr 2012 #82
Wow! That is amazing! Rickman has the scariest sneer in the business FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #89
Lovey Howell Needs to go back to Gilligan's Island n/t Yavin4 Apr 2012 #26
I don't get it? Just admit it. You had a privileged background. SweetieD Apr 2012 #27
Everyone and everything they know is COATED in privilege HangOnKids Apr 2012 #36
The more she opens her mouth the more she comes off like Mittens. southernyankeebelle Apr 2012 #29
When normal people are struggling, they sell Grampa's watch, or Grannie's ring or necklace, or their MADem Apr 2012 #31
I keep coming back to the math of it...96 bucks a share, 2000 shares=$192,000. In 1971. Lars39 Apr 2012 #49
If I'd had one-one hundredth of that amount, I'd have been GIDDY with the prospects. MADem Apr 2012 #62
Me, too! Lars39 Apr 2012 #70
HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! They are so CLUELESS!!!! n/t FourScore Apr 2012 #32
This was my reaction, too! That and wondering if this was from The Onion! Iris Apr 2012 #43
oh! marshall gaines Apr 2012 #33
Interesting that Mitt benefitted from his father's faith Raven Apr 2012 #34
well, Mitt had already sold his stock, after all fishwax Apr 2012 #80
Spoken as only a TRUE elitist can. unf*ckingbelievabe! nt arthritisR_US Apr 2012 #38
Oh dear. JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #39
an out of touch vapid tool. nt Javaman Apr 2012 #40
And once there was that horrible week they had to settle for the RED caviar! baldguy Apr 2012 #44
Sadly, I'm so 99% I don't even know what that means. But it sounds ruff. FailureToCommunicate Apr 2012 #47
I have some advise for Ann Romney: livingonearth Apr 2012 #45
When I was in college my parents paid tuition, fees, and books, and sent me a small kestrel91316 Apr 2012 #48
Keep talking, Ann... CaliforniaPeggy Apr 2012 #51
the essay at that link is worth a look--there's more from the article, too renate Apr 2012 #54
OMG, thank GOD those days of being unemployed and selling off stock to live and eating tuna and Brickbat Apr 2012 #55
Accordin to the Mittster, sulphurdunn Apr 2012 #56
Mitt also protested in favor of Viet Nam war during his college days Oilwellian Apr 2012 #57
Why am I not surprised. progressoid Apr 2012 #60
But then Marvelous France beckoned to him SoCalDem Apr 2012 #63
Then promptly fucked off for France Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #68
! graywarrior Apr 2012 #64
and if they had trouble they had someone to bail them out rurallib Apr 2012 #65
"he invested Mitt’s birthday money.....it wasn’t much, a few thousand" Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #67
And they say we need to pull up the boots by the strap. LiberalFighter Apr 2012 #69
Yet another reason why the rich are different from the rest of us. Initech Apr 2012 #73
I just made tuna noodle casserole last night and I'm decades past my college days riderinthestorm Apr 2012 #75
been there. you can get some gems when you're working food service! dionysus Apr 2012 #81
she is SO fucking out of touch Skittles Apr 2012 #76
Selling stock is a choice. Why can't you just respect their choices? fishwax Apr 2012 #78
OMG - what a sad tale. Vinca Apr 2012 #83
Wonder what method of birth control they were using during their college years? NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #84
Any DU students in college thanks to parents like Mitt? maloo Apr 2012 #85
I was working in an auto factory before I graduated High School NNN0LHI Apr 2012 #87
Unbelieveably clueless. Why can't she just say she is so thankful that they had resources Cass Apr 2012 #86
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