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25. He also said the banks were scared too (regarding foreclosure and underwater homes)
Sun Feb 26, 2012, 10:58 PM
Feb 2012


Romney was standing outside a Fannie Mae-foreclosed home in a struggling neighborhood telling a small crowd why they're having so much trouble. "In this case, it's because of the banks," he explained. "Well, the banks aren't bad people. They're just overwhelmed right now."

During a Monday roundtable with business owners struggling in Florida's hobbled housing market, the former Massachusetts governor told the group that their troubles with banks came because the lenders were worried about staying in business.

"The banks are scared to death, of course," he said. "They're feeling the same thing that you're feeling. And so they just want to pretend that all this is just going to get paid some day."

http://abcnews.go.com/m/story?id=15433619

Of all his gaffes/comments, that one bothered me the most.
LOL! pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #1
It's interesting. You know his advisers are trying to tell him not to come across as out of touch Cali_Democrat Feb 2012 #8
I think it's like the scorpion story. It's in his nature. pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #12
That's just 'cause when the rest of us do our laundry.... DCKit Feb 2012 #46
He should just put on a top hat, tails and a monocle and embrace his Monopoly Man nature. Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #48
LOL, he really doesn't get it! Ishoutandscream2 Feb 2012 #40
Good gracious. The guy just can't help himself. It's too thoroughly ingrained. fishwax Feb 2012 #2
Wow - the robot's programming is jammed on a continuous loop aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #3
How does he keep missing soft balls like this? agentS Feb 2012 #4
He just can't help himself. pa28 Feb 2012 #5
We need a complete list aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #11
Good idea. Anybody should feel free to add. pa28 Feb 2012 #15
He also said the banks were scared too (regarding foreclosure and underwater homes) ecstatic Feb 2012 #25
And that reminded me of the "corporations are people" remark. pa28 Feb 2012 #27
The Repub nomination will go to whoever shuts their mouth first muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #6
Romney is just as good a gift to Dems as was Michael Steele! madinmaryland Feb 2012 #7
he has the WORSE campaign team in modern history... madrchsod Feb 2012 #9
You want a guy who is completely out of touch with reality? Look no further than Mitt. Initech Feb 2012 #10
Is He Secretly A Writer for Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert? Yavin4 Feb 2012 #13
Jon Stewart's advice pretty much sums it up. bayareamike Feb 2012 #14
Just goes to prove... silverweb Feb 2012 #16
The Gaffe assembly line must have added a shift Motown_Johnny Feb 2012 #17
Gaffe after gaffe after gaffe. Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #18
What a strange golem Rmoney is TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #19
Is he embracing his role as Mr. One Percent? ecstatic Feb 2012 #20
I had to check if this was a joke. Talk about clueless. JBoy Feb 2012 #21
Giving him every benefit of the doubt gratuitous Feb 2012 #35
I think he'll have a better chance of winning if he just mimes from now on........ What am I saying? Guy Whitey Corngood Feb 2012 #22
He is like a gift that keeps on giving! Glimmer of Hope Feb 2012 #23
NASCAR is hard for Romney and Santorum - too many left turns! nt BOHICA12 Feb 2012 #24
This guy is so incredibly out of touch. He has absolutely no clue! None at all. But, keep on talking Liberal_Stalwart71 Feb 2012 #26
His handlers must be cheaply paid.. or, he runs the show himself, kinda Hitleresque, a Bully man opihimoimoi Feb 2012 #28
"I once gave serious thought to buying NASCAR DefenseLawyer Feb 2012 #29
That's a DUzy! No DUplicitous DUpe Feb 2012 #44
"Ardent" fan, "resolute", "severe" conservative aint_no_life_nowhere Feb 2012 #30
He's incapable of speaking like normal people pinboy3niner Feb 2012 #32
I trace this back to the fact that his father was forced out of the Presidential race grantcart Feb 2012 #34
No man should be so rich he has nothing left to buy but his government. aquart Feb 2012 #31
Brighton, MI is where you can get a great deal on grave sites. - Rmoney in Kalamazoo Bozita Feb 2012 #33
Just a regular guy, isn't he? av8rdave Feb 2012 #36
His discomfort with the "average Joe" is palpable NICO9000 Feb 2012 #37
1 percent tone deaf. eom Fawke Em Feb 2012 #38
Yowza mick063 Feb 2012 #39
He just doesn't get it that everytime he tries to look like "one of the little people" he AllyCat Feb 2012 #41
tone deaf? existentialist Feb 2012 #42
Seriously, could anyone make this stuff up!!?? n/t freethought Feb 2012 #43
Please tell me he did not say that. spicegal Feb 2012 #45
He has a hard time speaking because of the huge, stinky foot in his mouth. Kablooie Feb 2012 #47
The foot is vying for space with the silver spoon that has been in place since birth. nt Arugula Latte Feb 2012 #50
romney IS the 1%. there couldn't be a better representative of upper crust. spanone Feb 2012 #49
A real man of the people. Octafish Feb 2012 #51
IMO it's on purpose for the benefit of his 1% friends Raine Feb 2012 #52
I liked the part where he asked when they got to go out on the track and replace divots. bluesbassman Feb 2012 #53
Hey, who doesn't have friends who own NASCAR teams? ScottLand Feb 2012 #54
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