Romney photo-op was with staffer's mom

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico.com

A well-publicized weekend photo-op for Mitt Romney turns out to have been missing a piece of information that might have undermined its credibility: the unemployed single mom at the center of the event was the mother of a Romney staffer.

Local and national media outlets, including Politico.com, reported that Romney was the picture of empathy as he sat at the Marshall, Mich. kitchen table of 51-year-old Elizabeth Sachs, a single mother of two who lost her job as a retail manager – as well as her health insurance – and is running out of money as she tries to sell her house to move to Florida.

What wasn’t reported – and what the Romney campaign did not reveal at the time – was that one of Sachs’ sons, Steve Sachs, is a paid employee of Romney’s campaign, organizing five counties in Michigan.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7895.html

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Doesn't mean the candidate isn't authentic...

[PSPS]

1. Maybe Romney will think up an alternate meaning to the term "sat with."

It didn't mean he, himself, was actually "sitting with" the person. It was actually a cardboard cutout and the whole thing was the brainchild of Huckabee. That's a frequently intended meaning of the term "sat with," kind of like how the term "I saw" doesn't mean with one's own eyes, or that the event "seen" actually took place at all.

[momster]

2. Against Her Own Interest

if she votes for any Republican candidate, her problems will continue and there'll be increasing numbers of people just like her...no safety, no security, no sense. And it is shameful that her son would work for someone who is intent on maintaining the status quo that has gotten us all into this mess. The Rich get richer and the Poor go to the wall.

[Kelvin Mace]

3. Translation:

We didn't know any real poor people, so we had to hire one.

[daleo]

5. And one who was guaranteed not to get angry at Republicans

Else her son might lose his job with Romney's campaign.

[AzDar]

4. Another RepubliPotemkin......

They have no shame.
:puke: