Look out, kids, Mom’s blowing a gasket.
Ann Romney says fellow Republicans who’ve criticized her husband need to “stop it” and realize “how lucky” the party is to have Mitt Romney as its nominee.
Hoo boy. During a campaign stop in Iowa yesterday, Ann Romney allowed s to how she’s getting just a little tired of all the carping and whining from the Great Unwashed. Don’t we realize what a blessing it is, that one of the uber-elite has deigned to endow us with his leadership?
She’s particularly teed off at the complaints within conservative ranks.
“Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring,” she said. “This is hard and, you know, it’s an important thing that we’re doing right now and it’s an important election and it is time for all Americans to realize how significant this election is and how lucky we are to have someone with Mitt’s qualifications and experience and know-how to be able to have the opportunity to run this country.”
Awwww. This is hard! And while some of THEM may be used to long days of manual labor for a pittance, this is not the Romney way.
After the jump: more troubles of the rich and famous.
And the “little people”? They’re no better.
“We call the rope line now the advice line,” she said, laughing,
No gratitude at all. These pig farmers don’t know their place. And finally, a pearl of wisdom from Ann Romney’s lips to God’s ears.
“The real measure of a person is not how much money we make, but how we live our lives,” she said.
Mmm-hmm. A fortune built by plundering other companies and killing jobs. Cayman Islands tax shelters. Mansions galore. “A couple of Cadillacs.” $374,000 is “not a lot” of money. Mansions everywhere. Oversized garage with a car elevator. Seamus on the roof. No tax returns for you!
That’s how the Romneys live their lives. And, so Ann Romney tells us, that’s how they should be measured.
What a fiasco!
Doesn’t anyone tell these people that they, themselves, are supposed to appear humble and grateful for the honor of serving as nominee? Not complain about the trials of being criticized. Or are they simply too arrogant to listen to their advisors?
Has Ann Romney gone “rogue?”
“Fidiltidee.” Ann and Mitt must have had the radish one day and said: “As God is our witness, we’ll never pay taxes again!” Yeah. If they get elected, perhaps they’ll turn the Rose Garden into a cotton field.
If you don’t have cable you might have missed the single best takedown of Romney’s “Boca moment,” bar none. Jon Stewart and his writers not only analyze the characterization of the “moocher class” but also supply what has been missing from the reaction all along: the identities of the corporate moocher class, along with data from the single year of tax returns Romney has opened to scrutiny.
The best!
The link is to a full episode, the Romney bit is about the first 14 minutes of it.
Interestingly enough, Stewart (who turns 50 in November) is clearly among the One Percent, with a reported annual salary of $14 million. He just hasn’t forgotten where he came from.
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You grow up the day you have your first real laugh yourself. ~ Ethel Barrymore