Re: this quote from Mitt Romney:
“We always
encouraged young people: Take a shot, go for it, take a risk, get the
education, borrow money if you have to from your parents, start a business.”
When
I was in high school and college, it was the other way around: My parents were
borrowing money from me. For groceries. Like
millions of other parents throughout the U.S.
I don’t see how
Romney can effectively serve the interests of anyone who is among the 99.99999
percent of us who don’t have elevators just for our cars. He seems to have no
idea at all what it means to be middle-class, poor, or unemployed; otherwise,
he would not have made borrow-from-your-parents and other asinine remarks such
as these:
- “ I’m not concerned with the very poor. We have a safety net there. If it needs repair, I’ll fix it.”
- “Rick, I’ll tell you what, 10,000 bucks, $10,000 bet.” (Romney said this to Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry during a candidates’ debate.)
- “You know I wish I could tell you that there is a place to find really cheap money or free money and we could pay for everyone’s education – that’s just not going to happen.”
- “I want the individuals [who are, in Romney’s words, ‘on a form of welfare assistance’] to have the dignity of work.”
- “Well, if they’re 45 years old and they show up they say ‘I want insurance because I’ve got a heart disease,’ it’s like hey guys, we can’t play the game like that. You’ve got to get insurance when you are well, and then if you get ill then you’re going to be covered.”
A couple of things I’d like to say to Mr. Romney:
- If??!!! If the safety net needs repair?! You’ve been touring the country, talking to “the people,” and you haven’t figured out that the so-called safety net has been shredded beyond recognition?
- As for a place to find really cheap or free money to pay for everyone’s education.…I know of such a place. It’s called the Fed.
- Very noble of you to worry about the dignity of poor people receiving public assistance. Now how about worrying if they have food. Or health care.
- You’re 45 years old. You make crap working at the big-box store and you have a family of four to feed, clothe, and house. Healthy or not, it’s like hey guy, you can’t afford insurance no matter how proactive you are…By the way, baseball is a game. Trying to find affordable health care is not.
- So you’re gonna fix the safety net, are you? Just like that? I’ll bet you 10,000 bucks you don’t.
*Mork, the character
on the ‘80s sitcom Mork and Mindy, is
an alien from outer space who takes up residence on Planet Earth (Boulder, CO) and
tries to pass as a regular (earthling) guy.
Post Script
An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth A Pound
of Cure - How to Take Action:
We wouldn’t vote for an alien from outer
space for president. Why would we vote for Mitt Romney? Here are easy ways to help voters realize
that Mitt is no more qualified to be president than your average space alien:
- Add one of Mitt’s more revealing quotes to the signature line(s) of your email.
- Add a link to media coverage of one of Mitt’s gaffes to your signature line(s).
- Email a weekly list of Miiticisms to your friends, family, etc.
- Post Mitticisms to your facebook page.
- Post Mitticisms to your website.
- Call a radio talk-show to discuss Mitt’s latest gaffes.
