Posted on 06/16/2011 10:42:55 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Romney says he's 'also unemployed' By Michael O'Brien - 06/16/11 01:04 PM ET
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) risked looking as though he had a tin ear when telling out-of-work Floridians Thursday that he's also unemployed.
Romney, a Republican presidential candidate and a millionaire many times over, sought to empathize with voters in Tampa facing economic hardship.
"I'm also unemployed," he said, as reported by the New York Times.
And Democrats pounced, calling Romney out-of-touch for his remarks.
Mitt Romneys comments today at an event with unemployed Floridians that hes also unemployed is inappropriate and insensitive to the millions of Americans looking for work, said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee. "This comment shows that Mitt Romney a man who wants for nothing and whose only occupation for more than four years has been to run for President - is incredibly out of touch with whats going on in our country and around the dinner tables of those who are out of work."
Romney's made jobs and the economy a central focus of his presidential campaign, and he had been seeking to soothe the Florida voters in a campaign stop there.
But, perhaps mindful of the knock against his campaign in 2008 -- that he was too polished and upper-crust -- Romney's taken strides to appear more in-touch during this bid for the Republican nomination. He's shed ties and driven around Fords to campaign stops, many of which are at diners and more blue-collar backdrops.
I’m glad he pointed that out. For all the complaints about Gov. Palin not having governed since the second half of 2009, Willard has been unemployed since January of 2007.
And while he helped a little with the 2010 elections, of course Palin helped massively with the 2010 elections—and the healthcare debate.
I am sure Al Gore will give Mister Global Warming ObamneyCare Romney a job.
ok, driving around in Ford must mean he’s still got that truck.
Im starting to dislike him. I wouldnt mind if he declared himself a conservative Democrat and challenged Bambam.
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wow! ...he actually could win that way.
i don’t believe Obama will even run in 2012.
the libs won’t run someone they believe will lose.
(remember what they did in N.J. ?)
and even libs would vote for Romney, over a fire-breathing conservative like Sarah, or a balanced budget guy like Cain.
...but it would suck if we ended up with President Romney anyway.
Wow, looks like Romney is stuck on stupid!
It is LOSE, dammit, LOSE!! Not LOOSE!
/facepalm
Examples:
This knot is too loose.
Please do not lose my book.
I had better not lose that file.
One way to remember the difference between the two words is to think that "lose has lost an 'o'".
LOL
And what better name for a psychopathic killer: Mittens!
The first thing an intelligent unemployed person does is try and find a job. Few show up, do a speech and brag about being unemployed.
Ok Obummer would ... if he had ever HAD a job.
Well on the way to a unprecedented whipping by 0.
Hopefully you mean in the primary. Attitudes like that for the general will insure four more years of 0.
Nope, will never vote for Willard. He is a liberal and anyone that managed a whore house hedge fund need not ever ask for my vote.
I don’t like Romney...that’s all I have to say.
Same here. I will vote for Ron Paul over Mitt...if I have to.
I always get the feeling Romney believes he is owed the presidency, that somehow he deserves it and we should all be smart enough to see that. He will never get my vote. Never.
Are you loosing your temper?
FUMR!!!
Do it if it feels good but I don’t think that would turn out very well.
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