Posted on 12/16/2011 11:45:48 AM PST by tsowellfan
Mitt Romney has been trying to relate to voters by letting them know he’s more than a rich businessman who makes $10,000 bets. Over the past week, Romney has been discussing his time as a missionary for the Church of Latter-day Saints in France in the late 1960s. He describes living an austere life on a limited budget, rooming in a series of apartments without proper toilets or luxury items like refrigerators. “I lived in a way that people of lower middle income in France lived,” Romney said. But Romney may have stretched the truth a bit.
Britain’s Daily Telegraph decided to check into Romney’s account of his time and France. They found that, for about 8 months out of his 30-month stay in France, Romney lived in a mansion in Paris, living a comfortable, upper-class lifestyle. The building, someone familiar with it said, could be described as a “palace”:
It featured stained glass windows, chandeliers, and an extensive art collection. It was staffed by two servants - a Spanish chef and a houseboy…The building, on Rue de Lota, was bought by the Mormons in 1952, having been seized by the Nazis during the Second World War. The Church sold it again in the 1970s, and it was until recently the embassy of the United Arab Emirates. It is currently worth as much as $12 million.
Romney wasn’t thinking about his housing in Paris when he told supporters, “I don’t recall any of them having a refrigerator. We shopped before every meal.” The head of the mission at the time, Duane Anderson, told the Telegraph that the house not only had refrigeration, but a chef who cooked for Romney and the other missionaries five days a week. Romney also made comments that most of the places he lived didn’t have a bathtub or shower, but the Telegraph discovered that this was at least unlikely. If that were the case, it would be an outlier, one Mormon who met Romney in Bordeaux told the paper.
From food to plumbing, the way Romney described living to supporters this week doesn’t square with the Telegraph’s account of how he spent 8 months in Paris. Mr. Anderson claimed some campaign aides had asked him not to talk to the press about Romney’s time there.
I’m no Romney fan, but he might have been living in poorer digs for the other 22 months. Not only that, but he got an upset stomach from the seasoning the chef used!
Wonder if he didn’t know the 10000$ remark was really stupid until someone reminded him the people he was trying to get to vote for him mostly didn’t have 10k in net assets to bet with.
I’ll bash Romney because there is no position that is near and dear to a ‘Conservative’, that he hasn’t had both a “Pro” and a “Con” viewpoint on. Abortion, gun control, illegal aliens - I’m truly not sure how he feels about cannibalism.
But, I’ll not bash him because he’s been successful.
Mayonnaise will do that.
He's no better than Reid !
...And don't forget, this is what he dodged the draft to do !
So why is it we have to get this from the British press, instead of our own press?
Romney is detached. Detached from reality, detached from regular people.
Here’s a hint, Mitt. Reminding me that you were a mormon missionary is not going to endear you to me.
Successful at what? Living off of Daddy?
Not for nothing but when you are living in France with all those cafes and restaurants nearby - what the hell do you need a refrigerator in your house for? Even if you don’t eat out every day, most Europeans have no need for a refrigerator at home - they have a culture where they shop daily for fresh ingredients to prepare their meals for that day.
Do we really want a guy who spent time spreading a false religion in other countries as our president?
Born rich, fine.
Born rich, then further successful, fine.
Born rich, successful, then stealing the nobility of the working poor who can't seem to get a break, by lying during election time, NOT OKAY.
Me neither but "success" is not the issue. It's "honesty" with the voters. What else will he be dishonest with?
Will he (as many think)pander the liberal votes after he's won the GOP nomination?
If he flip flops on abortion, liberal judges he's nominated and gay marriage, then is dishonest about his toiletless hardships in France... who's to say he cannot flip-flop for the liberal vote as our nominee?
"Do we really want a guy who DODGED THE DRAFT to spend time spreading a false religion in other countries as our president?"
"Do we really want a guy who DODGED THE DRAFT to spend time spreading a false religion in other countries as our president?"
Or Michelle Bachmann. She seems to have seen checks cashed by Newt but totally missed Romney's dishonesty. I think she knows she will be on the ticket with Mitt. He will pander to the democrats (something he's a pro at) and Bachmann will round up the tea party voters.
At least part of his time in France might have been expensive, but certainly wasn’t comfy. He was pronounced dead by a French cop after an auto accident. The person sitting next to him stayed dead, he recovered but IIRC it took a couple months. He was driving, but wasn’t at fault - another car came around a blind curve head on in his lane.
Voting #rd party is a vote for the Marxist Jimah Cahtah II (aka 0). (I think I insulted Jimmy Carter when I compare O's administration with his).
The magic word is "IF" which is why we have a primary. He's not the GOP Candidate yet. There are 4 front-runners. So, we need not hand it to the RINO so quickly.
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