Mitt Romney’s ‘invisible’ garbage man trashes him in union campaign spot

twitchy.com ^ | 1 Oct 2012 | Twitchy staff

[smokingfrog]

At first, the new campaign video from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees seems to be a dialed-back take on Priorities USA’s infamous “Mitt Romney gave my wife cancer” spot. Really, though, aside from the “victim” still being alive, it’s essentially the same line of attack. Mitt Romney’s garbage man, Richard Hayes, knows that his body’s going to break down from hauling Romney’s trash each week, and Romney just doesn’t care.

[Lou L]

Our garbage man never gets out of the truck, which is fitted with an “arm” to lift and empty the specially designed trash bins.

Same here. Trash collection has almost become a white-collar job.

[X-spurt]

Reckon “fat boy” picks up only Mitts garbage? Or is he forced to pick up Mitt’s for no pay? Bettin he’s on a truck that charges $50 for 4 pickups a month and makes $15 an hour and NO drug testing.

Getting out holder’s people to actually vote must be tough when all da gets is a damn free phone.

[cripplecreek]

Mitt Romney WAS a garbage man for a day when he was running for Governor.

He worked in child care and even made hot dogs at Fenway Park to ‘walk a mile in someone else’s shoes’.

Actually I find such things insulting coming from a multi millionaire. That's like wearing a firesuit, playing a NASCAR game, and claiming you raced in the Daytona 500. To walk a mile in someone else's shoes you have to do it for months and live their way for the duration.

Better to get out there and run as a rich guy that the people know you are.

[cripplecreek]

Back when I did it it was physical. Trailer parks were the worst because you ran every step of the way.

[lacrew]

I hate it when people just make stuff up. This guy says he lifts 15 tons a day...at 40 lb a can, that’s 750 cans a day...or 93 an hour...or one every 38 seconds.

Problem no 2...when he talks about the health benefits of picking up trash, the ad plays a quick blurb of Romney saying we need to cut down on government....people outside the major metropolitan areas cannot even concieve of privately owned trash companies...the government just has to do everything.

Problem no. 3....isn’t it ILLEGAL to secretly tape Romney, in a private home in Florida? Didn’t he establish an expectation of privacy when he closed the event to the media? I can understand the media replaying the tape as ‘news’...but the Obama campaign is using the ill-gotten fruit of a crime, in their ad!

[ILS21R]

Actually I find such things insulting coming from a multi millionaire.

That's probably why Santorum never tired it. He didn't want to be insulting. Right?

[smokingfrog]

[Sloth]

Just like the ‘secret’ 47% video, Romney should just slap an “I approve this message” on there and run it as his own ad.

[Cathy]

I thought this was a joke. Now I know it is not and am wondering how to deal with the shame of not hugging my trash man every day.

[Cathy]

I thought this was a joke. Now I know it is not and am wondering how to deal with the shame of not hugging my trash man every day.

[Irenic]

The first time I read about this commercial I about fell out laughing! I had NO idea that hugging your garbageman was proper etiquette.

It will be a cold day in Hades before I hug mine! Freakin’ recycle Nazis! Our garbage collectors play some stupid control games. I quit recycling.

After this video I like garbage collectors even less. Ef ‘em!

[Dr. Sivana]

The closest BO has come to taking out the trash is, well, I won’t go there.

I thought he tried once, but got the poor Dalai Lama and his crew confused with a turgid Hefty Cinch Sak

[Irenic]

Ours is fitted with the arm as well but they still have two that ride on the outside to pick through and approve your garbage for a lift.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

I don’t think it is insulting at all. I have cleaned houses, worked as a flight attendant and worked in child care. Most people have no idea what each job entails. If any of the people I have worked for had wanted to do my job and see what is actually involved- from getting filthy, getting screamed at, getting physically attacked- I would be shocked and consider it admirable. It wasn’t something he HAD to do. He wanted to do it.

What jobs has BO ever done? Wanted to do? They brought their own chef to DC so they haven’t even cooked for themselves.

It has taken me a bit, but I think Mitt Romney is the real deal. I like the guy.

[jtal]

This can’t be real, can it?

[floozy22]

"...my body's gonna be break down"

"You must socialize to economonize."

"Keep Obama in president, you know."

[LibLieSlayer]

Call the waste management company and have this turd fired.

LLS

[Perkalong]

Unfortunately, Romney has played right into the theme of this video with his comments about how his wife owns two Cadilllacs and how earning $374,000 in speaking fees last year was “not very much”.

We would not have this problem with Rick Santorum. But then again, The GOP Establishment knows best!

[cripplecreek]

What I find insulting is that these guys go out and pretend to do a job for a day and I’m supposed to find it believable.

[RetSignman]

I think we may be a little tough on our garbage collectors, the obama economy is so bad they are dropping off more garbage to starving customers than they are collecting.