Posted on 01/15/2012 1:29:02 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
SUMTER, S.C. Presidential candidates hear tales of woe all the time on the campaign trail. But rarely does one respond by pulling cash out of his back pocket to help a struggling voter pay her bills.
Mitt Romney did just that here Saturday night, according to ABC News. When a 55-year-old woman, Ruth Williams, who said she lost her job last October, approached the Republican presidential front-runner on the rope line following a campaign rally in Sumter, he gave her what an aide later said was about $50 or $60.
It did not appear that the exchange was caught on camera, but ABCs off-air reporter, Emily Friedman, witnessed it and interviewed Williams afterward. Williams told Friedman that she has been volunteering at Romneys Columbia, S.C., campaign offices and has been following his campaign since first spotting his campaign bus on Wednesday.
I was on the highway praying and said, God, tell me how to get [my] lights on, Williams, apparently referring to her electricity bill, told Friedman. I pulled up to a stop sign and his bus was there. And then God said, Follow the bus, and I followed the bus.
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This will play up well in the Entitlement community.
The way things are shaping up you could assume that Hussien will get back in the WH.
And I toured around the net a little this morning and I'm seeing posters on here parroting talking points from Kos, HuffPo and NPR defending Romney. You're not surprised I'll bet. LOL
They do that sort of thing all the time in south American banana republics.
Here we have a woman complaining about her loss of job in the context of economic policies and Mittens throws her some cash. This is sheer arrogance and shameful behavior.
Exactly. Romney is hoping to pad his vote count by attracting the welfare vote going into Florida.
You mean they don't usually walk around with money all over them?
I was doing some maintenance work at our church this week when a man in worn out clothes came into the office and said he was hungry and asked if we could help him. I took $10 out of my wallet and gave it to him so he could go to the grocery store for a sandwich.
I didn’t change this guy’s life. But I hopefully gave him the hope and energy to spend a few minutes looking for a way for him to change his own life.
I just hope that none of you giving Romney s... for this act saw me do that (sarcasm).
Mostly because it doesn't change the fact that he's slime who destroyed the economy of MA with his idiot liberal policies while enslaving the people there with a nazi like healthcare policy...just like obama's doing.
At least he didn’t bet her $10,000 on something.
I’ve made similar gestures. I didn’t do it on a campaign rope line though and if I was ever a politician on a rope line I wouldn’t be so self-serving as to reach for my wallet in front of everyone and hand over some bills.
Romney has staff. He could have done the same thing discretely — this was done for show.
It's a publicity shot released by Bain Capital after a big score in the '90s. The man's an ass.
With Sarah Palin, this would not have even presented itself.
This was nothing more than a staged act for Romney to show that he’s just a simple, hometown, down to earth good guy and when a poor woman begs for money, it’s not beneath him to bare is soul and giver her money from his huge stash.
This was a staged political stunt and nothing more. The purpose was to show that Romney had a good heart and was able to show the world that he did......NOTHING MORE.
Palin would find it deplorable to do a stunt like this.
I was doing some maintenance work at our church when a man in worn out clothes came into the office and said he was hungry and asked if we could help him.
There are actually a few down-and-out people, not poor by their own means, but by fate and circumstance. They all wish to get back on their feet again and become productive citizens. On the other hand, most are bums and nothing more and have no intention on improving themselves.
Believe me, he found a sap and he will return for more.
Mitt should have offered her a job on his campaign.
That, of course, assumes that she wasn’t already working for him.
There has only been one actual state primary so far.
WAY too early to begin any conversation about working together.
Right now, job one is to beat Romney, and he’s no better than a gutter worm until then.
Focus please. :D
But what photos was Obama posing for at the same age? :)
“Is there no level so low as Romney would stoop to pick up a couple of votes?”
Everyone here, including his supporters, KNOW the answer to that question!
“Based on the virulence of some of these comments, what are yall gonna do? Refuse to vote for him?”
Yes.
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