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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Who was the twit who dragged Sarah into this conversation?
This was NOT a good deed. It was a panhandler brushoff. A good deed would have been an aide looking into her bills and working with her to design an income strategy. THAT would have been a good deed. Handing her 50 bucks was a particularly ignorant, brazen and outrageously elitist dismissal of the woman's problems.
And, yes, if Sarah had done the same thing I would say the same about her.
Doesn’t matter. You were the one who made the post that stated you knew exactly what Sarah Palin would do in this situation.
It is not a logical or truthful statement when you say you know what Sarah Palin would do...based simply on some idea of her you have created in your mind.
OTOH you are absolutely correct to criticize me for chastising Romney. I did not consider his belief system and ethical discipline. Given those considerations it is perfectly appropriate for Romney to make a show of giving gifts to a less fortunate as a demonstration of his generosity. I erred by applying Christian ethical considerations to his actions.
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