Romney responds to Obama’s ‘silver spoon’ jab

Yahoo! News ^ | April 19, 2012 | Holly Bailey

[tillacum]

OOPS, he was given his OWN Social Security Number.

[Churchillspirit]

Do they have any silver spoons in Kenya?

[TigersEye]

0bama lived in a middle class neighborhood and went to a private school from the fifth grade on in Hawaii.

The 0bama File

The Dunhams enrolled "Barry Obama" in the prestigious Punahou School, starting in the fifth grade. He attended Punahou on a scholarship, through the generosity of many donors, and the influence of Stanley Armour's boss, who was a Punahou alum. Obama walked the five blocks from his grandmother's apartment on Beretania to the school.

With more than 3,000 students, Punahou is the largest private school in the country, and it sits on a lush, sprawling campus in Honolulu. The school is elite and wealthy.

[reg45]

His spoon may not have been red, but his diaper certainly was. Barack Obama: Red Diaper Baby

[Anima Mundi]

Obama’s daughters certainly were born advantaged. Does he therefore think they are disqualified from anything that requires an understanding of those who come from disadvantage? Just how does he think his daughters should be treated as they progress through life, having been born to privelege? I think this is a good question.

[ThisLittleLightofMine]

But he was born to get a free ride on education as many minorities are.

[zeugma]

As always, republicans are missing a real opportunity here. Why not ask how it was that zero was able to attend Harvard? Do these guys even think about things?