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Posted on 09/29/2012 12:16:35 PM PDT by rwfromkansas
Buying a house is usually an impersonal transaction. The buyer sees a scrubbed version of the home, artfully “staged,” possibly with a fresh coat of paint and flowers on the table. Once a purchase price has been negotiated, the buyer and the seller sign legal papers in triplicate, and the new owner gets a set of keys and – if lucky – an extra garage door opener. So, when Hal and Corinne Prewitt decided to buy Mitt and Ann Romney’s Park City, Utah home in spring of 2009, they figured they were in for another paperwork hassle. What they got, however, was a great house, interesting interactions with the man who’d just lost a bid to be the previous election’s GOP nominee, and some insight into the character of the possible next President. In fact, their interaction with Romney was so different than what the Prewitts expected, Hal decided to write down his experience in a Google document which has since been downloaded over 100,000 times.
First of all, the Prewitts were impressed – and a little shocked — when Mitt Romney met them at the property on moving day. There were no brokers or anyone there at the house – just the former governor walking around the house to make sure the new owners were comfortable and familiar with their purchase. “He spent as much time as we needed showing us around, answering our questions and explaining how to use and service the home’s equipment,” Hal wrote. “And when he was done, he gave us his direct contact information should we have problems.
Secondly, the Prewitts were fascinated by the way Gov. Romney – worth, by some calculations, hundreds of millions of dollars – decided to move his things. Some people hire professional movers to pack their things, others hire them to transport them, and others prefer a do-it-yourself approach. Gov. Romney fit into the last category. He went to Home Depot, bought wood, and built the necessary containers to transport his possession from the house. Then, he asked a friend and some family to help him pack his family photos, mementos, and grandchildren’s toys. Then, they carried his things into a U-Haul, which he drove to his new home in California.
The home, according to the Prewitts, was built with a focus on their family, even though it had “no swimming pool, tennis court or movie theater. There are no maid, butler or nanny quarters. Clearly Ann and Mitt raised their kids. No gold faucets, no fancy silverware. The kitchen was simple and typical of an average three bedroom home, very much like those in which we were raised.” Because the Prewitts bought much of the home’s contents, they also got to see the way the family really lived in their home: the linens didn’t have the highest thread count, the master bedroom pillows had tags from a discount store, and almost everything — the art, furniture and drapes — were American made.
Plus, there were lots of toys for the grandchildren. Also, in the Romney’s former mud room, Hal and Corinne found the former governor’s ski gloves with holes in the fingers. Apparently, one of Mitt’s sons had suggested he replace the gloves, but Gov. Romney, whom his sons have described as “frugal” and even “cheap,” thought he could salvage them. When Hal and Corinne found the gloves, they’d been altered.
“Mitt had gone to the garage tool box and wrapped them with duct tape. Thrifty? Yes, and the repair provided an immediate practical solution rather than traveling to the store to buy a new pair,” Hal wrote. “His indifference to appearance demonstrated his confidence, true character and priorities. Good qualities, but easily misunderstood because they are quite different from those displayed by many famous people and certainly politicians, who highly protect and prize their appearance.”
In the Romney’s master bedroom, was a prominent painting of Jesus Christ. “Most Americans know little about Mormonism and we didn’t either,” Hal wrote. “But Mitt Romney clearly had a home of faith and family just like the rest of us.”
“One of the most interesting questions many have asked is, ‘as president will he impose his beliefs on others?’” Hal wrote. “Many claim that a President Romney would take away rights and impose his beliefs on all Americans.” However, possibly the most surprising discovery was a small stash of alcohol in the house, which – the Prewitts were told – was for guests only. Mormonism prohibits drinking alcohol, of course, and the Romneys are teetotalers. However, they kept a few drinks on hand to be good hosts and make sure their guests felt comfortable. Hal believes this stash shows the Romneys wouldn’t impose their beliefs on others from the White House, because they didn’t even impose their beliefs on others in their own house.
The Prewitts didn’t support Romney in the 2008 election. Neither Republicans nor Democrats, they knew very little about Romney, Utah, or his former Presidential bid when they looked for a winter home. However, they felt they needed to speak out, because the caricature of Romney on television is such a far cry from the real man who showed him around the house and packed his own boxes that day.
“Mitt Romney… is not aloof or out of touch. He is a man of faith, family and American values. A guy who is well-grounded. It is not beneath him to roll up his shirt-sleeves and get the job done,” Hal wrote. “The fact that he has allowed this to be kept so very private is a true testament to his character and shows how different he is from many other politicians.” If Romney wins in November, he’ll be faced with yet another move. Will the new President show up at the White House in a U-Haul? With $16 trillion of national debt, it just might be a move in the right direction.
What is your problem Annie.
There are some who have said the Romney’s had no domestic help, of course they did.
It would be foolish if they didn’t have help.
About the condo, wrong. I have a condo, and the owners have hired yard help.
We have yard waste bins, so we hire collectors to take it away, the yard help doesn’t.
I even have a garden on my deck, but don’t need help there.
Dude you got to get over yourself.
Oh, it’s you again. I see you’re still on that jihad against the Republican nominee for President—the same jihad you’ve been waging here since you came on board on Tax Day (4/15) this year.
You’re quite transparent.
At least others enjoyed the Olympics.
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Not unless they paid to get in...
Willard didnt just give the tickets away...
and 1.4 BILLION is what it cost you and I the taxpayers to put on Willards fancy event...
Besides his huge salary from Bain and the interest from his stocks...
Your boy Wee Wille done do good...
and nobody got anything for free except for Willards cronies...
and Willard got a healthy salary and free travel and hotels and lots of goodies for himself...
Controllers of the spice......nice.
He didnt give his ingeritance away to charity
It was used to curry favor when he wanted to run for office...
he gave it to BYU to build a business building named for his father George...
The Mormons are backing him in spades...
It was an investment for himself...
Willard never does anything just for the heck of it...
Theres always some strings attatched...
and some type of record kept about his “goodness”
Sure, but a republican governor and presidential candidate using illegals during the intense immigration wars and campaigns, seems a little revealing and rather bizarre, don't you think?
No one in Romney’s direct line has ever served the United states in uniform, 170 years of a perfect record, so pictures like that would not involve his line of Romney men.
it isn’t even on the same PLANET as having a live in maid!!!!
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But a maid who lives elsewhere is the same as a livein maid!!!!
it isn’t even on the same PLANET as having a live in maid!!!!
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But a maid who lives elsewhere is the same as a livein maid!!!!
One either lives in a CONDO or a TRAILER PARK not to have yard help these days. First of all it’s almost impossible to get rid of yard waste unless your yard guys haul it away!!
Baloney.
I'm reasonably prosperous, work 50+ hours per week, frequently on travel, own multiple acres, and guess what?
I mow my own grass, do my own landscaping.
Have never even thought of hiring the work out.
Sorta like most folks I know.
Please tell me you were being sarcastic.
BUSY people have YARD HELP.....
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Ann Romney wasnt busy...
She claims she never worked outside the home...
As a stay=at-home Mom she had plenty of time to do her own yardwork...
She only had 5 lazy sons...and nothing much top do all day...
were they never taught to do ...CHORES ???
My grandechildren find things to do for me in the house or the yard...
One insisted on helping me paint the barn when she was aged 6...
Every year they plant some of the veggies...
and help clear away those awful yard waste thingies that has got you so riled up...
My grandmother had 7 sons amongst her 15 children and managed to do her own housework and yardwork ...no maid, cook or gardener...
and HEY !!! she lived in a large....HOUSE !!!!
her mother had 10 sons amongst her 18 children and had no maid or gardener...again a HOUSE !!!!
Her mother had 22 children and many sons amonst them no cook maid gardener...but a HOUSE!!!
Must be our good genes...
The genes of the common man ...
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Please tell me you were being sarcastic.
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Mindblowing isnt it ???
And if the MSM had to go with story, they’d use the left’s spin (like the taxes) that it was staged because Mitt knew he was running for president.
If I was a millionaire I’d still buy the Puritan shirts from Wal-Mart. They look sharp, and what, the guys in some business meeting are going to demand a look inside my shirt collar or something?
What? Truth hurts? As for the Tea Party’s alleged attacks on Dubya, by all means please take a look at the many saved threads of Bush’s profligacy on my profile page. Point out the Tea Party’s objections to, say, Medicare Part D. Take your time. I’ll wait.
And how do you know that he is not a humble man?
As for the house he is building, he has the money and a very close knit huge family.
I stand by my statement.
If you had told the truth it might have been different. Your tag asked where the ‘tea party’ was during the Bush years and I answered you. The FACT that as an organized set of people who had finally had enough and came together as ‘tea party’ patriots didn’t happen until 2009 doesn’t seem to bother you. IF you had paid any attention conservatives sick of out of control government spending were sending tea bags to congress from as early as 2001. The truth is that they were complaining and writing letters and trying to get folks elected. It took time for all of it to coalesce into what happened in 2010
Now go back to whatever foolishness you think you know.
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