This is an old story as far as I'm concerned, but I think it is worth repeating because much to my surprise, my wife wasn't aware of it until I mentioned it in passing - so it is quite possible that many people are not aware of why Mitt Romney is finding himself in the dog house lately. Here's the story:
In 1983 the Romneys were driving from Boston, MA to Ontario for a family getaway. The family truckster was loaded to the brim and probably getting all of 9 miles per gallon on this 12 hour trip. They packed a lot of things, including the family dog, Seamus, and Irish Setter.
But where was Seamus? In the back of the wagon with the luggage? Sitting in the front seat on his wife's lap, sleeping soundly while getting a nice belly rub from mom? Nope, Seamus was in a kennel which was strapped to the roof of the car as they chugged down the interstate at speeds over 55mph. Can you envision this? Today, people would have used their cell phones to call the police on Mitt for animal cruelty, ending the torture for this poor dog. But not in 1983...
Mitt only stopped the car to "check" on poor Seamus when his kids complained about the diarrhea streaming down the windows from the nervous and completely freaked-out family hood ornament, I uh mean "pet". Did Mitt learn his lesson? Hell no, he simply hosed off the car, hosed off the dog and shoved him back back into his hell hole on the roof of the car and kept going.
I don't know about you, but I could never vote for a man who takes his human/animal relations cues from Clark w. Griswold and Michael Vick and a "man" who takes his employee relations cues from Mr. Scrooge and Mr. Potter ("It's A Wonderful Life").
A "man" who has no respect for animals and thinks dogs make good hood ornaments has no business leading a country. A "man" who cares little about the lively-hoods of his employees and their families because he sees nothing wrong with making a quick million for himself by cutting hundreds of jobs with the slash of a pen has no damn business running a country, especially one trying to climb out of a GOP-caused recession.
BTW, how do you feel about Teddy Kennedy's drive into the drink, Clinton's little dalliance in the Oval Office, John Edwards screwing around behind his cancer-striken wife's back, Anthony's Weiner, JFK's turning the WH into the Playboy Mansion East? Any of that matter to you? Or do you just rationalize those away?
The 'needs of the people' are to have a company in business so they can have a job. Bain Capital saved a lot of companies from going out of existence (along with the jobs they provide)...
20 years of preaching. So these videos lasted what? Six years a piece? A number of respected clergy and theologians in Chicago had a high opinion of Wright. But you are a little prickly about racism. How come?
Still dealing with your unresolved racial guilt?
You need to pay attention. You read too many headlines or get your news from ABC/CBS/NBC.
Not quite as different as you'd like to believe, is it? And, seriously, does a dog in a carrier on the top of the car 30 years ago even come close to those 3 examples? C'mon....
This is fun: Cow, the dark side of Obama was loading the entire country with debt it didn't previously have, etc.
And most of all - personally, if I were wealthy, I would take a pay cut to keep a hundred employees employed and their families in tact. Not Mitt - he doesn't give two rips. And the biggest difference between Ted Kennedy and Mitt - Ted is dead and Mitt is running for leader of the free world. It is easy to attack a dead man - the GOP does it all the time...Trayvon Martin case in Florida...JFK...MLK...
By my count, only Paul S has made a comment about liberals being lazy/out of work. Just how big is Paul S?
It is installed at work It actually can make you a boat load of money if you know how to use it correctly. At work there is a computer that is hooked to the internet.
George Obama, Kezia Obama, Malik Obama and of course Mama Sarah all live in metal huts, 15X10 with dirt floors. This is the liberal view of America, hell I bet even the liberal goofs in this room don't have dirt floors, well those of them who figured how to pay of their 50 year mortgages.
And god forbid, in your angst and unresolved racial guilt, why do you bring in Trayvon and MLK? BTW, MLK was a Republican.