Romney on ‘Cadillacs’ Comment: If People Think There’s Something Wrong With Success, ‘Vote for the Other Guy’
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Mitt Romney on Sunday fired back at the charge that he’s “out of touch” with the American people, following his comment that his wife Ann “drives a couple of Cadillacs.”
Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” host Chris Wallace pressed Romney about that statement as well as his answer during Wednesday’s GOP debate when he refused to directly answer a question on the biggest misconception about him.
“Governor, can you understand why some voters would be put off by those things?” Wallace asked.
“You know, I can’t be perfect,” Romney said with a laugh, defending the Cadillac comment by saying his wife has a car at each of their homes, one in Massachusetts and one in California.
He continued, “If people think there’s something wrong with being successful in America, then they’d better vote for the other guy, because I’ve been extraordinarily successful and I want to use that success and that know-how to help the American people.”
In terms of connecting with the American people, Romney said, “I’ve got more votes than anyone in this race so far.”
“I’m expected to get the nomination in part because I understand how this economy works. I by virtue of my experience know what it takes to create jobs. I’ve also balanced budgets. Other people talk about doing that, I’ve actually done it as a governor, as a head of an Olympics and as a guy who’s run businesses. I’m going to get America back on track.”
As for the “biggest misconception” about him, Romney said, it‘s the idea that he comes from Massachusetts and therefore can’t be conservative.
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marybethelizabeth
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:03pmThe Bircher/neo fascist rhetoric used to be that there were no classes. That has been abandoned. Now the class division being exploited by the former deniers.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:13pmIt’s the ECONOMY stupid.
Report Post »jb.kibs
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:38pmif he understands how THIS economy works, then he is a corporatist\fascist…
THIS economy is keynesian… we do not WANT a corporatist economy… we want a FREE MARKET.
let the people vote with their dollars… let the people decide who they want to support…
devaluing the dollar until it becomes with 0 will not work, ALL fiat currency dies. everytime in history.
Report Post »WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges12
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:43pm” Romney on ‘Cadillacs’ Comment: If People Think There’s Something Wrong With Success, ‘Vote for the Other Guy’”
So, how does this fit in with Romney-care?
“The Massachusetts health care insurance reform law, St. 2006, c.58, also known as RomneyCare, enacted in 2006, mandates that nearly every resident of Massachusetts obtain a state-government-regulated minimum level of health-care insurance coverage and provides free [tax-paid] health care insurance for residents earning less than 150% of the federal poverty level (FPL) who are not eligible for Mass Health (Medicaid). … The reform legislation also included tax penalties for failing to obtain an insurance plan. Massachusetts tax filers who failed to enroll in a health insurance plan which was deemed affordable for them lost the $219 personal exemption on their income tax. Beginning in 2008, penalties increased by monthly increments.”
-“Massachusetts health care reform”, Wikipedia
Oh … that’s how …
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:55pmThe problem i have is that he was completely pandering to the crowd…why talk about what kind of cars you drive??? Isnt the problem that the federal government is too big? If he has to to talk about trees and cars to get votes – he will not get mine
Report Post »BarackStalin
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:37pmI thought the Republican Party was supposed to be a COALITION of fiscal conservatives and social conservatives.
MITT ROMNEY DOES NOTHING FOR SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES.
-ran as a pro-choice governor
-signed legislation limiting gun ownership
-grew government with Romneycare
I can see why fiscal conservatives want Romney, but NO REPUBLICAN CAN WIN IF SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES STAY HOME ON ELECTION DAY!!!
Obama can’t win if he loses Pennsilvania (Santorum’s home state)
Obama can’t win if he loses Catholics by a wide margin (Santorum’s faith)
most importantly…Romney can‘t win if he can’t excite social conservatives to show up and vote
Fiscal conservatives will vote for Santorum to protect their wealth from Communist Obama
BUT SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES GET NOTHING FROM ROMNEY
If social issues are lost and should not be considered as some are claiming…
Report Post »WHY WOULD I EVEN VOTE REPUBLICAN?
FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:53pm“MITT ROMNEY DOES NOTHING FOR SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES.
-ran as a pro-choice governor
-signed legislation limiting gun ownership
-grew government with Romneycare”
Funny thing, if you don’t live in Massachusetts, none of that affects you. This stands in contrast to votes cast by Newt and Santorum, which affect everyone in the nation.
Report Post »sixdogman
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 9:45pmhey,Mitt, you can‘t be conservative when you’re calling for taxing anybody. you said you would make the rich “pay their fair share”. that’s liberal crazy talk. the rich are the job makers and the hospital wing builders,etc. they surely won‘t invest in anything if you’re going to do what Obama is doing. you liberals can’t seem to understand reality. the more you tax the less investment. stop trying to get the democrats and media to like you.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:05pmWhen you look at the polling – it is the old people who are keeping the Romney campaign afloat. The young and middle-aged people go for Paul and Santorum. The old people, wanting a nice looking establishment guy – go for Romney. Probably has something to do with Romney wanting the status quo in this country. At least Paul and Santorum believe this country needs to alter course dramatically.
Thank you old people for giving us a huge debt, huge entitlements, and decades of politicians in washington who say one thing and do another… looks like we have another one on the way (Mitt). Since you have a terrible track record of picking leaders – please let us pick the republican this time around…PLEASE
Report Post »PresidentDowngrade
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:30pmActually Willard I would vote for Bari Shabazz before I vote for you. The fact that this is even a conversation in this country proves we are on the road to demise. Lets get it over with…
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 11:47pmWealth and success is not as important as the ethics behind how it was obtained.
Report Post »You can be wealthy and successful and do it legally but you can still be a dirtbag doing it.
RabidPatriot
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 1:48amI don’t know who will be President come November but I do know that America will have a bad President until at least 2016.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 6:00amNo problem, I will vote for the other guy. This guy is out of touch and dosen’t have a clue.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 6:05amThat’s the problem with these mega rich guys. They think success is obtaining more and more wealth. I know a lot of successful people and none of them are rich in material things.
Romney is the Al Gore of the Republican Party.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 6:08amHe knows the price of everything.
But the value of nothing.
Report Post »Obeckian1984
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 7:57amOn our Congressional Rating, Ron Paul is almost without peer. His lifetime average is over 90%, he has snagged the top spot four times, ranked 2nd overall seven times and has never ranked lower than 10th overall in the House. In other words, in his “worst” year on our Rating, he still had a more fiscally conservative voting record than 425 out of 435 Representatives. I haven’t done any in-depth analysis on this question, but the only Members I can think of that could claim to equal his performance would be Jeff Flake (92.4% lifetime average, 1st overall eight years in a row, never lower than 2nd overall) and Jim Sensenbrenner (85.9% lifetime average, 1st overall twice, 2nd overall four times, never lower than 13th overall).
The only issues I can think of on which Ron Paul might have harmed (obviously only by a very small amount) his Rating would be free trade agreements (which he generally votes against and NTU supports) and the myriad earmark elimination amendments that Jeff Flake carried from 2006-2009 (which NTU supported and he generally voted against). But on the whole, his record is exemplary.
Report Post »http://www.ntu.org/governmentbytes/ntu-rates-congress-and.html
Vechorik
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 10:00amRASMUSSEN POLL: Obama Approval at 45%, Lowest in Month—President Falls Behind Romney and Paul…
Romney 45% Obama 43%…
Paul 43% Obama 41%
Obama 45% Santorum 43%
Obama 49% Gingrich 39%… Developing…
It’s on DRUDGE :-) http://m.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll
Report Post »BarackStalin
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 12:12pmFreedomPurveyor,
Should I just assume then, that Romney is going to govern the nation OPPOSITE of the way he governed Mass? Don’t you think that the DECISIONS he made previously in his life are a decent indicator of the DECISIONS he will make in the future?
If Romney actually has NO CONVICTION ON ANY ISSUE and he is simply going to pander to focus groups when he makes every decision, then HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM OBAMA?
Obama’s biggest campaign contributor is Goldman Sachs. Romney’s biggest campaign contributor is Goldman Sachs.
END THE OLIGARCHY! ELECT SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR WE THE PEOPLE!
Report Post »its_the_economy_stupid
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 12:51pmIt really is the economy stupid…
Report Post »Clive
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 2:27pmhe stinks… this whole fields stinks.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:16pmNothing wrong with a cadillac comment. Only wish I had my old cadillac again. What’s wrong with the comment was, ‘your wife has two of ’em’ …….well, duh? And all the GM’s you drive sounded like you were kissing up to the unions. You were never my 1st choice, but this stupid comment has made the news and others must be as ticked for stupidity comments. Nothing wrong with being rich, just don’t flaunt it.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:57pmAt least Rick is not using the Class Warfare language of the Occupy Movement to talk about how “working people” need to be able to find and get good paying jobs! Lefties like Mitt are trying to cut the programs the poor depend on the most in order to cut the deficit, and reduce benefits for Millionaires.
TEA
Report Post »Arizona Don
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:49pmI’m not really certain what the point you are trying to make here is. I do not interpret any of the language used by any of the (Republican) candidates to be advocating class warfare. At least nothing like obama. Now, he “is” advocating class warfare. I guess it may be possible to interpret some of Romney’s language to be class warfare, if you wanted to stretch it to the extreme, but I certainly do not see it that way. I do agree however, perception is an unusual thing. Two people can see or hear the exact same thing and perceive it differently. I’m also not sure Romney is a lefty. He did govern a very liberal state, even perhaps one of the most liberal, but he has never considered himself a liberal progressive democrat, and he could have very easily done exactly that. If you remember Ronald Reagan was also a governor of a very liberal state he was also once a democrat. He proved himself to be quite conservative as president. When he was running many of the same things were said about him as are now being said about Romney. Like I have said many times before, Romney is not my first choice but I refuse to run him down in order to attempt to raise someone else.
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 10:23am@Monicne – LOL – Your post really made me laugh. Did you really just try to say Mitt was using the language of OWS and then YOU made the comment that people like Mitt “are trying to cut the programs the poor depend on the most in order to cut the deficit, and reduce benefits for Millionaires.” Were you being sarcastic??? I’m not sure because you used the EXACT language of class warfare.
Report Post »barrycooper
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:56pmBiggest misconception is easy: that he will do ANYTHING to curb out of control spending. When we look at the balance sheets after his first year, they will look just like they would have under Obama, with the exception that he will not step on the pedal with Obamacare, which may well get struck down in court anyway. We borrow $120 a month now, and will under Romney. There will be no change.
Why and how people fail to grasp this is unclear to me.
Ron Paul is the only credible conservative. I think he can be with justice compared to Calvin Coolidge, both in temperament and politics. We do not need a government that does things. We need a government that does not PREVENT US from doing things. Paul will move us rapidly and decisively back in that direction.
My short case for him, focused on the only issue that should matter to most, that of spending, is here: http://moderatesunited.blogspot.com/2012/02/letter-to-ron-paul-skeptics-rerevised.html
Report Post »gothope
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:10pmHe’ll have ti get cingress to go along. Wait what am I saying Ron Paul will NEVER be the nominee. WAKE UP!
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:17pmBARRYCOOPER,
Yea Ron Paul! NON!
Do you not see the weakness of him?
Evil DOES exist. It does.
The Ayotollah Khomeini of Iran just made a speech to his people about the coming of the 13th. Imam.
Iran has sleeper terrorist cells in this country just waiting for the word to unleash.
I comprendre that Congressman Paul speaks sanity on domestic issues. I do.
Barry Cooper do you not understand that when it comes to the evils that we face from Islamofascism Congressman Paul channels Vichy and Chamberlain?!
It is too late to take an Isolationist stance. Our Enemies are already here.
A vote for Ron Paul is folly!
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:57pm@Lucy Larue …. Applause …. you deserve a standing ovation.
Report Post »grand slam grandam
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:55pmIt’s a charitable overture that Romney offers his bid for the U.S. Presidency! He doesn’t need the money or the power! Win or lose, he’s going to be just fine!! But, we won’t be “just fine” for the remainder of our days…..
Romney is willing to challenge you, big time, by sticking it to you……”if you think there’s something wrong with success, then vote for the other guy”!! That kind of ultimatum takes guts from any candidate! Some sort of wimp, huh?
Report Post »Machtyn
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:05pmExactly. He understands that it takes hard work and sacrifice to be successful. It takes hard work and sacrifice to turn around a failing entity. At least, with Romney, we can believe him when he says we all need to sacrifice and I will be first to hurt (he’s even proven it with his latest tax reform plan). With Obama, he tells us we need to sacrifice more and he has his million dollar Halloween parties, goes on lavish vacations, and usurps power where he can. Even Bush knew to sacrifice.
Report Post »meeester
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:27pmI like it too.
Report Post »He responds well when challenged at townhalls. It was apparent in the last election too. He had people complain about things form the left and right. He doesn‘t dodge the questions though he may wrap it up with a segue to a campaign point but I think that’s appropriate, especially in a group scene.
I think we’ll enjoy hearing him clarifying why Obama is wrong for this country. However much angst ‘we’ have hearing ‘our’ candidates work each other over will all be a relief when the target is the remarkably moronic dems.
JJ Coolay
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:07pmI don’t get it why people are so anti-Romney??
Report Post »He obviously is the best business-sense guy running and THAT is by far what we need most from our next President.
The difference between Romney rich and Obama rich is, Romney knows how to make your money work for you and will help America with is know how.
Obama is happy to just use his money to make his life more comfortable and play golf.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE!!
soybomb315
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 8:43pm@JJ
Report Post »Yes – romney may know how to run a business (maybe) but he does not know much about economics. He does not recognize that big banks and the federal reserve run our economy. He does not understand how the federal reserve creates inflation and boom/bust cycles. He does not understand that we are in an interest rate bubble and if we do not eliminate the budget deficit – things will spiral out of control. His policy towards balancing the budget is very timid, we need immediate cuts to government spending and future entitlements.
etoddt
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 11:44pm@soybomb315
I disagree – I think Romney is very aware of the FED and what needs to happen to not cause a run on big business in America.
You call for huge cuts in spending, yet the unintended consequence is that businesses and investors, both domestic and foreign, will pull their money out of the system and the system catastrophically collapses, all at once. You saw the effect one peice of legislation (Obama-care) did to the financial market – it’s taken 3 years for investors to gain enough confidence to start investing again.
Now try jetisonning the amounts it would take to keep “collapse” from coming on and you’ll basically be signalling everyone to make a run on the banks – inflation will happen anyways – except this time everyone joins the “OWS” crowd because there’s no work to be had.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:47pmLike Donald Trump … Local boy succeeds with bank full of daddy’s money, and a government pat on the back for hefty campaign donations.
Listened to few of the GOP debates, and haven’t heard the key words yet
As Micmac states, insert your favorite
Immediately shut down the progressive income tax and start a consumption tax with only two exceptions, anything we purchase for our health and our housing
Wrote Marco Rubio a detailed letter outlining this issue and he (or a staff member) responded with a very weak, wishy-washy and pointed response, basically saying, “Ain’t gonna happen Bucko.”
Repeal The Affordable Health Care for America Act, pronto
Allow private retirement accounts with a SS opt-out
Encourage savings and investment by applying the above tax structure
Fire all Czars
De-fund the EPA
Execute drilling leases and allow more refineries to be constructed
Cut government bureaucracy by 40%
Shut down the federal Department of Education and let the states handle education
Just the beginning
With current roater of candidates to choose from, probably, “Ain’t gonna happen Buckos.”
Report Post »blamb61
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:19pmRomney made his own money and didn’t get it from his father!
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:56pmMitt attended public elementary school.
Then it was indoctrination time …
Who paid for the rest of Mitt’s education?
Boy’s prep schools aren’t cheep (Son attended one at $800.00 per month for four years)
Stanford is expensive, with a near $38,000 tuition and a tough school to get into with only a 7% acceptance rate, who paid for that and how did Mitt get in?
Then, only a handful of students were accepted into the Juris Doctor/Master of Business Administration at Harvard’s business & law schools, how did Mitt get into that program and who paid for it?
Mitt worked as an intern while his father George was governor of Michigan
Even after Mitt received an offer to join Bain & Company he didn’t stray far
Then it was Bain Capital, using other people’s money
Ask who Mitt Romney really is.
Members of the Trilateral Group and Council on Foreign Relations should give you a clue
Every member of the current administration’s advisors are members of those groups and another group you may have knowledge of.
What is the Federal Reserve really?
Report Post »It’s a government bankrupcy management group
BelieveMe
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:39pmRIGHT ON THE MONEY! ROMNEY is a JOKE. He came from money whether he wants to accept that or not.
Report Post »blamb61
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 10:11pmGetting into a school and graduating isn‘t what made Romney’s money. He went out and worked for it after he graduated. Many parents help their kids in school, so what! He graduated valadictorian at BYU before he went to Harvard. How did he get into Harvard? He was smart and earned his way in!
Report Post »Cat
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 11:02pmBlam >
Our society is being slowly cooked into submission.
Powerful people have been using politicians like puppets and have been slowly and methodically changing our laws to break the American people.
There have been laws generated over the years that are intended to make America a slave to a central bank.
We now live in a police state, those who don’t believe it need to pull their heads out of the sand.
Local police are being trained along side our military and old military bases have been re-designated ‘emergency’ camps.
The squeeze is on to steal our wealth, collapse our society and funnel all wealth to a central location.
Carbon taxes, based on a false science, have only one purpose.
The AHCA is full of taxing schemes, and gives authority to non-government agents to decide who lives and who is sent to camps for reeducation.
If starving people don’t start riots, riots will be instigated, then our military will be called in.
That is a direct violation of the Posse Comitatus Act, but not the rules inside the new AUMF (why?)
The controllers know they are going to have an American revolution and they’re preparing for it, using our money.
We are being lied to and lies are flowing across TV screens via the mainstream news media.
Mitt knows this very well and also understands he’ll be nothing more then another puppet.
Report Post »A smart, self-made American, would blow the whistle.
Don’t hear the words from Mitt, so how can we be sure?
Doug Piranha
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:45pmMitt may not be my first choice, but until some of you loudmouth bloggers can honestly say YOU give 15% of YOUR income to charity, you really ought to STHU.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:50pmCharitable donations make him the most electable? Get a grip. It actually ties to my earlier comment. He is bragging about these issues and that is a deadly sin. Mitt needs to stop bragging about…the Olympics, his wife’s cars, his success, his donations, and start demonstrating through words how his ideas will help this country excel.
It is Mitt and his supporters that need to PUOSU
Report Post »MS-GlenNBC
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:11pmIt may be time to separate from Beck’s Church….
This site is full of Blind Romney Supporters who talk about giving to Church as a reason to vote for him.
You are a bigot if you don’t like Romney…. NO !! you dumas
I don’t like Romney….
I don’t care if he is Jesus Christ himself….
I don’t like his shifty eyed spin answers.
I don’t like that he stutters when answering a question and he never answers the actual question.
I don’t like that he is buying endorsements from Governors.
I don’t like when someone trashes other Republicans… not very christian to speak ill.
Hell ~ ROMNEY will trash the hell out of Cain Perry Bachmann Gingrich and Santorum and will not Call OBAMA a socialist…
Romney will call Republicans names, but not Obama the Enemy…. Yes, I’m a bigot.. just don’t call Obama a Socialist.
If you have not had too much Beck-Brew or Romney-Aid you may want to take my 40 day challenge… Turn off beck for 40 days and just read the blaze hit pieces on everyone but Romney..
The Blaze will not even trash Ron Paul because he is supporting Romney’s efforts.
Beck is lying to you. He is For the Bishop…
Yes yes I’m a Bigot, BECAUSE Romney will not call Obama a Socialist.
Sorry, just a standard he hasn’t reached yet as a “Severe Conservative”.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:11pmMillions of Americans can’t afford to give ANYTHING away at the moment. Like it or not, charitable contribution is a way to sway voters. The focus should be “if they give, find who they give to”.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:45pmPIRANHA … You’re absolutely right. Being wealthy isn’t a problem in our society, but being greedy … viewed very unfavorably. ALL of the Republican candidates have been much more generous with their wealth than the wealthy Democrats currently in Washington. I’ll take any one of our candidates over Obama.
OLEFROMMN …These candidates are applying for a job, so of course they’re going to talk about their accomplishments. Have you ever applied for a job and just sat there like a bump on a log? If so, you probably didn’t get the job.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:10pmMS Glen.. not a blind Romney supporter here and I’ve NEVER said his charitable donations are a reason to vote him. The 2 are completely irrelevant from each other.
Report Post »RJL
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 6:13amIt’s not how much you give, it’s how much you keep!
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:45pmI’m not a Romney fan, but if anyone (well, except for Ron Paul acolytes with their neo-lib/ Dem talking points) has even the remotest idea that this guy doesn’t love his country, what it stands for, and doesn’t think he can put us in a better direction than Obama… has gone off the deep end.
He’s not my pick, but we could do much. much worse. Like another 4 years of Obama, or a Paul Presidency.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:53pmRon Paul 2012
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:11pmThanks for you input BLANK.
Ron Paul (The Curmudgeon) / Eddie Munster’s wolfie (The Judge)
2012
Now wouldn’t THEY be a pair?
Report Post »ShyLow
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:42pmPsalms 144:1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUkHDBE1jFQ&feature=related Congrats to Ben Henderson for becoming Champ at UFC 144 …can I get an Amen…I am The Last High Priest of the God of Abraham…in this world there are no such things as coincidences…God has the whole world in his hands…not a coincidence Joe Rogan mentioned CHURCH during the title match
Report Post »MiCurmudgeon
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:39pmWould you rather have a President who finances American jobs by paying to own American cars or a President who uses your money to provide his transportation to all his campaign events?
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:01pmUh … I would vote neither!
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:16pmLook… thats a BS answer.
Report Post »The question wasnt will you vote for Mitt.. it was which would you rather have as POTUS.
And the obvious answer is, someone that pays his own way and doesn’t take from others.
Don’t be a pansy-ass. You just can‘t answer the question because you don’t like Mitt. That‘s fine if you don’t want to vote for him, but if you’re going to take time answering a question that was posed, answer the question that was posed!!!
MiCurmudgeon
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:36pmI want a President who can afford to buy his own American made cars instead of a free-loader that I have to pay for ALL his transportation to all his campaign events. Not to mention the jobs for Americans that were financed by those purchases.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:36pmMitt needs to tiptoe very gently around vanagloria here.
Report Post »cuinsong
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:30pmTheirs nothing wrong with being successful and after all that is one of the reasons we love freedom!
Report Post »Their are a lot of you who are successful in this country and I would bet that you do not feel guilty about your hard work. Sure some have it handed to them on a silver platter but sometime in the past it had to be earned by a relative or a friend.
I am a successful computer guy that worked hard to get my self ready for retirement and now this bunch of lazy a$$es would have me give them my reward for working hard so they can enjoy it. Well they can kiss my a$$! This is my song “Retired” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_11710336
RinkyDink34
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:24pmSo I guess for you nay Sayers to being successful it would be better if we nominate a pauper to put up against the Arrogant One. What the Hell is the Matter with you people!
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:24pmIt’s not the success thing Mittens, it’s the vanity thing that people have problems with. A good solid conservative doesn’t not brag about their success, they just go about their daily lives and do what they can to help others bring themselves up. My reason for voting for somebody else has nothing to do with Romney’s success.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:29pmThat would be “does not brag” or “doesn’t brag”. I would hope that SNAFU was easily read through.
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:02pmYou can bet your sweet life that they all,I say all brag about their accomplishments during their election campaign.
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:36pmOle,
And would you then vote for someone who was only positive about what he would do in the future regardless of what he has done in the past? Newt and Santorum talk a great talk, but their histories call their sincerity into question.
Romney’s past, and his financial success, speaks volumes about his talents and what we could likely expect in the future from a Romney administration. As Ann Coulter put it, he has the “midas touch.” I don’t know what concerns you the most about our present course as a country, but from my vantage point the only issue is the economy. No other issue, be it Iran, Gay Marriage or The Federal Contraception Bureau, compares in scale or importance.
And I am sorry but Santorum was part of the “teenager with a new credit card” congress of Bush’s terms, and Newt presided over only one house of congress and though he managed to ensure a balanced budget, he did so during one of our nation’s greatest periods of peacetime economic growth. (He couldn’t even balance his own check book then, and yet he expects full credit for the country’s?). Romney is the only one to start from scratch, or to save sinking ships as they were racing for the ocean floor, and not only bring them back to the surface, but allow them to sail full steam ahead. We need that more than we need someone who has developed their skills in speaking “Conservatese,” which by all accounts for both Santorum and Newt is a second language.
Romney 2012
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:09pmWhen you say you will dismantle the DoEducation, DoEnergy, EPA, etc., get us back to a free economy by shuttering Fanny/Freddie, totally nixing NoBamaCAIR, eliminate a fiat financialization by putting us on a path to a gold standard, (add you faves here), then I will know you are not a Kennedy Republican (as the overton window has moved rather left, and that provides quite a challenge). I want to hear he will totally defund Planned Parenthood.
I don’t want to hear Paulies saying he would do all this…BS.
Romney‘s idea of a Republican isn’t mine, and I don’t consider myself a moderate. Look at Scott Brown, a Mass. Republican….total RINO. That’s all that get elected in the soviet state of Mass.
NoBama 2012
Report Post »Micmac
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:17pm*do consider
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:06pmPeople can be so jealous. This is what is great about America we can be ambitious and go as far as possible or we can say “poor me”. Go ahead and run for whatever office you want.
Report Post »aChameleon
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:04pmWould everybody be happier if he drove an Audi ? I don’t understand why a caddy is so bad.
Report Post »Strnj1
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:57pm“I got more votes than any one else…”
…bought and paid for.
Report Post »READRIGHTHERE
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:26pmAnd you think that the republican majority will just throw their votes at a dyed in the wool Mormon? Have you not read the anti-Mormon posts on The Blaze? It takes a whole lot of being in people’s faces, and that costs a whole lot of cash, to help them overcome years of bigotry and religious indoctrination, let alone get them to listen to your message. What matters here is that he raised the money, and that supporters, independent of his official campaign, have also raised the money to fight for his nomination. I don’t care how much he has to spend to help people see the light. (Besides, those dollars spent spur the economies of the communities and states he visits. A true conservative would see that as a positive.)
It is only negative and mean when you use deception to mislead voters to your point of view, slinging mud and calling people names (Mushy Massachusetts Moderate comes to mind) it is not mean to repeatedly expose the truth of your opponents’ past. Especially when so many in our Party are willing to support wholeheartedly whoever comes along that isn’t Romney.
Santorum’s record as a senator spending money left and right is laughable, Newt’s public record of the outrageously progressive comments he has made over the years should scare the pants of any listener of Glenn Beck. Paul’s adamant belief that we exist as an island and should never even so much as make suggestions to the world community is isolationist. Romney’s record is success. I vote succes
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:56pmAh yes Mitt the crony capitalist,you’ll fit right in our system where the government picks winners and losers,subsidies the whole bit.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 4:13pmMitt has no history that suggests crony capitalism. He’s been a successful capitalist, but I believe you have to hold an office to even have the opportunity to be a crony capitalist.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:19pmWOW!! Progressive Slayer?? I think not!
More like Capitalist slayer!!
You make Mitt out to be a bad guy for being wealthy?
Self made.
Capitalistic.
Progressive slayer my ass.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:02pmDISENLIGHTENED He was a former Governor so that’s the office he had.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 7:08pmJJ I don‘t care that he’s wealthy that‘s none of my business but if you don’t think Mitt is a crony capitalist you’re naive.We don’t have a true capitalist system here we have crony capitalism,big business likes government involved to keep competitors at bay.Government picking winners and losers that’s what we have.In a true capitalist system there’s no subsidies or bailouts,the market will determine if a business succeeds or fails.
Report Post »disenlightened
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 9:27pm@ PROGRESSIVESLAYER
Report Post »He was in office 4 years and no one accused him of being anything but honest and above board during those years. Some may have disliked him, but no one accused him of corruption or crony capitalism.
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:55pmAt least they drive American cars and not a Subaru, Volvo or Toyota Prius like the liberals who support Obama.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:50pmFancy-pants Mitt would like all Americans to have access to higher education, upward mobility, marketplace competitiveness and financial success. SNOB!
Saint Rick knows some classes of people belong where they like to be.
Big spender O’Bummer is fixated on the “middle class” and has split our nation.
We need a Christian woman and warrior black ticket in 2012. Go Plain/West!
TEA
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:48pmMan, this Romney guy is living in a different world than I am. I really don‘t see how he can represent the real America with chatter like he’s been offering. It’s like listening to a 12 year old rant about all of his toys. Really disgraceful. Oh yes, I’ll vote for the dude over Obama, if I must choose; it will be lesser of two evils.
Report Post »netmail
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:31pmYeah, have success, enjoy it; just don’t FLAUNT IT. What a ‘rag tag’ group of reps we have…immature, hypocritical and lacking common sense. NOTHING like the other side, but not good none the less. What I feel the most now is BORED.
Report Post »JJ Coolay
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 6:23pmHe doesn’t FLAUNT his wealth.
Report Post »Does he say he’s successful? Of course.. that’s a talking point of his campaign considering our economy.
But when people DEMAND to see his tax returns and ask him what kinds of vehicles he drives and dig into his personal like-regarding his home ownership, etc, what’s he supposed to do?? Hide from it?
I mean the guy is worth a couple hundred million but he drives a pick up truck and you say he flaunts his wealth?? Get Real!
P8riot
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 10:38am@Tron – seriously? Romney is “in a different world” and is not part of the “real America”? You give him these titles because of his MONEY (which is self-made)??? Eat the rich! Eat the rich! Oh, wait, sorry, I forgot this wasn’t a class warfare website. I forgot that people don’t become part of a different class of human as soon as they become successful.
I‘m sure you worship Rush since he’s a successful radio show host… but why don’t you castigate him the same way? “Rush broadcasts his show from a $26 million ocean front home in West Palm Beach, which has 7 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms and an elevator. He also owns a penthouse condo on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.” Why is his success any different? Does he not “represent” the conservative movement?
I’m sorry that you see people as being part of different class once they are millionaires, that mentality will eat away at you if you let it.
Report Post »Dotado
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:46pmI’m glad to see he is not apoligising (yes, I can’t spell well) for being a sucess. I’m sick of people feeling guilty of fulfilling the American dream. If I was in his shoes a caddy would be my slumming car. He earned it by working for it. All those guys have money, none of them are driving Yugos!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:59pmWhat gets me is how being some welfare queen seems to be okay .. but successful and you have to apologize? Not the America that I grew up in …
Report Post »Dotado
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:09pmI agree!
Report Post »P8riot
Posted on February 27, 2012 at 10:46amI remember a day when people saw successful businessmen and wanted to work hard to be like them one day. Remember when people wanted to work hard so they could provide for their families? Now people (even so-called conservatives on this website) castigate Mitt for his success.
Report Post »hi
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:42pmAmen Romney!
Report Post »The reason you have to most votes, however, is because the conservative vote is divided up between the other three.
I’ll still vote for you over Obama since you want to repeal Obamacare.
The_Jerk
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 2:41pmSuccess comes easy to those whose father is a Governor and not so poor himself.
Report Post »myway2112
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 3:48pmMitt enjoys the fruits of his success, not his fathers. He did it on his own.
Report Post »Dom321
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 5:57pmPick a better daddy new time, Jerk. Did a bad job this time around.
Report Post »etoddt
Posted on February 26, 2012 at 11:51pmI don‘t know what’s more sad – seeing someone be completely ungrateful about the advantages a successful life has dealt them, or listening to someone else be ungrateful for them.
Are we really supposed to resent someone just because they didn’t have it as hard as we did? Cuz that’s the excuse the rest of the world uses to hate on America… let’s not join the “OA” (Occupy America) bandwagon.
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