Costco right up Mitt Romney’s alley

[EarlG]

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TAMPA - The reintroduction of Mitt Romney to the American public began in earnest Sunday with the Republican nominee and his, wife, Ann telling us they like to shop at Costco.

I take that back. They both "love" Costco, revealed Mrs. Romney, wrapping themselves in that great bastion of middle-class American consumerism.

(snip)

"We both love Costco," Ann Romney said as her husband sat there and smiled adoringly at her - not having much to say himself but notably not correcting her.

"It's got great produce," chimed in the former Massachusetts governor.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/brown/14748416-452/the-romneys-say-they-shop-at-costco.html



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[LynneSin]

1. So they love a progressive owned business

[Pool Hall Ace]

2. Isn't Costco's CEO known to donate to liberal causes?

Keep on shopping, Ann & Mitt !

[Raster]

6. Jim Senegal, founder of Costco, held an Obama fundraiser just a few weeks ago....

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...at his Seattle area mansion.

Mr. Sinegal will also be a speaker the the Democratic National Convention!

Go Jim! Go Obama!

[Pool Hall Ace]

8. Bwahahahaha!

I'm surprised Mittens didn't know this. If he and Ann wanted to seem like "one of us," you would think they would have given a nod to WalMart or Sam's Club.

[WCGreen]

10. And they treat their employees like people.....

Holy Solylent Green

[Pool Hall Ace]

12. That is quite a concept.

[Raster]

21. Sinegal has been sued (unsucessfully) by several "shareholder rights" organizations....

...claiming Costco paid their employees too much and gave too much in benefits.

Sinegal always countered that Costco employees deserved a living wage, just like the people that shopped at Costco.

[laundry_queen]

25. That's also a fairly easy argument to counteract in court

if you say, "A good part of the reason why we do as well as we do is people shop at Costco BECAUSE they know we treat our employees well." It's a big part of the reason I make an effort to shop there.

[Panasonic]

33. Yup - was there yesterday

buying cars for my son at $13.99 a pop - big ones too. He wound up getting three: 2 from us, and one from his grandparents.

Reward? Learning how to go potty on the toilet, but we're STILL trying to encourage him not to be afraid of the toilet.

[laundry_queen]

48. LOL. Everyone told me to use smarties for my reluctant potty-er.

She was fine with #1, but refused to do #2 on the potty. So I tried the age-old method of bribing (she was my first I had to do that with and I have 4 kids) and started with 1 smartie. She looked at the one smartie and the look on her face was like - "is that it? Oh heck, this is not even worth it!" Even a handful wouldn't do it. It eventually took full-size chocolate bars (the big packs at Costco) and the odd toy to get her to go. But it worked. Good luck, he'll get it with time

[JDPriestly]

53. If the shareholders object, why do they invest in Costco?

[Raster]

56. It's a good investment. What some of the groups opposed was what they....

considered a high level of pay and benefits for employees.

I'm sure the groups would have preferred to pay bare minimum wage and offer no benefits, you know, something comparable to Wal-Mart.

[JDPriestly]

57. Then let them buy Wal-Mart stock. Can you do that?

[PA Democrat]

60. Yes they do and they have a fraction of the employee turnover and a

fraction of the theft by employees compared to Sam's Club which is owned by WalMart. Costco is more profitable as well. Gee, what a novel business concept! Treating your employees well can be GOOD for business.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Suuuure the Romneys shop at Costco.

If Mittens has ever stepped foot in a Costco I'll eat my Costco card.

And I wonder if they know Costco is a "blue" company with union employees?

[Brickbat]

5. The majority of Costco locations are nonunion.

[nanabugg]

51. And they still treat their employees well. Management and employees get along well. My cousin

works for them. Pay is good for most positions and benefits are too.

[Brickbat]

62. Thank a union!

[CTyankee]

27. Ann sent her maid over to Costco to pick up a few items.

Mitt's valet came along to make sure the shirts were "too dreadful."

Whatever they got from Costco will be long gone for their households once the convention is over...probably they'll give them to the maid and the valet...

[2pooped2pop]

28. does costco have a large selection of produce?

I would think that if they even carried produce, it would make up a very small amount of their goods. Not the first thing I would think of to buy there.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. The Costco near me has some produce

but I wouldn't call it a large selection. They have some vegetables and fruit in season, like raspberries and strawberries, and you can always get those wooden boxes of clementines. But if you want any real variety of produce you have to go to a regular grocery store. I think Ann was blowing it out her wazoo again. I would be very surprised if she has ever seen the inside of a Costco.

[2pooped2pop]

44. that was my point

of all things for Rmoney to brag about at a Costco, I would not have thought produce would have been it if he had actually been to a Costco.

[Panasonic]

34. They do have very good produce

My wife usually buy their red peppers and strawberries from there.

[rurallib]

46. Our nearby Costco just opened and the produce is out of this world

ever heard of apple pears? They are delicious!

[Auggie]

39. +1

[ellenfl]

4. isn't costco solialized with employees as co-owners? eom

[Scuba]

7. They don't want to win. It's just the next scene in Herman Cain's art project, "9-9-9".

[Lefta Dissenter]

16. Oh,

I thought it was "6-6-6."

[Scuba]

17. Funny, I've never previously confused you with Michele Bachmann.

[C_U_L8R]

9. oh that is such pandering baloney...

lets see their membership card

[pinboy3niner]

13. Showing their Costco cards would violate their religious freedom!1!!

"Besides, we've shown YOU PEOPLE enough!1!!"

[lonestarnot]

11. What no Sam's for mittwitt?

[LynneSin]

22. I was hoping he would say he shops at BJs

That would have been a great soundbite!

[Panasonic]

35. Every time I go to BJ's... I just get a bit nervous..

Heh....

(I've only visited BJ's twice in my life - in Maryland!)

[Atman]

43. I can just hear Mittens saying "I love BJ's!"

And then watching Ann slap him.

[onehandle]

14. Even when they pretend to 'love' a commoner's thing, they can't help but be elitist.

Costco is to Sam's Club, as Target is to Walmart.

Whatever consultant scripted that for them, should have picked Sam's Club.

Meanwhile, their team of personal shoppers actually get their produce at Neiman Marcus.

[Schema Thing]

18. More like "Costco is to Sam's Club, as Canada is to the USA".

[BlueStreak]

15. Doesn't CostCo have Communist-sized product packages?

[renate]

19. Costco's got $30,000 diamond necklaces

Not a lot of them, but they do sell fine jewelry--some of it mighty fine.

[annabanana]

20. "NO NO NO MITT YOU IDIOT"

"It's WALMART that's "right up your alley"

mutter mutter mutter" . . . .(his handlers)

[liberal_at_heart]

23. yeah ok

It's obvious he has never stepped foot in a costco. First of all the produce is not that great. It's usually devoid of taste because it is picked too early. Secondly, can you just picture either one of them buying clothes from there and then standing in line outside to buy a hot dog?

[spanone]

24. they misspoke, they allow 'their people' to shop for them at costco

[hlthe2b]

26. Costco's founder is a progressive and speaking at the DNC convention... Another moron move, Mitt

[jillan]

29. I didn't know he was speaking at the DNC - that is AWESOME!!

hahaha - Ann Romney!!

[hlthe2b]

52. Yup.... Previous thread if you missed...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=77290

[Panasonic]

31. And not knowing that the owner of Costco is a true Democrat

offering full benefits and very low turnover rate for workers.

Now that's a business Rmoney needs to study and not destroy.

[cascadiance]

32. I'll bet the RNC plans to have Romney in an ad buying books from Costco...

That is one of the big problems with Costco, in that they have way too many right wing books and NO progressive books in their selection. I'm sure that the RNC and Romney would LOVE to exploit that crappy fact and show him buying some books by Glen Beck, Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham or Bill O'Reilly, and not have to worry about thumbing through books from the other side.

I think this is why we should really put pressure on Costco ownership to at least offer books for us to buy there. I know it's likely because they get a better "deal" with the way that Republican books are distributed by throwing out tons of "overstock" out there that outfits like Costco tend to buy up to sell at lower prices.

But if we make sure they are aware that we as their primary customer base feel shortchanged when wanting to have some decent books to purchase, then perhaps they might respond, whereas some place like Sam's Club would obviously laugh at us if we tried to do the same thing there.

[Stinky The Clown]

36. I will bet the highest amount I ever spent at Costco that Thurston and Lovey have NEVER been . . . .

. . . . in a Costco when not there for a photo op.

[Blue Idaho]

37. So belonging to a card carrying shopping club with annual dues makes him "middle class?"

Nothing says ordinary American like a store that ID's everyone entering and inspects the shopping cart contents as they leave.

No wonder they like voter IDs...

[Grammy23]

38. Did I hear Ann say that Mitt's SHIRT came from Costco?

Just heard a clip this a.m. and was not listening closely but thought I heard her say that his shirt came from Costco and that they loved it and thought it was nice and comfortable. Or words to that effect? Is that right?

Does she REALLY want us to believe that they grabbed a basket and strolled through Costco and threw a items in the basket, including the shirt Mitt was wearing? Puh-leaz.

Will they say anything to try to relate to us common folk? And if they were going to do a shout out to warehouse shoppers, looks like they would have mentioned a big REPUBLICAN owner, more of the Walton Clan brand and not an Obama supporter. Don't any of their people research these things before they put them in the script??? Have they not heard of Google??

[cbdo2007]

40. They're the one member who actually bought this for their grandkids

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=11700600&search=play+set&Mo=33&cm_re=1_en-_-Top_Left_Nav-_-Top_search&lang=en-US&Nr=P_CatalogName:BC&Sp=S&N=5000043&whse=BC&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:BC&Ne=4000000&D=play+set&Ntt=play+set&No=25&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Nty=1&topnav=&s=1

Metropolis Play System
By Gorilla® Playsets
$17,999.99
Shipping & Handling included

[myrna minx]

41. Where else would one go for a 12 pack of car elevators.

[Initech]

42. Mitt's car elevator could use a few Maseratis and Ferraris bought through the Costco auto program.

[Pryderi]

45. "I like Lamp" n/t

[Raine]

47. I don't believe that for a second, he's nothing but a lying phoney. nt

[valerief]

49. Romney got his law degree there. nt

[spanone]

50. the media should have asked to see his costco card.

[Heywood J]

59. +1

They should have asked for that and which local Costco he shops at - California, Massachusetts, Utah, or somewhere else.

[Safetykitten]

54. As if they shop there themselves. Right.

[burrowowl]

55. I'm flabbergasted!

[NYC Liberal]

58. Show us the receipts!

[Quantess]

61. I hope they eat at the COSTCO snack bar next.

A slice of pizza on a paper plate, and soda pop on tap.

[cascadiance]

63. Perhaps he'll be as confused about what a Polish sausage is as he was about donuts earlier...

And will have a hard time saying he wants a polish and a soda instead of a hot dog and a soda for a buck and a half.

And then he'll try to compliment the person serving them for how well they did in making that food to make up for his gaff last time, upsetting Hebrew National in to pulling back their donations to him...