If Romney weren't born to money, he'd be living on the street

[Fresh_Start]

because he sure as heck lacks intelligence, personality, and a work ethic.

[Blue Meany]

1. I think he'd be the leader of a street gang...n/t

[Fresh_Start]

2. nah, he's too afraid to get into a physical confrontation

but sending a suicide bomber out, Romney would definitely do that as long as it wasn't his relative

[1GirlieGirl]

3. Same as Dubya!

What the hell would he have done without Daddy?

[Fresh_Start]

5. actually, I've read that Dubya had personality

so he could have been a saleman

[4th law of robotics]

4. You can't really say that

being subject to an entirely different environment would have made him an entirely different person.

[Fresh_Start]

6. I'm not sure

he completely lack empathy and compassion, its like something is missing in his brain (or soul)

[4th law of robotics]

7. With a handful of exceptions all that comes from experience

yes there are people who have mental development issues and are literally incapable of feeling empathy.

But more likely scenario is that it is simply experience.

[Fresh_Start]

9. he was a leader in his church dealing with the poor and ill and otherwise in despair

he had the experience, he just doesn't have the humanity

[hifiguy]

8. He'd be the night manager of a Denny's in

Kalamazoo. And he'd still be a sneaky, lying asshole.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. No, he'd find a way to parlay his sycophantic skill at sucking-up into some mid managment

role.

You don't need intelligence, personality or a work ethic to "succeed" using the Romney definition of the word.

[Bragi]

14. Agreed

Similarly, people with intelligence, personality and a work ethic too often end up on the street in America.

[BumRushDaShow]

11. His father was on welfare after his parents fled Mexico.

Often those who did "make it" for whatever reason, seek to pull the ladder up to keep others from getting what they got. They create a new persona for themselves that is completely divoced from what they came from.

[TheKentuckian]

12. I think maybe he'd be a better person. Everybody isn't cut out to be born past third

and strolling into home.

Entitlement and having too much handed to you can create weakness. We used to call it spoiled and without a hint of positive overtone that some pretend nowadays.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. He could have become the greatest rock-and-roll lead guitarist of all time

I can just see a younger Mitt swiveling his hips and doing back flips with his Fender stratocaster as he kisses the sky and unleashes a torrid string of bluesy notes while the groupies squeal.

[HopeHoops]

15. Doing what? He has no skills.