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Was Romney's retirement from Bain SEVERELY retroactive? (Original Post) napkinz Jul 2012 OP
'Severely' meaning what? elleng Jul 2012 #1
I'm just wondering how more absurd the semantics game can get with this guy ... napkinz Jul 2012 #3
A good friend of mine spends a lot of time analyzing elleng Jul 2012 #7
We was severely retroactive yellerpup Jul 2012 #2
Message deleted by the DU Administrators napkinz Jul 2012 #4
In an interview Romney said "I live for laughter" aint_no_life_nowhere Jul 2012 #6
He's suffering some corrections. yellerpup Jul 2012 #8
Let's not forget, the Mittster and his dad madashelltoo Jul 2012 #5
Evidently. n/t yellerpup Jul 2012 #9

napkinz

(17,199 posts)
3. I'm just wondering how more absurd the semantics game can get with this guy ...
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:35 PM
Jul 2012

From the "trees are the right height" to "severely conservative" to now "retired retroactively."

The way Romney and his spokespeople use language ... just fascinating.





elleng

(130,126 posts)
7. A good friend of mine spends a lot of time analyzing
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 08:05 PM
Jul 2012

the way people use words/language, maybe 'cause he's originally from India/Pakistan.

I'm tired of it, frankly. Its clear repugs want ONLY to obfuscate.

Response to yellerpup (Reply #2)

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
6. In an interview Romney said "I live for laughter"
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:49 PM
Jul 2012

Well he must be enjoying the fact that everyone is laughing at him.

yellerpup

(12,249 posts)
8. He's suffering some corrections.
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 08:18 PM
Jul 2012

He's hearing a lot of "no-you-can't-do-that," and he is not used to hearing that at all. He doesn't get to decide the election and that must be a shock as well. He was counting on buying it, he even got his buddies to kick in, and I don't think he can buy it will all his wealth at this point.

madashelltoo

(1,685 posts)
5. Let's not forget, the Mittster and his dad
Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:43 PM
Jul 2012

marched with Martin Luther King, Jr in the 1970s. Is that retroactive enough for you? Knowing Dr. King was assassinated in 1968 doesn't matter to the Mittster. Language is merely an impediment that us mere mortals are straddled with.

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