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tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:15 AM Sep 2012

It struck me tonight just how perfect of a foil...

Mitt Rmoney is at this point in time and history. He embodies the very essence of what OWS was/is screaming about a year ago and now. The monied elite class who looks down upon the rest of us as poor serfs, either digging in the mud for our next meal or just lazy and expecting handouts. The release of the latest video where he talks so casually, with much conviction and with egocentric disdain about how many of us are just dependent on government and are basically losers is all the proof you need of how his type, his "good-ole-boys", really think of us; the struggling working class and poor.

It's all the proof you need.

The incredible irony is that Mittens was born on third base. He never ever had anything to worry about. He attended the best schools the world had to offer, socialized with wealthy, powerful people since he was old enough to speak and had the best of everything. When he finished university (Ivy League, of course), he went into business. If he failed, there would be no heart wrenching bankruptcy and losing everything, but rather a safety net lined with platinum and jewels to launch him off to his next venture, always comfortable with the knowledge that he would never be without his precious wealth.

So, fuck off, Mitt...you have no idea what it's like here down in yhe trenches....

Oh, yeah...guess I have to explain that one to you as well since you never put your pretty ass in the armed forces in harms way...my bad.

Just fuck off!

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It struck me tonight just how perfect of a foil... (Original Post) tex-wyo-dem Sep 2012 OP
Perfectly said.....I am pleased to recommend your post. CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2012 #1
thank you...the video just set me off like nobody's business... tex-wyo-dem Sep 2012 #2
A most excellent rant!!!! kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #3
I was at the Jefferson Memorial this weekend and particularly struck by this quote aletier_v Sep 2012 #4
That's a wonderful quote... tex-wyo-dem Sep 2012 #5
Great quote! Thanks aletier! nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #6

aletier_v

(1,773 posts)
4. I was at the Jefferson Memorial this weekend and particularly struck by this quote
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:22 AM
Sep 2012

I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions. But laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths discovered and manners and opinions change, with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also to keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

tex-wyo-dem

(3,190 posts)
5. That's a wonderful quote...
Tue Sep 18, 2012, 01:29 AM
Sep 2012

Many of the founding fathers had a grand vision of America becoming the nation where a true enlightenment would eminate to the world.

Guess they never counted on the likes of W, Mittens and the teabaggers.

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