Tag: Mitt Romney
The World Does Not Share the Belief That the Rich Always Deserve Their Wealth
The rich in America agree on one thing: They deserve their wealth. Recent research cited by Carol Graham of the Brookings Institute shows that unlike both the rich and poor in Latin America, in the United States the Mitt Romneys of the world believe they built that, all alone.
Even before a video exposed Mitt’s attitude toward what he termed the 47 percent who would never vote for him because they want their government assistance, wife Ann described in her speech before the 2012 GOP convention her skewed idea of how poor they were in their early days, after they spent their honeymoon in Hawaii and lived only investment income from stocks while attending the private Brigham Young University.
The Romneys are, unfortunately, typical of their cohort. This attitude is unfortunate because by being mistaken, it makes it harder to deal with America’s growing income inequality problem, which is transforming us, as often noted, into two countries.
Romney’s Not Running … Maybe
I had the chance of running. I didn’t win. Someone else has a better chance than I do. And that’s what we believe, and that’s why I’m not running. And you know, circumstances can change, but I’m just not going to let my head go there.
— Mitt Romney, in an interview with Hugh Hewitt.
Romney Says Obama Worse Than He Expected
I was not a big fan of the president’s policies, as you know, either domestically or internationally, but the results of his mistakes and errors, in my opinion, have been more severe than even I would have predicted.
— Mitt Romney, saying that President Obama was doing “a good deal worse than even I expected,” Fox News reports.
Romney Supports Raising the Minimum Wage
I think we ought to raise it, because frankly, our party is all about more jobs and better pay, and I think communicating that is important to us.
— Mitt Romney, quoted by the Washington Post, urging Republicans to increase the minimum wage.
From the Right, They All Look Alike
Remember during the last presidential campaign when Mitt Romney was reaching out for the Hispanic vote and the Republican National Committee jumped in to help out with a Latino-oriented website that featured a stock photo of Asians instead of Latinos?
Well, it’s happened again. To Fox News.
Figuring one sad Asian is as good as another, Fox ran video of a grief-stricken woman mourning the Sherpas who died on Mount Everest in a story about the Sewol Korean ferry disaster. Koreans living in the United States could tell the difference, even if the bright lights at Fox couldn’t, and spoke up.
Fox News: Fair and Balanced — and Dumb as Rocks.
