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(CBS New York) Stupid Old and busted: Romney calling himself unemployed. New hotness: Newt Gingrich calling himself middle class. With bonus ironic pot-shot at Bloomberg   (newyork.cbslocal.com) divider line 60
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2011-12-29 11:38:55 AM
All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.
 
2011-12-29 11:48:42 AM
Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.


Last one out, get the lights
 
2011-12-29 11:57:06 AM
Both of these assholes are shameless...
 
2011-12-29 11:58:41 AM
I wonder if the Upper West Side resident agrees that Bloomberg bought the election or that a $7mil net worth is middle class. Actually I'll guess both.
 
2011-12-29 12:04:53 PM
No class is more like it
 
2011-12-29 12:13:28 PM
Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.


You sound poor.
 
2011-12-29 12:19:08 PM
Eddie Adams from Torrance: Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.

You sound poor.


I was only there for breakfast.
 
2011-12-29 12:22:03 PM
keylock71: Both of these assholes are shameless...

So vote Republican™.
 
2011-12-29 12:24:55 PM
Mr. Coffee Nerves: Eddie Adams from Torrance: Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.

You sound poor.

I was only there for breakfast.


file.walagata.com
 
2011-12-29 12:41:12 PM
Demetrius: keylock71: Both of these assholes are shameless...

So vote Republican™.


Ha!

It'll be a cold day in hell before I vote for another Republican...
 
2011-12-29 12:55:38 PM
Hey, think about poor retired Rick Perry...
 
2011-12-29 01:10:41 PM
I was a college teacher.

A pointy-headed ivory tower intellectual elite?

Or is that only liberal professors?
 
2011-12-29 01:35:55 PM
Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 interest-free lines of credit at Tiffany's.

I doubt not charging interest is common.

And what about this weird quote:

"He's the best mayor we ever had. And if he bought the election, and he can afford it, so be it," said Jack Wynn of Midtown.

In this guy's mind, it's OK to short-circuit democracy as long as you like the guy. How...American?
 
2011-12-29 01:54:45 PM
Newt throws a tantrum when he has to do anything actually middle class.

/Newt is a grown man who throws tantrums constantly.
 
2011-12-29 01:59:48 PM
If Newt Gingrich is middle class that makes me a Victorian chimney sweeper.
 
2011-12-29 02:14:57 PM
thismomentinblackhistory: If Newt Gingrich is middle class that makes me a Victorian chimney sweeper.

Top o' the mornin' guvnah.
 
2011-12-29 02:28:41 PM
"Surely no one would take anything Newt said seriously,"
 
2011-12-29 02:37:48 PM
He didn't get better.
 
2011-12-29 03:11:06 PM
Republicans are farking caricatures at this point but everyone already knew that.
 
2011-12-29 03:28:40 PM
Yes, vote Republican, because with hard work and sweat you yourself may have the chance to become one of the exploiters instead of getting pissed on constantly.
 
2011-12-29 03:32:43 PM
Hey doesn't most middle class people get paid 1.6 Million from Freddie Mac for history lessons like Newt?

No wonder why the US is broke because of teachers.
 
2011-12-29 03:34:07 PM
To be fair Romney's comment was made as a joke (although not a very funny one). Gingrich sounds like he actually believes his own bullshait.
 
2011-12-29 03:34:43 PM
Diogenes: Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 interest-free lines of credit at Tiffany's.

I doubt not charging interest is common.

And what about this weird quote:

"He's the best mayor we ever had. And if he bought the election, and he can afford it, so be it," said Jack Wynn of Midtown.

In this guy's mind, it's OK to short-circuit democracy as long as you like the guy. How...American?


They really aren't trying anymore, are they? Shall we eat cake?
 
2011-12-29 03:35:28 PM
Mr. Coffee Nerves

Eddie Adams from Torrance: Mr. Coffee Nerves: All us struggling middle-class types have $500,000 lines of credit at Tiffany's.

Oh, wait, that's right, they wouldn't even buzz me in last time I tried to shop there.

You sound poor.

I was only there for breakfast.


We both kinda liked it.
 
2011-12-29 03:35:40 PM
"I think that's very dangerous to the future of American democracy. My dad served in the Army for 27 years; I was a college teacher. I'm a middle class person," Gingrich said.

I love how according to Republicans teachers don't make much when THEY are teachers but they make tons of money and are making America broke when they want to cut their salaries.
 
2011-12-29 03:44:59 PM
keylock71: Both of these assholes are shameless...

"Shameless assholes" would be a great name for a Republican gay pr0n site.

/If it isn't already
//Afraid to Google
 
2011-12-29 03:45:32 PM
Another poor, struggling middle-class farktillionaire just trying to make ends meet who's being sucked dry by those fat cats making $20k/year.
 
2011-12-29 03:47:16 PM
A Dark Evil Omen: Another poor, struggling middle-class farktillionaire just trying to make ends meet who's being sucked dry by those fat cats making $20k/year.

Yeah well vote Republican and we'll GET THEM. Good.
 
2011-12-29 03:58:04 PM
Arkanaut: keylock71: Both of these assholes are shameless...

"Shameless assholes" would be a great name for a Republican gay pr0n site.

/If it isn't already
//Afraid to Google


GIS for Republican porn

farleftside.com
 
2011-12-29 03:59:24 PM
mrshowrules: Arkanaut: keylock71: Both of these assholes are shameless...

"Shameless assholes" would be a great name for a Republican gay pr0n site.

/If it isn't already
//Afraid to Google

GIS for Republican porn

[farleftside.com image 365x486]


Hehe, "Jack Abramoff".
 
2011-12-29 04:06:36 PM
he's probably pretty right on Bloomie but that comment seems to have been a complete non sequitor.

"ya'll know that jewboy mayor in New York? He ain't like us regular Christian folks in Iowa. He bought his election! Who wants to feel my callouses? I haven't gotten a manicure in weeks!"
 
2011-12-29 04:07:48 PM
Lionel Mandrake: I was a college teacher.

A pointy-headed ivory tower intellectual elite?

Or is that only liberal professors?


It isn't "liberal" professors. It's anyone who teaches anthropology, biology, or history as it has been recorded. Remember, facts have a way of irritating Republicans - ergo the professors are activist scum.

"This is why the sky looks blue."

"Nu-UH! It's blue because God is showing his love! WHY ARE YOU INDOCTRINATING MY CHILDREN?"
 
2011-12-29 04:12:14 PM
FTA: "I think that's very dangerous to the future of American democracy. My dad served in the Army for 27 years; I was a college teacher. I'm a middle class person," Gingrich said.

At what point in the above statement did the reporters start to laugh at Gingrich?
 
2011-12-29 04:13:48 PM
skullkrusher: he's probably pretty right on Bloomie but that comment seems to have been a complete non sequitor.

"ya'll know that jewboy mayor in New York? He ain't like us regular Christian folks in Iowa. He bought his election! Who wants to feel my callouses? I haven't gotten a manicure in weeks!"


He bought his election? The horror! If only someone would have warned us that this was a possibility when SCOTUS handed down the Citizens United decision!!

If only someone had suggested reforming campaign-finance laws to prevent outright buying of elections!!

If only someone had protested that what a man does with his hard-earned money is no business of anyone else's, and should he wish to purchase goods or services, no force in the world should deny him that most basic of rights!

// rends garments
// gnashes teeth
 
2011-12-29 04:15:00 PM
Rann Xerox: FTA: "I think that's very dangerous to the future of American democracy. My dad served in the Army for 27 years; I was a college teacher. I'm a middle class person," Gingrich said.

At what point in the above statement did the reporters start to laugh at Gingrich?


You do not "laugh" at the Wizard.
 
2011-12-29 04:19:05 PM
Good lord. If that dude's middle class, then I'm starving to death with a distended belly in Africa somewhere. Where's that biatch Sally Struthers? I need a sandwich!
 
2011-12-29 04:23:43 PM
Newt Gingrich is a putrid waste of flesh.
 
2011-12-29 04:27:20 PM
FTFA: "I think that's very dangerous to the future of American democracy. My dad served in the Army for 27 years; I was a college teacher. I'm a middle class person," Gingrich said.

Well, only if middle class people have net worth's of almost $7 million, according to the Los Angeles Times.


Not only that, but if you look up Newt's information, you'll find that he won his first congressional election in 1978, and as such has been a career politician for the last thirty-three years (more if you count his earlier 2 failed campaigns,) complete with all the various perks and junkets that entails.

Newt may have started out as a college lecturer, but seeing as how there are now tons of professors out there who weren't even born when Newt collected his last non-political paycheck, you'd think that people might see through his whole "I'm one of you" shtick.

/ I know, "thinking" about politics is a good way to hurt yourself
 
2011-12-29 04:40:59 PM
Because "Upper Class" and "Lacking Any Class" average out in the middle?
 
2011-12-29 04:48:55 PM
So does this mean that Callista has started buying a different brand of detergent than Mrs. Mittens? And Newt's daughter is baring cleavage down at the mall?
 
2011-12-29 04:59:50 PM
FTA: "I think that's very dangerous to the future of American democracy. My dad served in the Army for 27 years; I was a college teacher. I'm a middle class person," Gingrich said.

Class and money do not directly correspond. You can win the lottery tomorrow and it won't change the circumstances of your upbringing, education, or personal values.

Example: Newt now has $ millions, but has the manners and ethics of a meth dealer.

OTOH, if Prince Charles suddenly went bust, he'd still be a gentleman.
 
2011-12-29 05:08:13 PM
El Pachuco: Example: Newt now has $ millions, but has the manners and ethics of a meth dealer.

Maybe he should have an affair with Snooki....
 
2011-12-29 05:14:07 PM
I was charging $60,000 a speech. And the number of speeches was going up, not down. Normally, celebrities leave and they gradually sell fewer speeches every year. We were selling more.


And this is middle class?
 
2011-12-29 05:48:47 PM
Hey, I'm middle class! Where's my daily beej???
 
2011-12-29 06:00:12 PM
Corvus: Hey doesn't most middle class people get paid 1.6 Million from Freddie Mac for history lessons like Newt?

No wonder why the US is broke because of teachers.


hey....how did my mother in law find out about fark...you sound like her
 
2011-12-29 06:19:17 PM
Do colleges have "teachers" or "professors" in the USA?
 
2011-12-29 06:36:15 PM
www.peteykins.com
"Tell them you're Middle Class..
DO IT ! "
 
2011-12-29 06:41:40 PM
tinyarena: www.peteykins.com
"Tell them you're Middle Class..
DO IT ! "


*savage ripping and tearing noises*
 
2011-12-29 06:54:42 PM
Mugato: Republicans are farking caricatures at this point but everyone already knew that.


Well, everyone but them.
 
2011-12-29 07:10:10 PM
whidbey: tinyarena: www.peteykins.com
"Tell them you're Middle Class..
DO IT ! "

*savage ripping and tearing noises*


*Sound of servomotors. Xenon whine of charging unit. Energy-blast followed by screaming and the vapors of burnt flesh.*
 
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