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Bloody William		2012-03-28 09:27:30 AM

Judge Whitey-like talking detected.

404 regularguy not found.

keylock71		2012-03-28 09:34:05 AM

Heh... One of these days, I know you'll turn into a real boy, Pinocchio!

FlashHarry		2012-03-28 09:35:48 AM

why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

Bloody William		2012-03-28 09:38:26 AM

FlashHarry: why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

This. I'm not laughing at Romney because he's rich, I'm laughing at him because he's trying to pretend he's not. in front of the masses.

Eddie Adams from Torrance		2012-03-28 10:02:33 AM

FlashHarry: why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

This...

Wake up and smell the arugula Mittens.

WTF Indeed		2012-03-28 10:03:46 AM

Diogenes		2012-03-28 10:18:11 AM

Eddie Adams from Torrance: FlashHarry: why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

This...

Wake up and smell the arugula Mittens.

Puhlease. We all know Obama's the real elitist among the two.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 10:18:57 AM

WTF Indeed: [k.wigflip.com image 512x384]

If they approved the Santorum "Press Secretary" joke I'd say the polling is waaaay off.

GAT_00		2012-03-28 10:33:10 AM

So, someone should ask him how a regular guy would have to bribe city employees to quickly approve of an elevator for his cars.

gameshowhost		2012-03-28 10:49:37 AM

You know who else had an elevator for his cars?

that's right - the car elevator guy

thomps		2012-03-28 11:00:21 AM

if you grew up taking helicopter flights to world's fairs, you might have difficulty bonding with the common man.

Lando Lincoln		2012-03-28 11:13:09 AM

gameshowhost: You know who else had an elevator for his cars?

that's right - the car elevator guy

That farking guy. I hate him.

I_Am_Weasel		2012-03-28 11:16:55 AM

These attempts at re-branding himself seem rather sketchy.

choo		2012-03-28 11:22:46 AM

10 DRILL 20 BABY 30 GOTO 10

Yellow Beard		2012-03-28 11:25:06 AM

out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Rapmaster2000		2012-03-28 11:27:16 AM

if (regular_guy != TRUE)
{
commoner_phrase[] = "your trees are the right height";

attend(NASCAR);
attend(talk_show);
speak(commoner_phrase);
regular_guy++;
}

rudemix		2012-03-28 11:27:58 AM

FTA:Lately, he's started venturing to the back of his campaign plane to chat with reporters about the more mundane parts of life

Biggest coup he could have scored was organize, and join the Campaign Plane March Madness Tourney. Then sit in the back with the average joes having a nightcap and discussing the games played and upcoming.

Gonz		2012-03-28 11:28:52 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:29:15 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Most recently, Truman.

Shaggy_C		2012-03-28 11:29:55 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Jimmy Carter lived in public housing when he was young, but he was governor for years before becoming President.

Gergesa		2012-03-28 11:30:46 AM

Anyone think there is something amusing about Obama, a pull yourself up by the bootstraps type monogamist vs Romney, a born millionaire polygamist(theoretically) who was the governor of an east coast state?

There is something very entertaining about Romney getting the pres nom. from republicans(when it happens.)

GAT_00		2012-03-28 11:31:05 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Well, if we're going by net worth comparisons, Obama has the lowest net worth in recent history, only about $5M. The last one lower than that was Truman, who is probably the best recent qualifies by everyone's standards.

InmanRoshi		2012-03-28 11:32:03 AM

Now there's a guy I feel like I could sit down and drink a tepid glass of room temperature tap water with.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:32:56 AM

Gonz: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Ford and Carter were "poorer".

www.time.com

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sprawl15		2012-03-28 11:33:37 AM

FlashHarry: why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

The funniest thing is that he did do that a couple times (the I'M NOT APOLOGIZING FOR BEING SUCCESSFUL etc), but by not sticking with it he sounded like even more of a douchenozzle than before.

PonceAlyosha		2012-03-28 11:33:56 AM

Diogenes: Gonz: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Ford and Carter were "poorer".

[www.time.com image 640x195]

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Damn JFK. couldn't you afford better protection with that money?

monoski		2012-03-28 11:34:18 AM

If that does not work just shake the computer and start over

Karac		2012-03-28 11:34:22 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

The last poor person was probably Truman. He was basically bankrupt before becoming a Senator in '34.

As far as 'not rich', you've got more choices. Most of Obama's money came from his book sales, so he wasn't rich until just a few years ago. I don't remember a lot of presidents in the Romney/Bush level of wealth. Kennedy and the Roosevelts were probably the only ones at that kind of money in the 1900's.

InmanRoshi		2012-03-28 11:35:41 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Nixon's childhood was pretty much a cluster f of poverty and alcoholism.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:37:23 AM

PonceAlyosha: Diogenes: Gonz: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Ford and Carter were "poorer".

[www.time.com image 640x195]

[Full Size]

Damn JFK. couldn't you afford better protection with that money?

I bought that edition of Time quite randomly, to read at a lunch counter while I was out running errands one day. I saw that graphic and exclaimed, "Holy Christ, Kennedy!" to the apparent surprise of the staff and other patrons.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:38:37 AM

InmanRoshi: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Nixon's childhood was pretty much a cluster f of poverty and alcoholism.

My Aunt Catherine and Uncle Leo (UNCLE LEO!) were his neighbors in Saddle River, NJ, well after he left office. Nice place.

lennavan		2012-03-28 11:38:43 AM

FlashHarry: why even try? he's not a regular guy. he's never been a regular guy. he will never be a regular guy.

just admit that you're rich as fark and be done with it.

Yeah, no shiat. I don't need the president to be a regular person, hell I don't even want it. I just want the POTUS to give a shiat about regular guys.

"Look, I'm rich as fark, I have no idea what it's like to live paycheck to paycheck. I've been amazingly successful in my private business. But I recognize I'm not like most of Americans. So I've been doing a lot of talking with people who are and let me tell you, I'm going to keep meeting with people throughout my presidency. These are the people I'm going to focus my presidency on."

Yeah, I think that would go a long way.

Snapper Carr		2012-03-28 11:38:49 AM

HellRaisingHoosier		2012-03-28 11:38:52 AM

I like that he is trying to be more personable.

However, I'm not going to vote for someone based on if I want to have a beer with them. I have a lot of people I drink beer with, and I don't think any of them are fit to be President of the United States. I'm going to look at his background and what he said he would do if President .... then I will make my decision.

In my opinion, Mr. Romney's main problem is that he is so far behind President Obama right from the start. President Obama has hit the brakes on a recessing economy, he's getting people back to work, he is making reforms in both health care and finance and has a seemingly magnetic personality when people speak with him. Sure, the sitting President has made some mistakes, but none that would keep me from wanting to see his competitor take the position. Yet.

imontheinternet		2012-03-28 11:39:08 AM

I don't really watch talk shows, but I have friends that run the parent companies of their networks.

meat0918		2012-03-28 11:39:23 AM

Rmoney needs to shake up his campaign

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:41:27 AM

Snapper Carr: [i1127.photobucket.com image 640x290]

You'd think his designers would get their act together and base his blinking patterns on the Fourier system.

DROxINxTHExWIND		2012-03-28 11:41:34 AM

It looks like he's constantly searching for the most non-controversial thing that he can possibly say. I wonder how long the pre-approved list of topics was.

PunchDrunkPanda		2012-03-28 11:41:36 AM

To be fair, he looks like much less of a douche next to Leno.

Polynomial P		2012-03-28 11:42:08 AM

Romneybots: Now formatted for macs!

I Said		2012-03-28 11:45:26 AM

When Gore and Kerry ran, the big criteria for the right was "Regular guy-ness" and a lack of "elite-ism"

I guess that no longer matters.

DROxINxTHExWIND		2012-03-28 11:46:15 AM

Diogenes: Gonz: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Ford and Carter were "poorer".

[www.time.com image 640x195]

[Full Size]

Jesus, George Washington was ballin! Guess that's why he didn't give a shiat about that cherry tree. I'm sure they had a few more.

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:47:17 AM

I Said: When Gore and Kerry ran, the big criteria for the right was "Regular guy-ness" and a lack of "elite-ism"

I guess that no longer matters.

It's a little weirder than not mattering. The supporters are trying to prove the opposite. And then you have Santorum in the wings still basically saying Obama is the elitist in the race.

GAT_00		2012-03-28 11:47:51 AM

Diogenes: PonceAlyosha: Diogenes: Gonz: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Clinton wasn't that rich in 1992. Before him? Probably Ike or Truman.

Ford and Carter were "poorer".

[www.time.com image 640x195]

[Full Size]

Damn JFK. couldn't you afford better protection with that money?

I bought that edition of Time quite randomly, to read at a lunch counter while I was out running errands one day. I saw that graphic and exclaimed, "Holy Christ, Kennedy!" to the apparent surprise of the staff and other patrons.

That number assumes full family inheritance. Kennedy didn't have nearly that personally, his father had most of it.

GAT_00		2012-03-28 11:48:31 AM

DROxINxTHExWIND: Jesus, George Washington was ballin! Guess that's why he didn't give a shiat about that cherry tree. I'm sure they had a few more.

George Washington was almost certainly the richest man in the country when he took office.

Jackson Herring		2012-03-28 11:49:13 AM

Diogenes		2012-03-28 11:49:29 AM

GAT_00: That number assumes full family inheritance. Kennedy didn't have nearly that personally, his father had most of it.

Oh, no question. I would hope that whatever formula they used was the same for everyone, though. It's not so much the raw, individual figures but how they compare against the others'.

CheapEngineer		2012-03-28 11:49:54 AM

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LockeOak		2012-03-28 11:50:07 AM

Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Depends if you're talking about their early life or when they were running for president. Nobody since Kennedy was born into a very wealthy family except for the Bushes.

Yellow Beard		2012-03-28 11:50:08 AM

GAT_00: Yellow Beard: out of curiosity, when was the last time a poor person was elected president?

Well, if we're going by net worth comparisons, Obama has the lowest net worth in recent history, only about $5M. The last one lower than that was Truman, who is probably the best recent qualifies by everyone's standards.

dang, I must be poor as fark then if 5mill is poor.
In today's world, a genuinely poor person has zero shot at any of the big offices.

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