I'm only 15 generations removed from scottish royalty, so totally understand dude.

And I am Tsar of all the Russias.

Then he added: "And also my parents. [Unlike some people,] I had the extraordinary privilege of being born in America.

Of course he feels the pain. He must get off on it as he laid waste to so many business and screwed over the workers.

propasaurus: Then he added: "And also my parents. [Unlike some people,] I had the extraordinary privilege of being born in America.

LOL! Good one.

He wants to live like common people? He wants to do whatever common people do?

My grandparents fled Ukraine during the Bolshevik Revolution, so I completely understand the fear of Democratic Communist overlords.

Confabulat: My grandparents fled Ukraine during the Bolshevik Revolution, so I completely understand the fear of Democratic Communist overlords.

So they preferred an authoratarian oligarchy? Must run in the family.

Confabulat: My grandparents fled Ukraine during the Bolshevik Revolution, so I completely understand the fear of Democratic Communist overlords.

Yes. Because being under the rich aristocracy was a much better deal. After all, if God have given them the wealth, then they should rule you!

I thought my sarcasm was evident.

all the good names are gone: Is he actively trying not to get elected? No one could say as many stupid, alienating things as he does and be serious.

He's pretty much got ~47% of the vote in the bag already just by having the (R) at the end of his name.

My great-grandfather made a great deal of money during the Depression, so I totally understand what it's like to be a lumber baron from West Virginia.

My ancestor was a slave owner in Virginia before the Civil War, so I totally understand what it's like to be a wealthy Southern belle.

My great-granduncle was a Hungarian immigrant who worked in a circus before being drafted into the US Army in WWI, so...you see how asinine this can get, Mittens.

Well, YOU can't, but everyone else does.

"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."

I think this should be labeled the "holiday inn express" fallacy

Anything in format: I am not x but I understand x due to y

quatchi: Just farking stop it, Mittens. You're only embarrassing yourself now.

What are you talking about? The Stepford Candidate knows bankruptcy. Heck, he's owned many companies that went bankrupt soon after he sold them.

Jim_Callahan: Romney seems to think that literally every single person in the US making fun of him means that he needs to try to relate directly to the average person. I'm pretty sure that has cause and effect exactly backward, his attempts to "relate" are the reason we make fun of him-- if he'd man up and just be basically honest we'd stop mocking him. Albeit maybe it's better for him if we think he's funny than if he's actually running on his policies...

Something like that. I'm getting almost embarrassed for him. It's like "Mitt, it's not your money per se everyone has trouble with. Hell, lots of wealthy people are respected in America: Bill Gates, Warren Buffett--even the Kennedys. It's your constant attempts to pretend you understand poverty when everyone knows you don't, and your awkward attempts to fit in in places you clearly feel out of place that we have issues with. You're like George Bush 'clearing brush' on his Crawford Ranch to look all folksy and manly--it doesn't work. Do something you're comfortable with, with people you actually like, then you might not wedge your foot so far into your mouth."

Of course, that's where he laughs about putting people out of work, so maybe that's not going to help any.

Jim_Callahan: Romney seems to think that literally every single person in the US making fun of him means that he needs to try to relate directly to the average person. I'm pretty sure that has cause and effect exactly backward, his attempts to "relate" are the reason we make fun of him-- if he'd man up and just be basically honest we'd stop mocking him. Albeit maybe it's better for him if we think he's funny than if he's actually running on his policies...

"Hey, where are we, Texas? You guys like football, right? I know a couple of football team owners! And I've been to a game, I got great seats in one of those air-conditioned rooms up high above the field! It was great, they served really good barbecue!"

Confabulat: I thought my sarcasm was evident.

It was to me.

quatchi: My point was that Rah-money's attempts to pass for "common clay" were laughably pathetic.

That was my point, too; I didn't mean for it to come across as critical of your statement, just trying to make a joke.

ActionJoe: Why does he even bother?

No one gives a shiat about you trying to tell people you can relate or had a normal life. You did not have a normal life. You led a very privileged life. You can not change that. Stop trying to pull things out of your ass that you hope some average folk will have in common with you.

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Comparison breaks down when you realize A) Kerry is actually a much better human being than Romney and B) Romney is so freaking boring he actually makes John Kerry look like Charlie Sheen with a 7 gram rock with a pair of sexy twins hookers in direct comparison.

and which side has the PACs/537s

Mittens IS the Stepford Candidate.