Pincy: So did Mitt get the matching sweatshirt of wolves baying at the moon?

I'm sure he'd wear that in public, if he thought it would get him votes.

Alphax: On the plus side, that $990 that the Romneys parted with to go back into the economy. Enough for 2 paychecks for full time employees.

Or 50 children in China making them.

Alphax: On the plus side, that $990 that the Romneys parted with to go back into the economy. Enough for 2 paychecks for full time employees.

I worked retail, I always loved when rich people bought ridiculous stuff like that because it helped pad my commission check.

Pincy: Alphax: On the plus side, that $990 that the Romneys parted with to go back into the economy. Enough for 2 paychecks for full time employees.

Or 50 children in China making them.

Perhaps. Though I find it hard to put the $990 price tag, and Chinese child labor mass production together. Not enough demand at that price.

Hobodeluxe: Ann just looks like she should be one of Roger Aile's bimbos

Yes, she does have that Stepford like quality to her, but just like every other republican prop-wife, she doesn't give a care what you plebes think. Funny part is that that shirt was probably designed by a gay guy and they in no way have an agenda against Trend Setters like her, i.e. making them buy stupid stuff to wear in public to make fools of themselves because they buy into the latest trends because her stylist(who is coincidentally also gay) told her it would be a good idea. I'm sure she got a few "You go gurl's" on the way out of the house while wearing that. Suck on that you duffle-bag wearing libs!

Genevieve Marie: But the part where he said that women never need abortions for medical reasons... that made me despise him. He's an OB/GYN. He knows flat out that what he said is complete and total bullshiat and he doesn't care.

Wow, I didn't realize he was an OB/GYN. That may be one of the most disgusting things I've learned in quite a while. So did he also create his own board of certification and certify himself as the only member?

the classic "i'm sniffing my own egg fart" face

Alphax: Pincy: Alphax: On the plus side, that $990 that the Romneys parted with to go back into the economy. Enough for 2 paychecks for full time employees.

Or 50 children in China making them.

Perhaps. Though I find it hard to put the $990 price tag, and Chinese child labor mass production together. Not enough demand at that price.

They probably get made in the same factory as production runs for Wal-Mart or K-Mart. TFA indicates that the shirt was probably bought at Saks or Neiman Marcus, in order to have enough inventory to supply nationwide department store chains they're going to be doing big enough production runs that China makes sense. When I lived in Hanoi I'd go to "made in Vietnam" tent sales where they'd sell factory overruns--they were pulling Abercrombie and K-Mart out of boxes with the same factory labels on them, only difference was the USD price on the tags and the designs.

"The interest that my blind trust will earn during this interview could buy your family."

That's what her face is saying in that still.

Bucky Katt:

Would you buy that shirt at any price?

I certainly wouldn't.

She has the money to be the Barney Stinson of pant suits, and she chooses to wear things like this?

Just imagine Diane Sawyer wearing a shirt like that while anchoring the news.

I can ruin that thing with 99 cents of spaghetti sauce

moothemagiccow: I can ruin that thing with 99 cents of spaghetti sauce

I can ruin that thing with 0 cents of my own personal recipe, whats your point?

shower_in_my_socks: It's a pretty hip shirt, actually, but meant for a younger woman, and not a great choice to wear for a TV interview.

Not really. That's the sort of shirt that's only ever worn by women of a certain age who have more money than good taste.

Bathia_Mapes: GAT_00: I don't care what she buys either. Doesn't mean I can't make fun of it if it looks farking terrible, does it?

Same here. That's a freakin' ugly shirt.

My first thought was "For 990 bucks she couldn't have gotten a single sparkly tear?"

/Second thought? Wotta weird looking eagle.

So is this actually a story? And if so what kind of story is it?

Is it supposed to play into the RW "OMG, look at those evil libs playing class warfare by pointing out how much AR's shirt cost!11!" narrative as well as the LW "the Romney's are elite, out of touch, silver spooners" narrative?

Meh, ugly shirt is ugly but it's cost is hardly worth mentioning.

/Unlike 400 haircuts and the costs of First Family vacations, apparently.

I spent way too much time trying to decide whether that was a bird or a fish. I even briefly considered that it may be a platypus. Whatever it is, it's not something anyone should be wearing in a televised interview in which they want to be taken seriously.

400 dollar haircuts.

Accidentally the whole thing.

/One more vote for "Looks like the mother of the 'Who farted y'all?' girl"

Good lord.

Aint no jealousy like liberal jealousy.

/ not about the shirt, the shirt is hideous, the fact that you hate money that isnt yours is what im talking about.

archichris: GAT_00: Also damn does that woman have a douchebag "I'm better than you and I know it" smile.

What percentage of your income do you give to charity? How much time do you spend with your kids? Would you give up alcohol just to be a better person? Maybe she is a tiny little bit better than you.

Charity?

Wanna rephrase that?

Here, lemme try.

What insanely large sum of monies (mostly in the form of stock garnered through Bain) are the Romney's compelled to tithe to their cult like church every year?

See also: How many millions did said cult like church (that the Romney's are leaders in) give over to a propaganda campaign against civil rights for gay citizens in California last year?

For extra points: "Anybody imagine for even a split second that Romney's run in 2012 here and his need to appeal to the RW fundie base wasn't factored into that decision to support Prop H8?"

TL,DR?

Ann Romney is not better than me.

But we were talking about shirts, right?

Bottom line? Politics is perception on many significant levels.

Ann Romney, Mitt's stated "go to" gal on appealing to the lady voters (who seem to have taken a sudden, massive aversion to the GOP this electoral cycle for some reason) appearing on a morning talk show in a 1000 dollar shirt does rather posit the question "Is that fashion choice a good decision in terms of connecting with the moderate and independent votes than win elections?"

My take? No, not particularly.

YMMV, of course.

I sound fat: Good lord.

Aint no jealousy like liberal jealousy.

/ not about the shirt, the shirt is hideous, the fact that you hate money that isnt yours is what im talking about.

Which is not true.

Her personal shopper probably bought the shirt, so Ann didn't really know what it cost. Just a drop in the monthly household budget.

Her advisor probably looked at the shirt and thought, "Good. That probably came from the Gap for $40."

Phoenix_M: Michelle Obama is just like you. Assuming you voluntarily surrendered your law license in 1994 pending your disbarment.

archichris: GAT_00: Quasar: Someone paid $990 for that shirt?

Seriously. That looks like something you buy at Dollar General.

Also damn does that woman have a douchebag "I'm better than you and I know it" smile.

What percentage of your income do you give to charity? How much time do you spend with your kids? Would you give up alcohol just to be a better person? Maybe she is a tiny little bit better than you.

Pay something like 25% because of farking self employment tax
No kids
Dont have to

You have a bizarre quantitative judgment of what makes a person better or worse. Her kids are farking grown, how much time does she have to spend with them?Phoenix_M: Michelle Obama is just like you. Assuming you voluntarily surrendered your law license in 1994 pending your disbarment.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/lawlicenses.asp

Ann and Mitt promised to marry each when Mitt was a senior in high school.

While he was doing his missionary work in France, she started dating another guy, and even sent Mitt a "Dear John" letter.

He pleaded with her to wait. She finally gave in and they were married when he returned to France.

She's never worked a day in her life.

I'm not knocking her, these are facts. I'm just saying... it sounds like she's a real peach.

DeltaPunch: He pleaded with her to wait. She finally gave in and they were married when he returned from France.

/bah

Are you sure they weren't interviewing Newts most recent wife? There is a remarkable similarity. That or the Stepford Wife factory was stuck on the repeat button.

While Michelle Obama is wasting millions of dollars going on 16 vacations in a 3 year span, you might want to shut your idiotic Leftists mouths about what a private citizen spends their money (and not the taxpayers' money) on.


Just a thought, Leftist Turds.

Crude: I'm a threadshiatter!

Your parents must be so proud.

Phoenix_M: Michelle Obama is just like you. Assuming you voluntarily surrendered your law license in 1994 pending your disbarment.

Stop spreading lies.

Link

Krymson Tyde: I'm surprised no one has noticed, or at least mentioned the phallic imagery
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Yes, I know her's is a bird, but still...

the rest of us aren't obsessed with dicks

It's not what's on the shirt, it's that it's made from finely woven lymphatic fibers, gleaned from the homeless and indigent. that makes it so special.

moothemagiccow: Phoenix_M: Michelle Obama is just like you. Assuming you voluntarily surrendered your law license in 1994 pending your disbarment.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/lawlicenses.asp

TY for that. Saved me some keystrokes.

Phoenix M now grey6ed and farkied "repeats Snopes debunked lies"

MTMC now in cyan 3 farkied "Trollhunter"