Romney is so awkward around anyone who is not in the 1 %. It s almost painful to watch.
In 1994 as he was losing his U.S. Senate race against Ted Kennedy, Romney awkwardly implied that a woman was avoiding him because she did not want to be seen while she “hasn’t got her makeup on yet”, when in fact, she did have her makeup on. Another Romney joke that fell flat.
Then there was this blunder. How awkward it was when, while standing with a group of black children, he said “Who Let the Dogs Out”? Then he gave that little stiff nervous laugh when he realized no one lse was even smiling.
But here is where we see the real Mitt. Everyone remembers his " Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” comment. Romney argued that federal loans weren’t the answer to ailing automakers, and that companies struggling to stay afloat should enter a process that would allow them to “shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs.”
There you have it. This is how Romney saves companies... "shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs.” In his own words he descibed how he began mega wealthy by gobbling up companies, pumping them up for a few years, and then firing employees and axing their pensions. Of course he knows nothing of ordinary Americans. Worse, he doesn't give a rat's furry arse about them either.
Romney Wants People To Have All The Education They Want – If They Can Afford It
ProudProgressive
2012/06/30 14:55:46
The Republican Class War against working Americans continues. In his latest foot in mouth exercise, Mitt Romney now seems to believe that if you're not rich you're not entitled to an education. Why Republicans want to dumb down the American population is obvious. Studies have proven that the more stupid someone is, the more likely they are to embrace conservative ideology. Other recent surveys have confirmed the growing disconnect between the Right Wing and objective reality. Republicans know that in a fair election with an informed public they don't have a chance of winning. As Thomas Jefferson put it:
". . . whenever the people are
well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that,
whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be
relied on to set them right."
So when voter suppression doesn't work, the next best solution for the Right Wing is to keep the population undeducated and susceptible to the Right Wing talking point of the day. This is why the public seems to oppose "Obamacare" but support all of its provisions. This is why we see Tea Partiers with signs saying "Keep the Government's Hands Off My Medicare."
On the other hand, an education surely does not guarantee wisdom. George Bush bought himself an ivy league diploma or two, but he couldn't tie his own shoes without help. Mitt Romney also has an ivy league pedigree, and yet more and more it seems he's also running around with his shoelaces fluttering in the breeze.
Article excerpt follows:
Romney Wants People To Have All The Education They Want – If They Can Afford It
By Wendy Gittleson
June 29, 2012
Plutocracy, aristocracy, oligarchy – to-may-to, to-mah-to, whatever you want to call it, it's Mitt Romney's platform. What's his latest ‘life is only worth living for the rich' type confessional gaffe? While campaigning in Virginia, he told the crowd that students should be able to "get as much education as they can afford."
I think this is a land of opportunity for every single person, every single citizen of this great nation. And I want to make sure that we keep America a place of opportunity, where everyone has a fair shot. They get as much education as they can afford and with their time they're able to get and if they have a willingness to work hard and the right values, they ought to be able to provide for their family and have a shot of realizing their dreams.
Here's the video:
Of course, Romney had every educational opportunity available to him. He went to private schools and ultimately graduated with a law degree from Harvard. His family could afford his education. He was able to afford the best education for his sons.
I have often been of the opinion that Romney simply believes that those of us who do not have his financial advantages are not of his species, let alone his class. How else do you explain his inability to connect with anyone at all? How do you explain that he finds 4,300 people losing their jobs to be an amusing anecdote? How about when he tells a crowd, "I'm also unemployed," ignoring his $250,000,000 safety net. How about the time he said that all young people need to do is borrow money from their parents?
If Mitt Romney becomes president, education will be a luxury affordable by few. He's against teacher's unions. He's for school vouchers. His idea of an affordable school and of a model for education, is actually the third most expensive college in the country.
Despite the fact that four-year degrees are now a necessity for the majority of jobs, Romney feels that as a country, we overemphasize the need for four-year degrees, claiming instead that many only need two-year degrees. While some two-year degreed jobs do pay well, they are the exception rather than the rule.
Romney would try to eliminate government backed student loans, giving that job instead to private banks, at a far greater cost to students. The average Bachelor's Degree brings with it a $25,000 debt and few job possibilities.
Perhaps it's time to face the reality that Romney's is a world of serfs and lords. That was the world in which he was raised. That is the world in which he lives. That is the world in which he feels comfortable. Is there any reason to believe that that's not the way he will lead?
". . . whenever the people are
well-informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that,
whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be
relied on to set them right."
So when voter suppression doesn't work, the next best solution for the Right Wing is to keep the population undeducated and susceptible to the Right Wing talking point of the day. This is why the public seems to oppose "Obamacare" but support all of its provisions. This is why we see Tea Partiers with signs saying "Keep the Government's Hands Off My Medicare."
On the other hand, an education surely does not guarantee wisdom. George Bush bought himself an ivy league diploma or two, but he couldn't tie his own shoes without help. Mitt Romney also has an ivy league pedigree, and yet more and more it seems he's also running around with his shoelaces fluttering in the breeze.
Article excerpt follows:
Romney Wants People To Have All The Education They Want – If They Can Afford It
By Wendy Gittleson
June 29, 2012
Plutocracy, aristocracy, oligarchy – to-may-to, to-mah-to, whatever you want to call it, it's Mitt Romney's platform. What's his latest ‘life is only worth living for the rich' type confessional gaffe? While campaigning in Virginia, he told the crowd that students should be able to "get as much education as they can afford."
I think this is a land of opportunity for every single person, every single citizen of this great nation. And I want to make sure that we keep America a place of opportunity, where everyone has a fair shot. They get as much education as they can afford and with their time they're able to get and if they have a willingness to work hard and the right values, they ought to be able to provide for their family and have a shot of realizing their dreams.
Here's the video:
Of course, Romney had every educational opportunity available to him. He went to private schools and ultimately graduated with a law degree from Harvard. His family could afford his education. He was able to afford the best education for his sons.
I have often been of the opinion that Romney simply believes that those of us who do not have his financial advantages are not of his species, let alone his class. How else do you explain his inability to connect with anyone at all? How do you explain that he finds 4,300 people losing their jobs to be an amusing anecdote? How about when he tells a crowd, "I'm also unemployed," ignoring his $250,000,000 safety net. How about the time he said that all young people need to do is borrow money from their parents?
If Mitt Romney becomes president, education will be a luxury affordable by few. He's against teacher's unions. He's for school vouchers. His idea of an affordable school and of a model for education, is actually the third most expensive college in the country.
Despite the fact that four-year degrees are now a necessity for the majority of jobs, Romney feels that as a country, we overemphasize the need for four-year degrees, claiming instead that many only need two-year degrees. While some two-year degreed jobs do pay well, they are the exception rather than the rule.
Romney would try to eliminate government backed student loans, giving that job instead to private banks, at a far greater cost to students. The average Bachelor's Degree brings with it a $25,000 debt and few job possibilities.
Perhaps it's time to face the reality that Romney's is a world of serfs and lords. That was the world in which he was raised. That is the world in which he lives. That is the world in which he feels comfortable. Is there any reason to believe that that's not the way he will lead?
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Rebel Yell 2012/06/30 16:24:10
In 1994 as he was losing his U.S. Senate race against Ted Kennedy, Romney awkwardly implied that a woman was avoiding him because she did not want to be seen while she “hasn’t got her makeup on yet”, when in fact, she did have her makeup on. Another Romney joke that fell flat.
Then there was this blunder. How awkward it was when, while standing with a group of black children, he said “Who Let the Dogs Out”? Then he gave that little stiff nervous laugh when he realized no one lse was even smiling.
But here is where we see the real Mitt. Everyone remembers his " Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” comment. Romney argued that federal loans weren’t the answer to ailing automakers, and that companies struggling to stay afloat should enter a process that would allow them to “shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs.”
There you have it. This is how Romney saves companies... "shed excess labor, pension and real estate costs.” In his own words he descibed how he began mega wealthy by gobbling up companies, pumping them up for a few years, and then firing employees and axing their pensions. Of course he knows nothing of ordinary Americans. Worse, he doesn't give a rat's furry arse about them either.
Anyhow..... fact is, the $70 Billion (local bank) student loan program was hijacked and stuck on the end of 0bozocare to help keep the advertised cost under the bogus $1 Trillion that has been advertised.
Now that the Federal govt. is making all decisions on what a person's ability is to pay back the loan .... what the course of study is (will the market bear 5,000 underwater basket weaving degrees?) and what preferred demographics will be approved ..... the Student loan program has become the next $ Trillion crisis on the horizon as wash-outs & defaults begin to pile up and many are finding that their obscure degree makes less sense than high heels on a pig.
But, for all who pay their bills on time.... 0bozocare will be funded through the back door without the general population ever noticing it. Not to mention all the private bank loan officers who lost their jobs and the impact it had on the banks in the neighborhoods.
Bottom line.... college isn't for everybody and that is why there are trade schools, junior & community colleges as stepping stones for those who are willin...
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Anyhow..... fact is, the $70 Billion (local bank) student loan program was hijacked and stuck on the end of 0bozocare to help keep the advertised cost under the bogus $1 Trillion that has been advertised.
Now that the Federal govt. is making all decisions on what a person's ability is to pay back the loan .... what the course of study is (will the market bear 5,000 underwater basket weaving degrees?) and what preferred demographics will be approved ..... the Student loan program has become the next $ Trillion crisis on the horizon as wash-outs & defaults begin to pile up and many are finding that their obscure degree makes less sense than high heels on a pig.
But, for all who pay their bills on time.... 0bozocare will be funded through the back door without the general population ever noticing it. Not to mention all the private bank loan officers who lost their jobs and the impact it had on the banks in the neighborhoods.
Bottom line.... college isn't for everybody and that is why there are trade schools, junior & community colleges as stepping stones for those who are willing to devote the time to get the grades and move up the ladder to a State University or premier private scholarship.
It's NOT the dumbing down of America that Romney is speaking of. It's the constant goobermint interference that will wind up just as the GSE's like Fannie & Freddie creating a disaster down the road.
Whatever happened to having to prove one-self first in high-school, that one is willing to put the time & effort into taking their education seriously before handing out 10's of 1,000's of dollars that will fall back on taxpayers if not repaid?
Where is the REAL dumbing down of America occurring? Should we not be focused on the failed public school system that's churning out blithering idiots who know everything about proper condom use and how to carry a picket sign.... yet barely scrape by with basic math, reading & writing skills?
I am sorry for others' debts but it is their own choosing. I do think if one cannot pay for college then one should attend a trade school.....those people make money too. Join a union and you make even more.
Romney's world is not that of serfs and lords. It is a world of hard workers who plan for the future of their children and those who do not. Get two jobs if you have to (my father pumped gas as he was attending school and yes he hitchhiked back and forth. I am so sick of the give me give me give me mentality. I truly am.
Whatever happened to hard work and being responsible?
As for your statement, what other countries do is their affair, try to remember that when another Republican president decides they want to bring democracy to their country.
There are community colleges people can attend if money is an issue. They can take one course at a time. I would certainly have great admiration for someone who did that. One must make an effort to better themselves.