Multimillionaire Romney tells stunned voters: 'I know what it's like to worry about a pink slip'

UK Daily Mail ^ | January 9, 2012 | Mark Duell

[C19fan]

He’s worth $250million and is running for the White House, but Mitt Romney is still trying to portray himself as an ordinary down-to-earth guy. The GOP presidential candidate has been condemned for saying he has been worried about getting a ‘pink slip’ at least twice in the past. Opponents said this was a poor statement to give about job termination notices because Mr Romney has always had money to fall back on.

[C19fan]

Another Willard phony moment to add to an already extensive list.

[Reagan69]

Link doesn’t work.

[bigdirty]

And this is the guy the RINOs think will beat Obama. Landslide Barry victory incoming.

[dirtboy]

Yeah, Mitt was worried about a pink slip in 2006, which is why he didn’t run for re-election.

[napscoordinator]

I have never been given the “pink slip” but I can empathize with people who do. I certainly am not saying that Romney one way or another but to blanket say that it is impossible to feel for people who lose a job is ridiculous. That is what I can't stand about the media when they make these big sweeping statements. The media is basically bashing the conservatives who are unable to feel for people who are rich. No to Romney for real but let's not say things that cannot be proven. Romney may be more empathetic than all of us put together.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Here we go. Romney has not yet been hit hard with the “Wall Street elitist” line of attack, in part because Republicans know that its wrong to attack successful capitalists. But he better get a good answer to questions about his wealth and his time at Bain Capital. Trying to portray himself as an ordinary guy like this is nonsense.

He needs to step up to the plate and say “Yes, I am rich, and I got rich building companies at Bain Capital. I took companies that were about to go bankrupt and turned them around. Were there failures? Yes. Did some companies still go bankrupt and people got put out of work? Yes. Did I make mistakes? Yes. But for the most part, I created a Hell of a lot of jobs and creates a number of stable companies out of bankrupt messes that I bought.”

I'm no Romney supporter either. I just hate these attacks on him based on the fact that he was a successful private equity manager. They are wrong and people who make the arguments are showing their ignorance of how a market economy works.

[pepsi_junkie]

Obama has never had to worry about getting a pink slip because he’s never had an actual job.

[smalltownslick]

He worries abouot pink slips because he created so many of them.

[cripplecreek]

There isn’t a candidate currently in the race who is exactly destitute. It gets a little irritating when conservatives try to play class warfare games.

Get right down to it and the richest man in the race is probably Huntsman.

[no dems]

‘I know what it’s like to worry about a pink slip’
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Bulls**t!!!

[Fresh Wind]

[Reagan69]

I have never been given the “pink slip” but I can empathize with people who do. I certainly am not saying that Romney one way or another but to blanket say that it is impossible to feel for people who lose a job is ridiculous. That is what I can’t stand about the media when they make these big sweeping statements. The media is basically bashing the conservatives who are unable to feel for people who are rich. No to Romney for real but let’s not say things that cannot be proven. Romney may be more empathetic than all of us put together.

5 posted on Monday, January 09, 2012 9:27:45 AM by napscoordinator (Go Rick! Go Rick! Go Newt! Let’s get ‘er done.)

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I think unless you’ve received one and have a family depending on you, you CAN’T comprehend what it feels like.

It’s like thinking you can feel how horrible it is to lose a child.

Mitt has no clue.

[cripplecreek]

I'm no Romney supporter either. I just hate these attacks on him based on the fact that he was a successful private equity manager. They are wrong and people who make the arguments are showing their ignorance of how a market economy works.

Exactly. I had to hand out pink slips for economic reasons as a factory foreman and I've gotten a few myself over the years.

[no dems]

Does that a**hole know how to tell the truth?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Clowns at his level worry about getting a “Silver Parachute” instead of a gold one when they screw up, and no longer being able to get a table on short notice at Jean Gorges 1 Central Park West.

[napscoordinator]

It’s like thinking you can feel how horrible it is to lose a child.

Mitt has no clue.

Well your right on that. Boy you went for quite the example as a rebuttal. lol. And I hate Mitt so I agree with him not having a clue on anything at all.

[nhwingut]

Romney sucks. But last time I checked, Obama was a multimillionaire too. Yet we never see headlines with that qualification.

[bigbob]

the only time I want to see “pink slips” enter this campaign discussion is when Obama gets one!

[SharpRightTurn]

“Multimillionaire Romney tells stunned voters: ‘I know what it’s like to worry about a pink slip’”

Next, Myth will be telling us he was born in a burlap livestock feed sack and had to forage in the woods for food until he was eleven.

This guy is shameless.

But a lot of fools out there will eat it up, just like they followed the Pied Piper of Obummer.

[RJS1950]

Mr. Sphincter is beginning to sound more and more like obama, his doppelganger, every day. Mitt the delusional twit who if he is the candidate will hand obama another victory just like POS mccain.

FUBO, FAD & FMR