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Oops? Romney Suggests He’s Middle Class During Miami Town Hall

by Zara Golden | 7:50 pm, September 21st, 2011

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Earlier today, Mitt Romney told those gathered at a Miami town hall gathering that he favors a tax policy that will help “those who have been hurt by the Obama economy,” and then suggested that he might be one of those suffering.

“That’s the middle class,” he continued. “It’s not those in the low end; it’s certainly not those in the very high end. It’s for the great middle class — the 80 to 90 percent of us in this country.”

Us? According to a Boston Globe analysis from earlier this year, Romney’s net worth falls somewhere between $190 million and $250 million, easily placing him out of the middle class, and, in fact, making him newly subject to Obama’s “Buffett rule.” This recalls the time, earlier this summer and also in Florida, that he told a crowd, “I’m also unemployed.”

What he meant that time was that the only job he wanted was that of president, and what he likely meant to convey today is simply that he understands what the middle class is going through. But in both cases, his ad-libs have left him sounding more than a little out of touch, not unlike the Louisiana Congressman who complained about barely getting by on his $400,000 a year after taxes nor the Wisconsin rep who complained about his $174,000 yearly salary. It’s one thing to not be “one of us” and another to not understand what that might mean. So: Let’s everyone be more careful with our words?

h/t CBSNews.com

Economy, Jobs, Miami, Middle Class, Mitt Romney, taxes

http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

WHAT?? You have got to be F*cking kidding me!! What an ignorant, stupid mother f*cker to say such a thing!! The guy is worth millions and he thinks he’s middle-class??

Romney SUCKS!!
Anonymous

And the LEMMINGS of the Right will eat it up…because if a Conservative says anything it must be true.
Glutton

He’s right in theory. That’s where the middle class SHOULD be when it comes to normal distribution. Unfortunately, the distribution of wealth in the United States is severely skewed to the left where a small population controls the vast majority of the resources while sum of the population that would otherwise be known as the middle class picks up the scraps. It’s okay Mitt, honest mistake. I understand where you’re coming from but that’s not where we are.
Anonymous

No shortage of gotcha stories here on the most trivial matters…but only on Republicans. Meanwhile stories like Solyndra or examples of blatant corruption in the White House never get mentioned. This is journalism?
SILGARY

Where is that any different than Obama trying to empathize with workers in this country with his jobs bill when he never held a private sector job?
http://mediamatters.org/ Leedog

Lol!! Have you ever checked out the stories over at Fox Nation??
Tim Tebow

What do you expect from the “faith-based” crowd?

Beliefs (errors, lies, deceit, fantasy) trump the real world all the time!

People can and will believe anything: Lazarus (sure!) or AGW (no proof of that!)

This country is living on the fumes of its faith, but what happens when that runs out?
Sharpo

you are a poosey with no balls .
Anonymous

Oops? Romney Suggests He’s Middle Class During Miami Town Hall

Still better than….Oops? Obama Suggests He’s Actually An American Born ( Hawaii ) Citizen Of The United States Of America.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H6I4PE37GZXPQYY3M2GZ4WCGDE Handoverfest

LMAO, this guy thinks he is middle-class! How many middle class folks own a home on the beach and demolishes it JUST to BUILD a MANSION??? I know I am not, anyone else?????

“GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney
plans to demolish his modestly sized beachfront residence in the
Southern California community of La Jolla and replace it with a
11,062-square-foot mega-mansion.”

http://www.mnn.com/your-home/remodeling-design/blogs/romney-dedicated-downsizer-to-dramatically-upsize-san-diego-home

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-22/news/29936838_1_mitt-romney-romney-spokesman-oceanfront-mansion
Anonymous

If he is middle class, then I’m super-lower class…

Gone with the wind – Wherever the wind blow, wherever the Mitt flow.
Anonymous

The hate from the left wing to the rich are so funny…Movie stars and Sport millionaires are okay. But the ones who actually build business and employee more people are the bad guys!
Anonymous

The Mittster was, in the immortal words of the late Governor Ann Richards, “born with a silver spoon in his mouth.” Any suggestion to the contrary is arrant nonsense. Anyone voting for this phony in the Republican primary might as well be throwing a dart at a dart board, because nobody knows which Mitt Romney they will get, “Obama lite” or a real conservative. This guy always shapes his message to his audience.
Anonymous

Romney is either Obama-lite or a right wing nut job, take your pick from his previous stances.
Besharpie

80 to 90 percent of us in this country does not include him in the 80evening to 90the percent. It includes him in this country.
http://twitter.com/KLSouth Kelly

Romney is a lying POS and any conservative who votes for this fool is no conservative. You like Obama? You’ll like Romney. He traffics in ambiguous language and then parrots-in dishonesty in governing, just like Obama. This guy is worth $175 million to $250 million. Hardly middle class, and to insinuate so, is an insult to anyone in the room. His pathetic governing record, where he left office with a 66% UNFAVORABLE rating, is on par in failure with Obama on jobs, economy and Romneycare. He is a manufactured candidate whose only daily goal is to manages image, like Obama, He has no core principles, only personal ambition. Romney is a spoiled brat who needs to be kicked to the curb in the primaries as soon as possible.