Mitt Romney's $10k wager to Perry

[Drachen]

If this guy has $10k that he can roll up and smoke in front of the american people, then the dude is clearly as out of touch as Perry is with sexuality.

He wasn't smoking it, he challenged perry to put up or shut up (perry shut up). This was also a bet he knew he could win (this was borne out by the news cycle today). Does this really surprise you that Mitt has an extra 10k? Its not like he jumped in front of some orphans, rolled up a 10k bill, snorted a line of coke, then lit his wallet on fire. I could see outrage if he went up to a middle class person and bet them 5k then scoffed when that person said "too much." I find it hilarious what some people get their panties in a wad over.

Just for future reference, and to avoid future surprises: every one of these people has more money than (probably) any of us.

[Joe the plumber]

I don't want a president who's "in touch" with the middle class. King Ralph was a ty movie and we don't need the presidential version.

I want a president who's in touch with global leaders, with corporate leaders, with community leaders. He doesn't need to feign concern over joe the plumber. He needs to deal with much larger issues than giving the middle class a couple more televisions.

That is the problem with leaders today. They've forgotten whom they work for.

[boutons_deux]

Willard Gekko's $10K bet was pure "in your faces, 99%" macho grandstanding and adolescent gotcha game-playing.

This group of plutocratic Repug assholes is irrefutable evidence of how morally and socially bankrupt and perverse the Repugs are, and that true of the entire charade of American "democracy".

[Blake]

I don't want a president who's "in touch" with the middle class. King Ralph was a ty movie and we don't need the presidential version.

I want a president who's in touch with global leaders, with corporate leaders, with community leaders. He doesn't need to feign concern over joe the plumber. He needs to deal with much larger issues than giving the middle class a couple more televisions.

He wasn't smoking it, he challenged perry to put up or shut up (perry shut up). This was also a bet he knew he could win (this was borne out by the news cycle today). Does this really surprise you that Mitt has an extra 10k? Its not like he jumped in front of some orphans, rolled up a 10k bill, snorted a line of coke, then lit his wallet on fire. I could see outrage if he went up to a middle class person and bet them 5k then scoffed when that person said "too much." I find it hilarious what some people get their panties in a wad over.

Just for future reference, and to avoid future surprises: every one of these people has more money than (probably) any of us.

If out of touch elitism works for you, great. It obviously doesn't work for a lot of voters.

It was a stupid move for a political salesman to make, and I bet he wishes he could have that one back.