Mitt the Flip the Bird 0
Beforethought:
The Punditocracy has tended to talk about what Mitt’s the Flip’s remarks about half the country’s population being slugs and loads imply for the campaign.
Consider this: What do they imply about Romney the person?
Ronnie Polaneczky delivers a take-down. A snippet (emphasis added):
(snip)
To get kicked in the teeth while you’re crawling is miserable. When the kick comes from a wing-tipped prig of privilege who has never known a moment’s financial terror – that’s despicable.
Meanwhile, Reg Henry riffs:
And what did I find? A workplace maintained according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, leaving me with no chance to breathe asbestos. At lunch I had some chicken, also subject to government oversight that deprives me of the fun of contracting a bacterial disease.
Is this the life of a free man? Of course not. It would be much better if I rode a horse to work, perhaps a polo pony from the Romney stable, one that came with one of those dandy mallets ideal for hitting the heads of passing ingrates — you know, the people who think they are entitled to eat and have health care just because America is one of the richest nations on Earth.
