The difference is striking. Remember this difference the next time you hear someone call Obama an elitist. The next time you hear Mitt R-money or a right wing supporter say Obama spent too much time at Harvard......remember that Mitt R-money spent MORE time there than Obama did (although maybe he thinks that because he's black and not from a wealthy family, that was too long for someone who didn't 'belong' at Harvard, one of those coded dog whistles for conservative racists (not for dogs strapped to the roof of cars). You know - the birther segment of the right wing base that R-money has court jester Donald Trump courting as his surrogate. Cenk Uyger, keeping it real.
Being on dial-up, I cannot see the video ... but let me ask a question ... does it matter how much time that someone spent at Harvard versus how much the Harvard connection provided them access ?
ReplyDeleteI never read any book on Barack Obama but I thought upon graduation, he took a job teaching constitutional law at the University of Chicago ... then I thought I heard that he did something called being a "community organizer".
Now, I did read a book, The Real Romney which profiled what happened to him as he was completing his education. He was highly sought after ... of course having a Father who was a former Governor and HUD Secretary, and possible Presidential candidate in 1976 did not hurt.
But the Harvard days are long time ago ... Romney's focus of this campaign is his expertise as a business manager ... not elitism. Let's face it, Mitt is just a down-to-earth family man ... you know the one that inspires us to confront the hard-knock life with messages like "Sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander" ... and we only hope that our sons can go to Harvard like his ... and have multiple homes (but sadly only one has a $55,000 automobile elevator). Mitt has "earned" his reputation ... of course, not every business was successful ... or was it? Heck, there may have been a steel mill that got closed down, but Mitt got paid. And even if there is a loss, that loss can be used against other income for tax-reporting purposes ... so for example, consider Rob-Rom, LLC ... that business resulted in a $77,000 tax loss ... if you are not familiar with Rob-Rom, the Rom is for Romney ... the business is horses for dressage competition. Now, let's give credit to the non-elitist who can recognize that there is a market for dressage and seek to serve it.
BTW, I hope you did not copyright the term "R-money" because I used it in a commentary about dressage and taxes.