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Yeah, you can turn a phrase,

Orlando — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 12:22:18 +0000

Yeah, you can turn a phrase, whatever. I'm less concerned with your ego and more concerned with mine. I thought I was Dick's favorite. Sadness.

Yeah, I don't necessarily buy

Doctor Cleveland — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:36:35 +0000

In reply to I should also maybe have

Yeah, I don't necessarily buy that line either.

I should also maybe have

Michael Maiello — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:15:40 +0000

In reply to I agree that Obama and Romney

I should also maybe have amended my post with another interpretation, that I don't really buy, from John Dickerson at Slate, which is that Obama was only talking about himself and his wife coming from humble roots, and wasn't saying a word about Romney. Dickerson's argument is that reporting this comment as an attack is akin to reporting Obama's "lipstick on a pig" reference from 2008 as an attack on Palin.

Just another way of looking at it, for what it's worth.

I agree that Obama and Romney

Doctor Cleveland — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:41:49 +0000

In reply to Silver Spoons

I agree that Obama and Romney are simply from separate sections of the ruling class. To some degree they represent the different interests of those sub-classes. But in other ways, their policies aren't dictated by their wealth. (Old-money patrician FDR was a great vote for struggling poor folk, and self-made man Herbert Hoover was a rotten one.)

I think the real logic behind this attack is to press on one of Romney's perceived weaknesses: his tendency not simply to be a rich doofus, but to sound like one. Personal wealth won't hurt a candidate, but having a tin ear about your own wealth can, and Romney's ear is about as tinny as they come. George W. Bush grew up a spoiled wealthy brat but mostly comes across as a regular guy. John Kerry grew up moderately less privileged than Bush, but came across as a patrician. Romney makes John Kerry look like a warm natural populist. So Obama's people are going to want to press Romney in that vulnerable spot.

Hey! I can hear you, you

Michael Maiello — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:52:06 +0000

In reply to What?!

Hey! I can hear you, you know, Orlando!

What?!

Orlando — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 11:41:38 +0000

In reply to That's all

What?!

That's where I was going. :)

Michael Maiello — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:30:06 +0000

In reply to Whereas this is what I

That's where I was going. :)

Shades of Richie Rich! Here

Richard Day — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:31:51 +0000

In reply to Whereas this is what I

Shades of Richie Rich!

Here is my favorite Silver Threads by the by:

That's all

Richard Day — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:29:45 +0000

In reply to Ya brightened my day, Day.

That's all right.

hahahaahah

You are my favorite writer anyway!

Whereas this is what I

Verified Atheist — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:17:20 +0000

In reply to Silver spoons, ha! We grew up

Whereas this is what I immediately thought of…