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Romney is money's bitch. He's ambition's bitch. He's success's bitch and he's victory's bitch. And, like those particular sort of pampered dogs you see in the laps of the very rich, he yaps and snaps and snarls at the everyday mutt. He's frightened and confused by a dog who's happy to treasure the sunshine and play with the other dogs and eat enough food to fill its belly and lap enough water to slake its thirst and then get out of the way for the other dogs to have their turn. Romney's been trained since birth that not only are there No Other Dogs But Him And His Ilk, but that dogs who don't aspire to immobility on a fat lap are to be snarled at, chased away, and bred out of existence.
In 2010 and 2011, Mitt and Ann paid $6.2 million in federal tax on $42.5 million in income (get away from my food!!!) for an average tax rate just shy of 15 percent (get away from my water!!!), substantially less than what most middle-income Americans pay (yapyapyapyap!!!)
He's curled up so snugly and safely in the lap of wealth that he's never once bolted and gallivanted and lived in the world. The freedom's there, but he'd rather put more diamond studs, more trinkets and jewels, and more frills and feathers on his too-tight collar, and double-check that his leash is double-clasped to it, never to come loose.
And there's nothing wrong with any of that -- except that Romney has zero sympathy for those who don't feel the same way he does. And he's infecting other people -- former friends of mine, who have warped and mutated into creatures of liquid ambition, effortless greed, with zero compassion for anyone who would dare to be happy to work a job and then simply value time with their families and friends and maybe expect some reasonable amount of health care and comfort. I'm seeing too many people, people who should know better, who truly think that life should be an endless hunching over a food bowl, chasing everyone else away, without respite. Fear is the fuel, and nothing frightens them more than people who aren't fueled by fear.
Nothing wrong with being rich. Nothing wrong with striving and bettering yourself. But there's definitely something wrong with people confusing capitalism and corporatism (the latter wants to destroy the former) -- and then demanding everyone else make the same mistake. Obama is rich -- by his own hand. He made his money writing two books -- and those didn't even make him bestseller bucks until after he became president. And he's acted, as president, the way that people who become rich and know how to spend their money act. He's traveled the world, broadened his horizons. And in his travels, maybe, maybe he's tried to conquer some of the fear which, let's face it, none of us truly never rid ourselves of. But goddamnit, he's trying. Mitt Romney is the only person I've ever seen who's traveled the world in wealth and comfort and managed to narrow the canvas of his experience and opinions.
Obama has heroically, foolhardily, quixotically tried to make things work for both sides -- the super-rich and the people who are genuinely repelled by the world of the super-rich. They can both live on this planet. Not according to Romney, though, who's repeatedly said, over and over, "I believe everyone should live this way." This statement is usually made standing on someone's private tennis court.
Well, everyone can't have a private tennis court. Obama understands this. Romney recoils from this. Obama wants to make a world in which every strata can live, happily, on their own terms. In recoiling from the gorgeous messiness of America, Romney is building a scrubbed-clean, fenced-off citadel, surrounded by a worker dorm shantytown.
I'm voting for Obama. I'm voting for the messiness.
-- Patton Oswalt, Contributor to the 90 Days, 90 Reasons initiative
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View AllFavoritesHighlightsThis feature highlights some of our more thought-provoking conversations.Bloggers Recency | Popularity Page: 1 2 3 4 5 Next › Last » (15 total) PvtGripweed14 Fans 8 minutes ago ( 7:38 AM)Romney may indeed be a gaping pile and Obama might actually be an ok guy but we're all having our chains yanked by banks who will surrender control only after they die laughing.PvtGripweed: Romney may indeed be a gaping pile and Obama mighthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/PvtGripweed/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184743115.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… politicman74 Fans 33 minutes ago ( 7:13 AM)There's nothing wrong with wanting to be rich and succeed, the problem lies with trying to get out of paying your fair share while those that earn way less than you, end up paying more % wise than you do.Look, I don't begrudge anyone for wanting to build a fortune of millions and millions, BUT when you start to amass hundreds of millions and even billions while saying that you want to reduce services for those that can barely afford to feed their kids, THEN there is something definitely wrong with that.
When you live the way many of us average people do, then you learn to value money and what it can do to help you survive. Many people live day to day on their wages, etc, YET the rich will stash millions in bank accounts while people starve, it just not right.
The rich can still buy their mansions, they can still buy the most expensive foods, they can still have the most expensive cars and yachts, the most expensive clothes AND they will still have heaps of money left over.
When a middle class/poor person pays taxes, and then pays their mortgage payments and their food and clothes (the basics), and then they lose their job, how will they keep up?
The rich and successful have to at least pay their fairshare, and should probably reach down and help out the poorer to be able to improve their lives.politicman: There's nothing wrong with wanting to be rich and succeed,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/politicman/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184739701.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program wayoutleftmy nano-bio coded in a period: .301 Fans 49 minutes ago ( 6:57 AM)Not sure the "political for a couple of weeks" thing is working for Hollywood this time around. Nobody quite believes that everybody else's money is ok except Romney's. My distaste for the "President Cool" hardsell gets vindicated over and over again."Nothing wrong with being rich. Nothing wrong with striving and bettering yourself. But there's definitely something wrong with people confusing capitalism and corporatism (the latter wants to destroy the former)" Just another way of saying how badly LA needs a Wharton School campus.
Corporations want to destroy capitalism. wow. I mean that nobody who hates Romney has the guts
to be anti-capitalist is OK. We know it's personal against Romney- like the President, in his anti-capitalist blue suit- has said.
"Nothing wrong with being rich. Nothing wrong with striving and bettering yourself." I feel so much better. Is it ok if you don't strive? Is it ok to get rich by analysis, decisions and enjoying returns for your decision-making? Is that ok? Because that's what you have to do. And (god don't leave me in an elevator with Ayn Rand please...) ppl resent that. It is a very destructive mood that it's dangerous to exploit.
But no hard feelings. I too dig the political naivete here. It beats going to meetings at the 92nd St Y and jagging on coffee 'til 4 am.wayoutleft: Not sure the "political for a couple of weeks" thinghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/wayoutleft/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184737882.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it VioletGrey54 Fans 16 minutes ago ( 7:30 AM)It's only because you don't bother to listen that you don't know that these, "Hollywood" types have an opinion all year round. Usually pretty consistent ones. They don't just turn it on and off when the silly season starts and ends. And as an add on the Patton's point, they don't all do it just for the attention. Some of them actually believe these things and stand by them. Your, "attack the messenger" approach lacks a certain weight of thought and your snark lacks that true, biting humor.VioletGrey: It's only because you don't bother to listen that youhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/VioletGrey/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184741985.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Rider3Do the right thing, and you will never regret it.188 Fans 57 minutes ago ( 6:50 AM)Well said!Rider3: Well said!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Rider3/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184737037.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program CONNECTS2 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:37 AM)White collar crimes have plagued our society in many forms and one can't help but get a queasy gut when listening to Mitt explain why we as Americans should go back to the old tried and tired ways of doing things.The world didn't look up to America because of her rich, but looked up to her because of the hope and the fight her working class has.CONNECTS: White collar crimes have plagued our society in many formshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CONNECTS/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184735795.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERJohn Husted53 Fans 32 minutes ago ( 7:14 AM)I thought they came here because the streets were paved with gold?John_Husted: I thought they came here because the streets were pavedhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/John_Husted/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184739822.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… brainlegoMitt: Bain damaged186 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:37 AM)"capitalism and corporatism (the latter wants to destroy the former) "No, the first seeks to create the latter.brainlego: "capitalism and corporatism (the latter wants to destroy the former)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/brainlego/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184735770.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it VioletGrey54 Fans 14 minutes ago ( 7:32 AM)Corporatism is not the only end product of capitalism. However, since capitalism needs healthy competition to thrive, and corporations don't really want competition (it interferes with profits), the statement stands.VioletGrey: Corporatism is not the only end product of capitalism. However,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/VioletGrey/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184742232.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program CONNECTS2 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:26 AM)We hear you Patton, and have also accessed the situation of Mitt too. One cannot help but to see him as a gold digger just out for himself and his Frat Brothers. When a person from the middle class do some of the things Mitt is so proud of having done to people in business it is then called blue collar crimes.CONNECTS: We hear you Patton, and have also accessed the situationhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/CONNECTS/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184734663.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Meg CorrelloLux6 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:24 AM)Yes Romney wants it how it was before. Where we were miserable with worry wondering if our husbands or fathers were going to lose their pension? Well the Repubs pooped it and Obama is picking up brick by brick and trying to bring a different type of "Dream" or "New World Order" and be a peaceful world. Well not all of the "first Dream" envisioned is completed,signed i dotted t crossed. All talk in the making. Whomever wins is the hero. I am not buying any of it. We have lived through hurricanes,tornado's,fires,and floods. Good luck This Election friends~:-o)Meg_CorrelloLux: Yes Romney wants it how it was before. Where wehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Meg_CorrelloLux/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184734503.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program RomeoverCivilization is for weaklings.522 Fans 2 hours ago ( 6:09 AM)While there may be "Nothing wrong with being rich," there is something terribly wrong with a (supposedly democratic) society so structured as to concentrate 40% of the wealth in the hands of 1% of the people.Romeover: While there may be "Nothing wrong with being rich," therehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Romeover/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184733201.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERJohn Husted53 Fans 32 minutes ago ( 7:15 AM)Well why not? They pay most of the taxesJohn_Husted: Well why not? They pay most of the taxeshttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/John_Husted/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184739886.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it VioletGrey54 Fans 11 minutes ago ( 7:35 AM)I fail to see what one has to do with the other in terms of his statement. Are you suggesting it's right that, since people with more money pay more in taxes (because they have more money) we should rig the game so they can get even more money (presumably so they can pay more taxes, but then we change the rules there as well and they pay less than they should, even though the total amount they pay is great because they have more money to be taxed on). Ok; it's asinine, but I think I got it. Thanks!VioletGrey: I fail to see what one has to do withhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/VioletGrey/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184742683.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERkevinbr38Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly.3627 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:57 AM)That was a really great article. I hope to catch Patton Oswalt live one of these days. I've hear his shows are really good.kevinbr38: That was a really great article. I hope to catchhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/kevinbr38/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184732190.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Addction112 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:40 AM)I appreciate your point of view but disagree on many points. I would vote for a president who had a goal of a world where the goal was not to get rich but to be happy. But Obama's goal is to redistribute and to demonize while doing so. Many of the rich worked hard to get there. Yes, many were born in to it as well. But Obama uses the demonization of the rich to get elected to take from them and give to the poor. He is not pro-middle class, his AHCA has $1.6 trillion in taxes that only affect the middle class to provide health insurance (not healthcare) to the poor and the illegal. I would vote Obama if he had the attitude that we should be grateful that the rich succeeded so that everyone's life could be a little better. I bet that if the successful were not being made to feel attacked they would jump on board. Compromise is a wonderful thing. Reduce or eliminate corporate and investment and savings taxes, increase earned income taxes. We know it won't happen. Obama is arrogant and will prove he is right even if he is wrong. It is a shame.Addction: I appreciate your point of view but disagree on manyhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Addction/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184730877.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it regresslessI'm the change!169 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:23 AM)No one should be grateful to rich for anything. Their self serving beliefs rewarded them enough. That's the whole point. They are self serving, self important individuals that are putting themselves on some kind of pedestial where everyone else should be thankful to them for them being rich. When middle class is employed, wealth is spread more evenly and more widely. Having well off middle class is much more beneficial for society than having few super rich.regressless: No one should be grateful to rich for anything. Theirhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/regressless/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184734428.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… madkozDog is my co-pilot1611 Fans 1 hour ago ( 6:28 AM)Just as many of the rich inherited their money but you righties never owe up to that fact. No to you all rich just have to be self made, all of them are philanthropic, all of them are what everyone strives to be. Oswalt is correct sometimes the sun on your back and a cold beer in your hand is all you need. You speak of things most people in your party or the base don't know and cannot explain. America is a very wealthy nation and much more wealthy when wages are not depressed in order that the Romneys of the world can have more. Your post is whats arrogant and it truly is sad. How much money do you have right now to post such narrow minded garbage?madkoz: Just as many of the rich inherited their money buthttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/madkoz/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184734859.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Ixchel Ashley Pirlo1 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:24 AM)Well written and Thank you for saying what I'm sure many of "us" not worthy feel. I know for sure that I am certainly not any less worthy of a happy homeIxchel_Ashley_Pirlo: Well written and Thank you for saying what I'm surehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Ixchel_Ashley_Pirlo/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184729829.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… This user has chosen to opt out of the Badges program KGODSMACKC7 Fans 3 hours ago ( 4:50 AM)Well written Spence.. loved you on queens :)KGODSMACKC: Well written Spence.. loved you on queens :)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/KGODSMACKC/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184727570.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… lastpostsee biography363 Fans 3 hours ago ( 4:43 AM)“Romney is money's bitch.”An easy mistake to make. When god and dog are anagrams of each other.
“other dogs”
may decline to take responsibility. But ‘I did that’ claims to what’s on the carpet, do in this case have credibility.
“curled up so snugly and safely in the lap of wealth that he's never once”
been tied to the roof of an auto-mobile.
“zero sympathy”
Meaner than a junk-company hound.
“Fear is the fuel”
Is it possible Pavlov ever pondered, why churches peal bells?
“traveled the world”
with no detectable modification of worldview.
“They can both live on this planet.”
While there is still fossil fuel left to fuel fossils.
“everyone can't have a private tennis court.”
Though it does appear possible for some to have a private judicial court system.lastpost: â??Romney is money's bitch.â?? An easy mistake to make. Whenhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/lastpost/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184727031.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation.
Loading comments… F1guy7678 Fans 4 hours ago ( 4:06 AM)Patton is correct.. There's nothing wrong on becoming rich, or being born into wealth... that's arguably the American dream. It's a human dream shared by many but attained by a few. We admire people who have accomplished that status, and yet, regardless of how they got there, the one thing we admire the most is when those at the top reach down to the bottom. Not for convenience, but out of understanding, compassion, and conviction. Romney fails to do that, he's lived in a cloud and can't even relate to the people at the bottom.. Not because he's a bad person, but simply because he has failed to recognize his privileges, learn how average people live and the struggles many have day after day. Wanting to be rich is ok, and achieving it is great, but living a happy middle class life loving what you do is great too. Having a president that's been and struggled the way most of us have is even better. I know Obama has my my back, the backs of the women in my life and the backs of the soldiers who fight for our freedom..... and that's why he has my vote.F1guy76: Patton is correct.. There's nothing wrong on becoming rich, orhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/F1guy76/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184724442.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it Addction112 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:45 AM)You have bought the kool aid. You need to go see Obama 2016. Obama has led a very privileged life, even more so than Romney. He also is not pro middle class. His AHCA adds $1.6 trillion in new taxes that affect the middle class only, and only provide insurance not healthcare. In fact when fully implemented over 30 routine procedures will no longer be covered, many will only be covered for those under a certain age, and many routine screening procedures will be reclassified to non-covered. Chemotherapy will be out of reach to all but the upper middle class or the wealthy or the poor. The middle class will not be ale to afford it, unless they want to become poor.Addction: You have bought the kool aid. You need to gohttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Addction/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184731256.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USERRogo99Am I gonna have trouble with you?631 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:58 AM)You need to see some facts. More priveledged than Romney? Jeez.Rogo99: You need to see some facts. More priveledged than Romney?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Rogo99/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184732309.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… MottdeWitt46 Fans 2 hours ago ( 6:06 AM)Obama has led a more privileged life than Romney? Wow, you truly do believe everything you see.MottdeWitt: Obama has led a more privileged life than Romney? Wow,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/MottdeWitt/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184732963.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. There are More Comments on this Thread. Click Here To See them AllLoading comments… Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERBRight BlackDNC: Razzle Dazzle 'em - Chicago206 Fans 2 hours ago ( 5:50 AM)If he has the backs of soldiers who fight for our freedom (the other 1%) then why are their kids not allowed to stay on their parents insurance until age 26? And why are their family med premiums going up 345% in January? And why are the majority voting for Romney?BRight_Black: If he has the backs of soldiers who fight forhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/BRight_Black/im-voting-for-obama-becau_1_b_1862085_184731617.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Page: 1 2 3 4 5 Next › Last » (15 total) new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… 1 2 3 4 5 See All Highlights in 
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