Mitt's Dad was on Welfare

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[smock]

So Mitt's dad was on the welfare? Well, maybe being a lazy, government dependent victim skips a generation.

[laurenpetro]

he was a lazy, government dependent victim IMMIGRANT. thanks.

[teflep]

Who pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become a millionaire? Nope, ne'er happens!

[ttt]

Does it count as bootstraps if you got government assistance??

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Well look. That's almost as good as being born to Mexican parents. Mitt nearly got his wish.

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But really, can we talk about why the Republicans are all bent out of shape that Obama was born in Hawaii when Romney was born in Mexico?

[pedanticwench]

Sept 19, 2012 15:29:27 GMT -5 elle said:

But really, can we talk about why the Republicans are all bent out of shape that Obama was born in Hawaii when Romney was born in Mexico?

Hint: Romney's white.

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Sept 19, 2012 15:30:30 GMT -5 pedanticwench said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:29:27 GMT -5 elle said:

But really, can we talk about why the Republicans are all bent out of shape that Obama was born in Hawaii when Romney was born in Mexico?

Hint: Romney's white.

Which has been *such* an encumberance on his campaign. My empathy for his extreme whiteness knows no bounds.

[sonrisa]

Daddy Romney was born in Mexico, not Mittens.

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Sept 19, 2012 15:32:38 GMT -5 elle said:

My empathy for his extreme whiteness knows no bounds.

Did you see last night's Daily Show?

Jessica Williams: I'm black AND a woman. We don't even have to apply to college. We just send in a headshot, and they send us back a diploma. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to mail this out...<holds up headshot>...med school graduation, here I come!

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Sept 19, 2012 15:35:25 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Daddy Romney was born in Mexico, not Mittens. (Unlike my fellow Panamanian, McCain)

Oh, that makes more sense. I had not thought he was born in Mexico but in the video it sounds like he said he was . . . he must have been referring to his dad when he said he wished he had been born to Mexican parents.

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Sept 19, 2012 15:35:42 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:32:38 GMT -5 elle said:

My empathy for his extreme whiteness knows no bounds.

Did you see last night's Daily Show?

Jessica Williams: I'm black AND a woman. We don't even have to apply to college. We just send in a headshot, and they send us back a diploma. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to mail this out...<holds up headshot>...med school graduation, here I come!

Well, clearly, that's how BO got to be president.

[teflep]

Sept 19, 2012 15:27:16 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:15:11 GMT -5 teflep said:

Who pulled himself up by his bootstraps to become a millionaire? Nope, ne'er happens!

Wait, what?

Became pres and chair of amc and then governor of MI. He made MITt a trust fund baby, right? So, he later made himself wealthy.

[ttt]

Sept 19, 2012 16:24:31 GMT -5 teflep said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:27:16 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Wait, what?

Became pres and chair of amc and then governor of MI. He made MITt a trust fund baby, right? So, he later made himself wealthy.

With the help of the government.

[msmerymac]

Sept 19, 2012 15:38:35 GMT -5 elle said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:35:25 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Daddy Romney was born in Mexico, not Mittens. (Unlike my fellow Panamanian, McCain)

Oh, that makes more sense. I had not thought he was born in Mexico but in the video it sounds like he said he was . . . he must have been referring to his dad when he said he wished he had been born to Mexican parents.

Mitt made a "joke" that if his FATHER had been born to Mexican parents, and therefore a Mexican immigrant (George Romney was an American by birth because his parents were American), he would have had life easy or something. I guess he meant "not-white" Mexicans. Because... Mexicans can be white. Also, I guess he meant that Mexican immigrants have life easier than he does, a guy who has a $100 million retirement account.

[heyjude]

I really want to know more about this Mexican Mormon colony.

[teflep]

Sept 19, 2012 16:26:48 GMT -5 ttt said:

Sept 19, 2012 16:24:31 GMT -5 teflep said:

Became pres and chair of amc and then governor of MI. He made MITt a trust fund baby, right? So, he later made himself wealthy.

With the help of the government.

they didnt build it. Just the first few years, then it was bootstraps,mint skittles, dangit (I need to pull in all the memes here)

[statlerwaldorf]

Sept 19, 2012 16:36:05 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I really want to know more about this Mexican Mormon colony.

I read a really interesting book once about a woman who escaped from a Mexican Mormon colony. They were polygamists who moved to Mexico to avoid persecution.

[pixy0stix]

Sept 19, 2012 16:43:53 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

Sept 19, 2012 16:36:05 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I really want to know more about this Mexican Mormon colony.

I read a really interesting book once about a woman who escaped from a Mexican Mormon colony. They were polygamists who moved to Mexico to avoid persecution.

Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask this, so does this mean that his grandparents were polygamists?

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Sept 19, 2012 16:36:05 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I really want to know more about this Mexican Mormon colony.

I don't know a lot about it, but I first learned of it when reading Shattered Dreams by Irene Spencer. She was in the FLDS and was one of ten wives. Apparently a fair number of polygamists went to Mexico and set up camp. I'm not surprised that George Romney's family was initially on welfare, as the poverty Spencer describes in her book is really quite alarming.

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Sept 19, 2012 16:45:23 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Sept 19, 2012 16:43:53 GMT -5 statlerwaldorf said:

I read a really interesting book once about a woman who escaped from a Mexican Mormon colony. They were polygamists who moved to Mexico to avoid persecution.

Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask this, so does this mean that his grandparents were polygamists?

According to Wikipedia, George Romney's grandparents - so Mittens' great-grandparents - were polygamists who fled to Mexico.

[teflep]

Sept 19, 2012 16:40:25 GMT -5 nuggetbrain said:

Sept 19, 2012 16:39:42 GMT -5 teflep said:

they didnt build it. Just the first few years, then it was bootstraps,mint skittles, dangit (I need to pull in all the memes here)

Skittles come in mint now? WTF are they just, like...ripping off Mentos or something?

not, not mint. Sorry, typo.

[basilosaurus]

I believe there's still a FLDS colony in Mexico.

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So he did grow up poor? Lol

[heyjude]

Sept 19, 2012 17:22:24 GMT -5 basilosaurus said:

I believe there's still a FLDS colony in Mexico.

Yes! The Hollis Greens!

[mominatrix]

Sept 19, 2012 16:36:05 GMT -5 heyjude said:

I really want to know more about this Mexican Mormon colony.

There's a book for that (check out the author's name):



www.amazon.com/Mormon-Colonies-Mexico-Thomas-Cottam/dp/0874808383/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1348094097&sr=8-3&keywords=mormon+colonies+in

[basilosaurus]

Lol. I thought of Hollis Green, too. But for real I think there's still a colony, not just one that exists on HBO, and I think it has over 1000 people.

There are also colonies in Canada, mostly in BC. Bountiful is the big one that comes to mind, but I think there are a few others.

[meshaliuknits]

Sept 19, 2012 15:35:42 GMT -5 @angryharpy said:

Sept 19, 2012 15:32:38 GMT -5 elle said:

My empathy for his extreme whiteness knows no bounds.

Did you see last night's Daily Show?

Jessica Williams: I'm black AND a woman. We don't even have to apply to college. We just send in a headshot, and they send us back a diploma. Which reminds me, I've been meaning to mail this out...<holds up headshot>...med school graduation, here I come!

If you're only half black you still have to attend for 2 years, FYI.

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there are still mormon polygamist colonies in Mexico they've been feature on Dateline and such.