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Monday, October 1, 2012

2012 Mitt Romney Doesn't Care About His Garbage Man

Posted by Paul Constant on Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:58 AM

The AFSCME has published a series of interviews with the people who make Mitt Romney's La Jolla neighborhood such a pleasant, safe place to live: The sanitation workers, the fire truck repairmen. I think this one is the best.

I'm sure Republicans will call these videos "class war," but I think a better word for them would be "effective."

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Actually, ever since OWS I rarely encounter the old "class war" meme anymore. It's one of the ways that they changed the dialogue.

Posted by Matt from Denver on October 1, 2012 at 12:27 PM

This is good in that it does more than smack down Mitt "My job is not to care about those people" Romney. It shows us the people that we don't see nearly enough of in the media. Normal, everyday, working people. The kinds of people who--more than all of the Mitt Romneys of the world combined--help our society function.

You go, Temo! Kick that entitled, self-important douchebag's ass. You're worth a hundred of him.

Posted by stating the obvious on October 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM

I love my union, AFSCME. It's not class warfare, it's self defense. We, the middle class, are the ones under attack.

Posted by hifiandrew on October 1, 2012 at 12:56 PM

Fantastic.

Posted by gloomy gus on October 1, 2012 at 1:04 PM

Wonderful ad. It shows Rmoney at his smarmiest. Good luck Temo.

Posted by Pope Peabrain on October 1, 2012 at 1:06 PM

How will Mitt Romney's arrogance translate onto average people's lives? I love him chuckling about being unemployed, pretty funny stuff alright.

Posted by biffp on October 1, 2012 at 1:13 PM

I forgot about "I'm also unemployed" LOL. It's funny because he is a quarter-billionaire who lives off his stock options.

Posted by blip on October 1, 2012 at 1:45 PM

@7 You know? If he was living off of stock options, it wouldn't be so bad. Instead, he's living off of a bunch of elaborate schemes to exploit tax loopholes, while lecturing the rest of us that we're not carrying our weight and paying enough taxes.

Posted by Brooklyn Reader on October 1, 2012 at 3:42 PM

I agree the message is effective. I forgot that quote about the lessons of Wisconsin. Choosing firemen and policemen as the symbols of a bloated government is pretty goddamn stupid.

Also, Mitt, policemen and firemen were exempted from Walker's union attacks, so it seems like the lesson you should have gleaned from Wisconsin was, "Don't fuck with policemen and firemen."

But are they running these spots on TV anywhere? Or, is the main-stream media running them for free as part of a news report? They won't be very effective if only the choir sees them.

Posted by Free Lunch on October 1, 2012 at 7:45 PM