Romney: I Am A Son Of Detroit

[ProSense]

Romney: I Am A Son Of Detroit

In an op-ed in today's Detroit News, Mitt Romney doubled down on his opposition to President Obama's auto company bailouts.

"I am a son of Detroit," Romney's piece begins. "Cars got in my bones early. And not just any cars, American cars."

Romney is suddenly facing a competitive race in Michigan with a resurgent Rick Santorum, but is still dogged by his vociferous dismissal of Obama's attempts to save the auto companies in 2009.

From the Detroit News:

Three years ago, in the midst of an economic crisis, a newly elected President Barack Obama stepped in with a bailout for the auto industry. The indisputable good news is that Chrysler and General Motors are still in business. The equally indisputable bad news is that all the defects in President Obama's management of the American economy are evident in what he did.

Instead of doing the right thing and standing up to union bosses,Obama rewarded them.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/romney-i-am-son-of-detroit

Let Detroit Go Bankrupt (NYT op-ed)
By MITT ROMNEY

[CanonRay]

1. Well, maybe Grosse Point...

[KamaAina]

21. He is not from Grosse Pointe so stop saying that!

He's from Bloomfield Hills.

[CanonRay]

23. Got my rich, white suburbs mixed up...

So sorry!

[AngryAmish]

2. No wonder he is so fucked up.

[Tom Ripley]

3. And then he yelled, "Kick Out The Jams, Motherfuckers!"

[malaise]

4. Fugg you Willard

You publicly stated that you wanted the auto industry to fail

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Now walk ya white ass back across Eight Mile

[Romulox]

8. Way to inject irrelevant hatred into the thread!

Let me guess, you "used" to be from here, so it's OK for you to talk like that.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Lighten up, Francis

I was actually just referencing the now classic rap battles from the film:

Consider deep breathing exercises.

[Romulox]

16. Um, 8 mile thing was a reference to an alleged Coleman Young quote.

You just didn't understand what you were referencing; it's a racist slur.

Anyhow, I saw somebody use the "N" word one time in a movie--that doesn't mean I can ignorantly repeat it as a "joke".

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. Um, that's a stretch

It's a reference to the previous guy's lyric, and, yeah, duh, it's a slur in the film...that's the point of the film fer chrissakes. Whether it's also a reference to Coleman Young is another story altogether

It's clear you're just going to play the aggrieved and pouty white guy here, so I'll leave you to it, and your breathing exercises.

[Romulox]

18. The film is referencing Coleman Young. You just didn't get the reference. nt

[alcibiades_mystery]

20. Sure it is

Whatever you say

[snooper2]

25. Is the film referencing Coleman Young, I don't think so...Totally different times

This isn't 1980 anymore LOL-

Coleman Young was telling the criminals to hit 8 mile- (walking and keep walking)
In the movie 8 Mile they were clearly talking about the disparity between one side of 8 mile and the other and the fact that all the black folks lived on the "other side".

The racism you are hinting to around Coleman Young and the "alleged" quote you are talking about is wrong. Young was talking about all criminals, pushers and drug dealers. (He wasn't telling all white people to leave which is the urban legend started)


If it's that easy, I'll make a new one.

I heard Romney liked goat fucking but only if it's outside.


There, now Romney is an alleged goat fucker

[Romulox]

35. Yes, it was a reference to Coleman Young.

"In the movie 8 Mile they were clearly talking about the disparity between one side of 8 mile and the other and the fact that all the black folks lived on the "other side". "

That's what Coleman Young was ALLEGEDLY talking about, too.

"The racism you are hinting to around Coleman Young and the "alleged" quote you are talking about is wrong. Young was talking about all criminals, pushers and drug dealers. (He wasn't telling all white people to leave which is the urban legend started) "

I didn't say Coleman Young's quote was racist (in fact, I used the word "alleged" quote to signify the high probability that Young never said what was being implied, but quickly backed off the nuance, realizing that the speaker didn't even understand the broad outline of the issue.)

I said that the use of the (likely misattributed) "quotation" was stirring up racial hatred in a place in which it didn't belong. That's a significant distinction.

Notice that the poster in question, rather than stooping to learn any of the context around the issue, instead reveled in his ignorance.

[Romulox]

19. And my post had nothing to do with being "aggreived"--it had to do with

you lazily pourly racist gasoline on a fire with a half-understood slur.

You don't even understand why it's offensive.

[TlalocW]

11. I'd like to see an episode of Hardcore Pawn

Where he was campaigning in the pawn shop and had to meet actual working class people of all ages and races.

TlalocW

[ellie]

6. Bwahahahahahaha!

This man has no shame! It is breathtaking.

[rurallib]

7. With bankruptcy, they could have busted the unions

Union busting is job #1 in Repukeville.

[Romulox]

9. Um....they instituted dual tier wages. That's fairly close to breaking the union. nt

[Hutzpa]

10. Yeah! Willard the son that wanted his brothers and sisters to

go bankrupt, he really is a joker with a straight face.

[HopeHoops]

12. I'd call him a son of something else.

[warrior1]

13. this is why people hate him so much

he'll say anything to try and get the nod.

[Arugula Latte]

15. I'm a son of Detroit and I wanted my parent to die.

Oedipus complex?

[JitterbugPerfume]

22. he is a son of a something

but it ain't Detroit

[LeftinOH]

24. "Cars are in my bones".. And what FUGLY cars they were, too:

And it's not like he actually worked in an auto factory, or anything.

Above is Mitt, age 10

[Erose999]

32. Some were hideous, others were quite nice:

I've always thought the Rambler American line were beautiful cars.

Romney was out before the Dick Teague era, but the AMX... those were just great cars...

[MrScorpio]

26. And he likes trees...

They're the right height here.

[morningfog]

28. I still can't figure out what the hell that is supposed to even mean.

[MrScorpio]

29. I can't either

Especially since most of the trees in this town were cut down in the 70's due to Dutch Elm Disease.

[morningfog]

30. Hmmm. Maybe that's it. They were all replanted at the same time.

Do the trees suggest a "perfect world" look, like a pieces on a model?

[GoCubsGo]

27. Well, Mitt. Like many of the real "sons of Detroit"...

...you will still be out of a job come November. The only difference is that, unlike the real Detroiters, you aren't deserving of the one for which you are applying.

[ProSense]

31. Here's

a really good clip: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002320480

[Erose999]

33. Other self proclaimed "Sons of Detroit" include Ted Nugent and the Insane Clown Possee.

I wonder if Mittens knows how a magnet works?

[Hubert Flottz]

34. I said part of the same thing.

"Mitt is a Son of"

But at that point, I strayed from the happy ending.