Ann Romney: ‘I Don’t Even Consider Myself Wealthy’

[RandySF]

Apparently “Romneying” — defined as “accidentally bragging about your place high up in the economic stratosphere” — runs in the family.
His wife, Ann Romney, inexplicably talked about her wealth this afternoon during an interview on Fox News. “We can be poor in spirit, and I don’t even consider myself wealthy, which is an interesting thing, it can be here today and gone tomorrow,” she said.

The couple made $20.9 million last year, making more in a day than an average American makes in a year, and are worth about $250 million overall.
From discussing his NASCAR team-owning friends, to saying he likes firing people, to bragging about Ann’s two Cadillacs, Mitt also has a problem with accidentally and inappropriately touting his enourmous wealth.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/03/05/438264/ann-romney-wealthy/

[TBF]

1. Mrs. Romney, it doesn't matter what you "consider" yourself -

what matters is reality. Reality is that the gap between rich and poor is greater than it has been in nearly a century. Educate yourself please. The littlest yellow square way up in the right hand corner - that is you and your family. You have a few peers, and then everyone else is below. Please think about that, how unfair that is, and what you can personally do to change that. Then we can talk.




http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. Dear Mrs. Romney: Please read this article (Stolen from "Good Reads")

6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying

Read more: 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying/#ixzz1oI9dEluA

Hell, you've probably heard it in real life, from a boss or some guy sitting nearby at Starbucks. "I guess I'm considered rich now! Well, if I'm so 'rich,' why am I broke at the end of the month?!?" Uh, I think it's because your mortgage is $3,000 a month, since you live in a fucking palace. And because you took your family on that Disney cruise last summer. And because you pay for your kids' college, so that, unlike us, they won't be crushed under six figures of student loan debt at age 22. And because you eat all the best foods and drink the finest liquids.

Or, as Hamilton Nolan at Gawker put it, "'Sure, it's an objectively large sum of money,' they say. 'But it is far smaller after I spend it.'"

Read more: 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/blog/6-things-rich-people-need-to-stop-saying/#ixzz1oI9VFISD

[roguevalley]

21. she is a piece of shit. I know that is a nasty thing to say but it fits her

[Thrill]

2. Out of Touch. I'm shocked

NOT

[spin]

4. Yup. She's totally out of touch...

It's good to be a member of the 1% in the United States.

[rurallib]

3. they only have 4 or 5 houses - doesn't everyone?

[onehandle]

5. STFU, Doris Oblivious. nt

[Skidmore]

6. She also discussed her wealth in light of her chronic health condition and

and I watched that clip thinking that she can afford health insurance and health care even without insurance. It won't break her family economically to get it. She sounded just as out of touch as her husband.

[me b zola]

7. She just considers regular people to be inferior n/t

[Lint Head]

8. Oh. How sweet.

[madinmaryland]

9. Pardon me, while I...

[BeyondGeography]

10. So much for Ann the Major Campaigning Asset

Good to see the stupid covers both sides of the fence chez Romney.

[trof]

11. dupe

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. Maybe she should get rid of some of her excess poverty. Plenty of things to spend it on in the US.

Clueless is just too kind a word for these wealthy republican disconnected idiots.

[Tom_Foolery]

13. Remember, Ann: It isn't a lie as long as YOU believe it! n/t

[Raven]

14. My antenna are up. There is just something

about this woman that I don't like. Long before this latest statement...something I just don't like.

[beac]

15. Eat, drink and be merry driving multiple Cadillacs, Ann, for tomorrow...

you will still be filthy stinking rich even if 95% of your wealth is "gone."

As for "poor in spirit"... THAT I will agree with you on. Neither you nor your robot husband has an ounce of soul.

[dixiegrrrrl]

17. She got one thing right...

Definitely poor in spirit.

[TBF]

22. Amen. nt

[Glimmer of Hope]

18. Is she unemployed too?

[Mumble]

19. Ann and I have a lot in common

We both don't consider ourselves wealthy. Her hubby still won't get my vote. Try another one, Ann.

[gratuitous]

20. I've tried to wrap my brain around this

The statement is so shockingly clueless and out of touch with reality, that I'm guessing Ann Romney meant something besides thinking that her family's quarter billion dollar fortune doesn't qualify her as wealthy. The best I can come up with is that she is trying to say that when it comes to class consciousness, she doesn't identify herself as "wealthy," which is yet another luxury the wealthy can afford that the rest of us can't. When contemplating what we can do versus what we'd like to do, money is always a consideration for us hoi polloi.

But if Ann wants a new Cadillac because her blue dress that matches one of her present Cadillacs is getting a little frayed, she just orders up a new one from the dealer. Or she decides she wants to pamper herself with a couple of weeks of R&R in France, she just hops a jet and voilà! Bonjour, Paris! The rest of us have to wait until we've accrued enough vacation time, rearranged our finances, and then we get to spend a good portion of our time wondering if we've spent our money wisely.

[Fumesucker]

23. Hell, she has a Caddy for each butt cheek..

[Honeycombe8]

24. That has to be the stupidest thing I've heard yet in the GOP campaigns.

To say "I realize how fortunate we are" or something like that, is understandable. But to say you don't consider yourself wealthy when you're stinkin' rich? That is STUPID and only reinforces the perception that they are totally unaware of how real Americans live, and that it's been a looooong, loooong time since she has lived a normal existence (if ever).

[JitterbugPerfume]

25. bully for you Anne

[Initech]

26. Rmoney - the best candidate money can buy.

[Jamaal510]

27. I finally found a way in which I can be richer than the Romneys