Mitt Romney's home turf? It's not Michigan

[OKNancy]

Opinion column in the Chicago Tribune

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-perspec-0219-romney-20120218,0,6526022.story

He hasn't lived there in almost 50 years and few remember his dad

By Ian C. Friedman
February 18, 2012

On Tuesday, Mitt Romney added his voice to the chorus of political writers, observers and commentators who describe Michigan as his "home state." Romney opened his op-ed in the Detroit News with the trying-way-too-hard lines, "I am a son of Detroit … I grew up drinking Vernors and watching ballgames at Michigan and Trumbull. Cars got in my bones early. And not just any cars, American cars."

Let's set aside how Vernors (a local ginger ale) is overrated and that real Detroit Tigers fans always say that they used to watch games at the old Tiger Stadium's address at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull. What's most important is that Romney is asserting that Michigan is his home turf and he is betting that his past in the state will help him in the crucial Feb. 28 Michigan primary. But Michigan is not Romney's home turf and his claiming it as such is not a good idea.

Technically, Romney is a Michigander —he was born in Detroit in 1947 and was raised in the tony suburb of Bloomfield Hills. But after Romney graduated from high school in 1965 he never lived in the state again.

more at the above link

[izquierdista]

1. The 1% flit around the globe with their capital

The rest of us are lucky to get a brief glimpse or to touch their garments as they hurry from limo to jet.

[Johnny2X2X]

2. Come one Mitt?

"Cars got in my bones early. And not just any cars, American cars."

He then went on to describe the 13 cars his daddy bought him when he was a teenager and how his servant, Pedro, used to wash and wax his cars so he could show them off to all the peasants.

Mitt Romney made a campaign stop a few months ago and for a photo op refueled his campaign bus. It was painfully obvious that Mitt had never used a gas pump in his life as he had no idea how to do it and didn't even know how to hold the hose. This guy's into "American Cars" about as much as much as Rick Santorum is into Carl Sagan books.

[JNelson6563]

3. But only Rmoney recognizes that MI

has the perfect size trees and our grass, well it's just the right color. And of course, our lakes are very wet.

(Ok, I added that last part for fun but the rest he said yesterday in MI)

Julie

PS I take issue with the author of the article and his claim that "Vernors is over-rated". Blasphemer!!1!