Ann Romney on Fox News today: 'I don't even consider myself wealthy'

[flpoljunkie]

Ann Romney: ‘I Don’t Even Consider Myself Wealthy’
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Mar 5, 2012 at 5:07 pm

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.

Watch it:

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.

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

[Enrique]

1. her money can't be gone tomorrow

they have enough stashed away in safe offshore accounts to keep generations of Romneys wealthy without lifting a finger.

[Angry Dragon]

2. “We can be poor in spirit"

"I don’t even consider myself wealthy"

She is not talking about money, she is saying that she is poor in spirit

[appleannie1]

3. Which one of her Caddy's did she arrive in to spout that tripe? That IS the problem.

They just don't get it.

[obxhead]

6. Probably the one that is extended by 20 feet

and comes with a driver.

[cindyperry2010]

4. um is that delibrate stupidity

or disingenuousness.

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Of course not. You're as out of touch as Plasticman.

nt

[Paladin]

7. Keep Talking, Ms. Romney. Please. (n/t)

[IndyJones]

8. I watched the interview earlier when she was on and when she said that I cringed!

Like - that's sure easy to say when you have never, ever been poor! Yikes!

But other than that ridiculous comment, she comes off personally like she is a kind, generous lady when I've seen her speak. I think she is the one who is behind her husband pushing him on what he did in MA on healthcare. I personally think she's not as conservative as her husband is trying to act. I could be wrong and I'm sure someone here will tell me I'm way off base, but that's been my impression of her.

[Drunken Irishman]

10. She was pro-choice a decade ago...

But then again, so was Barbara Bush at one point.

It's funny how these wives can sellout their ideology to placate their husbands.

[IndyJones]

12. And/Or their party. I don't get how they can sell out women for men in robes or a political party.

They are women first. I guess I am hoping she is retaining some of her common sense.

[Drunken Irishman]

16. I was trollin' Santorum's FB page, you wouldn't believe the anti-women women there...

It's amazing. Disheartening. Disgusting.

All you have to do is look at the Republican women who voted for the Blunt Amendment to see how much people lack common sense in our society.

[IndyJones]

17. I just can't go there and look. This debate has me so disheartened.

[Drunken Irishman]

9. WTF does that even mean?

Poor in spirit?

[IndyJones]

11. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. - The Beatitudes

From the Sermon on the Mount, Chapter 1.

[Drunken Irishman]

13. And that's not her...

She's not poor in spirit. Poor in spirit is not someone who owns two Cadillacs.

[IndyJones]

14. Yeah, but it makes for good press when you know the right wing religious zealots are listening.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. I agree...but to us sanies, she looks like she's full of shit.

[IndyJones]

18. **sigh** I want to hope that they are not all anti women kooks.

She has had some very serious medical issues. I have to hope that she is not anti bc or anti women's healthcare.

[quaker bill]

19. There is a point in wealth

where one no longer needs to think about money because it is always there, like the air we breathe. You don't have to think you are wealthy, you don't have to think about money at all, you have people for that. Everything you want is just always there, just the way you want it, at the time you need it.

One also does not feel lucky to have air to breathe, we just take it for granted. For a few, money is also like that.

(What she doesn't get is the simple fact that she can go about life not considering her wealth, is a gift only great wealth provides)