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But Mitt Romney had a horse

Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:22 am
Posted by pwejr88
Red Stick
Member since Apr 2007
36180 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:22 am
What was the story with this?
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
101404 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:25 am to
It was his wife's hobby. It was used to show she wasn't as down to earth as Michelle Obama, whose hobby at the time was paying people to make a garden for her at the White House, to show how much she could appeal to the common folk.
Posted by Mr.Perfect
Louisiana
Member since Mar 2013
17438 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:25 am to
That he was rich and out of touch.

BTW it was Ann's horse
Posted by boston vol
Lexington-Fayette, KY
Member since Sep 2015
5579 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:40 am to
It was his wife’s horse and she began riding for therapy and relaxation after her MS diagnosis.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 11:41 am
Posted by UcobiaA
The Gump
Member since Nov 2010
2816 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:42 am to
Tried to show the Romney's were elitists because they had horses. Yada yada, same old same old. Turns out his wife had MS and rode horses for therapy. Something like that.
Posted by anc
Member since Nov 2012
18068 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:46 am to
It was thrown out there to show he was an elitist and it stuck more than even the Dems thought it would.

I will tell you this from an anecdotical old curmudgeon conservative college professor point of view. Gen Z (this year's college freshmen and lower) may not be as socially conservative as the GOP would like, but they are capitalist to the core. They are very outcomes based in their questioning and habits. Interested in making money not saving the world like the millennials. Mitt Romney having a horse is awesome to them.

Guy wore a Reagan Bush '84 shirt to my class this morning. I gave him a thumbs up.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 11:48 am
Posted by DonChowder
Sonoma County
Member since Dec 2012
9249 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:54 am to
quote:

t was his wife's hobby. It was used to show she wasn't as down to earth as Michelle Obama, whose hobby at the time was paying people to make a garden for her at the White House, to show how much she could appeal to the common folk.

Awesome
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17749 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:55 am to
How is Mitt's Mexican family doing in their war with the cartels?

That was one of my favorite VICE stories ever
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17749 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 11:56 am to
quote:

Michelle Obama, whose hobby at the time was paying people to make a garden for her at the White House


arugula she loved to grow her own arugula
Posted by TigerMyth36
River Ridge
Member since Nov 2005
39731 posts
Posted on 10/11/18 at 12:15 pm to
It was the binders of women that really hurt him.

I think Romney hates Trump with the heat of a million suns because Romney allowed the media to portray him as a rich elite clown.

Trump pointed at his jet and said it was fantastic. Work hard. Get one of your own.

To this date I'm surprised how easily they gave up on the wealth issue with Trump compared to Romney.

Trump didn't apologize for his wealth and they immediately backed off. They are still whining about his tax returns but they didn't hammer home his out of touch with society wealth issue like they did with Romney.
This post was edited on 10/11/18 at 12:19 pm
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