Romney to Homeless Hurricane Victim: Go Home and Call 211

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From ThinkProgress:

Yesterday, GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney visited Louisiana, where much of the state was flooded due to Hurricane Issac. While visiting the Pelican State, however, Romney had some odd advice for one victim of the hurricane who had lost her home due to the flooding. According to Jodie Chiarello, a suddenly homeless resident of the state, Romney advised her to “go home and call 211.” 211 is a telephone number in Louisiana that provides information to residents about health and human services programs.

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  • DeanGarr

    Mr. Romney let the cat out of the bag yesterday, when he misspoke and called our country “a company.” 
     
    No mere slip of the tongue. It is a mindset, a way of life.
     
    It follows that the American people, at least the little ones, are employees–with luck, working only for minimum wage with no benefits and, for Pete’s sake, no unions to make the first two less likely.
     
    Thus, telling flood victim Jodie Chiarello to go home and phone 211 makes perfect sense. (At least, it would, if she still had a home or a phone.) Romney too used government subsidies and loopholes at Bain whenever he could find them. Only a stupid man turns down resources, for Pete’s sake.
     
    Only thing, Jodie had better make that phone call soon. If Romney is elected, that emergency number and resources behind it, will be disconnected. Only the little people need such resources. The others live on hills, well above the floodwaters.
     
    Romney. He’s running for president, for Pete’s sake.

    •  @DeanGarr Well said, DeanGarr.  Hear hear to all of it.

      •  @Seeta  @DeanGarr i believe thai “gaffe” came shortly after he asked “where the water came from”…
         
        http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57504615-503544/romney-in-new-orleans-asks-where-the-water-came-from/
         
        i am starting to think he is denser than W…
         
        SMH

        •  @nancy a heitzeg  @DeanGarr I think he is denser than W.  But he thinks he’s culturally and intellectually superior, like his know-nothing nobody friend Monica Mehta who was on MHP’s show this AM.  These folk think they are better than everyone else because they REALLY do believe they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps ala Horatio Alger style.  Let’s ignore all the privilege and wealth inherited.  Let’s ignore that they playing field is unequal.  Let’s ignore the legacy of slavery and how that reverberates today.  
           
          They believe that those in lower economic echelons are there because they are not as smart — they can’t pull a Horatio Alger like them.  
           
          Hence, there’s no compassion or empathy for a population they really believe to be inferior.
           
          Romney has no spine, no convictions.  He’s just rich white guy who thinks he’s better than everyone else and doesn’t have to play by the same rules. 
           
          Karma will, the ultimate law of the universe, will take care of him.

        •  @Seeta  @DeanGarr So true – Including the part about Karma..
           
          Yes