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SmileyRose

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7. Said that same thing during the primaries.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Wed Sep 26, 2012, 11:09 PM

Sep 2012

It's not a matter of semantics that Willard uses "them" and "they" and President Obama uses "we" and "us". It's the way they each view themselves in the relation to the rest of the world.

Romney has always been privileged. He can afford to look down his nose at the rest of us. President Obama has been in the trenches just like the rest of us and it's part of what makes him so qualified to do what he's been asked to do.

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The Atlantic: Mitt Romney's 'Them' Problem [View all] highplainsdem Sep 2012 OP

actually, I still think the real problem is that he's caught on tape saying the opposite renate Sep 2012 #1

What's a National Esoteric Conversation orpupilofnature57 Sep 2012 #2

That, right there, is the real heart of the matter. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2012 #3

He doesn't see himself as one of us, which makes HIM 'the other'. Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #4

...my policies will make things better for "them." NightOwwl Sep 2012 #5

Actually... brazil Sep 2012 #6

Said that same thing during the primaries. SmileyRose Sep 2012 #7

Money quote from the article nichomachus Sep 2012 #8