James Fallows: Why You Cannot Say You 'Like' Firing People - & why you can't un-ring that bell

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15. Why does anyone think Romney has anything in common with the people?

He's the son of a rich man and richer in his own right. His life experience is wealth and all the things it brings. He has never gone without a single thing he wanted or needed. Never. He has no understanding of what it is to worry about keeping your home or your job of having to go out there and do whatever it takes to survive and to feed your children.

His feeble and pathetic attempts to try to connect with people who have lost their jobs are nothing more than really bad attempts to manipulate the people into voting for him. His entire body looks like it's stiff and jerky and awkward when he's around people. He does stupid things like stand with his heels touching each other while he does half jerky body movements. He's obviously physically uncomfortable to be so close to the masses. He has no connection whatsoever to other human beings who aren't wealthy and also ignorant of the masses.