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jmowreader

(53,444 posts)
59. No! That was when they were in college...
Thu Dec 12, 2013, 07:21 AM
Dec 2013

and times were so tough, they had to sell some of their stocks for food and tuition and...well, stuff. Which is almost as callous as telling the Vietnam vet that his hardship tour in Paris trying to talk Frenchmen into subscribing to a religion that requires giving up being French was just like combat.

And as you'll remember, Romney did just as well trying to sell Mormonism to French people as you'd expect: no one converted.

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Stop it! This is hard! nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #1
Want me to update you? Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #4
Ugh, no, please no more on the less likeable Romney. nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #6
YOU PEOPLE should listen to what she says Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #21
I just hope she won't unzip her husband and let the real Mitt out. nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #30
Yes please. grantcart Dec 2013 #9
Ever notice how frequently the first reply on a thread just nails it and wins the thread? grantcart Dec 2013 #13
that incidence has increased greatly since the decline of geek tragedy Dec 2013 #17
Paging Rafalca shenmue Dec 2013 #2
The necklace covers up the UBS port for her stepford wife programming. ChairmanAgnostic Dec 2013 #3
Heh. Good one. truebluegreen Dec 2013 #11
Is that a necklace or a lei? lpbk2713 Dec 2013 #22
WTF does she have to contribute to.... ANYTHING?!?!? AZ Mike Dec 2013 #5
we still can't hit (rec) on individual responses. Remedy this now! NightWatcher Dec 2013 #7
They've said they're going to put their big bucks behind Christie. The horror is only beginning... freshwest Dec 2013 #55
Oh my,I hope she shares her Welsh cake recipe SummerSnow Dec 2013 #8
She just did! Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #27
why? does Wolfie need more sensational lies? n/t Whisp Dec 2013 #10
I know this wasn't your intention, but.... johnp3907 Dec 2013 #12
At whom, may I ask? Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #18
Now now. johnp3907 Dec 2013 #25
Me too! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #39
No pickles in the house. johnp3907 Dec 2013 #46
Well, that's lousy Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #48
Olives stuffed with garlic are my favorite. nm rhett o rick Dec 2013 #49
I'm strangely...intrigued. Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #24
I'd say she is lovable as a cactus Aerows Dec 2013 #14
The absolute inability of the Romney's to go the fuck away gracefully is really a confirmation alcibiades_mystery Dec 2013 #15
Cnn's gotta have their romney fix. nm Cha Dec 2013 #51
She loves us women.... ! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #16
You people Aerows Dec 2013 #20
--------- Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #40
You have to wonder if "Ann" is short for Aerows Dec 2013 #43
More than likely, I betcha' Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #44
She's so cold Aerows Dec 2013 #45
She's so cold.... Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #56
OMG!!! SHE IS TALKING ABOUT MANDELAS INFLUENCE ON HER AND MITT!! Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #19
Is he the first black person they ever became aware of? n/t Aerows Dec 2013 #23
How insensitive. Mitt saw a brown person on TV once. Happyhippychick Dec 2013 #26
LMAO Aerows Dec 2013 #31
The worst part of that whole incident was blaming it on Univision jmowreader Dec 2013 #58
Was that when they were unemployed, with Mitt forced to subsist on his geek tragedy Dec 2013 #32
The hard times they have been through! Aerows Dec 2013 #33
I bet that they lived on barely enough to board Rafalca. nt geek tragedy Dec 2013 #34
It was hard times! n/t Aerows Dec 2013 #35
Hey, she doesn't consider herself wealthy. geek tragedy Dec 2013 #36
They are stone street! Aerows Dec 2013 #37
No! That was when they were in college... jmowreader Dec 2013 #59
No. They probably had one working in their parents' Cleita Dec 2013 #54
From hungry to wanting to throw up in minutes!!! johnp3907 Dec 2013 #28
OMG! It's true!! Isoldeblue Dec 2013 #41
A told you so moment of bullshit by the right wing media Lifelong Dem Dec 2013 #29
She hasn't changed much. Just got older. appleannie1 Dec 2013 #38
Rich people don't get older. Kurovski Dec 2013 #42
has she discussed onethatcares Dec 2013 #47
Wow.. I don't even have a tv but from what I Cha Dec 2013 #50
Why is she doing it? I this the GOP trying appeal to women? wtf. n/t Pryderi Dec 2013 #52
Rec'd because 2naSalit Dec 2013 #53
Forget the huge # of real issues. Let's make fun of how they look FrodosPet Dec 2013 #57
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