Rmoney is not a nice man...

[cojoel]

18. To the (conservative portions of the) 1% cheating is perfectly OK

This just shows it in a somewhat lighter context.

It is pretty clear that

I think there are three types of wealthy people:
1) People who got wealthy through some extreme good fortune, admittedly including some hard work and difficult times. These people tend to know reality. I think people like athletes and other entertainment stars fit into this category, and people who otherwise just stumbled into good luck, like a lottery winner, a mineral prospector, or a Jed Clampett type with natural resource wealth they somehow just didn't know about.. Some business people do also, but it depends totally on how they conducted their business (see the next one). I think these people remain good after accumulating wealth, and acknowledge the good fortune with which they were blessed.
2) People who got wealthy by cheating. These people are inherently divorced from reality, because they have a character flaw that allows them think somehow that cheating is OK for them, but nobody else. They are extremely suspicious of everybody else (who must think the same as they do), and are very vigilant to point out anytime they suspect someone is cheating them, even if it is purely illusion. They they score big as a result of cheating, the same character flaw somehow causes them to interpret their efforts is hard work. It may be, in a sense, hard work because it is not easy. But it is not honest either. I think Willard Romney falls into this category, and he is a dishonorable man.
3) People who got wealthy by inheritance. Then it totally depends on how they were raised, and what values were instilled. There are examples of both types.

I readily admit this is a simplistic model. Nobody is perfect and it is too complex to get the whole picture into such a simple one. But I think it is illustrative.

If Barack Obama is considered wealthy, he would be in first category as his wealth came mostly from book royalties. He appears to conduct his business honestly. I don't always agree with him, but I think he is a relatively honorable man.

There is little doubt as to the nature of Mitt Romney's wealth, he would be in the second category. If he is willing to cheat in a family game (reminds me of the Martin Mull character in Mr. Mom), then he no doubt cheated in his business dealings (and there certainly evidence to suggest that he did), and he would no doubt cheat to become President, and cheat once he was there. I think he is a relatively dishonorable man.

The choice in November is really weather we want a relatively honorable man or a relatively dishonorable man to be President for the next four years.