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Kablooie

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59. For some reason this almost feels like racism except aimed at a different group.

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Tue Jul 17, 2012, 07:57 PM

Jul 2012

Very uncomfortable for the servers at that event, I'm sure.

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Romney says waiters ("the middle class") at fundraiser "aren't having a good year" [View all] underpants Jul 2012 OP

Maybe the assholes like you keep blocking what he wants sakabatou Jul 2012 #1

+1 well said wordpix Jul 2012 #61

maybe it's his way of letting them know they are going to get stiffed on the tip. ejpoeta Jul 2012 #2

Condescending fuck lunatica Jul 2012 #3

+1 sarcasmo Jul 2012 #48

If Rmoney and pals paid their fair share in taxes C_U_L8R Jul 2012 #4

Waiters are the middle class? Not with the tips those cheap bastards don't leave. MADem Jul 2012 #5

Yep Andy823 Jul 2012 #31

I was thinking the same thing. LiberalCatholic Jul 2012 #36

"Middle Class" in the US has become a Meaningless term happyslug Jul 2012 #60

I always regarded the "middle class" as grouped into upper, lower and "middle-middle." MADem Jul 2012 #64

They are having a poor year wilt the stilt Jul 2012 #6

I hope there is DNA in my food jberryhill Jul 2012 #28

But is it Human DNA? Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #32

It's not just for breakfast anymore jberryhill Jul 2012 #43

I think I found a pic of you as a little kid.... Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #46

He really is profoundly clueless. chollybocker Jul 2012 #7

He could have remedied that by paying those servers a fair wage liberal N proud Jul 2012 #8

Are wait staff even covered by minimum wage? hedgehog Jul 2012 #15

I believe that they are not... Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #17

was $2.13/hr for years and years justabob Jul 2012 #22

In CA it's $8/hr Ter Jul 2012 #39

Dang! Jeff In Milwaukee Jul 2012 #45

Romney's tax plan RAISES taxes on the struggling & slashes them for the wealthy - so, really, spare Pirate Smile Jul 2012 #9

Mitt BRAGS about his expertise at sending jobs overseas SpaceChief Jul 2012 #10

Thanks for adding this to the conversation h2ebits Jul 2012 #40

Welcome to DU underpants Jul 2012 #49

Did he hold his monocle up to his eye to locate them in the room? tanyev Jul 2012 #11

Mitt's charisma is awesome. GeorgeGist Jul 2012 #12

Where is that pic from? leftynyc Jul 2012 #29

I have a different take on the picture Mrs. Ted Nancy Jul 2012 #38

His retroactive MySpace page, by the looks of it jberryhill Jul 2012 #44

Wait, Mitt the moron thinks $2.14/hr is middle class? part man all 86 Jul 2012 #13

Waiters make 2.50 an hour generally. They are NOT middle class. democrat_patriot Jul 2012 #14

He spends more in a day than they make all year! Yes! hedgehog Jul 2012 #16

Well, lip service is nice, but, did they leave a tip? Hugin Jul 2012 #18

This is one of the memes they are pushing maryellen99 Jul 2012 #19

Hmm... davidthegnome Jul 2012 #20

Yes, he'll let businesses lower their wages to below minimum wage to match the wait staff. Ikonoklast Jul 2012 #33

They aren't having a good year because of you and your parasite friends Marrah_G Jul 2012 #21

Didn't GHW Bush define "middle class" as anyone making $250,000? BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #23

Maybe, but opponents of extending the Bush tax cuts are saying that this year. denverbill Jul 2012 #25

Hmm. What's 20% of a $50,000 plate? sofa king Jul 2012 #24

I believe it would be $1,000. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #27

Actually $10000!! Fearless Jul 2012 #35

And, for an event this size, the wait-staff ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #52

they SHOULD have been but maybe they'll make $100 for the night if they're lucky wordpix Jul 2012 #62

It would have been funny if all the waiters walked out at that point. n/t Ian David Jul 2012 #26

He was obviously pandering to the lower income Republican voters who think they're middle class Gormy Cuss Jul 2012 #30

He actually said this at the same event "We're the party of people who want to get rich." underpants Jul 2012 #50

Probably his only real contact with "middle class people" Fearless Jul 2012 #34

He must think American voters are really stupid... Z_California Jul 2012 #37

Yep, sadly many American voters are horribly ignorant and low information RKP5637 Jul 2012 #53

I hope they spit in his food Duer 157099 Jul 2012 #41

I used to attend Democratic Party meetings in a very Red state, when I lived there. SheilaT Jul 2012 #42

Clueless asshole who thinks waiters and waitresses are middle class. sarcasmo Jul 2012 #47

Maybe it was a slip of his plans for the US if he wins on creating a new middle class that cstanleytech Jul 2012 #56

Well, dope Romney, middle class used to be sometimes $60k to $100K jobs. You and RKP5637 Jul 2012 #51

+Infinity nt cstanleytech Jul 2012 #57

what counts as a good year for waitstaff and how do lower taxes for the rich and deregulation help? unblock Jul 2012 #54

Usually "the help" aren't acknowledged by these guys because it's very awkward and embarrassing to The_Casual_Observer Jul 2012 #55

Exactly. He didn't mind embarrassing them ecstatic Jul 2012 #65

The term "Middle class" traditionally referred 2 economic class but has taken on a moral connotation Liberal_in_LA Jul 2012 #58

For some reason this almost feels like racism except aimed at a different group. Kablooie Jul 2012 #59

I would love to hear from some of the wait staff wordpix Jul 2012 #63